Posted Sat May 6, 2006, 5:23am Subject: Can I make fresh pods for espresso?
I would like to bring an espresso machine to work but I'm worried about the mess, noise and space constraints. Pods (shudder) appear to be a solution. Can one make them with fresh coffee? Could one take a 58mm triple basket and say a 56mm double basket and make a metal pod?
TroyR Senior Member Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 429 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Sat May 6, 2006, 8:45pm Subject: Re: Can I make fresh pods for espresso?
Keep searching, there is a website that illustrates making ones own pods. I believe they used two or three everyday items from your kitchen to shape and compress the pod and something resembling coffee filter origami to enclose the coffee.
Posted Sat May 6, 2006, 9:22pm Subject: Re: Can I make fresh pods for espresso?
Thanks for the link but the page mentions a "Senseo brand maker" which I don't believe is an espresso machine. Anyways I was thinking more on the lines of something that could be used in a generic pump machine such as Krups Gusto.
Wesley
PS Ebay has serveral listings refillable pods for the Senseo if one were inclined to use a Senseo.
PPS Coffee filters is not the way to go as it traps the coffee oils making drip coffee.
kbuzbee Senior Member Joined: 2 Feb 2006 Posts: 519 Location: Mentor, Ohio Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Sun May 7, 2006, 4:24am Subject: Re: Can I make fresh pods for espresso?
Well, I was reading Phil Lempert's (of Dunkin Donuts fame) article on making your own pods the other day and thinking to myself 'How silly, the ONLY thing POD machines bring to the table is conveniece... Why would anyone want to do this (and they'd go stale almost immediately)?' But.... perhaps this applies to you...
In summary for those not wanting to read the whole thing he says to use empty tea bags, draw a circle with a cup, cut out and seal the edges with an iron.
TroyR Senior Member Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 429 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: bezzera BZ02s Grinder: mazzer rio normale, solis... Vac Pot: bodum santos Drip: french press Roaster: i-roast 2
Posted Sun May 7, 2006, 11:20am Subject: Re: Can I make fresh pods for espresso?
coffee_no_sugar Said:
Thanks for the link but the page mentions a "Senseo brand maker" which I don't believe is an espresso machine. Anyways I was thinking more on the lines of something that could be used in a generic pump machine such as Krups Gusto.
Wesley
PS Ebay has serveral listings refillable pods for the Senseo if one were inclined to use a Senseo.
PPS Coffee filters is not the way to go as it traps the coffee oils making drip coffee.
Adapt the method to fit the size of your "generic pump machine" portafilter. Excuse me for suggesting a method that uses paper filters, but you asked about making pods and that's how they come. Well, the four varieteis I've personally seen anyway.
darrylr Senior Member Joined: 3 Apr 2005 Posts: 253 Location: Washington Expertise: I live coffee
Posted Sun May 7, 2006, 4:09pm Subject: Re: Can I make fresh pods for espresso?
The web pages referenced for making pods are oriented at pods for coffee machines. This is not a method to make an ESE pod. To make a useable pod for an espresso machine you'd need a way to make a properly shaped and tamped pod of the right thickness (same dimensions as an ESE pod). Besides being hard to do, I suspect you'd have trouble achieving puck integrity that would survive the trip to the office. Without a proper puck you'll get a terrible extraction. ESE pods aren't exactly winners in this regard, but they do have the advantage of being made on specialized machinery that address these problems as much as possible within the nature of the format. Of course it can't hurt to experiment, so just keep these factors in mind when in developing your procedure.
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