@curtise Mine did come with the Aeroccino3 black frother. I wonder if they added it to the deal because you noted it was there in the picture? If so, thanks all around, I am really enjoying it. The coffee is a little pricey compared to a drip coffee maker, but it is very tasty, and I enjoy the foamy crema produced by the machine. I don’t get that with my drip maker. I also like the well thought out design of this machine.
@narfcake Sounds like Juicero all over again with the bar codes. It checked the internet for recalls and if the juice was expired and things like that.
@PlacidPenguin Coffee is very cheap if you’re not a complete idiot, own a drip coffee maker, and buy bogo bags at your grocery store. All of these pod systems are such a waste. One cup is never enough for me, my IT Job fueled habit is a pot a day.
@davido@narfcake Oh yes, I have seen all of AvE’s videos. That Juicero video is what made me subscribe to his channel. I never subscribed to anyone prior to that and now I have over 20 channels I subscribe to. That video started a chain reaction.
@phendrick nespresso pays for you to ship them back to them to be recycled via UPS. Either that or my wife has me acting as her drug mule when I drop off her falsely branded bags at the UPS store.
@phendrick Well, I plan to open them, dump coffee to the compost bin, clean up, refill with my own fave organic coffee, reseal with new caps , reuse as long as I can, then put the aluminum shells into recycling with my aluminum cans.
I saw the screen and my eye’s lit up for a second… they darted to the word ‘refurbished’ but still I thought… who cares, I’ll toss away the machine and use the sweet sweet polti pods… what what… nespresso. nevermind.
(not that I have anything against nespresso, it is just I saw my stored away polti machine the other day… was hoping for some cheap pods)
@thismyusername I just threw away far too many two-year-old Polti pods (guess they weren’t too bad at $0.25 and a ‘free’ machine)… probably weren’t worth reshipping though.
@thismyusername Nespresso’s service and support has been top notch so far. They’ll even send you a loaner while they clean and repair your machine if it ever needs it. I just sent my three year old machine in to be cleaned and all it cost me was an order of the coffee I always buy anyhow. win
Only buy this if you’re willing to pay a buttload of money for their name brand pods since you can’t use regular kcups just spend a little more for a FlexBrew and you can use any brand of kcups you want and are t restricted like this one or keruig
@NoImNotNSA
Anyone who buys one of these wouldn’t drink the garbage that comes out of a k-cup pod. K-cups fucking suck. they don’t seal well, in that they don’t prevent the coffee from aging. Coffee is ancient at 30 days post grind.
Only think a K-cup machine is good for is using the plastic basket if you can find one that fits and doesn’t explode.
and Keurig makes a machine that doesn’t take any pod but Keurig approved if you didn’t know
Nespresso has always used different technology than other pod machines. I’ve never had any from this version, but my daughter has the original and you know what, it’s not bad. And for a coffee snob that’s saying a lot.
Moons ago, one of the top rating sites rated pod coffee (not the brewer, the coffee) for several different machine types. The original nespresso outscored everything else on the market at the time. I believe it is because of how they make the capsules and the 19 bars of pressure the original version used.
And it was much less expensive than the craft coffee shot and you could make it at home.
Nespresso has always also recycled it’s unique pods. I have a shopping bag made from them. It’s strong and useful. And at least up where my daughter lives, most everyone recycles them.
One thing though. Find out where you can buy them locally, because you can try before you buy. Instead of guessing and maybe not liking. You can walk away from the counter with the jitters after 3-4 shots of espresso (If you’re not used to it) for nothing.
Anywho, I have two monster cup at a time Jura’s and so will not be indulging tempting as it is. That along with the SCA approved drip brewer, siphon, french press, hario and the new thing I kickstarted that should be here soon, I think I have enough coffee options.
It’s bed time so not going to be tempted by anything but sleep.
/image drink coffee you can sleep when you’re dead
@Cerridwyn Nespresso is surprisingly good. I’m quite impressed with their capsule seals and freshness… just pulled my machine out of a box after having it stored for nearly four years and the pods were still passably good. Now that I have fresh ones they’re demonstrably better, but still impressed that it was drinkable after four years.
Oh hell no. I’ve gone for several months now, without finding anything worthwhile… probably time to quit the VMP, no? yes? Or maybe I just have more than enough junk now?
@cbl_wv Me too. They screwed me on that martian watch bought for 39 then they dropped it to 29 3 weeks later I asked for a $10 credit they told me to pound sand thanks for shit MEH
@support Well, the color doesn’t affect how it works at all, so it’s worth showing the actual cheaper Amazon option. Still a large discount, of course.
