a metal one to be exact. also need a filter to get rid of the oil, apparently its not good for you.

French presses allow cafestol and kahweol to remain in coffee, both of which increase serum LDL.

That research has been ongoing for years - we just never hear about it until a workable material is ready for production - (even then we probably don't hear about it).

I'm sold. I would buy it in a heartbeat. I'm only seeing this in Switzerland and Germany. I hope they expand further out.

What's your grinder made out of?

I guess my old school percolator is classy now

My aeropress is getting nervous

The benefit of pods is being sold your coffee at a markup.

For the consumer, convenience, but mostly status. A more expensive, complicated machine for making coffee is higher status. Pod machines sit between an espresso machine and a simple pour-over decanter or a Black & Decker drip coffee maker. Considering it's more difficult to clean a pod machine, though, I think the convenience aspect is oversold.

Me neither. Expensive and sub par taste. It makes no sense.

I don't get their benefit over regular old drip tbqh. Both can presumably have the same quality (or lack of) grinds. Pod machines only make one cup at a time and generate a ton of waste in the process. Drip machines make anywhere from 1 to 12 cups for the cost of a paper filter. Pair it with a grinder and you can make enough decent coffee for a family in no time.

Obviously it won't compare to nicer equipment, but we're talking convenience here

It makes one coffee, cheap, quick, clean, fresh, and easy. Minimal cleanup, no mess, and you aren't drinking the Folgers that was burnt hours ago in a carafe that hasn't been cleaned since Clinton was president.

Space conservation. Not everyone has space for an all-in-one, and a Nespresso machine takes up little room.

Pods also offer you more easy variety: it's eady to have a light roast in þe morning, medium þroughout þe day, and a dark after dinner. Or just varying bean origins.

Also, beans oxidize fairly quickly. Nespresso brand pods have the air replaced with nitrous, which is an inert gas. Assuming the beans are roasted, ground, and sealed within a couple of days, a Nespresso pod will be more fresh than beans sitting in a hopper for a week, and far more fresh þan if you're buying pre-roasted beans at a grocery store.

Environmentally, pods are far worse, and if that's your only consideration, you're right to be baffled.

Plastic or not, the pod system is always going to be a wasteful, crappy way to do things.

I'll concede it's increasingly rare as a reason, but if you have a plastic part in an otherwise well-made device, it can be a good thing. If that's a common point of failure, having it fail gracefully 5 years in with a cheap replacement is better than having it fail in 10 years at 8 times the price, or potentially blow apart in a housing of some sort and take other parts with it.

Some people would disagree it's a "well-made device" but when I let a piece of wood jam the jointer attachment on my old Shopsmith woodworking machine, I was extremely happy that the power coupler was not sturdy metal.

Honey being a “processed ingredient” is wild to me. It is removed from the comb and run through a filter but that’s it, there’s no real processing involved, the steps involved don’t change the honey in anyway just makes it usable.

Milk is unprocessed?! You can't be serious...

And I get perfect coffee every morning from my $25 French press. The burr grinder cost more, but I received that as a gift.