The best part of the Nespresso system is the marketing ...

... The quality of the coffee is however grossly overestimated my opinion. A small espresso tastes just acceptable, for a decent cappuccino is coffee, due to the small amount of coffee in a capsule, just not strong enough. In addition: Given the low coffee contents of a capsule, these are just far too expensive (5.5 grams for 31 cents). Even at moderate Kaffeekunsum a single household has paid for itself (at gelegendlicher of food and drink) in one to two years an ordinary Siebträgermaschine (or as I'm also a fully automatic) including coffee grinder.

Although the machine has an attractive design, but it is already rather cheap in execution.