Also a great convertee to Nespresso. Having had big industrial strength Gaggias and gone through the whole roasting from green bean and blending to our own taste and then discovered with some doubts these little machines - if you are just an espresso drinker then these are stunning machines. And the pods last forever. Ignore the dates.
The Nespresso is a splurge I personally can't justify (love my French press coffee), but I'm always thrilled to find that I'm staying in a hotel room with a Nespresso machine...I go to town.