Lidl introduce Nespresso compatible capsules

Conba

Lidl Ireland announcement on Twitter: "Introducing our Bellarom coffee capsules that are compatible with Nespresso machines!Each box of 10 is priced at €1.99"

Seems to be plenty positive reaction and reviews coming in already.

Tin Foil Hat

Conba wrote: »

Lidl Ireland announcement on Twitter: "Introducing our Bellarom coffee capsules that are compatible with Nespresso machines!Each box of 10 is priced at €1.99"

Seems to be plenty positive reaction and reviews coming in already.

This can only be a good thing. Nespresso pods are way overpriced and it's a pain in the hole to have to buy them from the pompous boutique in Brown Thomas.

Allan45121

Conba wrote: »

Lidl Ireland announcement on Twitter: "Introducing our Bellarom coffee capsules that are compatible with Nespresso machines!Each box of 10 is priced at €1.99"

Seems to be plenty positive reaction and reviews coming in already.

Anyone tried them? When are they in stock?

vicwatson

Saw them today so are already on sale

nightowlzaphod

As much as I enjoy the trip to Brown Thomas to collect my capsules, took a trip down to Lidl this afternoon and there were three varieties on offer.

Ristretto ( Intensity 10 )
Classico ( Intensity 4 )
Azzuro ( Intensity 5 - Lungo )

These appear to be the same as the other 'alternate' capsules you could buy off amazon. Plastic pots wrapped in a foil bag. These are not the same molded aluminium lifestyle pots from Nespresso.

They cost 1.99 Euro per pack of 10, so you can probably do the maths.

Taste ? We'll I've just tried the Azzuro and it was 6-7/10 , an OK cup of Lungo, I would think that if you're adding milk to your coffee then the Ristretto will be excellent value for money. I'll run through the box and then decide if I'll be buying again. Not blown away but far from dreadful.

Note : Not sure what the long term effects of these plastic pots will be on the machine , the capsule was a little stiff going in , however , it fell out as normal after coffee production.

I understand that Tesco are going to start selling these alternate capsules soon.

Tin Foil Hat

I brought home a box each of the classico and ristretto today and had one of each.
The classico was okay - just. I'll work through them until I can get into BT before the end of the week. The ristretto was absolutely vile - a gritty texture and a horrible, lingering aftertaste. The rest of the box is going in the bin.

No Pants

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

it's a pain in the hole to have to buy them from the pompous boutique in Brown Thomas.

My missus just orders them in batches from the Nespresso website.

WHIP IT!

No Pants wrote: »

My missus just orders them in batches from the Nespresso website.

... stg£9.99 delivery fee... and then a wait to see if the Postman arrives while you're home... I'll certainly be giving these Lidl ones a bash!

No Pants

WHIP IT! wrote: »

stg£9.99 delivery fee

That's why she orders them in batches. My point is that you don't have to go to Brown Thomas.

Doesn't bother me either way. I only drink coffee if it's got whiskey or Baileys in it.

anthony4335

Tried the Lungo, and I was not impressed so I will just keep paying the premium for now.

ang1170

One slight problem - they're not actually compatible. I bought a load of them today to try out, and they wouldn't fit in our machine!

Will have to take them back. I'm surprised they can get away with calling the compatible, when they're clearly not.

A pity, as I've always disliked only having one source of the coffee for the machine.

Bluefoam

ang1170 wrote: »

One slight problem - they're not actually compatible. I bought a load of them today to try out, and they wouldn't fit in our machine!

Will have to take them back. I'm surprised they can get away with calling the compatible, when they're clearly not.

A pity, as I've always disliked only having one source of the coffee for the machine.

Is your machine a new model? I've heard some of the new machines have changes under the hood to stop people using non-nespresso pods.

For me, I'm happy with Nespresso, there's 3 shops close to where I live and I don't drink so much that the cost is a factor. I'll keep buying from them.

ang1170

Bluefoam wrote: »

Is your machine a new model? I've heard some of the new machines have changes under the hood to stop people using non-nespresso pods.

For me, I'm happy with Nespresso, there's 3 shops close to where I live and I don't drink so much that the cost is a factor. I'll keep buying from them.

No, it's a few years old. It's a Miele, one of the advantages of which is you can load it up with about 30 or so pods. Even if they did fit, the Lidl ones would not be suitable for this, as they are individually wrapped: you'd have to unwrap them and feed them in one at a time, which removes one of the advantages of the particular machine.

A pity, as I've always disliked having a single source supplier.

I'm a bit puzzled as to how Lidl can advertise them as compatible, when they're not.

So far, I haven't got round to bringing them back: it'll be interesting to see do they question the return (as far as I'm concerned, they are not as described and hence they have to take them back).

Allan45121

No probs with them in citiZ. Quite like the ristretto, and for the price and the convenience of not having to order online, it's a win win for me.

Ailer37

Conba wrote: »

Lidl Ireland announcement on Twitter: "Introducing our Bellarom coffee capsules that are compatible with Nespresso machines!Each box of 10 is priced at €1.99"

Seems to be plenty positive reaction and reviews coming in already.

