What machines cannot use Espresso Pods?
First off, single-serving coffee makers, such as the Senseo or Melita One-One cannot use E.S.E. espresso pods, even though they look very similar to the pods used by those machines. They do not fit. Coffee pods for those machines are much larger in diameter, contain more coffee, and the coffee is loose in the pod — it is not compressed as in an ESE pod. Note: Espresso cannot be made from drip coffee makers. Espresso machines using proprietary capsules, such as the Lavazza Espresso Point, the Nespresso, and the Tassimo machines also cannot use E.S.E. espresso pods. With those machines you are limited to the offerings of the company that makes the machine. There are other espresso machines that for one reason or another cannot use pods, but the great majority of “normal” espresso machines can successfully use pods.
