Coffee Help - Hate Nespresso Vertuo Pods. Will De’Longhi System Taste Better?

Saul Goodman on 29/11/2022 - 15:41

Need some help from you coffee experts.

I have a Nespresso Vertuo. I've tried a lot of their pods and I struggle to drink them. I'm confused how this all works but I love the taste of all coffee when it's made by a barista but when I try to do the same with pods it tastes disgusting. I ONLY use the Vertuo for lattes over ice with almond milk now which I do really like the taste of. It's with a specific pod that's made for with milk drinks. I'm guessing maybe the cold takes a lot of the flavour away?

I've liked the idea of owning a proper system for a while but is the coffee going to taste like the Vertuo? Does it improve the taste that much and be more like the barista ones?

I'm thinking of using my flybuy points to buy one of these:

De’Longhi Dinamica Plus - 310,208 pts RRP 1600
De’Longhi Eletta Explore - 342,468 pts RRP 2199
De’Longhi PrimaDonna Soul - 400,909 pts RRP 2299

I'm leaning a lot more towards the Eletta Explore because it's the only one that can do cold beverages also. They're all ranked pretty good. Thanks

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Comments

  • GG57 on 29/11/2022 - 15:51
    +7

    You can't compare pod coffee with barista-made coffee.

  • jjjaar on 29/11/2022 - 15:53
    +3

    Pods use like 5g of coffee in them and about 50-150mL of water. Baristas use about 15-25g of coffee to 30mL of water.

    Also the process of pulling the coffee is completely different. Even if the ratios were identical it wouldn’t be the same.

    And French press, stovetop, at home coffee machines, all of these with the exact same ratios and beans would yield different flavour profiles.

    • trapper on 29/11/2022 - 17:14

      Pods use like 5g of coffee in them and about 50-150mL of water.

      Yeah, this is why pod coffee picks up more of a bitter taste than barista.

      Although pod can be ok (not too bitter) on the really small shot size pour.

      • iamherenow on 29/11/2022 - 18:09

        you can watch the coffee coming out, and stop the machine when it goes from the nice brown colour to yellow. The yellow part doesn't taste good.

  • spackbace on 29/11/2022 - 16:05
    +1

    $1600 is 320x cafe coffees @ $5 each, not allowing for the added costs of beans and milk

    For the times when you can, maybe it's actually better to visit your local cafe?

  • bobwokeup on 29/11/2022 - 16:14
    +2

    I hate any pod machine they all taste the same and are so bad for the environment. We’ve had a DeLonghi Magnifica S for years and it’s so good. Not much bigger than a pod machine and the coffee tastes much better.

    • kizzaaa on 29/11/2022 - 16:21
      +2

      How long did it take you to find a bean that you like and work out the perfect grinder settings?

      I have a Vertuo machine and eager to switch to an automatic system like DeLonghi Magnifica, but resistant as I understand it takes time to find a decent bean and then work out the ideal grinder settings.

      • bobwokeup on 29/11/2022 - 16:55
        +1

        To be honest with you we haven’t really noticed the difference. I found any beans we tried were still better than pods. We used to get beans from the local store but then tried cheaper beans at various places (even tried the Aldi ones) and there wasn’t much difference. For us we just putting the setting on the finest (is they the right word for it?) one and it does great.

  • trapper on 29/11/2022 - 17:11

    Pod coffee is kind of the middle ground between instant and barista made coffee.

    imho instant and pod coffee both need a little touch of sugar to taste good.

    Barista coffee needs no sugar.

  • sumyungguy on 29/11/2022 - 19:33

    Your choices are bean-to-cup, fully manual or pod (perhaps Nespresso or ESE). Each has their pros and cons. Consider Starbucks still uses bean-to-cup machines so if you like the Eletta Explore I'd say go for it.

  • Hugh G Rection on 29/11/2022 - 20:34
    +3

    all pods are horrible. all old and stale.

    you really need to invest in an espresso machine and a grinder. it hurts initially, but pays itself off fast. also buy freshly roasted local beans. you will see lots of sales on here, and you buy enough to last about 2 weeks. you will create better coffee then outside and wish you were home brewing your own coffee.

    $5 dollars a cup, twice a day, for a year = $3,650
    you can get an awesome setup and it will pay itself off less then a year.

    • Stewardo on 29/11/2022 - 20:40

      I agree, learn to do it properly and you’ll never go back.

  • Saul Goodman on 04/01/2023 - 12:31
    +1

    If anyone cares, I ended up buying the De’Longhi Eletta Explore and holy shit the coffee (I use whole beans) is so much better than the espresso machine. Very happy with the purchase.

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