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Machines, Pods & Commercial

From single-serve capsules to commercial vacuum-press brewers, these methods automate brewing for convenience and consistency. Each uses a different physical principle, such as pressure, centrifugal force or vacuum, so they are as interesting to understand as any manual method.

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How do coffee pod machines work?

Coffee pod machines pierce a sealed capsule of pre-ground coffee and force hot water through it. Espresso-style systems such as Nespresso Original use pump pressure up to about 19 bar, while Nespresso Vertuo spins the capsule at high speed (centrifusion) to brew.

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  1. No. 121Alpha Dominche SteampunkUnited States · BeginnerThe Steampunk is a programmable café brewer from Alpha Dominche.
  2. No. 120Bean-to-Cup MachineItaly · BeginnerA bean-to-cup, or super-automatic, machine grinds a dose of whole beans, brews an espresso-based coffee in a built-in brewing unit, and empties the used grounds into a container, all at the touch of a button.
  3. No. 173Bunn TrifectaUnited States · IntermediateThe Bunn Trifecta is a commercial single-cup immersion brewer.
  4. No. 127Capsule Filter MachinesGlobal · BeginnerThey pump hot water through a single portion of ground coffee at low pressure, so you get a mug of filter-style coffee, not espresso.
  5. No. 123Clover Vacuum-press BrewerUnited States · BeginnerThe Clover is a commercial single-cup coffee brewer that works like an automated French press.
  6. No. 124Coffee UrnGlobal · BeginnerFill the urn with cold water to the cup mark, seat the stem in the heat well, add coarse percolator-grind coffee to the wetted basket and lock the lid.
  7. No. 126ESE Paper PodsItaly · BeginnerESE, or Easy Serving Espresso, pods are single doses of espresso coffee, about 7 g of ground, pre-tamped coffee sealed between two sheets of filter paper, 44 mm across.
  8. No. 119K-Cup Pod BrewersUnited States · BeginnerA K-Cup is a small plastic cup of ground coffee with a paper filter inside and a foil lid.
  9. No. 117Nespresso Original CapsulesSwitzerland · BeginnerA Nespresso Original machine pushes hot water under pressure through a sealed capsule of ground coffee, making an espresso-style coffee in under a minute.
  10. No. 118Nespresso Vertuo CentrifusionSwitzerland · BeginnerA Vertuo machine reads a barcode printed on the rim of each capsule, which tells it the water temperature, the amount of water and how fast to spin.
  11. No. 122Spinn Centrifugal BrewerUnited States · BeginnerThe Spinn grinds whole beans and brews them in a fast-spinning chamber.
  12. No. 125Vending Machine CoffeeUnited States · BeginnerIt heats water in a boiler, then mixes it with the coffee for the drink you choose.

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