Nespresso Original Master Origin Colombia vs Nespresso Original Volluto Decaffeinato

The only single-origin capsule here, and the only one that names a harvest

Scores higher on what is in the capsule.

A decaf that keeps the acidity, which most decaf loses

Scores higher on cost per cup, and per kilo.

• +A genuine single origin with the country named, which no other capsule here manages
• +Nespresso names the harvest practice: late harvest, with the cherry left to ripen longer on the tree
• +Acidity 4 of 5, which is where the fruit in a Colombian coffee actually shows
• +Pours as either a 40ml espresso or a 110ml lungo

• −A dollar a capsule, ten cents above Nespresso's core Original range
• −No farm, co-op or altitude named, which the Coffee Beans category expects
• −At 5.0g a capsule the coffee works out at $200 a kilo, the most expensive capsule on this site
• −Sleeves of ten only, so no bulk price exists

• +Acidity is rated 4 of 5, the same as the caffeinated Volluto, which is unusual: decaffeination normally flattens the bright end first
• +Five cents a cup more than the caffeinated version, where most decaf carries a much larger premium
• +Origins named as Brazil and Colombia, and the intensity published
• +The same aluminium and the same funded mail-back recycling as the rest of the Original range

• −Nespresso does not say how the coffee was decaffeinated, which is the one fact a decaf drinker actually compares
• −At 95 cents a pod it is dearer than every K-Cup on this site, decaf or not
• −Intensity 4 is genuinely light, so anybody expecting a dark evening espresso will find it thin
• −At 5.0g a capsule this is $190 a kilo, roughly four times what good beans cost