This is a terrible device, either new or refurbished. It produces plenty of “crema”, yes, but the coffee is insipid, lifeless and comes out warm, not piping hot. Avoid.
Ordering recycling bags and the damned pods themselves seems like too much trouble. I think I’m out. This seems like a great thing to have, but I have too much on my plate already without having to go out of my way and also spend too much to fuel this machine.
@nuinr Probably not these. The patent on the original Nespresso capsules (thimbles) expired and there are 3rd party versions. So, nespresso invented the shell pod - it’s still protected AFAIK, so I don’t think that there are any (legal) 3rd party versions yet.
I was excited at the price to upgrade from my older (original line) entry-level Nespresso machine. However the capsules are really expensive compared to the older capsules. I’m not that picky about coffee.
My ol’ Pixie makes good enough espresso and my pre-DRM Keurig makes good enough coffee.
Now, if it were a higher-end Original Line Nespresso machine for the same price, then I would be excited.
Pass. Sticking to my Senseo, using Starbucks espresso ground to 3.5 and the Coffee Duck filter. No pods or cartridges to recycle and good coffee with the crema!
Vertuo is total Bull Shit! Having owned a Vertuo (and two Nespresso Citiz) the Vertuo is a huge con job. The “New Centrifusion technology to gently and fully brew both large-cup coffee and authentic espresso”
100% not close to “authentic espresso” because it spins the coffee and creates foam not crema. (It will foam plain water) It also under heats 20 to 30 degres below brew temp and leaves a lot of mess unseen in the chamber area. Espresso is made with pressure along with crema. Vertuo does a slow spin to create pressure but only at a couple bars, during the clean out of the pod, it ramps up the speed amount but way to late and still to slow to make the required 9-12 bars of pressure to produce esspesso. 9-12 bars is 130-174 psi.
Citiz is good but now own a real esspesso maker and never use the Citiz anymore.
Excuse the rant, I just hate that I was so fooled and hate for anyone else to get ripped off by Nestle’s lies.
@rrpprr
Well said
my guess it still makes coffee better than a k-cup because nespresso does care a bit about that quality.
My daughter has a citiz. she likes it for when you are in hurry in the morning. or for making foo-foo lattees where the stuff in it is more important than the coffee. S-i-L hand pours and does the good coffee.
/
@Cerridwyn
Thanks, citiz is great. When we had the Vertuo, we had both espresso blends and coffee blends (got it because it did both so we could have only one brewer on the counter) I tried a few Vertuo blends (removing the coffee from the capsule) by using the pour over method. Coffee was surprisingly awful in all tests of 3 different roasts.
After such great experience with the Citiz (and their milk frother) I was quite surprised that the Vertuo didn’t even brew close to temp. But maybe why the coffee it makes taste ok. Then I investigated the whole “spin” and found I’d been bamboozled! lol!
Now we just use pour over in the morn and a breville espresso maker in the evening. Breville is messy but the espresso is jaw dropping goooooooood!
@rrpprr
yah
I just don’t have the patience to do espresso right.
Had someone who is excellent at it show me how easy it is even to do a lever machine (they can be drop dead sexy) but … dialing it in right, etc…
So I make coffee at home and if I want espresso, I go out for it. Yeah, I know spoiled.
I actually had a god cup, many years ago at a place that isn’t there anymore. They still roast, but while he was an awesome roaster, his customer service sucked and it bled down to employees enough that people wouldn’t go there.
It was a single origin Ethiopian Yirgacheffe that was roasted perfectly and pulled perfectly and I savored that shot and will never forget it.
Dear Narfcake, don’t know whether to kiss you or curse you… thanks to your endorsement and my curiousity… my day has been spent watching Juicero type vids all day long! While I will say I learned a ton, not much else got done ‘round here today!
@compunaut@Cooky Credit goes to @support and @davido, though. I want nothing to do with the Juicero, what with never having seen one for cheap in a thrift store yet.
Besides, I already have a Champion.
/image Champion juicer
FWIW, I really like my Nespresso machine that uses the capsules/pods that look like mini k-cups. While Nespresso does make the better tasting espresso in these pods, there are a bunch of other companies making coffees/espresso in those type of pods cheaper than Nespresso. There doesn’t seem to be any in the virtuoline however. I’ve only seen kits to help you reuse/refill capsules.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Nespresso Vertuo
Price Comparison
$199.99 (new) at Amazon
Warranty
90 Day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Expresso yourself
@AttyVette I believe you mean… nm.
