So, what kind of coffee machine do you need?
Automatic? Manual? What are we talking about? Before you go out buying a coffee machine, there are a few things you need to know. There are three general types of espresso machines on the market: 1 . Pod and capsulemachines 2. These have made quite an impact on the coffee machine market in the last few years, and now make up the bulk of espresso machines we buy in Australia. Pods are discs of coffee compressed between two layers of filter paper. Some machines can cater for both pods and ground coffee by providing a separate filter basket and possibly a different shower head for each. Capsules are the size and shape of a single-serve UHT milk holder. They're not compressed like pods but rather hermetically sealed, giving them the added advantage of staying fresh for about nine months. How they work A pod or capsule of coffee is inserted into the machine, it then pierces the capsule to ...