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DiyPresso: DIY Espresso Machine

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325 points ragebol | 6 comments | 12 Sep 24 19:00 UTC | HN request time: 1.2s | source | bottom
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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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ben7799 ◴[12 Sep 24 20:00 UTC] No.41524875[source]▶
Well the bigger problem with Nespresso is the coffee/espresso tastes horrible and you have to deal with the waste.
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tssva ◴[12 Sep 24 20:29 UTC] No.41525167[source]▶
Based upon the sales of Nespresso machines and pods a lot of people seem to disagree with you regarding the taste.
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talldayo ◴[12 Sep 24 20:31 UTC] No.41525193[source]▶
People don't buy Nespresso for the taste, they buy it for the convenience. If it was actually a superior method of serving coffee, then everyone would use it. Alas.
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tssva ◴[12 Sep 24 21:57 UTC] No.41526022[source]▶
People wouldn't use Nespresso pods if they found them to be horrible tasting, as you claim they are, no matter how convenient they are. They use them because they both enjoy the taste and find them convenient.

Most people like the taste of Nespresso pods, k-cups, drip coffee and Starbucks. The sales of all 4 reflect that.

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1. amelius ◴[13 Sep 24 09:02 UTC] No.41529396[source]▶
You can actually get accustomed to the bad taste. It happened to me. But then I started drinking coffee at work again and out went my nespresso machine.
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2. tssva ◴[13 Sep 24 12:12 UTC] No.41530442[source]▶
Or you just have different tastes. Your taste isn't necessarily any better. It is just different. I like brussel sprouts and many find them disgusting. Doesn't mean my taste is better than theirs.
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3. amelius ◴[13 Sep 24 12:24 UTC] No.41530537[source]▶
No, I started drinking better coffee at work and hence found out that I was accustomed to drinking bad coffee.
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4. tssva ◴[13 Sep 24 12:28 UTC] No.41530575{3}[source]▶
Or you just discovered you personally prefer that coffee. Just because that is your preference doesn't make someone else's preference bad.
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5. amelius ◴[13 Sep 24 13:04 UTC] No.41530884{4}[source]▶
Well, I tried a lot of the different Nespresso options, also the Starbucks cups.
6. wkat4242 ◴[14 Sep 24 15:00 UTC] No.41540229[source]▶
You have actually good coffee at work??

The only office I know in our work where the coffee is decent is the one in Paris where they have a real coffee bar inside the office with a real barista (and cost-price pricing).

But in all the other offices we just have vending machines that spit out horrible swill.