Why do I want a refurbished Andy Garcia?
/giphy refurbished George Clooney
@stinks you may not want a refurbished George Clooney either - depends on the kind of job they do. If meh is selling him likely you don’t.
@Kidsandliz Still, the write-up has the potential to be classic.
/giphy Happy July 4th
/youtube mediocre espresso stock footage
Hey, Meh product team!
There is an image of what appears to be the Nespresso Milk Frother amongst the product shots.
Is one included in the package?
@curtise Oops, not included. We got overzealous in our photography.
@curtise Woot stole them for their sale today. Coincidence? I think not.
@curtise “Milk frother” … sounds dirty.
@curtise Mine did come with the Aeroccino3 black frother. I wonder if they added it to the deal because you noted it was there in the picture? If so, thanks all around, I am really enjoying it. The coffee is a little pricey compared to a drip coffee maker, but it is very tasty, and I enjoy the foamy crema produced by the machine. I don’t get that with my drip maker. I also like the well thought out design of this machine.
“Capsule Recognition Technology” … AKA we’re locking you in to buying original
inkcapsules only for $$$$.@narfcake
Coffee sounds expensive (at times).
Good thing I’ve never tasted the stuff.
@narfcake Sounds like Juicero all over again with the bar codes. It checked the internet for recalls and if the juice was expired and things like that.
@PlacidPenguin Coffee is very cheap if you’re not a complete idiot, own a drip coffee maker, and buy bogo bags at your grocery store. All of these pod systems are such a waste. One cup is never enough for me, my IT Job fueled habit is a pot a day.
@narfcake @support if you’ve not seen this, well. oh. Language warning
@davido @narfcake Oh yes, I have seen all of AvE’s videos. That Juicero video is what made me subscribe to his channel. I never subscribed to anyone prior to that and now I have over 20 channels I subscribe to. That video started a chain reaction.
@revloki
Eh. It’s cheaper for me to just not drink the stuff.
@Dave @Shawn the poll and video topics are missing.
To celebrate the 4th of July, you sell a French coffee maker? How apropos, as the French helped the colonists against the Tea loving English.
So, what do YOU do with the used capsules: landfill, or better?
@phendrick nespresso sends free shipping-paid UPS envelopes. I fill them up and drop them at the closest UPS store…
@phendrick nespresso pays for you to ship them back to them to be recycled via UPS. Either that or my wife has me acting as her drug mule when I drop off her falsely branded bags at the UPS store.
@omnipotentotter @benjaMEHn
Well that’s better than I imagined. (I guess the cost of that to the company is included in the cost of the capsules.)
Hope most people take this recycling step.
@phendrick Well, I plan to open them, dump coffee to the compost bin, clean up, refill with my own fave organic coffee, reseal with new caps , reuse as long as I can, then put the aluminum shells into recycling with my aluminum cans.
All I know about Nespresso is that they recycle the capsules into Swiss Army knives and pens.
/image nespresso victorinox
/image nespresso pen
I saw the screen and my eye’s lit up for a second… they darted to the word ‘refurbished’ but still I thought… who cares, I’ll toss away the machine and use the sweet sweet polti pods… what what… nespresso. nevermind.
(not that I have anything against nespresso, it is just I saw my stored away polti machine the other day… was hoping for some cheap pods)
@thismyusername my polti broke before I could use all my pods… You want them I’ll send them - just pay shipping!
@thismyusername I just threw away far too many two-year-old Polti pods (guess they weren’t too bad at $0.25 and a ‘free’ machine)… probably weren’t worth reshipping though.
@thismyusername Nespresso’s service and support has been top notch so far. They’ll even send you a loaner while they clean and repair your machine if it ever needs it. I just sent my three year old machine in to be cleaned and all it cost me was an order of the coffee I always buy anyhow.
win
No comments for the survey tonight. With Air Conditioning, are comments really needed?
Only buy this if you’re willing to pay a buttload of money for their name brand pods since you can’t use regular kcups just spend a little more for a FlexBrew and you can use any brand of kcups you want and are t restricted like this one or keruig
@NoImNotNSA
Anyone who buys one of these wouldn’t drink the garbage that comes out of a k-cup pod. K-cups fucking suck. they don’t seal well, in that they don’t prevent the coffee from aging. Coffee is ancient at 30 days post grind.
Only think a K-cup machine is good for is using the plastic basket if you can find one that fits and doesn’t explode.
and Keurig makes a machine that doesn’t take any pod but Keurig approved if you didn’t know
/image coffee snob
@Cerridwyn Uh oh? I use an electric moka pot at work.
