I wonder about this thing. I'm really picky about my coffee, so I'm curious to see how good this is.

I hate coffee. That is all.

Oh, that's why you're so grumpy.

I've had this machine for over a year and for me it is the perfect coffee maker. I am the only coffee drinker in my house and in the mornings, all I want is 1 quick cup before I leave for work. Not only can this machine make a single cup in just over a minute, but it's a great tasting cup with "crema" at the top as some afficionados have dubbed it. I use the Senseo Douwe Egberts Dark Roast. I've tasted several other makers pods, but always return to these.

Don't be fooled. The Senseo coffee pods that you must use make a very marginal cup of coffee. Tastes like the Folger's coffee that my mom used to make many years ago.

Funny! I'm a fresh-ground girl myself so I'm skeptical about pods in general.

For a non-coffee drinker such as myself. What IS a pod exactly?

I also hate coffee Omar. I'm a tea drinker.

Julie, i don't fashion myself as a coffee connoisseur, but I don't feel comparing the senseo brew to Folger's is at all fair. While definitely not the best tasting cup. It's better than any major brand's canned brew. Omar, Pods are like teabags only filled with coffee for single serving Pod coffeemakers.

krynsky - I hear ya - and I don't want to sound snobbish about it, but I am from Seattle where for better or worse, it is all about the coffee. So, while I loved the machine, I really did think the coffee tasted pretty much like instant coffee - Folger's Coffee Crystals. :)