Best Capsule / Coffee Pod Machines

Using the DeLonghi Nespresso Citiz quickly became one of the easiest ways to make my mornings more enjoyable. What I liked most from the beginning… Read more

was how simple and reliable the machine felt. Within just a few minutes of unboxing, I had it set up and brewing espresso without needing to read through a complicated manual.

The design is one of the standout features. The Citiz has a sleek, modern look that fits perfectly in a kitchen without taking up too much counter space. It feels compact but still premium, with sturdy materials and a clean finish that gives it a more sophisticated appearance than many other pod machines.

Coffee preparation is incredibly fast. The machine heats up in seconds, which makes a huge difference during busy mornings. I loved being able to press a single button and get a consistent espresso every time without worrying about grinding beans, tamping coffee, or cleaning messy filters afterward.

The espresso quality surprised me as well. For a capsule machine, the flavor was rich and smooth, and the crema looked impressive. Different Nespresso pods allowed me to switch between strong, bold coffees and lighter blends depending on my mood. It may not fully replace a professional espresso machine for hardcore coffee enthusiasts, but for convenience and consistency, it performs extremely well.

Cleaning and maintenance were also very easy. The used capsule container holds several pods before needing to be emptied, and the removable water tank makes refilling simple. I appreciated how little effort was required to keep the machine looking clean and working properly.

One minor downside is the ongoing cost of capsules. While the machine itself is convenient, buying pods regularly can become more expensive over time compared to traditional ground coffee. The machine can also feel slightly limited for people who enjoy customizing every detail of the brewing process.

Overall, the DeLonghi Nespresso Citiz delivered a great balance between convenience, style, and coffee quality. It turned espresso-making into a fast and stress-free routine while still producing drinks that felt luxurious enough for a café-style experience at home.

I agree totally with all the one star reviews - would give it a zero if possible. I had an old coffee Aldi coffee machine for years and it was… Read more

perfect. Had to replace it 7 months ago because it was leaking badly but I figured after many good years and thousands of great cups of coffee it deserved to be retired. I was looking forward to receiving my new one but this latest model is absolute rubbish - for all the reasons outlined by everyone else - and no longer works. The only reason I began shopping at Aldi was to buy their coffee pods. I'll be buying another brand of coffee machine and won't be shopping at Aldi again.

I have had this machine for approx. two and a half years, (the guarantee is for two years) when the frother started malfunctioning, and I was getting… Read more

an error message 'attach steam tip'? I use the machine for one coffee a day, occasionally two, and it is cleaned and descaled regularly as reminded by the automatically generated message. I contacted Nespresso re this fault, and they were great! I can't fault them. I packed up the machine and took it to the post office to be sent off for repair four days ago, postage is covered by Nespresso. (I had to buy a box and bubble wrap from Bunnings for approx. $6.00). Today I have received notification that it has been fixed and will be delivered back to me today, just in time for the weekend! I have been very happy with my purchase and really impressed that I wasn't out of pocket for the repair, and the quick turnaround. Hopefully my machine will last for many more years.

What can I say? These machines are garbage. I have had 3 in 4 years, and all squirt water when lifting the lever to release the capsule. My latest… Read more

one has only lasted 4 months. I only purchased it because it was cheaper ($115) than the others. I can see why. Never buy De'Longhi again. Now trying to go down the warranty line, which I'm betting will be full of hassles.

This is my firs love – I enjoy this machine very much, I bought it from Amazon where I found is the cheapest price Show details

Got it brand new , have been using it daily for two months … now it doesn’t suck in the water and makes a terrible noise when running. Have called a… Read more

few times with no resolve. Some of which is my fault as misplaced the receipt so there is nothing they can do for me . After reading different reviews I can see this is a problem with the machine . Probably would never buy another coffee machine from this company

Worst decision I made buying this coffee machine. While the machine itself is good, it is noisy and takes a while for the coffee to brew. What is… Read more

extremely inconvenient & annoying is you can only buy their coffee pods. Also the milk frother isn’t as good as my old one even though it looks better. My other coffee machine was compatible with many coffee pod brands. I’m seriously considering getting rid of it because it’s also more expensive when I was wanting to cut down costs.

