20 Best Espresso Pods For Keurig (2023 Updated)

If you have never tried this coffee you are missing a cup of smooth, rich goodness. I spent many years looking for a Ethiopian that tastes like this. Medium roast without any bitterness. The large coffee places don’t have coffee of this quality.

Also, Love the fact that k cups are recyclable. Best coffee with saving the planet combination. What more can you ask for? This coffee is truly One Love! I have ordered cases of this product many times and the service has been excellent.

Thanks ECS for making my day start with my favorite coffee.

I worked in the coffee industry from ’93 to ’98, yet consumed very little coffee (wasn’t that into it). Years later, in 2018, our household bought two coffee machines, one for pods and one filter drip.

I was intrigued to give coffee an occasional try. Now, lol, I have two per day! In 2019, Marley Coffee became popular in my town, and I decided to see if it was worth the purchase. “Buffalo Soldier” is a terrific balance of rich and smooth.

The earthy dark body surpasses a mere “longer roasted dark bean”. It gives you a sense that the beans come from a place that has rich, healthy soils and an expertise in quality, knowledge and care. The welcome smooth finish keeps the punch of this medium dark coffee from being too heavy.

like a gorilla without smashing his fists around. “Buffalo Soldier” is a premium coffee that justifies it’s price and should not be passed on. Good luck in finding a different coffee that can dethrone it as my favourite.

I quite enjoy the Marley line of pods, and this one is no exception. Normally my go to is the lively up roast, back when it was expresso roast it was fantastic. Now that it’s a dark roast, it’s still quite good, but this one now has closed the gap.

A distinctly different profile, Buffalo soldier has a tad bit more acidity in the cup. This gives a bit extra bite and may at times warrant a shot of cream / sugar. Having said that, this is still a deep dark roast profile, and me I enjoy on the odd occasion.

We enjoy coffee and have a coffee machine that takes ESE pods and while most expresso coffee machines that take ground coffee (not capsules) will also take ESE pods, these pods are not available in Supermarkets.

Indeed it is difficult to find ESE pods for sale in the high street. So we buy online and while there is a good variety of pods available, and we have tried quite a few, these Caffe Borbone are one of the best pods weve tried.

But coffee is one of personal taste and these red blend suite ours. Caffe Borbone do have other blends, in short, we happily recommend the Caffe Borbone brand.

Its a great coffee for those who like full strength taste, has wonderful caramelised flavour and should be enjoyed with no sugar. This is one of Italy’s favourite coffees and ESE pods are used all over Italy as this keeps fresh longer than coffee beens or ground coffee.

Stays fresh longer as it comes in single serve sashes , with no mess like ground coffee or waist. The only thing I don’t like is that it comes out of my machine quite slow due to possibly very fine grinde.

Apart from that I think it is one of the best coffees around and much cheaper and better than some ESE pods you can buy in Australia.

Tried different espresso ese pods brands and so far Caffe Borbone has simply proved to be the best. Intense aroma and crema , nothing tastes as delicious in the mornings. Tried all varieties, strongly recommend the Blue and Black Blends.

Red is very good too.

The Lavazza Aroma point has just the right intensity to make a close to perfect espresso from my machine. The crema is beautiful and tasty and the flavor is rich as it should be.

These Lavazza capsules are the real thing. They are fresh and truly Lavazza, not some cheaper version. As stated they make a beatifully creamy espresso. Would buy again!

THIS is ABSOLUTELY the BEST decaffeinated expresso coffee ever. Every morning I wake up to a rich dark roast cup of coffee, but it isn’t overpowering. The taste is indescribable except to say that this is the best it gets.

It’s so good to be able to have a fresh cup of this coffee any time of day- even a soothing drink before crawling into bed at night because it’s decaff. BUT IT DOESN’T TASTE DECAFF! I don’t care for expresos, so I have a big mug of coffee instead.

I just cut off the foil and pour the coffee from the pod into a 4 cup coffee pot. So easy and fresh every time.

