Madama - Refillable and Reusable Capsule Compatible with Dolce Gusto. Stainless Steel and Food-Grade Silicone. Pack of 1 pod

My wife won the dulce gusto machine in a raffle, it came with all the friends drink pods, and my god I was dissapointed with the drinks. none of them taste like coffee and the worst bit is they're mostly milk powder and instant coffee! they have to be the most expensive way to drink rubbish instant coffee going.This little beauty though, allows you to make something that tastes like an espresso. Sure James Hoffman would certainly be able to pick the differences between what this addition to a duslce gusto allows the machine to produce and what a high end machine can produce.Don't attempts to pull a long shot you'll end up with bad tasting coffee. Make a nice small espresso, if you want a bigger drink add hot water rather than allow the machine to continue to fill the cup.Run hot some water throught he machine before you make your drink, this will get rid of any cold water in there. I add 7 grams of freshly ground coffee to my baskett in order to make a single espresso. I have to say the machine allowed it to produce an pretty decent espresso for the budget, I have certainly had a lot worse in cafe's.I have also had much better in esspresso bars with really fancy machines, and the absolute best beans, ground with the best grinders, however, I don't have the budget for that every day not the counter top to have that kind of kit at home.This allows me to enjoy a small strong coffee without the endless plastic in the oem instant coffee pods!If you don't get the results you would expect try different coffee, drifferent grinds and different amounts of water through the baskett till you find what you like.

This pod is comprised of a stainless steel body, a silocone lid into which a metal disk to spread the water out over the coffee fits, and a small metal disk to ensure no grounds flow through the out hole. It comes with 2 small disks - one with fewer holes for more coarse ground coffee and one with more holes for finer ground coffee. It also comes with a little ring to stand the pod on as you're filling it, and a tamp and measuring spoon (come to think of it, I'm not sure if it comes with the spoon or if I had that already).I placed the body in the ring holder, the smaller disk with more holes rests in the bottom, filled with approx 7.5g of finely ground coffee, used the tamp to press it down lightly and placed the lid complete with larger metal disk on top. That went in the machine. I primed the pod - ie. pulled a little water into the pod but not enough for it to come out- and left it to rest for about 30 seconds before turning it on again to finish making the coffee.It worked well, no leaks and tasted really good compared to the pre made pods. The coffee came out smoothly and there was no mess.On sunsequent occasions this wasn't the case unfortunately. The taste was still the same but a couple of months later and visiting family members have managed to throw the small disk for finer ground coffee out with the grounds.. I'm using slightly coarser grounds with the other disk and it has a tendency to absolutely p*** coffee everywhere. Like a drunk man at a urinal it's all over the floor, wall and anyone in the vicinity.Still no leaks from the top unlike other reusable pods I have which is a plus. The silicone lid really helps there. It's also easier to clean than others.All in all it is the best reusable pod I've had. Just watch your small parts and don't let your family clean it up.

I LOVE it !! I made an espresso with this pod with the highest scepticism but man was I very pleasantly surprised or WHAT !I never liked the flavour of pod coffee, I just used it for convenience & " froth" & strength. The mokka pot doesn't give froth to the espresso !Anyway, I ground fresh beans, filled the reusable pod with the coffee, fitted the espresso filter et voilà! The intensity, the flavour & the little espresso froth on the top - it made the perfect espresso! I'm loving it. I'm also saving a tonne on capsules now which- I don't know are filled with what kind of coffee ! So I can now just use any beans I like & it will make the PERFECT espresso !Fits my machine perfectly too. I'm ordering the pack of 2 now. I can't wait to try this with more types of coffee / beans. Suddenly my machine is much posher, hehe.Thank you for making the product & I'm LOVING it !So pleased !

Was good for a few months when used irregularly but recently had issues with it getting stuck in the machine (dolce gusto genio+). I noticed the little metal filters have bent too, and had issues with water spraying out of the machine left right and center. Not sure if I’ve a faulty one as it seems to have good reviews but overall I’m disappointed with life span.

It fits, it does not leak, easy to use. However, it does not work with dolce gusto machine. The coffee has tastes super watered down. I try mus best to pack the cup with coffee and even used the espresso filter. It just does not work well. Waste of a good coffee

I purchased this refillable capsule with the main aim of getting better coffee from my dolche gusto machine. This capsule is fantastic, simply fill with pre ground coffee (about 8grams) I used Taylor's of harrigate ESP ground coffee and 200 degrees coffee (ground in store for espresso), tamp down with supplied tamper, put silicone lid on, pop capsule in like you normally would and flip lever to start the machine. The results are truly amazing compared to dolche gusto pods, Proper coffee with taste. For an even better and closer to espresso drink I freshly grind beans with a hario skerton pro hand grinder on finest setting and this enables me to get the flow to resemble the flow of honey. The capsule is very easy to wash with just a rinse under the tap, The only negative about this product though is that this capsule only produces enough for a single espresso but I cannot see how you could produce a double espresso without buying 2 reusable capsules, 5 stars from me 😊