Great when it works... unfortunately I've had about 3 or 4 of these machines now and they keep breaking, very unreliable and a massive faff to return it to Nespresso each time. Would never buy again Show details

Upgraded my Nespresso with this machine and happy overall with my purchase Set up was easy with videos showing you how to set up your machine to… Read more

your liking

What we love about the machine;

Makes great coffee for at home machine Nespresso pods are preferred Milk frother able to be stored in fridge and easy to clean Looks great on the bench

What could be better;

Programming seems to be not as easy as previous machines and doesn’t seem to be accurate when storing and trying to use

Found my self hitting milk froth button numerous times as preset functions are not suited to my glass size

Great machine, easy to use, easy to maintain. Makes great coffee. I would happily recommend this machine to friends looking for a good machine that… Read more

also looks good. Only down fall is it can be a bit noisy when operating as it rattles and vibrates when dispensing coffee. If your not worried about waking any body else in the morning it isn't a problem.

Machine was used daily. Do NOT buy Lavazza A Modo Mio Desea and other Lavazza products. My Desea has from day one had many issues: - waste bin… Read more

full though it is empty, - descaling says it needs to be done but was only done that morning when directed (you can't use the machine until the descaling is done, something even the Lavazza support person didn't know... really.. - there are the very sharp edges and corners on the waste bin, - impossible to clean the waste bin without lots of manual cleaning with cloth and tool/spoon to get into the corners, due to the sharp corners when they should be rounded like food items should be for hygiene and cleanliness, - NOT HOT ENOUGH,

The coffee is quite nice.

The biggest and most dangerous issue with the Lavazza Desea is the leaking of water under the base of the machine.

Do NOT leave this machine plugged into the wall socket or let ANY other person use the machine in case of fire, electrocution and shock. Alone with this leaking water there is also now a strong plastic odour that can be tasted in the coffee and the smell in the air, surely this can't be healthy neither.

Contacted Lavazza, they did a wasteful video call to see the issue that they didn't give a toss about, they haven't even asked for the machine to be returned for investigation

Lavazza offered a measly 10% discount of a replacement, that is already $104 dearer than Bunnings so the 10% discount is useless... NO CUSTOMER RELATIONS OR CARE OR SERVICE

Reported this to Fair Trading and Consumer Affairs.

No Cold morning Coffee – Will not work when temperature is below 4 degrees. Very suck full. Machine goes into flashing mode and needs to be turn off at power point. So annoying.

One of the most infuriating coffee makers ever owned constantly gets stuck in descaling mode or rinsing mode can't buy pods from supermarkets only… Read more

nespresso stores or online and if you need to do software update you have to wait days for it to complete definitely not worth your time or money only good thing about it makes a decent tasting coffee once in a blue moon when it actually works bought a Nescafe dolce gusto almost twenty years ago still going strong only little leakage problem

This is perfecto – Bought this machine about a year ago, completey happy with it, it gives me every morning coffee I with all nice flavours of Nespresso. Show details

The new minipresso NS2 is not fit for purpose. It was fine for about a week, and then stopped functioning. You can then spend hours trawling through… Read more

all the online conversations about how to get around or 'make do' with a faulty product, or simply ask for a refund. This is where the fun begins, as Wacaco Customer service is appalling. I variously had to deal with poor communication and poor customer service skills before then meeting with a rude, defensive response when I simply had to repeat that I wanted a refund.

Breville Nespresso Creatista Uno – This machine works marvelously!! Best feature “always delivers a hot cup of coffee!” Easy to use!! I only ever use Nespresso pods I originally… Read more

worried about the quality, but knowing Nespresso have put their name on it, it has to be good, they would never endorse an inferior brand. Only downside is the cleaning, but I don’t know about you, I like to think that the coffee I’m drinking comes from a clean machine!!

Wow! I never read reviews from my caffitaly machine prior. Can't believe the bad reviews. I have barista coffee machine at home and I use my… Read more

Espressotoria pod machine on my work trips and loving it. My first machine lasted years, second one died after 11 months. Just stopped working, I reported this to Espressotoria and got email back on next business day with a link to order replacement machine for free. Espressotoria offers the best value pod machine too if you use their pods and machine deals. Love it!