Just bought the ristretto I was hesitant in buying as I've tried all the alternatives in the market at present but none taste as smooth as nespresso! Will not be buying from anywhere only the nespresso website. They also deliver by courier which is great.

Krusty_Clown

Not a big fan of Nespresso, but these pods work perfectly in our work machine. Will do a blind taste test at some point, but certainly no noticeable difference in quality (or at least there are none that would warrant paying almost twice the price).

prospect

Lidl Pods work perfectly in our Krups Maestria machine.


Also, on the cost, we normally buy in bulk from the Nespresso website, if you buy 200 or more capsules you get free delivery.

ComputerKing

Tried all of these. I drank a full box of these and I don't think they're good. I'll stick to the nespresso capsules as I find they taste better, there is a better range, I don't shop in lidl so I have to go out of my way to get them, BTs is also one of the main shops I shop in so it's really easy to just pop up stairs when I'm in there to get them and lastly I can use my BT loyalty card and get points while buying the capsules.

WHIP IT!

ComputerKing wrote: »

Tried all of these. I drank a full box of these and I don't think they're good. I'll stick to the nespresso capsules as I find they taste better, there is a better range, I don't shop in lidl so I have to go out of my way to get them, BTs is also one of the main shops I shop in so it's really easy to just pop up stairs when I'm in there to get them and lastly I can use my BT loyalty card and get points while buying the capsules.

You're well off. We get it.

Sulla Felix

http://www.amazon.com/Capsulin-Capsules-Fillable-Nespresso-Compatible/dp/B00CHNW7Q8

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HasBean

Krusty_Clown

Sulla Felix wrote: »

http://www.amazon.com/Capsuanlin-Capsules-Fillable-Nespresso-Compatible/dp/B00CHNW7Q8

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HasBean

So you get all of the inconvenience, all of the extra cost and all of the landfill?
Why not invest in a reusable pod, or an alternative method of making coffee?

Cherrycoke

Dealz are selling a version of these now aswell. I'm not sure how many are in the box, but they're €1.49.

Gran Hermano

From George Clooney and BT to Dealz.
Nestle must be rethinking how they position their Nespresso Club.

Tin Foil Hat

Gran Hermano wrote: »

From George Clooney and BT to Dealz.
Nestle must be rethinking how they position their Nespresso Club.

There's not much to rethink. Drop the price a bit and sell 'em in Dunnes and Tesco.

ComputerKing

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

There's not much to rethink. Drop the price a bit and sell 'em in Dunnes and Tesco.

Not going to happen I'd say it seems like Nespresso pride themslef in their exclusivity and won't lower the brand name. However they'll probably do something to the new machines to prevent the use of knock off capsules.

maxwell smart

Gran Hermano wrote: »

From George Clooney and BT to Dealz.
Nestle must be rethinking how they position their Nespresso Club.

Why?

Hardly the same demographic visiting those two shops?

Also, I think they have growth of over 30% every year for the last 20+ years. I'm sure they are very worried about Dealz!

And after trying the Lidl ones I will not be trying again. The plastic capsule is not strong enough for my machine and kept getting stuck. Apart altogether from the poor taste of the Lidl coffee itself!

Cherrycoke

maxwell smart wrote: »

Why?

Hardly the same demographic visiting those two shops?

You'd be very surprised how untrue this statement is :rolleyes:

Thargor

maxwell smart wrote: »

Also, I think they have growth of over 30% every year for the last 20+ years. I'm sure they are very worried about Dealz!

I think they'd be running the planet by now if that was anywhere near accurate...

ComputerKing

Thargor wrote: »

I think they'd be running the planet by now if that was anywhere near accurate...

I think its actually closer to 20% and starting to slow down in recent years thought however the increase in sales year on years is extremely impressive.

On Maxwell Smart's point I'd have to agree its not the same demographic visiting both Dealz and Brown Thomas.

Krusty_Clown

ComputerKing wrote: »

On Maxwell Smart's point I'd have to agree its not the same demographic visiting both Dealz and Brown Thomas.

Why do you say that?

<lovin' the direction this thread is headed>

Cherrycoke

ComputerKing wrote: »

On Maxwell Smart's point I'd have to agree its not the same demographic visiting both Dealz and Brown Thomas.

Myself, my family and a lot of my friends shop regularly in both

ComputerKing

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Why do you say that?

<lovin' the direction this thread is headed>

Well in my opinion and personal experience the shops have 2 different target markets and demographics. I find that there is usually a difference in the income levels of the people who shop in the two shops. Now this is just my personal experience and opinion.

However I don't think that this opinion is supported by other members of this thread considering people were making comments about me being well off because I said I preferred shoping and purchasing the official nespresso capsules in BTs.

maxwell smart

Just to clarify the point I was making, while there is of course a crossover in demographics visiting both stores, their target demographics are very different.

There would be a higher crossover of people who visit BT's and Lidl / Aldi for example.

This is based purely on the locations of Dealz vs the location of your average Lidl / Aldi. Lidl / Aldi are both (mostly) destination stores aimed at people who have cars. Dealz are mainly high street locations (and usually based in a lower socio-economic area).

