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Hugh Metcalf

I Asked My Barista-Trained Friends How to Make Coffee From a Nespresso Machine Taste Better — 7 Simple Lessons I Learned to Boost Pods

Nespresso Vertuo Creatista.

Nespresso might not be the caffeinated drink of choice for true coffee snobs, but there's so much going in favor of this style of coffee that it's no surprise they're so popular. The machines are affordable, they're super easy to use, and they're a definite upgrade from your instant coffee era.

I like a good coffee pod, but having recently upgraded to the swishest espresso maker I've ever owned, it's fair to say that there's quite a difference in the quality of the final cup. I'm far from a coffee aficionado, but surely, surely, there's a way to bridge the gap between the coffee pod machine that costs a couple of hundred pounds and the £1,000+ espresso machines on the market?

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