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DiyPresso: DIY Espresso Machine

(www.diypresso.com)
325 points ragebol | 5 comments | 12 Sep 24 19:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.283s | source
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wkat4242 ◴[12 Sep 24 19:26 UTC] No.41524558[source]▶
I love espresso. But I don't think I'd be interested in a DIY option.

I tend to use Nespresso, especially now that the cups are simply available in the shop (and cheap aftermarket options), it's pretty perfect.

I know the manual process is more environmentally friendly but when I wake up in the morning I have no headspace for fussing with coffee grinds. I just need good coffee right away. And I don't even own a car or anything nor have kids so my footprint is pretty low.

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kwanbix ◴[12 Sep 24 19:31 UTC] No.41524608[source]▶
Aren't these things one of the most contaminant things you can have in the kitchen? Even the inventor regrets doing it.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/k-cup-creator-john-sylvan-r...

Or is this different?

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1. ceejayoz ◴[12 Sep 24 19:44 UTC] No.41524714[source]▶
Nespresso pods are readily recycled aluminium, rather than the plastic of K-Cups.
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2. NegativeLatency ◴[12 Sep 24 19:46 UTC] No.41524731[source]▶
How many places actually accept them though?

Also nestle is a terrible company for the environment and human rights.

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3. ceejayoz ◴[12 Sep 24 19:49 UTC] No.41524755[source]▶
> How many places actually accept them though?

The company itself has a recycling program; you can mail them and some stores accept them.

> Also nestle is a terrible company for the environment and human rights.

Agreed, but so's pretty much everything else we buy.

4. robrtsql ◴[12 Sep 24 19:50 UTC] No.41524763[source]▶
The current status, IIRC, is that recycling in New York accepts Nespresso pods, and in the rest of the US, Nespresso offers free pre-paid shipping bags which you can fill with used pods and drop off at UPS, who will then return them to Nespresso for recycling. They also accept pods at their store locations.

Not sure what the deal is in other parts of the world, if Nespresso is sold there.

5. spzb ◴[12 Sep 24 20:35 UTC] No.41525229[source]▶
I use one of these https://www.dualit.com/products/ecopress-aluminium-capsule-r...

It separates the aluminium pod and the coffee grounds so you can recycle the former and compost the latter.