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ESE Coffee Pods

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ESE coffee pods, or "easy serving espresso" pods, are manufactured for use in both a generic coffee pod brewer and espresso machines. The entire reason they were created was to make an easy, fast way to have espresso at home or work, without having to spend the time and money on a coffee shop. Do you live for your morning or afternoon espresso, but can't stand the sap on your wallet? If so, this may be just what you're looking for. ESE Pods And The Standard Coffee Pod Machine ESE pods are intended for use in both coffee pod makers and espresso machines. If you are using an espresso machine, you will need a special adapter for these to go in to. However, if you are using a pod maker, you may be able to just toss an ESE coffee pod in and get espresso out. Unfortunately, some pod coffee makers don't work with some ESE products. To make matters worse, those who make pod machines and these ESE pods do not always clearly label which will work with which, leaving t

ESE Pods Explained

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Inspired by Illy, a consortium of manufacturers made an agreement in 1998 to have a single standard for espresso pods with the object of making it easy for espresso lovers around the world to enjoy a consistent high quality product. ESE Stands for Easy Serving Espresso, and the standard sets the requirements for the ESE pod - 7 grams of coffee, a proper grind, and a shape and diameter that allows it to be used only in ESE approved machines. The pods sandwich the coffee between two layers of sealed filter paper and have a fixed diameter and height. The ESE Machines work in a similar way to ground coffee machines. They do have considerable advantages though, in the main no spilled coffee grounds, no waste, and constant freshness. Coffee absorbs oxygen from the air and as a result always needs to be kept as airtight as possible. To achieve this the ESE pods are packed in aluminium foil, itself recyclable, and in the process of packing the foils bags are flushed with nitrogen for ma