Does anyone have it? The Essenza Mini. It’s relatively cheap, so I’m just wondering if it’s worth it. Please tell me your thoughts!
P.S. If it’s relevant at all, I’m in Europe. And looking at the cheapest one because… student life
Get a hario drip. The filters are dirt cheap, you can buy whatever blend you like and you’re not a cocksucker throwing hundreds of small plastic capsules into the ocean for his CoNvEniEnCe.
It’s 2023. Those things should be banned along with plastic utensils, bottles and other brilliant inventions.
Nespresso pods are allegedly recycled. They give you bags to mail them back. I’m assuming they don’t pay for those shipping labels just to trash them.
Plastic recycling is a scam. Most of the things you throw into the yellow bin get shredded, burned or just sent off to a pile. We didn’t get micro plastics in our blood from recycling.
Don’t buy this environmental disaster. It makes shit coffee anyway. If you’re on a tight budget, get an Aeropress.
I’d say it really depends on what you are looking for. If you want something that is technically coffee and has mostly dark roast tasting notes, and delivers caffeine in a relatively easy manner, I’m sure Nespresso is gonna do the trick just fine.
If you want to get into the finer nuances of coffee, there are much better options out there. What would you say your budget is, realistically?
You can actually buy reusable capsules which can be filled with the coffee of your choosing.
And you loose all the convenience of using capsules. They are dirty and difficult to refill, also the quality of the resulting coffee cup is horrible compared to nespresso capsules. A regular italian expresso machine is a better option: awesome quality, you can choose the coffee brand and it is easier to refill than a reusable capsule.
Do not do it. Get a cheap regular expresso instead. Nespresso is like printers, they seem cheap but the Cartridges/capsules are made of unicorn blood. Reusable capsules might be the solution but the quality of the coffee is awful if you use them and you lose the main point of the nespresso: convenience.
