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Does anyone have it? The Essenza Mini. It's relatively cheap, so I'm just wondering if it's worth it. Please tell me your thoughts!

P.S. If it's relevant at all, I'm in Europe. And looking at the cheapest one because... student life

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Between the ethical issues with Nestle, the costs of the pods, environmental impact, etc., it's a nonstarter for me.

Although I suppose I can see an argument for getting the machine (which they're probably selling at a loss) and then getting refillable pods or pods from good roasters since Nestle failed to prevent competitors from using their pod format.