My Coffee Journey #3 – A Short-term Relationship with Kompresso

I had been drinking Nespresso for 9 years, but I hadn’t investigated what actually inside the capsule is. One day, I tore the capsule and weighed the content. The capsule consists of about 5 g of coffee. Nespresso suggests using one capsule to brew a shot of 40 mL espresso. The 1:8 ratio is inauthentic to espresso brewing. Increasing the dose to about 1:2 will cost us 4 capsules. This is much more expensive than buying speciality coffee beans. Nevertheless, Nespresso doesn’t mention the origin and roast date of the coffee beans. The capsules sold in markets in Hong Kong are usually stale. ...

5 December, 2022 · 2 min · Oscar Li