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    "excerpt": "L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 is the long-cup capsule from the L'Or Espresso range, an aluminium capsule dosed and ground for a 110ml extraction rather than a 25ml one, picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the capsule to buy if the lungo button is the one you actually press.Machine fit: made for machines that take Nespresso original-line capsules. Not Vertuo, not Dolce Gusto, not Tassimo. Check the current UK pack against your machine before buying.Ingredients and dietary suitability: roasted and ground coffee only. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.A forty capsule box at 208g, which is the sensible size for a household that drinks long coffee daily rather than restocking sleeves of ten every fortnight.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday.",
    "content_text": "L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 is built for the cup most capsule ranges get wrong: the long one. Most capsule blends are roasted and ground for a 25ml espresso, then simply asked to cope when you press the bigger button, and the result thins out badly past the halfway mark. Lungo Profondo is the opposite. It is dosed and ground for a 110ml extraction from the start, so the water has enough coffee to work through and the cup holds its body all the way down.\n\nThis is the forty capsule box, 208g of coffee across 40 servings, which works out at roughly 5.2g in each capsule. That is a real espresso dose rather than the token amount some compatible capsules carry, and it is the reason the lungo does not collapse into brown water. L'Or sits in the Jacobs Douwe Egberts stable, a house that has been roasting for the European market for a very long time, and the Espresso range is its capsule line in aluminium rather than plastic.\n\nThe Taste Profile\n\nRoast Depth: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Intensity 8 on the L'Or scale, a dark-leaning medium rather than a scorched Italian roast.\nBody: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Full and syrupy for a long cup, which is the whole point of the blend.\nBitterness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Present and deliberate, the cocoa-bitter kind rather than the ashy kind.\nAcidity: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb\u25cb (2/5) Low and rounded; this is not a bright, fruit-forward capsule.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.7 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk.\n\nThe Story Behind L'Or\nL'Or is the capsule and instant brand from Jacobs Douwe Egberts, the Dutch-rooted group behind several of the biggest coffee names on a British shelf. The Espresso capsule range was the brand's answer to a single question: whether an aluminium capsule made by someone other than the machine manufacturer could match the original on extraction. Lungo Profondo is the long-cup entry in that range, and the profile is unashamedly European \u2014 depth over brightness, crema over clarity, a cup that takes milk without disappearing.\nMachine fit: these are aluminium capsules made for machines that accept Nespresso original-line capsules. They do not fit Vertuo machines, and they are not Dolce Gusto or Tassimo pods. Check the pack against your own machine before you commit to a box of forty.\nPackaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; aluminium capsules, the card outer and any film can each require a different disposal route.\n\nWhat Intensity 8 Actually Means\nIntensity numbers are a brand's own scale, not an industry standard, so an 8 from L'Or is not directly comparable to an 8 from another house. Within the L'Or range it tells you two useful things: the roast is on the darker half of the line, and the blend leans towards the fuller, lower-acid end. It is not a measure of caffeine. A lungo pulls more water through the same dose, so it gives you a bigger cup, not a proportionally stronger one.\n\nHow Does L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g Compare to:\n\n Standard 10-capsule sleeves: the forty capsule box is the same coffee bought properly. If lungo is your daily cup, buying in tens means paying a premium for cardboard and restocking every fortnight.\n An espresso-profile capsule pressed long: this is the comparison that matters. A capsule ground for 25ml gives you a hollow 110ml cup with a watery tail. Lungo Profondo is ground coarser and dosed for the longer contact time, so the second half of the cup still tastes of coffee.\n \n\nIdeal Brewing Conditions\nTo get the best out of L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo, the machine is doing most of the work, but three things are still in your hands: the water, the volume and the cup.\n\nThe Straight Lungo\n\nWater:Use fresh, filtered water and change the tank rather than topping it up. Stale tank water is the single most common reason a capsule cup tastes dull.\nVolume:Press the lungo button for roughly 110ml. If your machine is programmable, 110ml is the target; push past 130ml and you will start to thin it.\nCup:Warm the cup first with a blank shot of hot water. A cold ceramic cup can drop a lungo several degrees before the first sip.