Nespresso compatible pods Lidl €1.99

bk

Tesco now selling both Bewleys and Cafepod compatible pods.

I note that the Cafepod ones are marked as having a "new & improved design", I haven't tried them myself yet, but reviews of them on Amazon seem to be very good at 4 stars out of 5. €3 for 10 pods.

mrcheez

The Bewleys ones are supposed to be nice. Roughly same price as Nespresso, but easier to get.

vienne86

mrcheez wrote: »

The Bewleys ones are supposed to be nice. Roughly same price as Nespresso, but easier to get.

That's the whole point for me - just being able to pick them up in a supermarket.

The_Conductor

When you say the Bewleys ones are nice- do you mean they taste like Bewleys coffee- or something else? Personally- I'd rather drink instant Carte Noir or a good instant- than Bewleys- if the pods are simply recreating standard Bewleys coffee- no thank-you........

mrcheez

No idea, just based on reviews I found hence me saying "supposed to be" nice

Won't know till I try them of course

vienne86

Tried the SuperValue Lungo today - pretty acceptable. Nice pack - much more practical than the Nespresso pack. I'll try the others. €1.99 for 10.

bk

So I've tried the new Cafe Pod ones from Tesco and I have to say I'm very impressed.

Excellent strong taste off them, while being very smooth (no grittiness). Excellent colour and nice big crema.

They seem to also extract better then the Lidl pods, with more coffee in the glass and less water left in the machine.

Of course they are more expensive then the Lidl pods at €3 for 10, but probably closer to the Nespresso pods, while being much easier to get in Tesco. Well worth trying out.

I most enjoyed the Intense one which is a 8 out of 10 strength rating on the box. The Ristretto one is good too, but a bit too strong for my taste, it is rated 10 out of 10 strength on the box. Haven't tried the other two yet, but will.

bajer101

The Lidl pods were €1.69 in Lidl Coolock yesterday.

TrustedApple

Tk maxx also have coffee pods at the moment picked up a box there last week to see what there like. They where €10 for a box of 30 and had 3 different kinds. There a itlain brand of coffee and there fairly ok the father liked them a lot for then the aldi, lidl, super valve and coffee pod ones.

Jet Black

bajer101 wrote: »

The Lidl pods were €1.69 in Lidl Coolock yesterday.

The aldi pods were on special too noticed I during the weekend. Although all they had was a shelf full of decaf.

nava

youngblood wrote: »

Aldi nespresson capsules tried & tested in the Nespresso U
Ease of use-Not great- Biggest concern was that over the last 6 capsules, 3 got stuck. Could hear the machine under pressure to extract the coffee
Taste- Seemed ok, better than lidl, only tested the colombian/lungo ones.
Im reluctant to try anymore for fear of damage to the machine.

I got 4 packs, also noticed the exact same with my machine, sounds like the pump is under pressure, I won't buy again for that reason. Coffee was quite good.

jobless

Sorry to dig up an old thread but i just bought my first nespresso (inissia) and was wondering how people were getting on with the non nespresso pods in terms or affect on their machines... do they wreck them?

Sad Professor

jobless wrote: »

Sorry to dig up an old thread but i just bought my first nespresso (inissia) and was wondering how people were getting on with the non nespresso pods in terms or affect on their machines... do they wreck them?

Potentially yes. The Lidl ones were fine in my experience. But the Supervalu pods were too cheap and thick and jammed in my machine, causing water to back up and create a leak in the chamber. I bought two boxes of them and only 3 pods worked correctly. I dumped the rest and went back to the Lidl ones but the damage had been done.

Supervalu may have improved their pods since. They were only new at the time.

mrcheez

The Lidl ones got jammed in our machine, but perhaps ymmv and it might be ok.

Personally I wouldn't take the risk.

FrClintPower

The Lidl pods are better than the Aldi, and I used them for a good year or so, but I've ended up going back to the full price nespresso pods.

The Lidl ones were causing a leak in my machine (coffee packed too tight so the water couldn't get through?) so a lot of the water/coffee wasn't actually going into the cup. This meant I ended up using two Lidl pods a lot of the time, and that ends up being the same price as just using the real ones. And the real ones are tastier.

