Costa: Bloody sick of the sight of them.

**BoredBloke** · 4 September 2012, 08:12

Originally posted by IR35FanClub View Post

Warm the cup first, sorry can't do much about small - that's espresso for ya. But if you want ameircano - add hot water, and if you want latte - warm a cup of milk in the microwave first (sod the froth), then have the nespresso pour straight in. When I'm not in diet mode that's my favourite method.

they do sell machines with the frother on the side - but a mate had one of those and said it's a pig to clean - plus they have a bigger foot print.

You'd hate the ristrettos then... they're about half size of espressos. But they do the larger measures - or as I call them yellow green and blue. These make about 110ml per capsule iirc - though I always stick a large and small squirt through them. Just leave about 30 secs in between so you don't over cook the grind.

Me being a cheapskate wondering if it was possible to try and reuse the capsules with a bag of ground coffee. Several messy attempts later I gave up - remembering the reason I Like it in the first place is freshness.

I'll stick with mine thanks. Put beans in the top, hit the button and out pops your drink. Small footprint and you can set it up so that each drink is as large and as strong as you want and it will make it to that each and every time. It also cleans itself. It was pretty expensive though!