Il Caffé Italiano Coffee, Capsules Compatible with Nespresso OriginalLine, Certified Genuine Roma Roma Strong Intensity Pack, 60 Espresso Pods, Crafted in Sicily

Il Caffe Itlaiano is a terrific value. Their pods have rich flavor that I put on a par with Nestle's pods. Definitely my go-to!

Updated 6 Mar 2019: I updated it from 1 star to 4 star. Reason is because, it can't be used for Lungo at all. A friend of mine mentioned its probably only for espressos and to try that when I mentioned it was clogging my machine. So I dug it out of my trash to try again. She was right. I was trying it as Lungo setting which is totally wrong for this pod brand. It has to be used as espresso setting only. It still flows slower, but it was much fuller taste and aroma, and none of that plastic taste. So it was much better at espresso settings. If you Lungo it, you will get what I had experience at my original review. Thus don't Lungo it with these pods. Espresso only and it will taste and work out fine.Original Review: Never came across a compatible pod that was this bad in my personal opinion. I tried several of the pods and flavors just to be sure and yep, these are pretty bad. Very weak, flat no body, bitter to the taste to what comes out, and at times my Nespresso machine would not push out any liquid. It actually stopped. Never before had this happened. And when it did come out, it was sporadic at times, which never happened with using other brands of compatible pods. Caution you on using these in your machine. I even had some of the grind coming out of the used pods in the back end after inspecting them. There was even a plastic smell/taste to it. I tried several pods and it had that plastic taste residual too. Sorry but tossing these, not even good to leave out for others to use.

I've ordered twice before and not had issues, but this time when I opened the outer cardboard box I noticed all the inside boxes were covered in coffee grounds. Once we opened the smaller boxes to fill our Nespresso pod tray, we saw that two of the pods in one box were not fully covered in foil and therefore had leaked everywhere.

Premise: I've been living in Italy for 20 years but am spending more time in the States lately. While I'm by no means a coffee snob, I am ruined when it comes to non-Italian olive oil, salame, etc. I mean it's just way better in Italy than anywhere else!In Italy I had a lot of experience with the Lavazza and Nespresso capsules. Here in California I've been trying the capsule clone "Bestpresso", but after having purchased these Caffè Italiano capsules over a week ago, I have to say that they are way-way better.The Nespressos were good of course (seldom bitter), the Lavazzas were pretty-good (like they are in Italy), and for my machines in the States, I was buying the Bestpressos (which are really well reviewed). But now I've reached the conclusion that Bestpresso is just the most successful clone on Amazon, however a distant Number 3 in my book as they're just not as good as the originals...... But these are! I've have two of these per day for the last week, and the lack of bitterness is surprising. But most important for me was the fact that the brew didn't smell "stale" like above-mentioned competitor. Who wants to start their day with that smell?!?!?Now, I'm from California, but after living in Italy for so long I can say that no self-respecting Italian would drink coffee from a Spanish roasting company. And after reading origin on the Bestpresso box, I think that alone defines the difference in product quality I find between these Caffé Italiano (from Italy) and Bestpresso (from Spain).

This was my first box purchased. When the pods fit and dispense properly in my Nespresso Citi espresso machine they're great. Excellent flavor without bitterness. But as others have mentioned, the covering foil at the top sometime fails to get punctured properly and very little (or no) coffee is dispensed. I noticed that the ones that do dispense OK have a pronounced rounded bulge in the cap and they apparently stand up high enough to get punctured correctly. If the top is not rounded -- not sealed properly? -- then the top doesn't protude far enough toward the teeth to be pierced. So for now I'll just have to check the top before I use the pod. Of the first 5 randomly chosen there were 2 were duds. We'll have to see how the rest go before we buy another box. Otherwise the price is right and the taste is better than the original pods.

Great value highly recommend. The flavor of the coffee is awesome. I just wish that once you decided on the flavor you prefer that you can order that specific coffee for the price that you're getting the taster set for

Wanted to buy more ,cuz it was so good & it is not available..It is very good .

UPDATE: Received a message from the Seller regarding the pods and have a full refund on the way. Really appreciated the quick action that was taken.ORIGINAL REVIEW: Ordered based on description that they are compatible with Nespresso original. Very weak, plastic containers that just collapsed in the machine. Flavor was good for the couple of them we were able to use, but we ended up purchasing pods made of stronger material that work every time.