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 Great coffee for reasonable price November 15, 2008
Bernard Hoefsmit (New Jersey)
Europeans love their coffee. We wake up with it and go to bed with it. I was very excited to be able to buy this Dutch product after living in the US for a while. It provided me some great memories from home. The first one I bought was noisy and inconsistent. This newer one has many improvements and provides more consistency in the quality of the coffee. Amazon provides a great service with subscribe & save. You'll automatically receive a new shipment of the pods in intervals you select at a discount and all subscription orders ship free. I have been able to impress many of my American friends and European colleagues providing them a decent cup of coffee.
 Lousy Coffee, Don't Waste Your Money November 9, 2008
D. Gopen (Sparks, NV)
This made the worst coffee I've ever tasted. It smelled like coffee but had a chaulky flavor. I tried in numerous times with one and two packets but could never get a cup that was drinkable. Don't waste your money on this piece of crap!
Enough of good coffee October 3, 2008
M. Thoen (Columbia, Missouri, United States)
I often read people's reviews before buying a product to get a true experience; so here it goes: I have had my Senseo machine for 3 years now and am very happy with it and the coffee it serves. My wife drinks no coffee (love's tea) but finds the Senseo machine very handy and easy to use. It even saves the coffee we otherwise would have to throwaway if we would make a full size pot.
The machine serves small cups of good quality (Dutch brand) coffee within 3 minutes, including filling the water container, placing the pod (single filtered coffee serving), heating the water, and pressing it ready to drink into your cup.
The machine is very popular in Europe, Holland especially, partially because of the combination of two popular name brands of the coffee (Douwe Egberts) and the electronic manufacturer (Philips) in combination with good marketing strategies.
Don't expect to fill your travel mug with this Senseo machine, as its primary focus is for you to sit down and enjoy a small cup of coffee, with the emphasis on small and sitting down. If you like coffee from any of the fast-food restaurants or common known coffee place, you will probably find it difficult to accept to get enough good coffee in your own home just from the push of a button on this Senseo machine.
Keep in mind that the coffee pods, sold in packs, are somewhat expensive, but come in several different flavors. In Europe they sell many more different kinds, but slowly they are introduced on the US market as well.
The machine is very solid compared to comparable machines that I have tested in the store. The Senseo machine is easy to clean, much easier than cleaning any other coffee pot/machine by hand. It also fits well on your kitchen counter and is easy to move around. I even took it with me on a road trip twice to use at the hotel.
All of the family and friends that visit and try this coffee came back, so that is a good sign I guess. They also inquired about the machine and asked to try out different flavors. The limit quantity of coffee one cup serves is justified by the aroma and creme-like taste the Senseo coffee creates. It is the closest it gets to European (non-Italian) coffee at home available in the US. I am very happy with my Senseo machine. My suggestion is to wait until Senseo comes out with rebates and discounts at least twice a year. See website.
 Expensive for everyday, weak coffee but easy to use... September 27, 2008
LG (CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had this coffee maker for at least 2 years and it runs fine but is now in my garage hoping to find a new home. I have brought it in and out of the house to try the new flavors of coffee but inevitably it ends up back in the garage. I love good tasting coffee and am a complete coffee addict. I ordered this machine thinking that the coffee would taste more like coffee that I had in Europe and was very disappointed. I tried all of the different flavors that they came out with but found that I need to use two of the coffee pods per one cup of coffee! Expensive!!! It makes the coffee nice and frothy on top which I like but the flavor was still lacking. I am back to using my regular coffee pot with tasty coffe that I can make to a desired strength and enjoy 2 cups for a decent price.
Not for coffee lovers.. September 27, 2008
David Burrell (Sun Valley)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've been a coffee fan since my stint in the Marines, and all through my 35+ years in the gaming industry in Nevada.
I own, almost new and used, six coffee makers. This is one of them, and it resides in a storage closet with the other five after only a week's worth of use. In that same closet is about $30+ worth of coffee pods.
My experience with this coffee maker was a disappointing, and expensive one.
The pods can cost up to three times as much as gourmet whole bean coffee, and, at best, only produces less than one half of the taste and flavor. For me, it's far weaker than the Tasters Choice instant coffee I keep around for a quick cup of coffee.
This Senseo machine looks nice, but fails to do its job. This machine will not produce a good cup of coffee. I admit that I was, at first, intrigued by the idea of a good quick cup of coffee, but the reality is that this machine does not produce one, and is very expensive to use.
The coffee in the brand-new pods tastes stale, and is not of excellent quality, even though you are more than paying for that. Maybe it's because of the design of the machine, but I was never able to extract the full flavor of the coffee pod in the 30 seconds it takes to brew a cup of coffee.
In frustration, and because the coffee is so expensive, I have run the brewed coffee through the machine again, trying to get a more full-bodied taste. That failed to show any improvement.
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