Well, after having the Senseo for a week or so now, I have to say that I'm prepared to go back to my regular coffee maker as soon as the free supply of pods is gone. Why? First off, I checked out the cost of those little suckers in the store -- outrageous (approx. $4 for 18 pods). And THEN I discovered that in order to make a real sized cup of coffee (8 oz) you have to use TWO of them! So that's $4 for 9 mugs of coffee. Ridiculous! Plus, who wants all of that foam on just a regular old cup of joe? Not me... Maybe someone else is all gung ho about it, but I have to say, it's not my cup of tea, er, coffee.