I’ve tried other brands of pods. Starbucks, Peets, generic, etc. as well as other strengths/flavors of coffee pods. The Nespresso Ristretto Italiano is 100% the best tasting, strongest flavor. Others just are not as good or flavorful as the Nespresso Ristretto.

I’ve not met anyone who did not enjoy this bold, delicious flavor.

I am a longtime and serious coffee drinker & would give 4. 5 stars to L’Or if I could. Nespresso brand pods have been my mainstay for at least 10 years. Though I still buy some Nespresso brand Columbia, for the past year or so, most days I drink L’Or instead.

I should say that when I use a product (two L’Or pods every morning!) or service repeatedly, every day, I am careful about my long term, cumulative spending (I can highlight the importance of such an approach by suggesting you add up the annual cost of one every day Starbuck’s on the way to work!).

So, I am a price-sensitive coffee shopper and have tried numerous Nespresso alternatives. L’Or is undoubtedly the best alternative to Nespresso brand pods. Though I still slightly prefer Nespresso brand, this may simply be confirmation bias on my part because of my prior use; I suspect I could not discern which was which on a blind taste test.

Though I usually purchase assortments, I recently bought 100 L’Or Columbia pods on sale. Compared to Nespresso, L’Or is a better value. For the regular price, they are a good value. Purchased on sale, they are simply an unbeatable value; the high point of almost every morning.

L’Or is a quality outfit. Their products, packaging, and customer service are top notch.

I have tried many decafs over the years we have had our Nespresso machine, and finally found the one I love! I only drink the DeCaf at night or during the afternoon’s on hot days as a lungo with Italian sweet cream creamer chilled and then poured over ice.

But the clincher was when my daughter visiting from Seattle a hard core coffee drinker tried it and the only thing she drank while visiting 3 weeks was this Decaf as a lungo without the creamer and she had the choice of 7 other different varieties of Nespresso brand pods.

It’s a winner in my book and the L’Or OR Absolu is the best flavored caffeinated coffee of this same brand, you cannot go wrong trying either of these flavors. Enjoy! Although I have never bought directly from this website, usually Amazon or eBay I probably will now as I just seen the recycle program they have ! The pods always work and I always use bottled gallons of reverse osmosis water in my machine as this process takes out all minerals and have never had to use cleaner’s in my Inissa Nespresso machine.

These L’OR espresso pods are absolutely fantastic! I’ve tried several other brands that work in my Nespresso machine and these are by far my favorite. I like a lot of variety in my coffee and my husband often comments on how many of these pods I’ve bought in the past.

Granted, these can be expensive but my argument is that I don’t drink or smoke so I get a vice of my choosing and I choose coffee. For the L’OR brand, I’ve tried the Columbia #7, Papua New Guinea #8 & Profondo #8 flavors and each ranks high in their own flavorful way.

These aluminum pods worked perfectly in my machine. I will never buy plastic pods ever again as I’ve learned from experience it’s not worth breaking your machine. I’ve opened one of these and the coffee inside is a very finely ground coffee that is soft and silky – almost a powder.

That finely ground and tightly packed coffee is going to give you the best flavor. Neither of these flavors left me with a bitter aftertaste and all three were delicious. Not only do I love the taste of coffee but the smell is important to me also.

I love to close my eyes and just smell the tantalizing aroma before I take my first drink, it’s so calming and peaceful. L’OR is a wonderful way to start your day! I received this product for free in exchange for my honest opinion.

The coffee: I love the coffee. I typically drink my coffee with a splash of milk and I was afraid this would require creamer or something more than a splash of milk. Extra caffeine does not translate to extra bitterness.

K-cups: I ordered the k-cups just in case the caffeine was too much in a pot. Psssshh I was sorely disappointed that even doubted myself and have since ordered a bag of beans that should be here any day.

