Nescafé Dolce Gusto machines half price at Tesco

thecivvie

Spotted in Galway

The big one is down from €130 to €65 and the Piccolo is down fro
€100 to €50

laros

Tesco Tullamore had about 3 of the piccolo machines this evening (6pm)

54kroc

Can you get reusable pods to use with the machine?

thecivvie

cork45 wrote: »

Can you get reusable pods to use with the machine?

No just new pods. Think the website is dolce-gusto.ie. has pods that are not in the shops

redalan

Tesco sell the pods as well for these machines. They are 4.49E

longshotvalue

Amazon are cheap for mulitpacks of the pods..

bizz213

Anyone see any in cork?? none in wilton!

thecivvie

aidankkk wrote: »

Amazon are cheap for mulitpacks of the pods..

The problem is unless you know someone on the uk, postage here makes the pods dearer than Tesco.

longshotvalue

thecivvie wrote: »

The problem is unless you know someone on the uk, postage here makes the pods dearer than Tesco.

postage if free over 25 quid, ive done it loads of times..

Bigcheeze

how do these compare to nespresso?

Tiesto

theres still 2 of the dolce gusto's in Tesco Sligo and a few of the Picollos

Do-more

Bigcheeze wrote: »

how do these compare to nespresso?

I have a Phillips Senseo in the office which I use with a refillable Coffee duck and find it excellent. It makes large mugs of piping hot coffee and is cheap to run as I use normal ground coffee with it rather than the expensive pods or capsules.

If you just want to make a mug of tea the water it produces is hot enough for that also.

I've never had a Nespresso or Dolce Gusto machine so can't offer a comparison but for a no frills coffee machine costing about £60 for the machine and Coffee duck delivered, I'd definitely recommend the Senseo.

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thecivvie wrote: »

Spotted in Galway

The big one is down from €130 to €65 and the Piccolo is down fro
€100 to €50

Damn, bought the big one a month ago in Tesco when it was reduced from €130 to €100, and the other one was reduced from €100 to €79.

Oh well. I seen that the UK and other sites have chai tea latte pods, but not available from the irish version of the website :-(

barone

got me one in tesco (hardware store) terryland galway today. 31/10/11 was one more of theese left and two of the others for 50 euro, mine was the 65euro one with 12 free pods..



thanks op:)

Third Eye

I tasted a sample of Nescafé Dolce Gusto in Tesco's. It tasted awful. You would be as well off sticking to instant coffee imho.

bizz213

1 piccolo and 2 of the big one left in Tesco douglas..

thecivvie

aidankkk wrote: »

postage if free over 25 quid, ive done it loads of times..

Ahh ok, never done it that way

thecivvie

amazon.co.uk have the pods on a subscription of 48 pods for £9,50, somehow they have not charged me postage, well yet.

Checked tesco.com and the machines are cheaper here than over there

barone

thecivvie wrote: »

amazon.co.uk have the pods on a subscription of 48 pods for £9,50, somehow they have not charged me postage, well yet.

Checked tesco.com and the machines are cheaper here than over there

any links to them?

tk123

Got the last (well that I could see!) €65 one this morning in Clearwater - it was down with the microwaves away from the kettles/coffee makers so I would have missed it only barone had posted a pic of the box - thanks for that!! The €65 one is the KP210040 eg - http://www.amazon.co.uk/NESCAF%C3%89-Krups-KP210040-Machine-Pressure/dp/B001GIOQLO/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1320134819&sr=1-1

Now to buy a ton of pods for it

thecivvie

barone wrote: »

any links to them?

Not sure what link so here is Amazon UK Pods and Tesco Direct Machine link

If you are talking about the subscribe price, it is on the right hand side beside the Buy Now price

viztopia

thecivvie wrote: »

barone wrote: »

any links to them?

Not sure what link so here is Amazon UK Pods and Tesco Direct Machine link

If you are talking about the subscribe price, it is on the right hand side beside the Buy Now price

Few left in maynooth this morning

D'Agger

Sorry to go OT here lads but the pods for nespresso and other coffee machines - can they be used in all coffee machines like a philips senseo?

redalan

PaulieC wrote: »

Sorry to go OT here lads but the pods for nespresso and other coffee machines - can they be used in all coffee machines like a philips senseo?

No, unfortunately they're not the same. The nespresso ones are also different to the dolce gusto ones

D'Agger

redalan wrote: »

No, unfortunately they're not the same. The nespresso ones are also different to the dolce gusto ones

With regard to price and so on would you recommend getting a pod machine then?

I'd like to be able to make a really nice mug of coffee at home - filtered coffee isn't doing it for me!!

redalan

PaulieC wrote: »

With regard to price and so on would you recommend getting a pod machine then?

I'd like to be able to make a really nice mug of coffee at home - filtered coffee isn't doing it for me!!

We have one of these and find they make lovely coffee. Definitely recommended, especially at this price. We paid full price :mad:

We bought a year's worth of pods on ebay to save on the shipping charges.

Redders825

Anyone have any idea if there are any left around Dublin??

neonitrix

heads up re: stock in Tesco Tullamore

I bought the last big one today
but there are 3 more of the small ones on shelf marked at 50 as of 12 o clock today tesco tullamore.

hope it helps

neonitrix

chasm

Quite a few of these still in Tesco Carrick-on-Shannon this evening.

sillymoo

Can you buy the pods in tesco? I have been looking for them in Ireland for the past year and have not been able to find them. Gave up on Tescos as they used to sell them maybe 2 years ago, stopped stocking them, and I was told by my local store manager that they were not goIng to stock them again? Now that was at least 1 year ago. Local store is Galway Headford road!

