The reliable flavour of the original Nespresso capsules has had us returning to them after every foray into the compatible pods. That is until we encountered these Baileys Coffee Pods Original. They’re described as ‘coffee pods with a hint of original Irish cream flavour’ and voted 2019 Product of the Year.
These pods come gold and constructed from plastic unlike the aluminium ones from Nespresso.
Extracted using the espresso (40 ml) setting, the shot is a translucent brown-black with an intense boozy aroma of Irish cream. To this, the packaging recommends adding 200 mL of milk — either cold or steamed — for either a hot or iced coffee, with sugar added to taste. The resulting coffee contained 0.01% alcohol.
Prepared according to the recommendations, the resulting coffee tastes like lightly flavoured milk with only subtle notes of coffee and Irish cream came through in the background. We prefer drinking it iced and adding less milk — 150 mL — for a coffee that’s creamy with bolder roasted notes as well as stronger Irish cream flavour that easily surpasses the Irish cream flavoured coffees available at the coffee house chains.
This Baileys Coffee Pods Original contained 50 g or 10 pods. It was produced in Australia and purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2020.