It is recommended to rinse with clear water once the appliance before using. I decided after the first round, yet to start more passages because the plastic smell was downright disgusting.
But that seems to be common nowadays, I bought many years no machine that stunk not first by plastic.
So I turned to the only round with water, two more with a little vinegar, then twice more with water. Now you can cook coffee that does not taste like plastic.
I'm not a fan of systems such as Senseo or Nescafe. First of all the manure is much too expensive and I think there is nothing like freshly ground and brewed coffee. The Russell Hobbs coffee brews delicious and in my opinion very good coffee. It looks good and stands out in its high-end design of the usual plastic machinery from the mass department of the department store from. I liked the coffee well, although I do not necessarily taste a difference from an ordinary machine wegem the spray head.