Jimdagym

sillymoo wrote: »

Can you buy the pods in tesco? I have been looking for them in Ireland for the past year and have not been able to find them. Gave up on Tescos as they used to sell them maybe 2 years ago, stopped stocking them, and I was told by my local store manager that they were not goIng to stock them again? Now that was at least 1 year ago. Local store is Galway Headford road!

Tesco Balbriggan does anyway. About 6 different types. 16 for €4.49. Next to the teabags.

thecivvie

sillymoo wrote: »

Can you buy the pods in tesco? I have been looking for them in Ireland for the past year and have not been able to find them. Gave up on Tescos as they used to sell them maybe 2 years ago, stopped stocking them, and I was told by my local store manager that they were not goIng to stock them again? Now that was at least 1 year ago. Local store is Galway Headford road!

Yeah the headford road branch has them, though they tend to sell out fast these days

webels

Plenty of both types of machine in Tesco tonight. Saying that I picked up a philips senseo for 58 in argos plus I got a 5 euro voucher. The pods are around 2.50 for 18 in Tesco. As do-more said earlier you can buy an attachment to use loose coffee.

metalfest

Anyone know if these can hold a candle to nespresso machines?

keith_d99

Picked one up in Tesco Crescent Limerick - a few of both left

Thanks OP!

Tar.Aldarion

is this actually decent coffee? not a fan of having to use certain pods for a machine hmm.

tk123

I love mine - I even have Nesquik pods for it lol

texas star

Just back from Tesco Finglas loads there:)

barone

thecivvie wrote: »

Yeah the headford road branch has them, though they tend to sell out fast these days

got them in oranmore tesco aswell, but orderd a whole heap on ebay,just cafe lugano and chococino...

i mean a whole lot

works out cheaper the more ya buy

keith_d99

Anybody used theirs yet? Is the light supposed to be flashing green!

tk123

keith_d99 wrote: »

Anybody used theirs yet? Is the light supposed to be flashing green!

Mine flashed green the first time I used it so I pressed the button again and then it was solid green. It hasn't flashed green since. I got the travel mug off the dolce gusto site - it has measurements for the different pods so handy for taking a coffee with me in the morning

redalan

keith_d99 wrote: »

Anybody used theirs yet? Is the light supposed to be flashing green!

Ordinarily, the red light flashes until the water is hot and then goes green. But as another poster has suggested, it might flash green when new.

Satts

Do-more wrote: »

I have a Phillips Senseo in the office which I use with a refillable Coffee duck and find it excellent. It makes large mugs of piping hot coffee and is cheap to run as I use normal ground coffee with it rather than the expensive pods or capsules.

If you just want to make a mug of tea the water it produces is hot enough for that also.

I've never had a Nespresso or Dolce Gusto machine so can't offer a comparison but for a no frills coffee machine costing about £60 for the machine and Coffee duck delivered, I'd definitely recommend the Senseo.

Just wondering is there any difference in taste between ground coffee brewed in the Senseo and a plunger ?

keith_d99

redalan wrote: »

Ordinarily, the red light flashes until the water is hot and then goes green. But as another poster has suggested, it might flash green when new.

Scrap that - was holding down button turning it on. :rolleyes:
Messed up the only hot chocolate as a result (too cold)
Is the hot chocolate nice??

In summary don't hold down power button - wait for solid green!! If you put in a little hot water, stop wait for green and go again - you seem to get an even hotter cup!

barone

keith_d99 wrote: »

Scrap that - was holding down button turning it on. :rolleyes:
Messed up the only hot chocolate as a result (too cold)
Is the hot chocolate nice??

In summary don't hold down power button - wait for solid green!! If you put in a little hot water, stop wait for green and go again - you seem to get an even hotter cup!

the hot choc is nice,you get one pod of milk and one of choc per cup. chocochino

goin on the site for travel mug

Jimdagym

Tesco Balbriggan wheeled out bucket loads more of these machines. 2 dozen of each at least.

greenoverred

Amazon are doing this for less then tesco.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/NESCAF%C3%89-Krups-KP210040-Machine-Pressure/dp/B001GIOQLO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322355678&sr=8-1

Put while I was looking at it I taught this was better

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Senseo-HD7825-60-Machine/dp/B005LBM1AU/ref=sr_1_20?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1322355770&sr=1-20

cianof

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in

Jimdagym

cianof wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in

What in gods name has that to do with a bargain alert?

Do-more

Jimdagym wrote: »

What in gods name has that to do with a bargain alert?

Everything!

The initial purchase price of the machine is one thing but your ongoing running costs may be substantially higher with some brands of pod/capsule machines because you are locked in to buying their pods.

If you look back in the thread you will see where I posted about the Phillips Senseo machine (and greenoverred has provided a link to a very keenly priced one, two posts up on this page) with this machine you can buy a refillable "Coffee Duck" for about a tenner which means you are not tied in to buying the expensive pods if you don't want to.

I'm not aware of any refillable pods being available for the Dolce Gusto machine so if you buy one of them you are locked in to buying their pods forever.

tk123

Do-more wrote: »

Everything!

The initial purchase price of the machine is one thing but your ongoing running costs may be substantially higher with some brands of pod/capsule machines because you are locked in to buying their pods.

If you look back in the thread you will see where I posted about the Phillips Senseo machine (and greenoverred has provided a link to a very keenly priced one, two posts up on this page) with this machine you can buy a refillable "Coffee Duck" for about a tenner which means you are not tied in to buying the expensive pods if you don't want to.

I'm not aware of any refillable pods being available for the Dolce Gusto machine so if you buy one of them you are locked in to buying their pods forever.

Ah but I like my vanilla latte pods and can't be bothered refilling pods, buying syrup etc which is why I went for the pod machine. 48 pods is approx €13 from amazon = bargain