Coffee Capsules 2U Blog

Cleaning Your Drip-tray

One of the main reasons for purchasing a Nespresso® machine (besides having access to the delicious blends produced by Coffee Capsules 2U) is the ease and simplicity of the machines, but most of all how quickly you can produce a café quality coffee at home without the mess. Bypassing the need to grind your own beans, fill the Portafilter (the basket that holds the coffee) and heat and froth the milk, Nespresso® machines have revolutionised how we enjoy our morning cup of Joe at home. 

However while we delight in not having to measure out the exact quantity of coffee and ratio to water, one of the often-overlooked parts of the machine is the drip tray that builds up residue over time. With extended use, certain bacteria can develop in your drip tray, and it’s important to take simple steps to ensure this isn’t the case in your coffee machine at home or in the office. 

It’s important to remember to wash out the drip tray after every use. Even if it’s just a quick rinse, this will go a long way to stop the spread of germs. Of course, every once in a while, remember to give the drip tray a thorough wash, getting in the crevices and washing our any errant coffee grinds that you may have missed. This way, you can continue to enjoy to the benefits of our world class Coffee Capsules 2U blends, without having to worry about what’s lurking beneath the cup that’s about to wake you up!

Think of us as the coffee equivalent to John West. It’s the coffee that Coffee Capsules 2U rejects that propels the quality of our capsules above and beyond that of our competitors. This is because all of the coffee that eventually ends up in our capsules has been painstakingly selected to increase the cup experience of the final product that is delivered by your Nespresso® machine.

Most companies that produce coffee capsules are first and foremost wholesalers of ground or whole bean coffee. This means their capsules are almost an afterthought where their core product is repurposed to fit their capsules, with taste irrelevant to the final product. Producing the best cup experience from a capsule involves a lot more than just roasting and packing. It requires a unique set of steps that go beyond just simply roasting because the extraction of coffee from a coffee capsule is different to most other brewing methods.

Being a coffee company that exclusively deals in coffee capsules, Coffee Capsules 2U only procure green beans of the highest quality that we know taste great when extracted from a coffee capsule. These green beans have been sourced from regions all around the world, with varied characteristics that when blended together, produce coffee that is exceptional.

Some of these regions include:

Ethiopia

The Ethiopian coffee beans used in Coffee Capsules 2U capsules are grown predominately on small farms in the high altitude northeastern parts of the country. When roasted, these beans often have a mild, fruitlike acidity, which are incredibly aromatic. Coffee is selected from this region to capture and accentuate the fine aromatics in the crema.

Nicaragua

With a fuller body that possesses a prominent acidity, we use Nicaraguan coffee in our roasts as its characteristics are perfect for blending and producing dark roasts that are essential to coffee extracted through a capsule. The beans provide rich yet mild flavours that are sweet and balanced, with a nutty fruitiness to finish.

Indian Robusta

This Robusta bean is known as one of the world’s best coffees. It provides a delicate finish that is not overpowering and it supports and compliments our stronger roasts providing balance that offsets the other beans in our blends. Indian Robusta produces a tantalizing aroma that is packed with a truly fantastic flavour that is smooth and clean, but fierce in taste.

Brazil

Of all the coffees grown in Brazil, the Santos region produces the most prominent beans for specialty coffee. The Arabica coffee plants that produce this coffee came from the rich volcanic soils of the island of Bourbon, now called the Island of Reunion. Brazilian Santos is a light bodied coffee, with low acidity, a pleasing aroma and a mild, smooth flavor. Brazilian Santos Bourbon is dry-processed (dried inside the fruit) which is why some of the sweetness of the fruit carries into the cup. 

When roasted and blended together, these beans provide the basis for truly idyllic blends that are the foundation of Coffee Capsules 2U. Though our prices are more than half the price of our competitors, we believe our coffee selections are twice the quality.

The booming popularity of coffee pod machines has led to the global single-serve market now worth an estimated $10 billion and coffee capsule use is expected to double in the next five years. A report aired on Channel 9’s A Current Affair on Wednesday February 3, delved into the multiple ecosystems available on the market and the results made for interesting reading. 

Aldi - Expressi K-Fee ($80)

Expressi K-Fee machine isn't particularly good for frothing milk. It also does not have good consistency from shot to shot.

