LavazzaEspresso Maestro Intenso Aluminum Capsules Compatible with Nespresso* Original Machines, Medium-Dark Espresso Roast, Arabica and Robusta (60 Capsules)

Excellent flavor and quality. These are compatible with my L’or coffee maker, which is great because they’re much more affordable. Will definitely buy again!

We have been very happy with Lavazza Nespresso compatible capsules. Loading them into our older machine and pulling the shots has always gone smoothly. The Super Crema is actually my favorite. There is truth in advertising - it creates a rich foamy top to the shot. That, and the dark roast make a particularly good espresso shot, but it's also a good foundation for an Americano or Latte. Sometimes good deals are available.

I read a few of the negative reviews that mentioned fitment issues and coffee not coming out properly etc, but it seemed at least some of those also mentioned this was happening on their plastic pods. Well, now they switched to aluminum pods so I figured, for $.26 a pod I'll give these a shot. TLDR;There were too many issues with these and I recommend to stay away.Issue 1: Package arrived damaged in one corner. Upon opening and inspecting, two of the six 10-pack boxes where half damaged, so about 9 pods in total looked completely mutilated. OK, snapped a photo, contacted Amazon and they refunded me the purchase and recommended I either recycle these, give to a friend or donate. So I decided to donate to science.....Issue 2: As I proceeded to unpack the outer box, I came to realize that the Variety pack I ordered was no variety at all. Each of the 10-packs inside was exactly the same, namely the 5/13 strength "Lungo" flavor, which would have been the only one of the variety I actually didn't care for.Issue 3: I tried using an undamaged pod using my trusty DeLonghi, when the button was pressed, only water came out, indicating the foil wasn't properly breached. I stopped the pour, dug out the pod from the collection bin, and sure enough, no prick holes in the foil. I proceeded to massage the pod a bit, thinking maybe it was a little bent etc. put it back in the DeLonghi, tried again, still just water still no holes. Grabbed another pod, this time a slightly damaged one, put it in pressed the button and this time, the right noise was coming out AND coffee (Imagine that!!). Coffee wasn't very strong so I tired another pod (failed) and another pod (failed) ,and after the third "another pod" finally coffee came out again. Realize that at this point I'm at about $1.25 per working pod. Upon inspecting the failed pods, I noticed that the aluminum foil on those that failed was very flat and sinking into the pod, and on those that were working it seemed full and was "ballooning" out. I figured that this "ballooning" was what allowed the blades to reach the foil, so at this point, without much left to lose I proceeded to take a known failed pod from the refuse bin, and I stated to really squish its body round and round so that the foil ballooned out. Sure enough this worked on every single pod. There were a few that I over-did and they seemed to created to much back pressure on the machine, at which point no water at all came out, but it was simple enough to find the correct method.Issue 4 (The dagger to the heart): After all these admittingly enjoyable experiments, the one thing science couldn't fix (Unless I feed the grains to my cat kopi and wait for her to poop them back out) is that the coffee just didn't have good flavor. I understand this could be because it was the 5/13 roast, or that it could have been due to over or under pressure in the pods etc. but really, Lavazza, you had one job. ONE!For now, I'll stick with Nespresso originals for Decaf and a few other flavors and with L'or for the risterro. I'll throw a Peets in the cart every now and then, but those haven't impressed me much either.Good luck to all!Edit: I'm also noticing a ton of water collecting at the bottom tray and that some capsules just fall right through when dropped in.

Super deal! Love this brand, cheaper than Starbucks or other brands, and the taste amazing. It comes with 5 different types of coffee

I read a number of negative reviews about Lavazza's nespresso capsules.The two main issue are about the burned taste of the coffee and that the capsule doesn't work well when dispensing.For me, when using the Nespresso Creatista Plus machine:1. Dispensing and using the capsule is just the same as the original capsules. I have no issue with dispensing and all capsules arrived perfective with no deformation. Also note that some reviewers used non-Nespresso branded machine which adds more variations to the compatibility of the capsules.2. Regarding the burned taste some reviews reported, I think I can kind of taste that very bold taste from the "Intenso" flavor. Note that I ordered the 6 pack which contains 5 different flavor. i would guess that very bold taste from the "Intenso" flavor is what some reviewered referred as the burned taste. Yes, it may not be the best flavor. However, the "Classico", "Lungo" etc are all pretty good and more balance in terms of taste. If you don't like the intenso flavor, just avoid that one the second when you buy specific taste. The 6 pack combo is for you to try out what taste you like.Overall, I think these capsules works very well on my machine. The taste are mostly good and strong. there is just as good amount of creama from these capsules compared to the original.I would say the original Nespresso capsules are still better in terms of taste but these are very good and they are excellent alternative and offer great value.

These pods provide espresso flavor and are used in our Nespresso machine. The package contains six boxes, with 12 pods per box. Very easy to use and easy to store since there are individual boxes rather than just one big box. The is strong, Italian flavor coffee. A hit in our house.

I’ve used up all of these pods and can say I love the flavor when I can get them to work properly. Half of these pods slowed down to a trickle when brewing and some even stopped my Nespresso from brewing. My work-around is to open (not enough to drop the pod) and close my machine on the pod three to four times to increase the size of the pierced brewing holes. It mostly works but I’m disappointed that I have to do this to brew my espresso! The flavor is lovely but I do wish the company would remedy this problem.