I work in the city centre so its not too much hassle for me to get the real ones either.

jpb1974

I've pretty much settled on the Green Lidl capsules, no issues in my Magimix Nespresso machine.

Winterlong

I think that the more robust machines have no problem with most of these types of capsules. At least I have had no issues with the lidl ones, supervalue ones, asda and sainsbury's ones. This on my Krups citiz.
But the smaller machines seem to have issues with jamming etc from what friends tell me.

Sad Professor

Winterlong wrote: »

I think that the more robust machines have no problem with most of these types of capsules. At least I have had no issues with the lidl ones, supervalue ones, asda and sainsbury's ones. This on my Krups citiz.
But the smaller machines seem to have issues with jamming etc from what friends tell me.

I'm not so sure. My machine was a Citiz.

deadl0ck

I've also found the Lidl ones fine, but the Aldi ones caused problem - this was on a nespresso citiz and milk machine

eoinfitzokk

deadl0ck wrote: »

I've also found the Lidl ones fine, but the Aldi ones caused problem - this was on a nespresso citiz and milk machine

Same here, Aldi ones either seem to be packed in too tight or the foil is too strong. The unit can't penetrate through the coffee or the foil. Noticed this on my parents machine and never bought them for mine. They have Essenza and i have a Pixie.

eoinfitzokk

I bought these Online in June 2015. Seemed nice at the time.
http://coffeemania.ie/shop/coffee-capsules-for-nespresso-machines/cafe-rene-nespresso-compatible-capsules-range/

No issues with compatibility.

Vego

supervalu ones are the best of the cheap lot I find

The_Conductor

jobless wrote: »

do they wreck them?

Yes- brother wrecked the Citiz I got him with Aldi pods.
The Centra ones weren't any better.
He managed to blag a replacement machine out of Nespresso and has sworn he'll not use the cheaper pods ever again.

Bluefoam

My advice is, if you don't want to use nespresso pods, if you find them too expensive, don't like the flavour or complain about the quality... Then don't buy the machine, they make it unbelievably easy to test all the machines, coffee and their pricing is very transparent...

There are plenty of other options for people who want other coffee, use one of them.

Nespresso machines are not made to be compatible with other types of pods, if you chose to use cheap alternatives you risk damaging your machine and even though you've asked for secondary options from strangers on the internet you'll only have yourself to blame if anything goes wrong.

crabbypaddy

Some nespresso machines were specifically designed to break compatibility with compatibles, its documented online so do your research before choosing a machine if you plan to go the nespresso compatible route, personally for home use I find a portafilter machine takes the same amount of time as I have to run two nespresso capsules to make a decent cup of coffee as opposed to just running more grounds in a larger basket and for the tiny hassle of cleaning and disposing of grinds I get a much better coffee with tons of crema. Obviously in an shared house / work / office scenario the grounds and mess could be a big deal.

jobless

thanks for the info guys... seems like they are a gamble to use

Del007

I've been using both nespresso and non nespresso capsules for the last 18 months and I've never had any issues with my machine. (touch wood)

breeno

[font=Verdana, sans-serif]I have stopped using these on my U machine. They tended to get stuck every 2nd or 3rd time. It's not a big deal pushing the stuck capsule out but it takes something away from the ease of use of the machine. [/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif]I could probably live with the capsule issue but the main reason I stopped using them was the taste. I ve tried Lidl, Aldi, SuperValu, Roberts, Bewleys and another brand that I don t remember the name of that I got in Avoca(similar price to originals). None of them come close to the originals in terms of flavour. I m by no means a coffee snob in any way and would drink an instant coffee if put in front of me etc but the difference between the cheap stuff and the real stuff in night and day. I bought the machine to have good coffee, quickly, at home so I am willing to pay a small bit extra for the originals.[/font]

OldMrBrennan83

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Bargain_Hound

I've been using the Lidl Black ones for over a year now in a Krupps machine. Great taste and have always been 1.69 for as long as I remember for a 10 pack.

There is a "nack" to getting them to slot in correctly though, a minor inconvenience.