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New coffee machine incoming. My trusty DeLonghi has become incontinent from several places It served extremely well though, I bought it s/h way back in 2017 and apart from when I've been on holiday I think it's been used every day since. On that basis I have justified myself a brand-new machine

Based on minimal research and being swayed by the snappy naming I've opted for a Siemens TE651209GB. (and Argos promise same day delivery).

Tassimo - I’m on my second (my first got damaged in the car because I took it on holiday)

It’s cheap, quick and I’ve found a few pods I like. Yeah, it’s not the last word in coffee perfection but it does the job.

I have beans and a cafetière for weekend treats

Just back from a week in France and the house we'd rented had a full-size, built in NEFF been to cup machine

It was actually really lovely to have - we all drank so much coffee that week!

It was a pain having to empty the drip tray seemingly every other cup

But for home I can't justify the cost or space (I have an Apollo 11 size, ten cup Moka pot - I'll brew every other day and keep the brewed coffee in a glass bottle in the fridge)

I'm quite taken with a friend's Sage espresso machine though...

dinny_g wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:27 pm Tassimo - I’m on my second (my first got damaged in the car because I took it on holiday)

It’s cheap, quick and I’ve found a few pods I like. Yeah, it’s not the last word in coffee perfection but it does the job.

I have beans and a cafetière for weekend treats

I have a re-filable pod for mine so I can get decent coffee grounds in it.

I had to buy another small coffee machine the other day too - these don’t last that long.

I had a few Nespresso models for most of my life which were pretty average, then I watched some James Hoffmann stuff on YouTube 2 years ago and thought I’d try and up my game. Bought a Sage Barista and found it so much work that it put me off coffee - 6+ minutes of work and cleaning for 1 cup which tasted 10% better so I returned it a few months later. And that was after 40 cups of fine tuning the settings and trying different beans…
Got a hand me down Jura J7 after that and it’s really good 90% of the time but the rest of the time it asks for something to be serviced and parts prices are a bit silly. And if you don’t service then it just won’t work.

I have a little delonghi machine and an Aeropress.

The machine hasn’t had much use since I bought the aeropress tbh. Still handy for lattes and that though.

Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:34 am Siemens

Haha semens.

Nothing else to add.

drcarlos wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:01 pm I have a re-filable pod for mine so I can get decent coffee grounds in it.

Re-fillable pods you say. I no not of this witchcraft

I must do some googling

I have a Melitta B2C machine and it's been brill but yesterday it decided to have a hissy fit and now won't work

Beany wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:47 pm

Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:34 am Siemens

Haha semens.

Nothing else to add.

I’m desperately hoping they use the same brand of machine in the Navy. You can see where I’m going with this.

dinny_g wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:49 pm

drcarlos wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:01 pm I have a re-filable pod for mine so I can get decent coffee grounds in it.

Re-fillable pods you say. I no not of this witchcraft

I must do some googling

Same. My main downer on pods was the amount of waste.

Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:17 pm

Beany wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:47 pm

Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:34 am Siemens

Haha semens.

Nothing else to add.

I’m desperately hoping they use the same brand of machine in the Navy. You can see where I’m going with this.

Straight to hell?

I recycle every one. NEVER binned a single pod

There used to be a guy in MK who would take as many as you have but Tassimo have recently stopped this

I now recycle with Tassino’s own service.

I have ordered a refillable one. We’ll see how I get on

dinny_g wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:29 pm
There used to be a guy in MK who would take as many as you have but Tassimo have recently stopped this

On what. Grounds?

Aeropress at home, fancy magic tap at work. Easily pleased.

mik wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:09 pm

dinny_g wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:29 pm There used to be a guy in MK who would take as many as you have but Tassimo have recently stopped this

On what. Grounds?

True story - at the supermarket one time, queuing up at the checkout, the bloke in front of me dropped a jar of instant coffee which smashed and went all over the floor. I didn't say anything.

23 minutes later, on my way home, I realised I should have said "Ah ! So I guess that's GROUND coffee now !"

mik wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:09 pm

dinny_g wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:29 pm
There used to be a guy in MK who would take as many as you have but Tassimo have recently stopped this

On what. Grounds?

Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:27 pm

mik wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:09 pm

dinny_g wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:29 pm There used to be a guy in MK who would take as many as you have but Tassimo have recently stopped this

On what. Grounds?

True story - at the supermarket one time, queuing up at the checkout, the bloke in front of me dropped a jar of instant coffee which smashed and went all over the floor. I didn't say anything.

23 minutes later, on my way home, I realised I should have said "Ah ! So I guess that's GROUND coffee now !"

You should have slapped yourself for not coming out with that at the time.

And then slapped yourself for such an awful, awful, joke.

Beany wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:00 pm
1. You should have slapped yourself for not coming out with that at the time.

B. And then slapped yourself for such an awful, awful, joke.

1. Beany is 100% correct.

B. Beany is 100% incorrect.