Box of capsules: $5.99 (16 Capsules) or $0.37c each capsule 

Espressotoria Capino ($99) 

While this one is nice and easy to use, it rated poorly in Choice's taste test. It is also not good for frothing milk and temperature consistency is not so good.
Box of capsules: $6.49 (12) or $0.54c each capsule

Caffitaly ($199) 

The highest rated espresso machine from Choice of the six featured. For making straight espresso shots, it has good consistency.
Box of capsules: $7.49 (16) or $0.47c each capsule 

Kitchen Aid Nespresso ($799) 

This one was considered good to use. It made good coffee and pulled the shot better than many others. Taste-wise, it pulled a strong shot, but lacked a bit of sweetness.
Box of capsules (Nespresso): $6.40 - $9.10 (10) or $0.64c each capsule 

DeLonghi Dolce Gusto ($69) 

Value for money, this is considered the runaway winner. It delivered coffee shots at the perfect temperature and delivered the sweetest shot of those featured.

Box of capsules: $8.49 (16) or $0.53c each capsule 

What struck this blogger as interesting was Choice, the market researcher charged with investigating the machines, chose to review only the newly released Kitchen Aid machine for coffee capsules made to suit Nespresso’s ecosystem. With over 5 million Nespresso machines in operation in Australia alone, Nespresso is easily the most used coffee ecosystem in the country. Kitchen Aid machines are considered high-end, boutique products and have a price tag that matches. There are many other cheaper machines produced by other companies such as Breville and DeLonghi that use the same technology as the Kitchen Aid machine for a fraction of the price. An Inissia machine produced by DeLonghi for instance, can be picked up for as little as $184 in stores. Other recommended machines skipped over by Choice include the Citiz machine ($299), while the Latissima range incorporates milk and produces café quality cappuccinos and flat whites at the touch of a button. 

The other glaring omission that was skipped over by the market analysis was the quality and cost of the pods. Nespresso have achieved great penetration on the back of constantly introducing new coffees from regions all around the world. This has come at a cost however for consumers, with limited edition ranges commanding up to $0.91 per pod. Aldi’s Expressi range were by far the cheapest capsules analysed, however the quality is reflected in the price tag. The same can be said for Espressotoria.  

When it comes to machinery however, many Coffee Capsules 2U customers have actually noted that machines at the cheaper end of the spectrum in fact produce a superior cup of coffee. Combine the quality of these more value priced machines with pods from Coffee Capsules 2U, which can be purchased for as little as $0.25 per pod, and you have the best overall value proposition in the market. The superior technology in Nespresso machines, coupled with the superior quality coffee and capsule technology in Coffee Capsules 2U pods, leads to an offer that is both affordable and of the highest quality. 

What else could you need to start your day the right way?

 *Source - http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article/

For some time, a war has been brewing in the coffee capsule/pod industry. With the expiration of many of Nespresso’s capsule patents in 2012, a number of Nespresso compatible pods flooded the market in a race to be the first with capsules to fit Nespresso’s hardware. While this change gave customers long awaited choice, there was a distinct lack of quality in the Nespresso compatible capsules that were released.

The newly available Nespresso compatible capsules/pods couldn’t replicate the same level of consistency as Nespresso, causing the pods to frequently fail in machines. For companies who managed to produce a working capsule, the quality of the coffee lacked the many subtleties Nespresso drinkers had become accustom to in their morning cup. If a company was able to strike a balance between their capsule and specialty coffee, the pods were so exorbitantly priced, the customer was left with no viable alterative at all.

 Fast-forward to 2016, and the introduction of the game-changing Coffee Capsules 2U. Coffee Capsules 2U has sat back and observed the war, quietly developing a state-of-the-art capsule, along with artisan coffee that has been roasted specifically to fit into the world’s most advanced Nespresso compatible coffee capsule. Not content with producing the best capsule and pairing it with the best coffee, we have found a way to do it at HALF the price as everyone else. 

Customers craving the finest coffee in a coffee capsule need to look no further. We’ll deliver award-winning coffee at the right price. No marketing gimmicks, no BS, just great coffee. Order now and join the coffee capsule revolution.