For example, the Nespresso Arpeggio costs $5.70 for 10 espresso capsules, while the Folgers Black Silk blend for a K-Cup brewed-coffee machine is $10.69 for 12 pods. But that Nespresso capsule contains 5 grams of coffee, so it costs about $51 a pound. And the Folgers, with 8 grams per capsule, works out to more than $50 a pound.
This is why K-cups are the devil. NO ONE should be paying $50/lb for Folgers or Nespresso. Fifty bucks for a pound gets you every amazing coffee in the world save one or two.
And 8g of coffee? Brewed to SCAA Gold Cup parameters, that’s only four ounces of finished coffee. Stretched out (weak coffee) it can make five ounces.
That Nespresso pods contain 5g is a disgrace, since every Italian bar everywhere uses 6-7g for a single espresso.
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thedisgruntledgradstudent said:
I always pull those nespresso pods really short. Otherwise they are GROSS. (For cleanliness reasons we have that kind in the office, and get the pods cheaper.) But really, the coffee is not that good from an brand. Weird and weak and yuck.
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