This blog contains a number of simple money saving solutions I have discovered to potentially expensive repairs or replacements.
For Example:
Cleaning of the shower mould using domestos grot buster saved me hundreds of pounds, and the fact that it keeps the mould out of the caulk saves me hours of additional cleaning.
This video is about Damaged Nespresso Cartidges Recovered With The Capsulier Lite
Damaged Nespresso Cartidges Recoverd With
"The Capsulier Lite"
Nespresso Aluminium Cartridge Pods Are Quite Easily Crushed And Damaged So Nespresso Machines Fail To Use Them But Such Pods Can Still Be Used By "The Capsulier Lite" To Make A Great Cup Of Coffee. Here's How!
This video is about using Damaged Nespresso coffee pods, I know from talking to people that they often throw these away wasting coffee and hard cash. Here is a really simple solution to the problem. #fixed1tNESPRESSOtips
This Video is particularly helpful if you have had an #Krups #Nespresso lock up due to an accidental Airlock caused by a refilling problem and haver been looking to find a fix. Here is my fixed1t :
Once you have reset the #Krups #Nespresso #coffee #machine you will need to reset the cup sizes as both buttons will most likely output a minute amount of Coffee.
If you have not had an #Airlock and you have just accidentally reprogrammed #Krups #Nespresso #coffee #machine cups sizes so it keeps over spilling over the top of the cup, then the video below is and how to Re-program the #Krups #Nespresso #coffee #machine so it makes a perfect Mug or Cup full every time.
I was at a friends helping then with some decorating when the Nespresso Coffee Pod Machine stopped working.
Strangley the pump was running loud, but nothing was coming out of the spout. The problem was caused by her starting the machine without having put the water caddy properly in place on the back, which had created an airlock.
Once you have fixed1t you will need to reprogram the coffee cup sizes, I have have an excellent video showing you how I do it.
If your thinking of purchasing a simple to use Capsule/Pod Coffee Machine that uses the full range of Nespresso Capsules but that can also make an excellent cup of coffee using the cheaper ALDI, LIDL, Morrisons and other capsules, I can throughly recommend the Nespresso Inissia from KRUPS.
This is really simple to set up, use and clean and would make somebody an excellent Christmas Present.
I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it:
You may get an even better deal in the Black Friday sales
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
Here is a really simple tip to improve the quality and flavour ( flavor ) of your next cup of home made Nespresso Coffee. This really works and I do it before every coffee.
I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it:
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
"The German city of Hamburg has banned coffee pods from state-run buildings as part of an environmental drive to reduce waste. " Looking at their so-called green procurement policy " the German city of Hamburg last month introduced a ban on buying "certain polluting products or product components" with council money. The ban includes specific terms for "equipment for hot drinks in which portion packaging is used" - specifically singling out the "Kaffeekapselmaschine", or coffee capsule machine, which accounts for one in eight coffees sold in Germany."
The problem is not that the individual components within a coffee capsules cannot be recycled, its that mixed together they are difficult, expensive and time consuming to separate and are therefore a expensive contaminate to the recycling system.
Nespresso do not apparently give figures on the amount of returned pods that are recycled and how many are dumped, often people think that because Nespresso has a collection service for old pods that these are all being recycled ethically and re-used.
This is why I decided to investigate this myself and to work out a method to enable me to recycle any of the Aluminium capsules I use which a often the Nespresso brand, as other use plastic pods.
The instructions in my video show how to quickly separate the components in their recyclable parts so that you can drink great coffee but not add to the problem.
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Leaving the recycling to the manufacturer merely passes the buck and clears the conscience if you believe they are ethically disposing of them. But lets face it, big business isn't renowned for its willingness to use 'profit' to help the environment when there are cheaper options. Shareholders aren't pleased to be told their dividend was spent clearing the waste ;-) But read the article yourself.
This video is about How To Enviromentally Recycle Foil Coffee Capsule Pods
fixed1t Enviromental Tips
The Nespresso Coffee Machine has heralded in the mass use of the one-off quick use Capsule And Pod coffee making and drinking.
People have wrongly assumed that these COFFEE CAPSULES and PODS are recyclable. Sadly this is not the case due to their mix of metal and organic matter. But for those that care about the environment but want to drink their lovely fresh coffee, this is how fixed1t recycles them! #fixed1tENVIROMENTALtips
I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it:
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
Improving Re-usable Re-fillable Nespresso Capsule Flavour Through Capsule Modification
I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it:
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
This video is about Re-using Damaged Nespresso Espresso Coffee Pod Capsules
I explained in my last video how I fill used Plastic Tea or Coffee Pods with my favourite ground French Style Coffee to make Coffee at 5p a Pod.
A friend was throwing out Infant chewed expensive Nespresso Capsules. But gave them to me to figure out if I could make use of them. I DID! Here's How I Do It !
I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it:
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
This is the fair-trade coffee with chicory I used in my Pod Capsule video.
Sainsbury French Style Coffee With Chicory
Its from Sainsbury supermarket UK. A 227g bag costs £2.30 which for chicory coffee is an excellent price.
Its incredibly tasty as there is a roughly 45% mix of Coffee and Chicory, if you like strong coffee this could suit your taste.