My only complaint is that the k-cups have just enough of a lip that my Keurig Duo doesn’t poke a hole all the way through the bottom to let the nectar flow out. No worries, I have reusable cups that I can dump the grounds in, but again, who am I kidding? I just dump several pods into my coffee filter and brew a pot.

Ok, maybe I have two complaints, I’m not able to walk through walls yet, but maybe the magic beans will fix that. I have sent bags to family and friends because this stuff is so good.

Seems to take an outstanding product like Dark Roast Death Wish and dumbs it down to a middle of the pack medium roast. Not saying it’s not good, it’s just not fantastic like the dark roast. Honestly I’m not sure what I was expecting with the medium roast and I suppose it is a lighter version of regular dark roast Death Wish, but it seems to lose it’s magic.

Not a bad cup of coffee, just not “Wow!” Also I was surprised that the labels on top of the k cups are virtually identical between dark and medium roast, at a glance they are identical. Very small print says “medium roast” or “dark roast”.

Why not modify the label so we know what we’re grabbing when we’re half asleep? I still love your products but I’ll stick with dark roast and Odin’s Valhalla thanks.

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The outside box was a Sam’s Club box and was fine. The Maxwell House box holding the coffee was very damaged in one corner and several of the pods were also damaged spilling grounds all over the others.

I let the seller know and they wanted me to ship the whole thing back and inventory it before they would issue a refund. If I had not been out of coffee, I would have. But, I salvaged what I could. It just looked like they could not put it on the shelf to sell it necause of the damage, so they shipped it out to someone.

Lesson learned.

We have never been a fan of coffee left heating in a pot during the day. We both love a FRESH CUP and our Keurig coffee maker and a Maxwell House coffee Pod are the perfect combinations for the first cup of the morning and several cups threw-out the day.

We tried the off Brands, the other brand names, and always come back to Maxwell House. Like the “Good to the Last Drop” slogan to advertise Maxwell House Coffee started in 1917, 105 years later and it’s hard to improve on perfection.

Can’t help but wander if hot water in this plastic, like most any other, causes leaching of chemicals in the coffee cup? For sure it’s causing more daily plastic waste for nothing more than a very mild convenience.

I’ve also read that paper filtered coffee is supposedly better for your health because the paper filtered coffee removes chemicals that can increase cholesterol levels leading to higher triglyceride levels.

I’m going back to the old way and paying half for my coffee!.

I am new to the Keurig. This is my first Keurig french vanilla cappuccino flavor I have tried. First, you must use the smallest setting on your keurig, the medium & large cups make this wayyy too watery & ruin it.

At first I thought this had a sweet n low after taste & it tasted very chemically or artificial to me compared to french vanilla pre made coffee you buy from the gas station, etc. It was utterly disgusting to me.

(I do only use bottled water) & after giving it a few more tries I cannot taste this anymore & have finished the box. It is very sweet. It taste exactly like the name says & it is not strong on coffee flavor, but taste just like french vanilla cappuccino, creamy & sweet.

No need to add anything, it has a well balanced flavor & everyone else who has tasted it at the office loves it. I don’t know if I adapted to the flavor or I had some bad pods? I went from wanting to trash it to getting ready to buy another box though.

I have since tried the Caramel from grove square based on its positive reviews, and have to say the vanilla is a twinge better in my opinion.

I love how easy it is to make a cup of this French Vanilla Cappuccino besides the taste is to die for. I don’t need to use a machine to prepare a great cup of Cappuccino. All I do is heat up a cup of water and pour the cappuccino in and stir and there it is in less than two minutes.

The cappuccino dissolves right away. It can’t get better than that. I usually make at least two cups a day. No calories–Well, not too many. It’s worth it.

I received a new Kuerig for my birthday. It came with 24 assorted k-cups. I also received another huge assortment of various k-cups, so I am not sure which package this flavor was with #and no specific ingredient packaging#.

However, I thought is sounded delicious and I made it. WOW! What a shock! I am VERY sensitive to artificial sweeteners and my first sip I knew right away it contained some sort of artificial sweetener.