\nFinish:Drink it black to read the blend properly. It takes a splash of milk without vanishing, which is more than most lungo capsules manage.\n\nThe Long Black\n\nOrder:Put 60ml of hot water in the cup first, then extract the capsule on the espresso setting into it. Doing it this way round keeps the crema intact.\nWhy:You get the concentration of an espresso with the volume of a lungo, and a cleaner finish than a straight 110ml pull.\nResult:A deep, low-acid long black that holds its head for several minutes.\n\nGetting a Consistent Cup\n\nDescale on schedule: scale changes extraction temperature, and temperature changes the cup more than any other single variable.\nStore the box closed: the capsules are sealed individually, but the card outer keeps them out of direct light and away from kitchen odours.\nRun a blank shot: if the machine has been sitting all night, pull 50ml of plain water through it before the first capsule of the day.\nMilk: steamed whole milk suits the roast; a 110ml lungo with 60ml of milk is a workable flat white substitute.\nIced: extract two capsules as espressos over a tall glass of ice, then top with cold water. Extracting long straight onto ice dilutes it twice over.\nCaffeine note: this is a regular caffeinated blend, not a decaf. Check the current pack if you need a figure per capsule.\nBest with: a morning pastry, dark chocolate, or on its own after a meal where an espresso would be too short.\n\nIngredients And Suitability\nWhat is in it:roasted and ground coffee, and nothing else. There are no added flavourings, sweeteners or preservatives in this capsule.\nIngredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations, machine compatibility and allergen advice can change.\n\nCaffeine:contains caffeine. Not recommended late in the evening if you are sensitive, and worth moderating during pregnancy in line with current NHS guidance.\nChild Safety:Keep capsules and the machine out of reach of children.",
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                "title": "Product Questions",
                "content": "What machines do these L'Or capsules fit?They are aluminium capsules made for machines that accept Nespresso original-line capsules. They are not Vertuo capsules, and they are not Dolce Gusto or Tassimo pods, which are a completely different shape and system. Machine ranges change, so check the current UK pack against your own machine before buying a box of forty.What does Intensity 8 actually mean?It is L'Or's own scale, not an industry standard, so it only tells you where this blend sits within the L'Or range. An 8 means a darker-leaning roast with a fuller body and lower acidity than the lighter numbers. It is not a caffeine measurement and it does not translate directly to another brand's intensity number.What is the difference between a lungo capsule and an espresso capsule?A lungo capsule is dosed and ground for a longer water contact time. Press the long button on an espresso-profile capsule and the water runs out of coffee to extract halfway through, which is why the cup tastes hollow at the end. Lungo Profondo is built for roughly 110ml from the start, so the body holds to the last mouthful.How many capsules are in the box and how much coffee is that?This is the 40 capsule box, 208g of roasted and ground coffee in total. That is around 5.2g per capsule, a proper espresso dose rather than the reduced fill some cheaper compatible capsules carry.What does it taste like?Deep and rounded rather than bright. The aroma reads as roasted cocoa and toasted grain, the mid palate carries a low, syrupy body, and the finish is a soft bitterness that clears rather than clinging. It is a European long-cup profile: depth over acidity, crema over clarity.Can I make iced coffee with it?Yes, but extract it short and strong, not long. Pull two capsules on the espresso setting straight over a tall glass of ice, then top with cold water or milk. Extracting a full 110ml lungo onto ice dilutes the cup twice and leaves it thin.Does it work with milk?It does. The roast is deep enough to stay readable under milk, which is not true of every lungo capsule. A 110ml lungo with 60ml of steamed milk makes a workable flat white substitute, and a shorter 40ml extraction with more milk gives you a passable latte.How much caffeine is in one capsule?This is a regular caffeinated coffee, not a decaf. If you need a number, read the current UK pack.How do I dispose of the used capsules?The capsule body is aluminium, the outer is card, and there may be film. Each can take a different route, and kerbside rules differ by council. Follow the current UK pack and your local-authority guidance rather than assuming everything goes in the same bin.How should I store the box, and how long does it keep?Each capsule is individually sealed, so the coffee inside is protected until the moment it is pierced. Keep the card outer closed and store it somewhere cool, dry and dark, away from strong kitchen smells.My cup tastes weak. What is usually the cause?In order of likelihood: stale tank water, a machine that needs descaling, or a programmed volume that has crept past 130ml. Change the water rather than topping it up, descale on the schedule your machine asks for, and reset the lungo volume to around 110ml. A cold cup also costs you several degrees before the first sip, so warm it with a blank shot."
