Soldato
I think I'd get a Nespresso then. The old style where the pods are now available as 3rd party.
Coffee machines, Tassimo or Nespresso?
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Associate
Have you tried Tesco? The big ones take them, or at least the ones near me did before Covid came along.
Soldato
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My parents drop their used Tassimo pods at one of the local charity shops. Somehow the charity shop gets some money and the pods get recycled. It might be worth seeing if any of your local charity shops will take them.
That's probably done through Terracycle too, that's usually how their scheme works. The drop-off point in Glasgow that Jokester mentioned is a church.
Associate
How are people descaling there nespresso machines? Do you have to go with the nespresso branded sachets? Don't mind paying the £13 for a box of 2 sachets but when I look online and see you get 500ml bottles for half the price. But non nespresso branded.
Soldato
Bottles like you said.done both my tassimo and Nespresso machines.no problem
Associate
Any preferences?
Soldato
Associate
Bottles as I'd rather move to bottles as well if its going to cost £13 for 2 descales with the nespresso ones
sounds like robbery - for espresso macine I now use citric acid powder, 500g for £2 and like 40g/1litrewater per descale
Soldato
Never used sachets tbh.bottles clean well as far as I can tell.never seem to get much gunk out anyway
Associate
That sounds a lot more cost effective, could you provide a link please seems to be a lot of varieties going about.
Soldato
Soldato
I've just bought a DeLonghi Mini Me Dolche Gusto machine, it was only 35 quid , the variety of coffee doesn't seem to be as wide as Tassimo but Tassimo seems to be more pricy, saying that 3 quid for 8 drinks of 210ml seems kind of steep.
Would be nice if there was a reusable pod one for the coffee one for the milk so I could buy bags of the ground coffee
Would be nice if there was a reusable pod one for the coffee one for the milk so I could buy bags of the ground coffee
For people with Tassimo, Dulce Gusto and Nespresso machines, it looks like they're collaborating to launch a pod recycling service next year:
https://www.podback.org/
https://www.podback.org/
Man of Honour
This sounds really cool - I like Tassimo drinks personally, but the amount of throwaway is pretty depressing.
Don
Yep, single biggest source of single use, non-recycleable plastic for me, by miles, especially now I'm working from home.
I'll keep an eye on that and see if it's something I'll be able to make use of,
Soldato
Can I buy ground coffee I'd normally use for a caffetiere and put it in a reusable pod (assuming you can get reusable pods?)
You can but it will be weak coffee. You'd need a finer grind.