Today I looked at the packing on Amazon and I saw “sucralose” as the last ingredient. I knew I was right. The actual k-cup says “artificially flavored”, but I feel they should also include “artificially sweetened” as well.

I’ve tried to Gevalia and Starbucks K pod coffee drinks like lattes and cappuccinos in bed and sadly disappointed. When I saw this in the store I decided OK one more time. But I was thrilled with the 1st cup.

Finally it was something I could make in the K pod group that I didn’t need to doctor with tons of stuff. I can drink a straight out of the machine and it’s delicious. Plain coffee is often too bitter for me.

And those cappuccino and latte mixes or combinations with the little powder packet on the side are often tea sweet or two chemically tasting. But these are perfect just the way there. They are so good that after 2 cups I went out and bought two more boxes.

I have been a loyal Starbucks fan for over two decades. When people offer me other coffees from various places or various blends, I can tolerate the taste at best. I never thought I could find a delicious Starbucks stand in bit I did with this winner.

Bustelo has all the deep, rich, smooth taste of a nicely roasted Starbucks espresso, but it doesn’t have the bitter bite some people dislike about Starbucks coffee. I’ve never been able to convert people into Starbucks fans but I have turned friends and family members in loyal Bustelo fans.

After reading the glowing reviews I had to check this coffee out. It’s been hit or miss. The flavor and quality has varied wildly from pod to pod in the same box! Some cups have been very pleasant with a rich dark flavor, strong and somewhat bitter.

Others have been acidic, stale, and one was downright skunky. There are better coffee pods out there at a similar price point.

I love this mocha latte! It is my first drink of the day to get me started. In the beginning, it was a weekend only treat. Slowly it became an everyday treat. I even kept it stocked in my office desk (pre-pandemic, of course!) so I could have it as soon as I got to the office.

Disclosure: I am not a regular coffee drinker so perhaps that is why I love it so much! I can taste the coffee, but the chocolate balances it. I read other reviews where people complained about the sucralose flavor, but I don’t notice that at all.

Also, about the powder not blending/mixing–just stir it a second time closer to the top where the unmixed powder rises and poof! It’s mixed.

Wasn’t sure about it, but figured we would try it and have not regretted our purchase. Would absolutely recommend and buy it again. It’s become one of our favorite k-cup coffees at home. Only complaint is that if you let it sit to long, the powder used for the foaming element separates and leaves silt on the bottom.

As well as the packaging having a light dusting of that powder all over inside the box from when it was packed at the factory, so it is a bit messy.

This is a fantastic cloak it works perfect as a little winter coat as well. I love picking my kids up from the playground in this they can always spot me a mile away! LOL the fabric is superb I can live in this all day long forever and ever.

It’s the most comfortable thing I own and I’m a walking piece of art! Like Joseph and the Technicolour dream coat LOL. I love that I can hide in it and be cosy and confident at the same time! I will be definitely buying another one just cause I love it so so much.

! And now my kids want electro threads. I’m the coolest mom in the neighbourhood!😁😁.

I’m a huge fan of the Lavazza BLUE system. As far as I’m concerned it’s the best capsule espresso on the market. These Tierra Intenso 2 capsules are a refreshing change of pace. I normally use the regular Intenso, or Rotondo capsules.

The regular Intenso are still my favorite, but I have started to really enjoy the complexity of this 100% Arabica blend. It is a medium roast with very fragrant floral/sweet note, and has a little more acid so you get a little fruit essence.

The crema is great (as it is with most Lavazza BLUE capsules). I think it tastes best with about a 2 oz pour. I drink my espresso straight but it would probably be very good with milk.

Really like the lavazza pod machine and pods. Great machine easy to clean. They made a cheaper affordable machine that takes the blue capsules. The top class pods are great. You can taste the robust flavor really strong which is what I’ve.

There is some chocolate notes in there too. Great pods. Would buy again. The best ones so far are intense and rotundo.