G GRANA Cappuccino Coffee Capsules Compatible with Nescafe Dolce Gusto Machines, 64 Single Serve Pods - 100% Arabica Single Source Ethical Coffee

To clarify what's being sold here, this coffee is not made by Nesc@fe, but by a company called G Grana. It comes in single serve pods which are designed to be compatible with Nesc@fe's "Dolce Gusto" machine, and this particular pack contains both coffee pods and milk pods in the same bag, so that you can quickly and easily make a no-fuss cappuccino. You get 32 coffee, and 32 milk, for a total of 64. They come in a fairly large box, and are color coded to prevent any confusion. The coffee in the pods is medium roast, and made from Guatemalan beans (my favorite) so I had high hopes when preparing it for the first time. I don't actually have a Dolce Gusto, but my friend does, so I brought the set over to his house for testing. As instructed, I ran a milk pod through first, and then a coffee pod. The finished cappuccino was a bit more "milky" than I normally like, but it tasted fresh and good, and had an acceptable amount of frothy, foamy airiness. Unfortunately, the machine gave me a hard time on my second try, stalling and struggling to recognize the G Grana pod. Third try worked ok, then there were intermittent jams or leaks during brewing, where liquid went all over the counter. Long story short, G Grana is great when their capsules work as intended. I think their coffee actually tastes better than Nesc@fe's, and the cappuccino duo is a cool idea, BUT the bag of capsules included several duds, and some of the coffee pods appeared to have failed or failing seals. This resulted in extra fuss, waste and cleanup, and also caused me to throw away the remaining milk pods, in case any of those weren't airtight. It's a shame, because if the quality control issues could be sorted out, this would be a 5 star product!

Do not buy tastes like water no coffee taste and I don't like strong coffee I tried everything to make it taste good and can't return ,I even made a pit of espresso to give it a taste you will not be happy now I have 64 pods that are horrible, I'm not happy they should send me a box of dolce gusto for free I buy plenty already have bought 4 machines

I tested this in a bit of a worst-case for it -- a DG-compatible portable brewer with no pressure adjustment and a max brewing size of 80ml. That's fine for the "espresso" part of the cappuccino, but not so much for the milk part, which should be maybe 2.5x that. I had no issue with the pods, they sealed, popped and brewed properly. I made the milk pod with 80ml of water and then thinned it with another 100ml of water, and then brewed the coffee with about 50ml. The end result was pretty good. None of these machines really froth milk properly for a cappuccino, so the results are -- as you'd expect -- more like a latte made with powdered milk. DG machines just don't make drinks as nicely as the newer Nespresso ones, so it's easy to compare apples and oranges with these, but again, for a DG brew, these were pretty good. I suspect on a proper DG machine that was handling water and brew times as intended, they'd be even better.

The cappuccino from these tastes fantastic, but the pods occasionally fail and leak, which offsets the savings found in going with this brand. It's definitely a great tasting product and is something I'd probably buy again, but the manufacturer needs to spend a little more time with quality assurance processes to make sure the pods work as they should. 3.5 stars, rounded up to four because half stars aren't a thing.

El sabor no es bueno

These are awesome pods that make some amazing cappuccino. The pods work great.

I was looking for a simpler and more efficient way to make a cappuccino without having to buy an expensive espresso machine, and I came across this product. It's definitely convenient! The taste isn't quite coffee shop or restaurant quality, but it's still very good. The pods worked fine and brewed as expected. The coffee tasted fresh and creamy. This coffee has saved me from spending tons at coffee shops, especially when these pods are on sale.

The G GRANA Cappuccino Coffee Capsules are very convenient to use and the taste was wonderful! Good-quality, great tasting cappuccino!