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Just bought a box of these from Waitrose and can report that they are a seriously inferior product when compared with the real thing, which is remarkable when you consider that they are no cheaper.

They are just a worse design in every way. The pods are plastic with holes already in them, compared to the real ones which are aluminium with no holes in (the machine makes the holes when you use it). This means that each pod has to come in a foil wrapper to keep the coffee dry and catch any that falls out in transit. They don't fit into the machine very easily at all and you have to pull the lever hard to get the pod into place which doesn't feel like it's doing the machine any good.

If these were 10p each I would consider persevering with them and trying to put up with them for the sake of saving money, but at this price you really are better off buying the real deal online. If you buy enough of them from nespresso delivery is free and is almost always next-day. Really, why would you bother with these Café Pod ones?