@narfcake sweet.
@Cerridwyn @narfcake I got a moka pot in my first fuku. The handle is broken off.
Nespresso has always used different technology than other pod machines. I’ve never had any from this version, but my daughter has the original and you know what, it’s not bad. And for a coffee snob that’s saying a lot.
Moons ago, one of the top rating sites rated pod coffee (not the brewer, the coffee) for several different machine types. The original nespresso outscored everything else on the market at the time. I believe it is because of how they make the capsules and the 19 bars of pressure the original version used.
And it was much less expensive than the craft coffee shot and you could make it at home.
Nespresso has always also recycled it’s unique pods. I have a shopping bag made from them. It’s strong and useful. And at least up where my daughter lives, most everyone recycles them.
One thing though. Find out where you can buy them locally, because you can try before you buy. Instead of guessing and maybe not liking. You can walk away from the counter with the jitters after 3-4 shots of espresso (If you’re not used to it) for nothing.
Anywho, I have two monster cup at a time Jura’s and so will not be indulging tempting as it is. That along with the SCA approved drip brewer, siphon, french press, hario and the new thing I kickstarted that should be here soon, I think I have enough coffee options.
It’s bed time so not going to be tempted by anything but sleep.
/image drink coffee you can sleep when you’re dead
@Cerridwyn Nespresso is surprisingly good. I’m quite impressed with their capsule seals and freshness… just pulled my machine out of a box after having it stored for nearly four years and the pods were still passably good. Now that I have fresh ones they’re demonstrably better, but still impressed that it was drinkable after four years.
Just the machine, yeah? No pods with it?
Oh hell no. I’ve gone for several months now, without finding anything worthwhile… probably time to quit the VMP, no? yes? Or maybe I just have more than enough junk now?
@cbl_wv Me too. They screwed me on that martian watch bought for 39 then they dropped it to 29 3 weeks later I asked for a $10 credit they told me to pound sand thanks for shit MEH
https://www.amazon.com/Nespresso-Vertuo-Espresso-Machine-Breville/dp/B01N5S8K8F/
You didn’t do your due diligence, Meh.
@Dizavid I think you picked the titan color when it appears Meh is selling the chrome. Probably what the CR is in the model number.
@support Well, the color doesn’t affect how it works at all, so it’s worth showing the actual cheaper Amazon option. Still a large discount, of course.
This is a terrible device, either new or refurbished. It produces plenty of “crema”, yes, but the coffee is insipid, lifeless and comes out warm, not piping hot. Avoid.
@internaut agreed
@internaut produces only foam. That’s Bonafide!
Pass.
Last year, I purchased the Nespresso Vertuo Evoluo Coffee and Espresso Machine with Aeroccino.
The benefits are: I get to pop in a pod for immediate caffeine and the coffee is good.
Downside: for my next 6 cups, I go back to using my Presto. Also, the machine heats espresso properly, but the coffee always come out lukewarm.
If you do purchase this, after ordering from them, you can call Nespresso and they have always offered us discounts on refills.
Happy 4th all.
Ordering recycling bags and the damned pods themselves seems like too much trouble. I think I’m out. This seems like a great thing to have, but I have too much on my plate already without having to go out of my way and also spend too much to fuel this machine.
Who would have guessed this?
(Although they’re including a milk frother.)
/wootstalker home
Nespresso Vertuo Coffee and Espresso Machine Bundle
Price: $99.99
Condition: Factory Reconditioned
Nothing says Happy Fourth of July like a nice hot cup of refurbished coffee…
Fighting over Reconditioned or Refurbished…
Sounds more like right or left twix
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you can find generic nespresso pods at bed bath beyond for half the price!
@nuinr Probably not these. The patent on the original Nespresso capsules (thimbles) expired and there are 3rd party versions. So, nespresso invented the shell pod - it’s still protected AFAIK, so I don’t think that there are any (legal) 3rd party versions yet.
@giorgitd @nuinr check our My-Pacs
Would like to know who did the refurbishing…Nespresso or a third party…and the warranty and who that is from…
@fastharry PRC did the refurbishing. 30 day warranty from them, 90 day from us
@troy thank you…BTW, who or what is PRC?
@fastharry @troy http://www.prcind.com/Services/Remanufacturing
The problem with the name “Nespresso” is that it doesn’t make me think of coffee; it makes me think of chocolate
@geekahedron Really? Because it’s just “espresso” with an N in front of it…
@geekahedron @troy But is starts like NEStle chocolate.
