This is quite exciting in that it removes plastic waste. I see no reason why different companies can’t make different shape ones to maintain their lock-in. I expect a knock-off market to pop-up, but that exists with plastic pods too. It’s a step in the right direction at least.

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    All coffee pods are garbage.

    Especially espresso pods. There’s a place around here that has a 20,000 dollar espresso machine, that serves over-extracted espresso because the owner felt pods were easier or something.

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      Is it actually a cafe or just part of another establishment? What kind of cafe has a pod espresso machine? I would never go there.

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        It’s a restaurant run by an Italian. Not even Italian American, but a first generation immigrant.

        It’s not a pod espresso machine, it’s got normal e61 group heads, perfectly capable of making great espresso if he had a grinder. But instead they use pods of pre-ground coffee that just lets the water shoot through, giving like 4:1 brew ratio.