Black Donkey - 50 ESE Coffee Paper Pods 44mm (VARIETY PACK) | Two Blends

I have only just replaced my coffee machine and bought a "variety pack" of Black Donkey pods, i.e. 50 assorted Black Donkey pods and a pack of Illy pods. Of the three I much prefer the red variety. Not that I disliked any of them but he red "intensos" won hands down. My wife enjoyed those most too. So much so that I spent this morning patrolling the local coffee shops trying to find some to buy. Needless to say this morning was fruitless, I will, however, source some eventually. I don't know if you can help but Ip am willing to use you as my main supplier. Both my wife and I are avid coffee drinkers. My new machine is a De Longhi which makes excellent coffee, certainly easily and of good strength. I previously had a small mon-descript machine which provided good service for about 5 years however, i accidentally broke the brew receptacle and couldn't replace it so I had to buy a new one. I am well pleased with my new machine. If I have a single piece of advice it 1.. Practice with the machine, and you'll soon get the idea. 2. Make seperate cups, till you develop your consistency. This way you'll make less waste (and mess!) I should be glad to know if you can supply me with Black Donkey supplies, as I am close to running out.

I used these with Lakeland Espresso machine, which has filters, incl ESE. As these are pods, they are very convenient to use with machine that can take them. Would agree with some other users that labelling can be a bit confusing. On the Amazon site, the gold wrapper coffee is described as "Supremo", yet on the box I received, it only mentioned "Intenso" (red wrap) & "Cremoso" (I am assuming latter is wrong, & that the Amazon description is right, but would it not be too much trouble for this company to label the actual wrappers!? As for the taste, I preferred the gold wrap coffee (whatever that is). I wasn't very keen on the red wrap & felt the need to add honey to it to sweeten the taste.

This pack contains 25 Intenso and 25 Supremo foil wrapped bags (I've separately ordered the decaff versions too). They are relatively strong in flavour, as expected for espresso coffee. The Supremo is more to my liking and the Intenso is my son-in-laws favourite (we are the main coffee drinkers). The Intenso is the stronger roast. The bags fit perfectly and the taste is consistent. I usually grind my own beans and use these ESEs as a quick substitute, but I am finding I am using them more and more. They work out about double the cost of grinding my own, however, 50 will last me a while, so the small extra is worth it. I have tried premium branded ESE bags before, but I can detect little difference between the Black Donkey ESEs and those that are three times the price. Why pay more I ask myself?

These pods do not fit my espresso machine - although they should. The only way I could use them was to cut them open, pour the coffee into the portafilter and make a coffee in the usual way. As the pods were bought to provide a quick coffee this defeats the purpose. The coffee itself tasted OK but nothing special to my palate. They are wrapped individually so stay fresh. I think they are expensive for what they are and regardless of the "fit" will not be buying again.

Great pods, lovely coffee

Great product great coffee very tasty

I am still getting used to this coffee but at under £10 for 50 pods they are a bargain. I don't tend to drink espresso, preferring some milk and a touch more water so I probably don't appreciate the flavour quite as much as an espresso drinker. The Intenso is not as strong as I expected but is a nice flavour, as is the other one but I am having to put less water in than with other brands to still get the flavour. The pods are well packaged and smell fresh when opened. I would certainly recommend these if you are new to the ESE pods - if you haven't used them before and your machine will take them it is much less messy than using ground coffee.

I've been using these pods for over 12 months and have not been disappointed. Each pod is foil sealed for freshness and my DeLonghi makes a really good cup. Personally, I like a cappuccino and the crema is all important to me. These pods give good crema using my machine. Just one thing to remember, and I'm sure the makers/ suppliers have mentioned this, but you need to give the bag a good wiggle about (of course, without piercing the paper) to free any tightly compacted coffee befrore using. I can definitely recommend this product as it uses good quality coffee at a reasonable price

Café pas assez fort

Super taste!

Buen producto. Un buen sabor y calidad

el daurat es mes agradable , encara que he probat de millors

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