Surprise in the coffee capsule test
Quality doesn't have to be expensive
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Stiftung Warentest tested 17 coffee capsules and balls for seven different machine systems, including those from Tchibo, Nescafé and Tassimo. The pleasing result: good commercial brands for Nespresso machines are available from 17 cents per capsule. The best even just beats the original product, which is almost three times as expensive.
Coffee capsules have become significantly more expensive: They cost around 12 percent more in May than in the previous year. This makes the result of the latest Stiftung Warentest study all the more pleasing: consumers can make considerable savings on Nespresso-compatible capsules. If you switch from the expensive original to the cheapest good capsules in the test, you can save around 500 euros a year with an average consumption of four cups a day. The differences in quality between cheap commercial brands and expensive original Nespresso capsules are minimal," explains Swantje Waterstraat, nutrition expert at Stiftung Warentest.
In contrast, there are hardly any good capsules for the other six systems in the test. This is not because of the taste, but because the capsules are particularly wasteful of resources: Those from Lavazza, Nescafé Dolce Gusto, Tassimo and Netto Marken-Discount cannot be recycled or can only be partially recycled.
In terms of taste, all capsule coffees in the test for lungo or caffè crema are very similar - a tendency towards a uniform taste. The testers mostly only found harmless amounts of harmful substances, only the most expensive capsules from Cup Verde (53 cents) were clearly contaminated with mold toxins. Although they comply with the legal maximum content, it would still be better if the capsules did not contain the toxin at all.
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