Loosely keeping to the topic of the thread, are the Lidl capsules better than the Dealz's one?? My above theory would suggest yes!

Curious or not

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

Tin Foil Hat

Curious or not wrote: »

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

I have. Mine is a Pixie. It's fine.

maxwell smart

Curious or not wrote: »

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

I also have tried a proper Nespresso capsule after a Lidl one. Machine worked fine (Lidl capsule did stick a bit). I have a Citiz 2013 year. I won't be risking a broken machine to save a couple of cents (and get a poorer taste).

Nespresso capsule defo tasted better!

Col_30

I bought the Lidl espresso capsules last night. They worked fine in my Krups CitiZ. I was impressed with the quality of the capsules. They fitted perfectly in the machine and dropped into the dump box no problem. The coffee tasted really nice. I'm not a connoisseur, but I think it's as good as any of Nespresso blends I have tasted. I'm thrilled that I don't have to queue up in BT's anymore to buy coffee.

nicky5mx

Have tried the Lidl capsule.......no problem working them in the machine.....would rate them 80% as good as original but at 50% of the price they seem good value.

WHIP IT!

nicky5mx wrote: »

Have tried the Lidl capsule.......no problem working them in the machine.....would rate them 80% as good as original but at 50% of the price they seem good value.

This would pretty much sum me up too. Not quite as tasty - but a whole lot frickin cheaper and easier to get a hold of... All in all, a thumbs up!

Dsym74

Curious or not wrote: »

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

Exact same thing happened to my 2010 citiz. Not happy. They are clearly not compatible.

Krusty_Clown

Hmm... 'New user' registers account to post about their negative experiences with Aldi/LIDL pods. Is this the new Nescafe marketing machine in action?!

maxwell smart

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Hmm... 'New user' registers account to post about their negative experiences with Aldi/LIDL pods. Is this the new Nescafe marketing machine in action?!

Or maybe, like quite a few boards users, he searched for problems with compatible capsules and Citiz machines, boards came up. He read the posts, decided he wanted to contribute and registered.

Conspiracy Forum that way :eek:

Krusty_Clown

Curious or not wrote:

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules? I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

Dsym74 wrote:

Exact same thing happened to my 2010 citiz. Not happy. They are clearly not compatible.

maxwell smart wrote: »

He read the posts, decided he wanted to contribute and registered. Conspiracy Forum that way :eek:

'He' or 'they'? It's only a conspiracy theory, if it isn't true.

maxwell smart

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

'He' or 'they'? It's only a conspiracy theory, if it isn't true.

But those on the conspiracy theory forum would tell you that it is only a conspiracy if it is true!!

Anyway, maybe its only the Citiz machine that has this problem as that's what I have and what these two 'nestle' employees also have!

Curious or not

I'm certainly not associated with Nespresso or Nestlé and my Citiz is broken following use of the Lidl capsules, an issue I will be taking up with Lidl very shortly.

I've discovered that placing a ring around the inside edge of the capsule before inserting into the machine allows the capsule to be correctly pierced, but its certainly not a permanent solution.

I've spoken with Nespresso and its either 116€ to repair or 143€ for a new Citiz including delivery.

okedoke

My parents have a nespresso and got the Lidl pods. The machine doesn't pierce it without forcing down the lever. I'm not a huge fan off nespresso compared to fresh coffee anyway but the Lidl one (not sure which particular pod it was) tasted almost like instant.

Rudekid

Curious or not wrote: »

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

I had exactly the same thing happen to my machine. I used Lidl capsules which seemed fine for the price and easy access, however when i tried to use Nespresso capsules they don't get pierced.

There is also a lot of leakage with the Lidl capsules. My water tray below the empty capsules always floods and my cup only fills 75%.

Have you contacted Lidl yet?

maxwell smart

Rudekid wrote: »

Have you contacted Lidl yet?

Good Luck with getting anything out of Lidl for that!

dudara

I purchased the Ristretto pods recently. Didn't like the coffee, but additionally didn't like the amount of packaging and non-recyclability of the pods. Won't purchase again.

Plus, and if don't know if this in is my head or not, but the machine didn't seem to maintain the same pressure levels as when using a Nespresso pod.

uberalex

dudara wrote: »

I purchased the Ristretto pods recently. Didn't like the coffee, but additionally didn't like the amount of packaging and non-recyclability of the pods. Won't purchase again.

It's a problem with many of the unofficial capsules, the plastic ones need to be in airtight packaging. I found the coffee to be ok but not nearly as nice as the real stuff. For the small price saving, I don't see the benefit. The only advantage is being able to pick them up in more locations.

Plus, and if don't know if this in is my head or not, but the machine didn't seem to maintain the same pressure levels as when using a Nespresso pod.

I agree, they don't seem to fit properly, and I am not sure they are great for the machine. The pressure thing seems also to be because they don't need to be punctured the way the official ones do.

Cork Lass

Curious or not wrote: »

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

This happened to me last year. I bought nespresso compatible pods whilst on hols in Portugal thinking that I was making a great saving. They wrecked my machine and I ended up getting a new one. I personally wouldn't use anything other than nespresso pods ever again.