Presto 09402 MyPod Refillable Replacement Pod (Senseo)

Presto 09402 MyPod Refillable Replacement Pod (Senseo) | This, along with a good grinder, is a great upgrade for the Senseo

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	Presto 09402 MyPod Refillable Replacement Pod (Senseo) Presto Presto average customer review:based on 102 reviews view larger image
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Works well for single user

This product does work well if you carefully follow the instructions that are enclosed with both the Senseo and the Presto coffee holder . Some of the problems expressed by others are related to not following the instructions or to the priming of the Senseo Coffee Pot itself (which I found only has to be primed once when first used or after a long period of unuse.)

This, along with a good grinder, is a great upgrade for the Senseo

I've been reading through the reviews for the mypod adapter for the Senseo machines, and you can almost immediately tell those who have a good grinder along with it, and those who don't, or those who buy preground. Usually all the bad complaints are from the latter.

The Senseo is actually a quite brilliant and cost effective piece of engineering. It's let down by absolutely horrible coffee marketed by Philips / Sara Lee - some of the worst coffee bought on the open market today. Fortunately, the mypod adapter lets you skip commodity coffee and move on to some of the world's best coffees.

But it too is let down if you don't have a good grinder (think Solis Maestro or better) to go along with it. Fresh ground coffee, ground to the right particle size, is extremely important in any brewed cup, and no less so with this aftermarket adapter.

Grinding to something closer to a moka grind than a drip grind (fairly fine, but not "espresso" fine), 14g of coffee in the pod adapter results in an excellent extraction up to about 5 ounces. Not too shabby when you consider that extraction time is around 50 seconds. The mypod can be used without the paper filters, but in my experience, you need a coarser ground and more coffee to get the same kind of overall cup. Normally I eschew paper filters, but the mypod filters are more "weaves" than a solid mass, and allow some aromatic oils to seep through, something paper normally traps. Also, because it's a loose fit over the bottom of the filter, some brew water goes around the paper sidways, allowing more oils to make it to the cup.

The Senseo, when used with the mypod adapter, produces a fairly decent quality "caffe suisse" style brew. The pump does exert more pressure on the bed of coffee than a moka pot does, but not as much as a true espresso machine does. With the grind I use for it, I generally get a max of six ounces using the "two cup" button; but the extraction time is long enough, and some geniune (albeit very blond) crema is produced - not the false, frothed coffee (not crema) that the Senseo and its original pods produce.

Overall, this is a must have for any Senseo owner, but don't bother unless you have a good grinder to match it up with. And good coffee to use - Folgers isn't good coffee. And make sure the metal part of the filter you see when loading it into the machine is completely clean - it has to form a good seal with the rubber gasket in the Senseo's lid. If any stray coffee grounds are there, you will see leakage and a ruined cup.

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