@geekahedron @troy Me too. That just shows you where our focus is.
/giphy mmm chocolate
Do not drink coffee so nope nope nope
@Kidsandliz
more for the rest of us!!
Disappoint.
/giphy zippy-fictional-straw
I was excited at the price to upgrade from my older (original line) entry-level Nespresso machine. However the capsules are really expensive compared to the older capsules. I’m not that picky about coffee.
My ol’ Pixie makes good enough espresso and my pre-DRM Keurig makes good enough coffee.
Now, if it were a higher-end Original Line Nespresso machine for the same price, then I would be excited.
Pass. Sticking to my Senseo, using Starbucks espresso ground to 3.5 and the Coffee Duck filter. No pods or cartridges to recycle and good coffee with the crema!
Vertuo is total Bull Shit! Having owned a Vertuo (and two Nespresso Citiz) the Vertuo is a huge con job. The “New Centrifusion technology to gently and fully brew both large-cup coffee and authentic espresso”
100% not close to “authentic espresso” because it spins the coffee and creates foam not crema. (It will foam plain water) It also under heats 20 to 30 degres below brew temp and leaves a lot of mess unseen in the chamber area. Espresso is made with pressure along with crema. Vertuo does a slow spin to create pressure but only at a couple bars, during the clean out of the pod, it ramps up the speed amount but way to late and still to slow to make the required 9-12 bars of pressure to produce esspesso. 9-12 bars is 130-174 psi.
Citiz is good but now own a real esspesso maker and never use the Citiz anymore.
Excuse the rant, I just hate that I was so fooled and hate for anyone else to get ripped off by Nestle’s lies.
@rrpprr
Well said
my guess it still makes coffee better than a k-cup because nespresso does care a bit about that quality.
My daughter has a citiz. she likes it for when you are in hurry in the morning. or for making foo-foo lattees where the stuff in it is more important than the coffee. S-i-L hand pours and does the good coffee.
/
@Cerridwyn
Thanks, citiz is great. When we had the Vertuo, we had both espresso blends and coffee blends (got it because it did both so we could have only one brewer on the counter) I tried a few Vertuo blends (removing the coffee from the capsule) by using the pour over method. Coffee was surprisingly awful in all tests of 3 different roasts.
After such great experience with the Citiz (and their milk frother) I was quite surprised that the Vertuo didn’t even brew close to temp. But maybe why the coffee it makes taste ok. Then I investigated the whole “spin” and found I’d been bamboozled! lol!
Now we just use pour over in the morn and a breville espresso maker in the evening. Breville is messy but the espresso is jaw dropping goooooooood!
@rrpprr
yah
I just don’t have the patience to do espresso right.
Had someone who is excellent at it show me how easy it is even to do a lever machine (they can be drop dead sexy) but … dialing it in right, etc…
So I make coffee at home and if I want espresso, I go out for it. Yeah, I know spoiled.
I actually had a god cup, many years ago at a place that isn’t there anymore. They still roast, but while he was an awesome roaster, his customer service sucked and it bled down to employees enough that people wouldn’t go there.
It was a single origin Ethiopian Yirgacheffe that was roasted perfectly and pulled perfectly and I savored that shot and will never forget it.
Have one, got another for the office.
Pricy if you’re a guzzler, but makes a decent cup unmonitored for a reasonable price.
/giphy beautiful-burgeoning-tactician
Dear Narfcake, don’t know whether to kiss you or curse you… thanks to your endorsement and my curiousity… my day has been spent watching Juicero type vids all day long! While I will say I learned a ton, not much else got done ‘round here today!
@Cooky @narfcake
/giphy kiss narfcake
@compunaut @Cooky Credit goes to @support and @davido, though. I want nothing to do with the Juicero, what with never having seen one for cheap in a thrift store yet.
Besides, I already have a Champion.
/image Champion juicer
Also:
/giphy curse Narfcake
Hey- where’d you get my picture?!
FWIW, I really like my Nespresso machine that uses the capsules/pods that look like mini k-cups. While Nespresso does make the better tasting espresso in these pods, there are a bunch of other companies making coffees/espresso in those type of pods cheaper than Nespresso. There doesn’t seem to be any in the virtuoline however. I’ve only seen kits to help you reuse/refill capsules.
mine makes noises but nothing pumps out and the water doesn’t go down in the reservoir
Fail, owned less than two months, now it is dead.
@jdaly
Contact support, and they’ll help you.