Starbucks Verismo Machine

For all of you who are wondering about the new Verismo coffee maker, this is the post for you!
I decided to do a review after having a lot of comments and messages on how I like the machine.

First off you've to decide how much you love coffee and how much the taste means to you.
If you drink coffee for quantity and don't care much what it tastes like, this machine is NOT for you.

One coffee pod makes about 6 OZ. So 3/4 of a Tall coffee from Starbucks. You could use two, but I like to save money. One pod costs .99 cents. A box of twelve is 11.99 plus HST.
There's three buttons on the machine.
-Latte
-Espresso
-Coffee/Hot Water

This photo shows the pod running through again, that's why it looks so watery.

I've started pushing the Espresso button and also the coffee button, it gives you just a bit more coffee in your cup.
I've been asked if you can use the same pod twice. No. I tried this the other day and it made very watered down coffee.

The coffee that comes from the pods are amazing. Simply amazing. We've gone through a few coffee makers, and we've tried many different coffees. We usually always grind our beans first thing in the morning, use filtered water and keep our beans in a air sealed container.. but it never tasted like the coffee you would get in Starbucks.
Well, with this machine it achieves that amazing taste, but I find it better.

Did you know that a espresso shot is timed? It must be poured into a coffee/latte within 17-22 seconds or it can dramatically affect the taste? You know how busy Starbucks is... so now you know why your drink taste different from time to time.
Each Pod has its own filter to help with this amazing taste.

My only negative point for this coffee maker is it can't fit a lot of my mugs into the cup slot. You can take the water drip tray out, but it wont be a flat surface then.

The Instant Coffee maker comes in 4 colors. Black, Silver, Beige and Red. I desperately wanted the Beige, but our coffee maker happened to explode that morning, so the only color Starbucks carries is the silver.

I wont be reviewing how this machine lattes because I wont be using it to make lattes. I prefer 1% or soy milk. The latte pods only come with 2% milk ( for now ). I'll be buying a frother in the new year ( once they go on sale, because this lady is cheap ).
We purely bought this machine for Starbucks quality coffee from home. We only live 300 meters from the nearest Starbucks but to take both of my kiddos in there isn't the most fun experience ever... now we can make amazing coffee with the click of a button!

So all in all. I give this instant coffee maker a 9/10. I've had the Tassimo, and although it made more coffee per pod, the taste was so gross. 
I'd rather have a amazing small cup of coffee than a big crappy cup of coffee!

Hope this review helped you, I did hours of research before buying this and I'm glad I took the plunge.. a lot "coffee drinkers" gave it a lower score because of the pods not making a ton of coffee..
The most important thing to me is that I know I can get amazing coffee from my home, and if I want two pods of coffee that day, it still costs the same as it would in stores except I don't have to pack my kids up and drive to go get it!




Did you like how many times I said "Amazing"??!