Cuppa Gold

I like Nakamura, and Dreams Come True -- very talented musicians and good peeps to boot, it seems -- but that is quite the SEG he's sporting as holds up his product. As for Nescafe, it strikes me as the homey, instant coffee you drink if you're not planning to go out and don't serve when entertaining. You put Creep in it, not milk or cream. It's not bad stuff, I just don't think it's very trendy, especially for Harajuku. Best of luck all the same.

You put Creep in it, not milk or cream.

If Creep is all you've got, you drink it black......:-)

Those machine thingies are in all the shops now, they look trendy but I get the idea you can't use ordinary coffee in them, you have to purchase little one-shot-at-a-time cartridges. I haven't felt tempted so far.

@Cleo,

I can use the one shot cartridges as well as regular coffee in my Delonghi espresso machine. I think it's probably the same thing. And you are right about drinking it black.

Creep is not so bad, I actually like it.

Cleo,

I think you can buy a plastic filter the same size as the cartridges in which you can put your favorite ground coffee. The cartridges still seem too pricey to mef or every day drinking .

those things are silly. one of these things that seems convenient and easy to use, but at the end of the day you have a machine to clean insteaed of a coffee pot, it takes a lot of space, and it doesn't make coffee that is that incredible. all that for a hefty sum of moollah.

article incomplete- how did he design it? what was his input and why would it be any better than like mine...?

I have a Nesspreso machine. Not the most expensive thing on the market, but not the cheapest either (I think it costs about 30,000 yen). The thing is very small and it does not take any space. Except from throwing away the used cartridges, there is nothing to clean up (well, the coffee mug has to be washed). You have a large variety of coffees to choose from, and the quality is good in my opinion. The cartridges are pricey though, the main drawback of this business

Yeah, the pod concept is convenient but it costs more per cup. But you don't have to make a pot and the cleanup is easy.

On the other hand a small coffee press, big enough for one mug, is just about perfect.....

Cleo: I totally agree with you about Creep. Yuck!

As for the cartridge coffee makers, there are reusable filters on the market with which you can use regular coffee. I'm not sure if they'd fit this specific brand of coffee maker but if you like coffee and the convenience of this kind of system but worry about the waste or cost of having to use only their cartridges, it's worth checking this out:

http://www.amazon.com/kitchen-dining/dp/B0007INM5A