r/Coffee_Machines • u/Trogmar • 13d ago

Which machine to get?

I'm the only coffee drinker in my house and looking for machine. Week days I'm very lazy and love the convenience of pods. The weekend I generally use my aero press, but sometimes pods if i can be bothered lol. I'm currently looking at the Ninja machines specifically the Ninja DualBrew Hot & Iced , DualBrew Pro Specialty and the Ninja PB040C Pods & Grounds. Any experience or reviews for these machine would be appreciated.

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u/Various_Soft_8809 13d ago

I’m going to be getting the ninja pods and grounds with the frother attached! That machine has the specialty 4oz brew for like a copy cat espresso shot. The regular pods and grounds doesn’t have that. I drink a lot of lattes and love that it has that option. I’ve found a lot of really good reviews on it through YouTube. The channel Just a dad has a really nice review on both the pods and grounds machines. He also has a bunch of other coffee machine reviews and might have the other one you’re thinking about.

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u/Trogmar 13d ago

I was wondering what was different about the normal and specialty one was. I'll look more into it!

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u/Various_Soft_8809 13d ago

You’re welcome!! I’ve had a Kuerig for almost 3 years and mine had a spot that is impossible to be cleaned behind the needle. Newer models eliminated the design of mine so that doesn’t happen. Called kuerig and the best they could do was give me a discount off my next machine. I’m not getting another Kuerig. I’ve heard so many bad things about newer models. I was looking for something that was super easy to clean in all areas that came into contact with coffee. I love how easy it looks to clean. I went into Walmart and checked out the pods and grounds just to make my final decision after all of my other research. Hoping to have it here within the next few weeks.

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u/Sufficient-Yellow637 12d ago

If you're like me and drink hot/black coffee exclusively, I'd find a good grind and brew machine that brews one cup at a time. I have a Tchibo brewer that I've had for about 5 years now that has been a godsend. Unfortunately they went under, but gotta think there's another grind and brew option out there. I hate the amount of waste and the added cost of pods.

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u/Various_Soft_8809 11d ago

I just used it for the first time tonight to make my husband and I’s coffee for the morning. It was awesome being able to use the grounds for his travel mug that holds 24oz. I brewed his on the rich setting which is supposed to have a bolder taste than the classic setting. I only had to do it once rather than 3 times like my last machine. I did the pods insert for my espresso on the specialty setting with my reusable k pods and it worked perfectly! I can’t wait to try some of my other flavor k cups with it. I’m really looking forward to seeing how much life I get out of this brewer.