Best Capsule / Coffee Pod Machines

Bought mine in 2012 still going strong. Although once a year you need to descale, but that is due to water hardness. Quick and easy to make coffee all morning. Show details

I opened one of the capsules to see how much plastic was in it. The capsules cannot be recycled.

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.

Beware of leakage… – I’ve bought this machine on three separate occasions over the past three years or so, because after a few months (with each machine) they start to… Read more

leak from the base. Just be aware of this. The coffee’s fine but once the leak sets in you’ll know about it. The pressure becomes weaker then too. I keep thinking the next one will be the one that doesn’t leak, but so far that hasn’t been the case. I’m going to try a Citiz just for something different.

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

I bought my first one on a L'OR promotion. It worked well for about 3 months then stated getting slower. I did a few cleaning treatments no… Read more

difference. I expected a Phillips product to be of the highest quality. It still works but its painfully slow. I live in a remote area and the opportunity presented its self to buy another at Woolworths. I notice that they now reccommend a weekly flush. I will see how this one lasts

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

I've had this machine since 2018 and its been fantastic, I love the carafe, its nice but sometimes if you select the most frothed, it might spray a… Read more

little, but its no big fuss, descaling is a lot more easier with the pipe it comes with, Its been a great machine for me and also when I've got guests, I don't really like the noise level, but again, no big fuss.

This machine is fantastic—intuitive to use, stylish, and clearly well-engineered. It has all the makings of a great coffee experience… if only it… Read more

didn’t require Lavazza coffee pods. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with Lavazza’s blend, it simply doesn’t deliver that "great" taste. I bought the Desea after my old Caffitaly S23 sprung a leak, and while the Lavazza far outshines it in build quality, the coffee output is another story. Using Grinders Crema pods with the Caffitaly, I consistently enjoyed a café-quality flavour. In my opinion, Grinders pods are about as close as you can get to coffee shop standards in a capsule. Sadly, Grinders doesn’t produce compatible pods for the Lavazza system—and likely never will. Now I’m left with an excellent machine that may end up collecting dust… or worse, heading to the council tip.

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.

This is my first time owning a coffee machine and have been a little hesitant to buy one because I always get worried if something will sneak into… Read more

the water. I got 30 free coffee pods which is amazing, I have decided to try the espresso and wow it smells like a coffee you buy from a cafe. The taste was really good and did not have to add sugar, of course I do not mind my coffee a little strong and do not like too much sweetness. I also got 2 free gran lungo cups with 2 spoons. I do like the sizes. I had no idea how to use the milk frother but I learn my lesson to put less milk in there and wait for it to froth up more. The machine does not take up much space and overall really like this machine, I know a lot to say after trying it for the first time but I feel I am going to enjoy it in the long run.

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.

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

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!

Do not buy from this company. The product does not work as shown , when in use it leaks water and does not produce coffee. The company agreed to… Read more

have me return the item for a refund. The return has been completed together with a tracking number and Wacaco are now ignoring my emails. No refund has occurred. I have now lodged a dispute with the credit card for a charge back.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Extremely disappointed with the service. After being a loyal customer for years, the level of support we received when our machine started failing… Read more

was unacceptable.

We were told it would take 2–3 weeks just to return the machine—completely impractical and shows no consideration for long-term customers. The customer service experience was just as frustrating, with staff passing responsibility between each other rather than actually resolving the issue.

There was no urgency, no accountability, and no real effort to retain a loyal customer. Sadly, this experience has completely changed our view of the brand.

I contacted the CEO Stefan Vermeulen - he also made no effort to reach out

Would not recommend.

This worked well for just under two years . The milk frother continually wants to be cleaned , even tho you have done it about 10 times. Only fix is… Read more

to do a factory reset . Company says there is no fault , but my son has the same problem and if you do a google review , so do so many others .

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.

Worst coffee machine ever. Have returned mine 3 times due to milk frother not working, or coffee not working. Rang Nespresso as I needed to descale and now not working at all. Just is stuck in descaling mode. Show details

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.