I use to order from Algerian green beans and roast and blend myelf ... use to go there regularly .. and now I'm out of London they have an excellent mail order service. Coincidentally, I had a club in D'arblay street a long time ago.

As it happens the Nespresso produces almost as good or better than anything I've ever produced even when I was blending and roasting and thought I was making perfect coffee. It took me years to try a Nepresso simply beliving a small machine like that with a pod could never do it. Once you choose the right pod for you any other approach seems pointless. Every pod is fresh and you get the same thing every cup. It's cheaper and more convenient. If you don't have coffee for a few days nothing goes stale. And there's no cleaning to speak of.