Very disappointed – I bought this machine as I wanted better crema than my De Longhi coffee machine was able to give me. In the adverts, this one looked perfect and it… Read more

makes several sizes too. First couple of cups were awful….bitter and hardly any crema, just large bubbles. So I called customer service and the agent got me to do a factory reset. The first cup did look a bit better, more crema and smaller bubbles but then it went back to a very thin layer of large bubbles….not crema. I’m very disappointed because I only bought the machine for that…..now I’m stuck with a subscription of $50 a month for a year. What a waste!

This has to be the best ALDI coffee machine I've bought. The fact that I can use the Aldi coffee pods or choose to use ground coffee is great. The fact that I have to drop the coffee pod into the bin isn't an issue. Show details

It started well but didn't last long – I relaced my old Nespresso machine with their top Virtuo Creatista on a subscription (my fourth machine). One of the reasons I've stayed with… Read more

Nespresso is the excellent service I've received in the past. I remember when one of my machines developed a problem, they sent me loan machine while mine was being repaired, thus my family not having to do without coffee…read on.

My machine has started leaking, a slow seep. It is constantly sitting in a puddle of water. It was only a couple of months old when I noticed it and I spent the next couple of months making sure it was the machine, not user error.

Now to the customer service, or lack thereof. To have my faulty $1,100 coffee machine looked at, I have to pack it up, take it to a post office and send it back to them. They'll look at it and decide what to do from there. We'll be without our coffee machine for at least two weeks, not to mention the inconvenience of having to return such a large machine.

I've been a faithful Nespresso customer for 15 years. I'm on my fourth machine. Had I realised their faithful clients are now being treated as a number, I would have bought the Breville Barista I was considering.

Note Added: After lengthy discussions, Nespresso were able to resolve my machine problems to my satisfaction. Despite Australia Posts's usual attempts to mutilate a successful conclusion, I am now enjoying my morning coffee, made with with my non-leaking Virtuo Creatista. Thank you, Nespresso.

Great travel espresso maker – I've had mine for about 18 months. I bought it for travel and camping. I only drink espresso (short black). I think it's great. You need to adapt the… Read more

coffee tamping to the coffee grind. Very fine grind can block it. You also need a bit of hand strength to pump it. I've had no problems with quality of build and it looks great. It's not for the faint hearted, you need to think about what you are doing, as with all espresso.

Don’t do it - just walk away – Had the machine for 2 months. It worked great and I honestly thought it was money well spent. But just like the last 2 smaller pod machines, this has… Read more

proven to be a “I will stick to the Breville” scenario. The machine has developed a leak and nothing works. The white light just stays on. I can’t take it back as I won it as a prize. No receipt and no idea where it’s from. If there was a service dealer I could call without trying to sell me a new one that would be awesome.

How this machine got past quality assurance is beyond me. Build quality is awful. The mechanism to close the machine is clunky and difficult. We miss our old VertuoPlus machine, they were much better in the past. Show details

Sadly this is now the 2nd machine, after Breville replaced the 1st under warranty, that had constantly blocked steam wand screen. Present one froze… Read more

on ‘descale now’ screen after being descaled, and could do nothing with it. Now sent off for repair, and so we wait for who knows how long. Never again would we buy Breville. The de Longhi machine lasted 10 years.

As a concept the machine is a great idea, in reality it’s rubbish. The cartridges they use to allow for different coffee options are poorly designed.… Read more

A standard Nespresso coffee pod does not fit inside the cartridge and is forced/squeezed in to the cartridge to be used. After you deepened the coffee you have to remove the cartridge which is hot, pop the cradle that holds the pod to release the pod which is also hot then remove the pod from the cartridge and throw it away, which is also hot. But the biggest pain is the residual stoppage after dispensing coffee. The cartridge drips for at least 30 seconds after machine has stopped. We take the cartridge out of the machine after each use to wash it and to stop it dripping but this is also painful because the hot water drips onto your hand and burns you. The Nespresso cartridge simply is badly designed, where the coffee comes out from the cartridge bottom, there seem to be a chamber that stores the coffee before it come into the cup, this chamber seem to always be full of water coffee and after a while I’m sure it’ll be full of mould as the chamber always seems to have water in it even after it siting in the sink for hours.

The water tank is another problem, it just doesn’t open easily to fill the tank it also has issues. There are lugs on each side of the lid and the lid doesn’t just simply open, you literally have to force it open to the point of nearly breaking it. Again just another issue that no thought went into. The tank only holds enough water for the long blacks, that’s it!!

