Senseo Coffee machine

philthrill69 · 12-01-2014 12:09AM #1

Seems like a good bargain to me, it's 90 sterling on Amazon. I already have a tassimo at home but I ordered one of these for work. http://m.tesco.com/mt/www.tesco.com/direct/philips-senseo-hd786380coffee-machine-red/106-0796.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=106-0796&sc_cmp=aff_1018132

moodrater · 12-01-2014 12:18AM

philthrill69 wrote: »

Seems like a good bargain to me, it's 90 sterling on Amazon. I already have a tassimo at home but I ordered one of these for work. http://m.tesco.com/mt/www.tesco.com/direct/philips-senseo-hd786380coffee-machine-red/106-0796.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=106-0796&sc_cmp=aff_1018132

Balls just bought a secondhand one on ebay to replace an old one, thats a great price.

quinnthebin · 12-01-2014 02:34PM

Initial cost is great but anyone have an idea of the running costs of these? - pods seem expensive but guessing there are cheaper generic options?

philthrill69 · 12-01-2014 02:38PM

quinnthebin wrote: »

Initial cost is great but anyone have an idea of the running costs of these? - pods seem expensive but guessing there are cheaper generic options?

I was looking at a website last night and 32 senseo cappuccino or latte pods were only 12 pound.
That's a lot cheaper than tassimo or dolce gusto pods.

quinnthebin · 12-01-2014 02:46PM

philthrill69 wrote: »

I was looking at a website last night and 32 senseo cappuccino or latte pods were only 12 pound.
That's a lot cheaper than tassimo or dolce gusto pods.

Thanks - that's around 50cents a cup (or 1euro per mug). I'm assuming regular coffee would be cheaper - Just trying to put a price on my addiction - using an espresso stovetop maker at the moment.

Batesy · 12-01-2014 02:49PM

I got 100 mug size Morning Americano for around €26 from Amazon.

I'd highly recommend it.

CuppaCocoa · 12-01-2014 02:51PM

moodrater wrote: »

Balls just bought a secondhand one on ebay to replace an old one, thats a great price.

Thanks OP, got one. That makes 4 of them I'll have now! Home, mother's house and work! Need to upgrade one of the older ones. I buy the mug size pods on Amazon, 5 packs per box. Works out at £20.45 per box

philthrill69 · 12-01-2014 03:00PM

quinnthebin wrote: »

Thanks - that's around 50cents a cup (or 1euro per mug). I'm assuming regular coffee would be cheaper - Just trying to put a price on my addiction - using an espresso stovetop maker at the moment.

Well you can't really compare the price of any pods to a pack of ground coffee.
With the pods your paying for convenience and all the fancy packaging, but as pods go, my sister has a dolce gusto and I have a tassimo and the senseo pods are a fair bit cheaper than both of them.
Also it's the latte, cappuccino pods I priced which are bigger pods so it's actually 32 mugs not cups.

moodrater · 12-01-2014 03:02PM

quinnthebin wrote: »

Initial cost is great but anyone have an idea of the running costs of these? - pods seem expensive but guessing there are cheaper generic options?

You can get a coffeeduck that allows you to use it like a regular espresso machine, take up to 14g of coffee just like real machine.

16 douwe egberts pods in tesco is €3.15 for medium roast ~ 20c a cup and around 3.50 for dark roast ~22c a cup.
http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=257900584

No brand ones aren't much cheaper.
In uk lidl do good own brand for around £1.76 aven't seen the in local lidl but the market would be very limited her, might have them in large urban areas.

davehey79 · 12-01-2014 03:11PM

Have a different one of the senseo machines but takes the same pods. Check out kaffeepadshop.com and in particular these pods
http://www.kaffeepadshop.com/shop/432-Alex-Meijer-Kaffeepads-Extra-Dark-12x36-p-1104.html

Get these all the time ordered some Monday and had Thursday 40 off euro delivered to the house and keeps us going for months

moodrater · 12-01-2014 03:19PM

davehey79 wrote: »

Have a different one of the senseo machines but takes the same pods. Check out kaffeepadshop.com and in particular these pods
http://www.kaffeepadshop.com/shop/432-Alex-Meijer-Kaffeepads-Extra-Dark-12x36-p-1104.html

Get these all the time ordered some Monday and had Thursday 40 off euro delivered to the house and keeps us going for months

40/432 = 9.25c per cup, they're short dated though.

davehey79 · 12-01-2014 03:23PM

moodrater wrote: »

40/432 = 9.25c per cup, they're short dated though.

