“That brings us to an overall Gourmet Coffee Café experience of 2.5 out of 5 pods.” not a good review for this coffee maker, looks like it doesn’t make good tasting coffee.
thanks for the review link, almost jump in for 3, but the review stop me from buying. good price, just not good coffee results.
goodnite all.
I have one of these things in my Office as we speak, It sorta works, but is to much work to use. and the little “steamer arm” has no other use then shooting other people in the office. (it can shoot about 25’ with the right angle)
Starbucks or perhaps a 7-11.
I’m in. A milk foamer will be great for hot cocoa.
The pods! Where do I buy the pods! 
Smarty Pants
I think you’d be hard-pressed to find steam at a temperature that’s appreciably BELOW 200F… or 212F for that matter.
That comes out to about $0.35 per cup. Hey, that’s cheap enough for me to at least try it out. If the coffee sucks then I’ll just gift it to somebody.
Oh horrors… I don’t drink coffee, rarely drink tea… Hot chocolate is my choice and usually only on cold winter days after a day of downhill skiing (I live in the northeast) or during the summer at the family cottage.
Personally, since the invention of the microwave, all other ways of heating water just seem too slow.
Of course, the next question is, which uses more energy, the microwave being on for 2 minutes or the coffee maker being on for 10 minutes. According to the web site below, it appears that the microwave would use less energy:
Wow.
You can make that last 72 days?
This wouldn’t get me through the week.
Yeah, the steamer with the coffee, even if you can’t find or make your own pods, is about right for the price.
as a single man,this is my very first woot!..CAN I GET A HOLLA
I will retract that comment, it only gives msspurlock 72 hours of coffee!
(Full disclosure: I’m an expert in coffee pod machines because I own an online coffee pod retailer – bettercoffee.com) … Wooters feel free to edit that out. Just trying to share my street cred
I’ve actually had this machine in my possession for about a month to test it (a couple years ago)… and I still have my notes! This model came out well before Senseo became popular. The coffees included with this machine are decidedly better than the Senseo/HomeCafe store brands, but not much to right home about.
It retailed for about $120, but could essentially only be purchased through an MLM scheme which required subscription service for the coffees. More info at www.mycoffeecafe.com
The machine does make pod coffee, and it is relatively solidly built, but I’m afraid that’s all I can say about it. It lacks many of the convenience features of modern pod machines like standard cup sizes, etc… I do not believe the espresso pods it takes are of the standard ESE variety, so I would not expect to make much espresso with it over the long haul. Espresso making etc. is not automated (a la Tassimo) but is easier than with a standard home espresso machine. The milk frother works just fine but, like the machine, requires user attention (which is decidedly UNLIKE other pod machines, which are relatively automated).
For regular coffee, it does the job okay. (Not to be compared with the Simplehuman A40 or the Bunn MyCafe MCP though). The pod holders on this machine are smallish and will force you to jam what is the now standard 60mm pod in there. Works, but just. Coffee comes out quite hot and extraction is decent. (Better than Senseo, but no comparison to the other two I mention above.) We rated it a 6 out of 10 at the time… but for $20 it would make a good garage or office machine for pod-people.
The most important aspect of pod coffee is the pods themselves. If you expect to get a great cup, you MUST by specialty pods online. (The Senseo, HomeCafe, etc. pods which are sold in stores are horrific.) There are many many sellers of these pods and they range from $0.23 to over $2 per pod depending on how special the beans are. Needless to say, I drink pod coffee every day, but with the right pods (and, perhaps, a slightly better machine it easily rivals and beats Starbucks etc. If you’re interested in trying the “pod lifecycle” this is about as cheap as you can get in.
One last bit: this thing is TALL. It did not fit under my kitchen cabinets.
I hope that helps. Happy to answer any questions if I can help. Post or PM. Thanks!
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Not a great review. 2.5 out of 5 rating. The pods are 55mm. Good luck finding any good coffee in that size. Might make a good gift, but not for me.
Jason
In for 1.
After I run out of coffee, Ill just chuck the thing Me thinks.
Word.
(the bad review was reviewing it at a $100+ price tag, no?)
I’d have to guess, “Briefly”.
My calculation says 216 servings at ~$0.30079 each. And two complete spare machines… I *almost * hope it’ll sell out before I make up my mind.
Yeah for you! You should have bought 3 though, those are the Woot rules to newbies. So you still have 2 more to buy!
Does this work with the ipod nano?
Seriously, you could just try it for $.35 a cup. At starbucks prices, that’s only about a weeks worth of coffee. I don’t drink coffee so I’m thinking about getting it just for the frother.
jesus woot mods… It’s relavent. This coffee will be stail. < correct my typos