This unit is cheap and nasty in its design and construction, it does make good coffee although making this coffee has it’s challenges.

Making ground coffee, coffee is messy and trying to empty the cartridge is hot wet and messy, in a traditional barista machine after coffee is dispensed a coffee cake is left behind which is thrown away, no such luck with this unit.

All I’d like to finish with is just as well we only paid $145 otherwise I would take it back and throw it at someone. I wouldn’t recommend this unit to anyone.

I have owned one of these for just over 4 months during which I have not been home for approximately one month. I use it 1-2 times per day and no one… Read more

else uses it. The milk frother has stopped working despite being cleaned regularly and halfway through a second cleaning cycle, the machine stopped working altogether. The orange cleaning light just continues flashing and the others including the power buttons no longer light up so the machine can’t be used at all now. The worst part of this is the very poor customer service I have received from DeLonghi. The woman on the phone didn’t ask me questions about how I use the machine, she told me it would last based on how I looked after it. A very defensive approach. She is wrong. I told her under the law and due to the major failure, actually two major failures in such a short time and the poor reviews I’ve read, I want a full refund. I don’t want to go through this again as I have no doubt I will. Despite my repeated requests for a refund, she continued to insist the unit would be repaired and a refund was not an option. So I clearly reiterated under the law what my rights are and they finally agreed to advise me of their assessment prior to repairing it. I was told a courier would collect the unit today but they never came. DeLonghi insisted the courier had been but this is a lie. I work from home and my office looks onto the front porch where the parcel is still sitting. Don’t buy this flimsy machine! I’ve also been told the assessment process could take up to 30 days! DeLonghi’s service is not worth the trouble. They don’t care one bit. I will proceed with a full refund and then buy a Creatista by Breville. I have read these are far superior to the Delonghi units as they have steel componentry whereas DeLonghi uses plastic, the technology is more robust and the milk container self clears after each use while Delonghis can never be fully cleaned due to design flaws.

Simply Brilliant – Sorry to read that reviewer mikerv had what seems to be a dud machine and little back up support from Mistral. My experience of the machine has been… Read more

the opposite, however I can't speak for back up service as I haven't needed any, so probably keep that in mind. Had the machine for over 6 months now and it has been given an absolute flogging by my husband who would make 4 to 6 cups of latte type coffee a day. I have used multiple coffee machines over the years ( all reviewed) with varying degrees of success. I avoided the capsule type as I didn't like the idea of consuming something that involved steaming water penetrating plastic and then having to dispose of more plastic. So when they changed the capsules to alluminum I decided to give them a go. It heats up blindingly quick, we are talking a couple of minutes. We use Lavazza capsules but any brand of similar size will do ( if the box the capsules come in says 'capatable with Nespresso coffee makers' then you are good to go). Extremely simple to use: fill the water compartment, turn it on, wait for the flashing light on the front to stop flashing and then press the button of the size of cup you want. Both sizes are quite small so we pick the larger size and use the strongest coffee capsule to get a full bodied brew with a decent amount of crema (see photo). The result is a warm and close to a good quality barista coffee. However if you like your coffee hot you will have to zap it in the microwave. I like mine somewhere in the middle of luke warm and hot so I only zap mine for 10 seconds and I can't detect any change in the flavour or quality of the coffee. We then add the whipped milk from our Expressi milk frother (see my review). It has paid for itself in coffee already and if it lasts for another 6 months it will have been well worth the purchase price. Bought from an Australia Post agent $99. Pros: so far the best "cheap" coffee machine I have used. Fool proof to operate due to being a capsule machine, fits all capsules that fit Nespresso machines, slim design so takes up little benchtop space and produces quality barista type coffee. Cons: coffee only warm so if you like your coffee hot may not be suitable for you.

9 months old machine emptied water container on our no wet bamboo floor. Long phone call to an overseas call centre today and refuse to replace and… Read more

are required to box and freight for repair over the Christmas Period. Possible long wait. This is the 4 th Nespresso machine that we have had fail. Unfortunately we are stuck with 6 unused vertuo coffee sleeves that cannot be returned. I am feed up with the poor build of these machines and wish to opt out of Nespresso.