They do the senseo branded ones also I find these perfect though and although short dated never found a quality or taste problem even if I slightly go over the date specified. Each to their own on that aspect though. The price point is where these excel compared to locally bought pods plus they have 10% off deals pretty often

greenoverred · 12-01-2014 03:57PM

Don't touch the cappuccino or lattes pod. They are absolute rank. A great machine if you stick to the normal ones like those posted above.

kirb42 · 12-01-2014 06:11PM

philthrill69 wrote: »

Seems like a good bargain to me, it's 90 sterling on Amazon. I already have a tassimo at home but I ordered one of these for work. http://m.tesco.com/mt/www.tesco.com/direct/philips-senseo-hd786380coffee-machine-red/106-0796.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=106-0796&sc_cmp=aff_1018132

How does shipping work out....anyone got any suggestions as to the best way to order one, or so Tesco ship direct to Ireland...

quinnthebin · 12-01-2014 06:42PM

kirb42 wrote: »

How does shipping work out....anyone got any suggestions as to the best way to order one, or so Tesco ship direct to Ireland...

From their Frequently asked questions
Do you offer international delivery?
Unfortunately, at this time, we do not deliver to international addresses.
Can I order from an international location?
Yes. You can place an order from outside the UK, but the order must be delivered to a UK delivery address.

I Just ordered for delivery to parcel motel Antrim as follows:

Payment summary:
Tesco
Items £29.90
Delivery charges £3.00
Total paid
£32.90

Estimated to be delivered by next saturday

quinnthebin · 12-01-2014 06:47PM

philthrill69 wrote: »

Seems like a good bargain to me, it's 90 sterling on Amazon. I already have a tassimo at home but I ordered one of these for work. http://m.tesco.com/mt/www.tesco.com/direct/philips-senseo-hd786380coffee-machine-red/106-0796.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=106-0796&sc_cmp=aff_1018132

Just to clarify - the black version is about 90sterling but red version as per the above link is £49.99 on Amazon
Still a nice saving thanks OP
£32.90 to parcel motel (39.68 euro plus euro3.50 for parcel motel - total price paid Euro43.18)

eamon234 · 12-01-2014 08:39PM

Bear in mind this is essentially a filter coffee machine. You won't get anything near the quality of a capsule machine. If strong coffee is your thing avoid.

moodrater · 12-01-2014 10:15PM

eamon234 wrote: »

Bear in mind this is essentially a filter coffee machine. You won't get anything near the quality of a capsule machine. If strong coffee is your thing avoid.

Its 1.5 bar (about the same as a moka pot so hardly filter coffee, and the mug pods hold twice as much coffee as a nespresso pod and it makes a decent hot mug of coffee vs the nespressos tepid watery mug the nespresso heater block can't keep up the temperature for a large quantity of water. Nespresso is ok for espresso but none of the pod machines could be described as quality.

stevenmu · 20-01-2014 01:35PM

Thanks OP. Mine arrived yesterday (ordered on Wednesday).

I hadn't realised it used tea-bag like pads instead of the sealed plastic pods like some machines, so I'd guess cappuccinos etc wouldn't work out great, but I got some of the Douwe Egberts dark roast from Tesco linked above and they make some very tasty coffee indeed. I'll probably pick up one of the coffeeducks to use fresh grind at some point, but I'm very happy with it with just the pads for now.

munchkin_utd · 20-01-2014 03:10PM

stevenmu wrote: »

Thanks OP. Mine arrived yesterday (ordered on Wednesday).

I hadn't realised it used tea-bag like pads instead of the sealed plastic pods like some machines, so I'd guess cappuccinos etc wouldn't work out great, but I got some of the Douwe Egberts dark roast from Tesco linked above and they make some very tasty coffee indeed. I'll probably pick up one of the coffeeducks to use fresh grind at some point, but I'm very happy with it with just the pads for now.

capuccinos work out grand and you can get stronger blends of pad which do the trick, with the extra strong being almost over the top altogether.

quality isnt as good as your local italian coffee shop ran by italian dudes using a few grand worth of machinery and doing everything by hand and accepting no compromises except allowing you to maybe order in your own language, but senseo makes a damn nicer coffee than a normal filter machine or god forbid freeze dried granules, so is a fairly acceptable home solution.

