Grind coffee capsules malfunction

Keith Parkins
The Little Bicycle Coffee Shop
3 min readMay 9, 2021
Grind coffee capsules malfunction
Grind coffee capsules malfunction

Emptying the bin of Opal One, separating aluminium from compostable capsules, to take the compostable capsules to the garden compost heap, I noticed the Grind capsules were malfunctioning. Instead of a matrix of tiny holes, a tear.

Easy to see, and even more noticeable if compare Grind with other capsules.

The Grind easy to identify, the pink capsules.

I tried another Grind capsule. At first I thought no problem, but look carefully, a small tear can be seen.

  • Batch: 6111
  • E: 05/03/2023
  • P: 05/03/2021 15:04:52

Does this explain the poor quality of the coffee, bypass being experienced by others? Possibly not, poor quality down to poor quality coffee, bypass probably down to using Nespresso machines which have high failure rate with third party capsules.

Grind coffee capsules malfunction
Nespresso high failure rate with third party capsules from reputable roasteries

Nespresso machines appear to have a design flaw causing high failure rate when using third party capsules from reputable roasteries.

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Keith Parkins
The Little Bicycle Coffee Shop

Writer, thinker, deep ecologist, social commentator, activist, enjoys music, literature and good food.