In The Before Times, I’d sworn off coffee makers that used pods because my experience had been mostly limited to Keurig. “For espresso I love the classic purple capsule, which I think comes close to flawless.” Environmental concerns with coffee pods “Right now my favorites are Fortissio Lungo, which is incredibly dark and dense, and Vivalto Lungo, which has a very pretty blue capsule and is a bit smoother and sweeter,” Rosner says. Hers takes the original pods and every morning she makes a coffee drink with two lungos (3.7-ounce espresso shots) plus “a pinch of brown sugar and a lot of oat milk.” Like me, she’s settled on a few favorite pods.
Helen Rosner, a food writer at The New Yorker, is equally enthusiastic about her Nespresso, an Essenza Mini she’s been using for a decade.