The machine at work here cost about 5grand incl instalation and is one of your all in one grind+dispense machines, and I'd be as happy with my senseo at home as anything it can throw at me to be honest.

moodrater · 20-01-2014 03:47PM

stevenmu wrote: »

Thanks . Mine arrived yesterday (ordered on Wednesday).

I hadn't realised it used tea-bag like pads instead of the sealed plastic pods like some machines, so I'd guess cappuccinos etc wouldn't work out great, but I got some of the Douwe Egberts dark roast from Tesco linked above and they make some very tasty coffee indeed. I'll probably pick up one of the coffeeducks to use fresh grind at some point, but I'm very happy with it with just the pads for now.

Coffee duck is great so easy to fill, empy and clean.
One of the reasons I recommend the senseo is because of the teabag style pod - "an estimated 9.1 billion single-serve coffee and drink cartridges wind up in U.S. landfills every year"

The cappuccino pods have a plastic grid in them about 5g, you'll find them washed up all over the beaches in ireland.

Also bear in mind that the 'cappuccino' pod, mocha pod etc. contain a tiny quantity of instant coffee less than a level teaspoon, the rest is mostly powdered milk, sugar and worst of all hydrogenated vegetable fat which raises cholesterol, reduces uptake of good fats, increases heart disease and is implicated in all sorts of other health problems.

Professional machines push about 9bar (120psi) through coffee granules giving a completely different flavour, a bit like squeezing the shlte out of your teabag depends on what you're into.

Sappy404 · 20-01-2014 04:27PM

Has anyone used the hot chocolate Senseo pads? I understand you need a larger pad holder for them. Do they work with the double-pad holder that comes with the Senseo machine?

munchkin_utd · 20-01-2014 04:58PM

Sappy404 wrote: »

Has anyone used the hot chocolate Senseo pads? I understand you need a larger pad holder for them. Do they work with the double-pad holder that comes with the Senseo machine?

they do fit in the double holder.

I tried the milka ones and they were nice. The milk is a pad in itsself and you put the chocolate powder in the mug.
Will have to see about the normal senseo chocolate ones. I think the mrs bought some so will ask her later if she liked them.

We have the latte select machine so mostly we just let it pour a glass of frothy real milk and add cadburys powder. Now thats nice!

slight tangent, dont go near the senseo all in 1 cappucino (or caramel version etc) as they are just nescafe and milk powder in a large pad. (i see this is mentioned before already)

Sappy404 · 20-01-2014 05:15PM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

they do fit in the double holder.

I tried the milka ones and they were nice. The milk is a pad in itsself and you put the chocolate powder in the mug.
Will have to see about the normal senseo chocolate ones. I think the mrs bought some so will ask her later if she liked them.

We have the latte select machine so mostly we just let it pour a glass of frothy real milk and add cadburys powder. Now thats nice!

slight tangent, dont go near the senseo all in 1 cappucino (or caramel version etc) as they are just nescafe and milk powder in a large pad. (i see this is mentioned before already)

Excellent. I have the HD7814 model. I hope the pod-holder is the same as yours, as they vary.

philthrill69 · 21-01-2014 11:39AM

Still waiting for mine. A mix in the parcel motel warehouse. They said my pmid wasn't on the parcel even though I clearly remember entering it on the tesco website.
Anyway how do people normally use their senseo?
I mean are you adding your shots to heated milk or are you just adding some cold milk on top like you would with your instant coffee?

Ballyv24 · 21-01-2014 11:50AM

philthrill69 wrote: »

Anyway how do people normally use their senseo?
I mean are you adding your shots to heated milk or are you just adding some cold milk on top like you would with your instant coffee?

It varies. Sometime I put milk into the microwave for 30seconds and add a shot of coffee to that.

When I have a spare few extra minutes I make a cappuccino with the bodum milk frother.

Mostly I just put 2 shots of water through a single coffee pod and top it up with milk.

