Comments on: Are You Pod People?

By: Carolina

Carolina — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:34:17 +0000

I’ve owned 2 Bunn Mycafe coffee pod machines. The first one worked great, brewed THE BEST tasting coffee. After about 8 months it stopped pulling water so I had to send it back. The company sent me a new coffee maker and it has worked wonderfully ever since and I’ve had it for about 3 years. It really is the best machine, brews the best for both coffee and tea.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:01:56 +0000

I’ve tried every coffee maker out there including the Melitta, Keurig, Tassimo, and a few commercial machines.
Hands down absolute best coffee is with the Bunn mycafe. I’ve used a few senseo and melitta pods and they have tasted many levels better than if you were to brew them in their respective machines.
Pod making machines are being discontinued. My advice is to buy one while you can. Mine was a present from a friend they paid $14.99 The paper pods are less than .05 each and while a bit high, grinding your own fresh coffee the way you want it or picking up a can of new orleans styled coffee with chicory (add a dash of cocoa, yum) blows away most commercial pods. I generally make a couple dozen at a time, takes about 15 minutes.
I use loose tea and make my own teabags too.
The brewing temperature is hotter than any other machine I’ve used. That and what seems to me to be a bit of pressure in the brewing bring out a much more intense brew.
Not much crema, but some, but the coffee:) Like everyone else here I did the best I could to research, but machine after machine I was disappointed until picking up a Bunn Mycafe, and no I don’t work for them, but given how much I’ve told everyone how much I love mine they should think about comping me one:)

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:35:11 +0000

Kienna Coffee & the Sun Cafe Pod Brewer. This brewer has been developed by a Coffee Roaster. There are 3 key factors to producing the best possible cup of coffee in a single cup system. 1- temperature- we are getting 195 degrees F at the Brew Head. 2- pressure- 2.5 bar-this along with the temp creates the extraction of the oils from the coffee. 3- the Coffee- the right roasts, blends & the grind have to be in balance in order to get the best results in the 35-45 seconds of water contact in any single cup system. We are coffee people first and wanted to design a brewer that showed our coffees in the best way. The reason we choose pods over the Plastic Capsule forms of others is because we believe PODS are the environmentally friendly solution when it comes to single cup coffee. The pods are compostable and the packaging is recylable. The Sun Cafe and 20 Varieties of Kienna Pods are available at Bed Bath and Beyond stores in Canada. We hope to be in the USA very soon so you too can experience all our amazing coffee choices one cup at a time.

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By: Mary Peyton

Mary Peyton — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:07:12 +0000

I am in the US and reciently bought a Delonghi for $100 that I am quite happy with. It does both pods and fresh ground esspresso. SO it’s ready for whatever I am in the mood for. IT’s brews fast and has great flavor. I have only had this machine for a few moths and no technical problems yet. My last machine lasted almost 10 year so it has very big shoe’s to fill. I wish you luck on your coffee journey.

By: jim young

jim young — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:42:23 +0000

Im an english guy with a dutch gf, and the dutch swear by the senseo, in most homes apparently. We bought my folks a machine this christmas, and although we had probs with a chemically smell the first few times, that has pretty much gone now (or maybe not, maybe our noses have become more tolerant…) but anyway the main problem is the pods. You can buy supermarket own brands of most of the coffee makers available, however in england senseo seems to have been missed out. In holland albert heijn do their own range rather large and i see as being better than douwe egberts, and most importantly are HALF THE PRICE!!! however this had lead to me bringing back 7 or 8 bags or coffee pods every time i go over to see her (just got my brother in law a senseo for his birthday, it can oinly get worse….). phillips seem to have a racket over here, and tescos or asda oughta just buy the copyright for the pods so they can manufacture their own kind. give us all a hand….

By: Jim McD

Jim McD — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:11:12 +0000

Sue, I have been quite happy with my Gevalia pod machine. I had the Black & Decker but it fell apart after a year. The Gevalia has been going on strong for two years now. I make my own pods with non-bleached filters that I cut myself. I use the coffee I WANT and I’m quite content with it. I want to get a backup machine just in case this one ever dies but knock on wood. we’re still going strong.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:31:47 +0000

Tassimo has a partnership with Gevalia and they make the pod brewer. As a matter of fact Gevalia refers you to tassimo.com to purchase the brewer.