What I also noticed was that because I wasn't packing the coffee into the Pod capsule very hard, it allowed more air and water flow that led to a much tastier frothy coffee as can be seen in the video.
Although I was expecting saving with the reusable refillable pod capsules, I was amazed that I could make 9 capsules for the price of 1 x Nespresso capsule.
I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it:
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
This video is about Saving 85% On Nespresso Espresso Coffee With Reusable Pod Capsules
fixed1t Money Saving Tips I showed in my last video how using a refillable reusable Coffee Pod can reduce the costs. In this video I show how I quickly batch produce 9 x modified plastic reusable refillable Pods and store them fresh for immediate use I also calculate the cost saving per 9 x Pods
I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it:
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
The cost of the coffee for Nespresso Coffee Machines and their competitors is expensive. Much more expensive than the bags of excellent cafetiere coffee. In this video I try out the Refillable Reusable Pods, identify issues and show a great fix. Using this technique I get an excellent cup of coffee every time from my machine at a fraction of the Nespresso Pod costs.
I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it:
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
We were in ALDI today and they are doing a special on Pod Coffee machines this weekend.
It comes in 3 colours and is £49 which is pretty cheap by any standards. As with all ALDI deals this will be a one off for the time being and once the machines are gone, they won't be back for a long time.
Although, I don't need a machine, having recently bought one, they had some coffee capsules 10 for £1.70 and as the machine said it was Nespresso compatible I bought some two packs of the capsules, and a capsule holder for £3.49.
However, when I went to make a cup of the strong ALCAFE INTENSE category 9 coffee:
the machine made some rather odd noises and didn't appear to give me as much of a cup as I expected, although it tasted very strong and was a good cup of coffee. It wasn't until I was emptying the machine that I realised there must have been a problem. The pod receiving tray, was 1/3 full of coffee and water, which accounted for my low measure with the ALCAFE INTENSE coffee pod.
So what was the problem?
Looking at the top of the coffee pod shows its identical to Nespresso capsules in size and shape, so no issues there:
But looking at the back of the capsule, tells a whole different story. New espresso and Nespresso capsules have a round protruding back as can be seen below:
When they are used this back is pushed in by the machine and 3 sharp prongs puncture the back of the capsule and the machine also breaks into the front foil as can be see below.
In this way the machine can force hot water 'under pressure' through the coffee pod to make the coffee.
Unfortunately, the ALCAFE INTENSE coffee pods have a rigid indented back so the espresso and Nespresso machine spikes cannot pierce the back and therefore cannot force the water through the capsule properly.
Therefore. If like me you thought that these relatively cheap ALDI coffee cartridges were compatible with your Nespresso machine as they come out of the packet, they are not. This is a shame as it appears to be good tasting coffee.
Luckily for me, my machine appears to have a pressure failsafe mechanism built into it, and when it could not force the hot pressured steam through the capsule, it pushed it into the capsules catching tray inside the machine. It dealt with the safely.
The next question is what to do with the other remaining 18 x capsules now my Dog Bree has very efficiently chewed up the boxes, I don't think I can take them back loose ;-)
I hope you find this Blog entry useful. I certainly have. Rest assured I will think up a suitable fixed1t solution to use the spare 18 pods.
If these are no longer in ALDI as it may have been one of their 'One Off' sales. I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it:
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
Nespresso coffee pod style machines are expensive to run with coffee capsules in boxes of 10 and for the majority of cases, always expensive. There are a range of machines and makers, the machine I purchased and used in my experiments is the Espressina Pod Machine
Espressina Pod Coffee Machine
The best known coffee machine is Nespresso, from the George Cloon ads fame. They differ from the others in offering a wide range of coffees, with regular marketings of specialist coffees (at specialist prices). Quite often people purchase these machines or are given these machines as presents for the quality of the coffee they produce, but also the convenience of filling it, switching it on, putting in the pod and hitting the button. For people with busy lives they are a welcome relief.
So if the coffee is expensive, and I'm boiling a kettle constantly to make tea, then this machine isn't as useful or functional as I first thought, right? What drew me to this machine was its marketing that it could make coffee and Tea, so I tried some of their tea,
Tespresso - English Breakfast Tea
Unfortunately, I didn't like it. I personally like my tea weak and not full of Tannin, but I found their tea was like water. The fact that they did Tea pods at all, made me think and I decided to experiment, I like experimenting.
So opened up one of the espresso Plastic Coffee Capsules, empty it, and then fill it with tea. I tried this and ended up with a mess.
Then I thought why not just put a tea bag in the pod and put it in the machine
This worked but it wasn't quite as simple as that, as I explain in my video.
I hope you like the video and share it with other people you know with Nespresso Pod using coffee machines. I now make all my cups of tea using this method, its:
quick
reliable
clean
I can throughly recommend it, especially as it saves money on expensive coffee pods.
#fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips
After getting a lot of capsule leakage from the Espresso Machine.
I now have the KRUPS Nespresso Inissia and love it
Its cheap small and easy to use, I'd throughly recommend it and my #fixed1tMONEYSAVINGtips make it all the better as can be seen in my fixed1t YouTube playlist