I order coffee through amazon and discount coffee.

moodrater · 21-01-2014 12:28PM

philthrill69 wrote: »

Still waiting for mine. A mix in the parcel motel warehouse. They said my pmid wasn't on the parcel even though I clearly remember entering it on the tesco website.
Anyway how do people normally use their senseo?
I mean are you adding your shots to heated milk or are you just adding some cold milk on top like you would with your instant coffee?

I just use cold milk, senseo coffee comes out at a better temperature than most pod machines. If you want it hotter or use a lot of milk you can put through some hot water to rinse and preheat the holder and cup by pressing the single cup button letting it fill a little then turn off and on to cancel. Swish that around the cup and chuck it in the sink. Adds a few degrees to the temperature of the coffee.

By the way it makes an acceptable cup of tea with a regular tea bag bar the tea crema on top. Having some twinning english breakfast tea here as i speak from it.

philthrill69 · 21-01-2014 01:24PM

Just wondering are the cappuccino and latte pods really that terrible?
I know you can't compare the teabag pods to the plastic pods but I got a tassimo for Christmas and find their lattes and cappuccinos unreal .
For anyone who has experience of both is there that much of a discernible difference?

moodrater · 21-01-2014 03:13PM

philthrill69 wrote: »

Just wondering are the cappuccino and latte pods really that terrible?
I know you can't compare the teabag pods to the plastic pods but I got a tassimo for Christmas and find their lattes and cappuccinos unreal .
For anyone who has experience of both is there that much of a discernible difference?

Believe me they're not even in the same universe.
Tassimo is basically a proper coffee with a condensed milk, as you'd get in many a spanish cafe.
The normal senseo latte is a single pod is a fraction of a teaspoon of instant coffee, powdered milk and bad stuff.

Carete noire latte ingredients:
Roast and Ground Coffee, Latter Creamer from Milk: Lactose- and Mineral-Reduced Ultrafiltered Milk Concentrate (76%), Water, Sugar (11%), Salt, Acidity Regulator (E339) Allergy Information: Contains Milk

Senseo latte ingredients:
SKIMMED MILK POWDER,Sugar ,Fully Hydrogenated Coconut Fat ,Glucose Syrup ,Instant Coffee (7%) ,Stabiliser (E340, E352) ,Salt ,MILK PROTEIN ,Anti-Caking Agent (E341, E551) ,Flavouring ,Emulsifier (E481)

To compare thats about 8g or roast ground coffee and a full pod of concentrated milk with a little sugar and a safe ubiquitous acidity regulator.
-vs-
About 1g of instant coffee, powdered milk, a little sugar, hydrogenated coconut fat wtf! and a ton of additives

I have a couple of bags of them here you can have for the price of postage if you don't believe me.

munchkin_utd · 21-01-2014 03:15PM

philthrill69 wrote: »

Just wondering are the cappuccino and latte pods really that terrible?
I know you can't compare the teabag pods to the plastic pods but I got a tassimo for Christmas and find their lattes and cappuccinos unreal .
For anyone who has experience of both is there that much of a discernible difference?

As was said above, its no more than a slightly more elaborate load of milk powder and instant coffee with a bit of sugar to mask the full extent of its cr@pness.

The tassimo (if i am correct) uses a proper normal coffee pod plus then separately a milk powder pod so you are getting proper coffee and the milk is squirted in separate so even visually will look a better job.

For milky coffees you need the Senseo Latte Select which takes real milk, but even with discounts you cant pick that up for less than 130euro. That or get the funny whisk yoke which also does the job for a bit of froth.

Or, get the senseo brand milk heater and frother available separately!
http://www.amazon.de/Philips-CA6500-Milchaufsch%C3%A4umer-Antihaftbeschichtung-Tastendruck/dp/B00BCQI5PI/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1390313610&sr=8-13&keywords=senseo

which seems to do a fairly good job

stevenmu · 21-01-2014 04:19PM

munchkin_utd wrote: »

The tassimo (if i am correct) uses a proper normal coffee pod plus then separately a milk powder pod so you are getting proper coffee and the milk is squirted in separate so even visually will look a better job.

Yes, they use a normal coffee pod (you can basically use any espresso pod that takes your fancy. The milk pod is actually condensed liquid milk.

Senseo Coffee machine

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