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                "title": "Ingredients & Nutrition",
                "content": "ComponentProportionWhat it bringsRoasted and ground coffee100%The only thing in the capsule. No added flavouring, no sweetener, no preservative, no filler.Roast levelIntensity 8 on L'Or's own scaleA darker-leaning medium. Lower acidity, fuller body, and enough development to stay readable under milk.Dose and grind5.2g per capsule (208g across 40)Ground coarser than an espresso capsule and dosed for a long extraction, which is the mechanical reason the lungo holds its weight.Pack: L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g; caffeinated, aluminium capsules for machines that take Nespresso original-line capsules. Go by the best before date printed on the pack.Sourcing & blend. L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g is put together by L'Or, the capsule and instant brand within Jacobs Douwe Egberts, a group with a long history of roasting for the European market. The blend is bought to a fixed roast and grind specification for the long-cup format, sealed capsule by capsule so the coffee inside is protected from air and light until the machine pierces it. That individual sealing, rather than any preservative, is what keeps a forty capsule box tasting the same on the last capsule as on the first.What's in L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g, and what isn't:In: roasted and ground coffee, dosed at roughly 5.2g per capsule and ground for a 110ml extraction. Nothing else.No artificial flavourings, colours, preservatives or added sugar: any sweetness in the cup is roast sweetness from the bean.Not decaffeinated: this is a regular caffeinated coffee. Check the current pack if you need a figure per capsule.Capsule material: aluminium body with a card outer. Disposal routes differ by council, so follow the current UK pack and your local-authority guidance."
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                "title": "Flavour Science",
                "content": "The flavour of L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow. With a capsule the roast and the grind were decided in the factory, so what you are reading is the roaster's intent and what your machine does with it.The outer layer is aromatic: roasted cocoa, toasted grain and a faint dark-sugar note that lifts off the crema the moment the extraction finishes. These compounds are the lightest and most volatile things in the cup, created in the last minutes of the roast and trapped inside the sealed capsule until the machine pierces it. They reach the nose before the liquid touches the tongue, which is why a cup drunk immediately reads far more aromatic than the same cup left to stand for five minutes. It is also why the crema matters beyond appearance: the foam layer physically holds those aromatics in the cup rather than letting them escape with the steam.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where the roast depth carries the weight. At Intensity 8 the blend has been taken far enough into the roast for the bean's own acidity to have largely burned off and for caramelised, cocoa-leaning notes to dominate. The mid palate is low, round and syrupy rather than bright, and it is the densest stretch of the cup. This is the part a longer extraction develops most, and the part that decides whether the coffee survives milk. It does: there is enough roast character here to read through 60ml of steamed milk, which is more than most lungo capsules manage.The base structure is the lingering finish: a soft, cocoa-bitter note that clears the palate rather than coating it. A well built long cup should still be interesting on the final mouthful, and this is where an espresso-profile capsule pressed long gives itself away. Once the water has pulled everything available from a 25ml dose, the rest of the cup is dilution, and the finish goes hollow and papery. Lungo Profondo is ground coarser and dosed for the longer contact time, so the extraction is still yielding coffee when the 110ml mark arrives. That is the whole engineering argument for a dedicated lungo capsule, and you can taste it in the last third of the cup.Getting it right in the cup. Target roughly 110ml from the lungo button, and reprogramme the machine if yours has crept past 130ml, because that extra water is pure dilution. Warm the cup first with a blank shot of hot water; a cold ceramic cup can take several degrees off a long extraction before the first sip, and a cooler cup reads as thinner and more bitter, not less. Use fresh filtered water and change the tank rather than topping it up, since stale tank water is the single most common reason a capsule cup tastes dull for no apparent reason. If you want concentration and volume at the same time, build a long black instead: 60ml of hot water into the cup first, then extract on the espresso setting on top of it. You get the density of an espresso with the length of a lungo, and the crema stays intact because you are not pushing water through it.How water and temperature change it. The same capsule gives a measurably different cup depending on the water you put through it. Hard tap water flattens the aromatic top layer and pushes the perceived bitterness up, so in a hard water area a filter jug does more for the cup than any change of capsule. Soft or filtered water lets the cocoa and grain notes ring clearer and gives a longer, sweeter finish. Temperature is the other lever, and with a capsule machine it is mostly a maintenance question: scale inside the boiler drops the brewing temperature, under-extracts the dose and produces a sour, thin cup that people usually blame on the coffee. Descale on the schedule the machine asks for, run a blank shot through it if it has been standing overnight, and the box will taste the same on capsule forty as it did on capsule one. None of this is a fault in the blend; it is the same coffee responding to the cup you build around it, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time."
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                "content": "L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g is dosed for a long cup, which makes it more flexible than a short espresso capsule once you start building drinks with it. Six methods below cover the straight lungo, a proper long black, two milk builds and two that use the capsule cold.\nWays to brew it, worked out here first\n\n \n The Straight Lungo\n \n How to make The Straight Lungo with L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo.\n \n 2 min\n 1 cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 capsule L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo\n Fresh filtered water in the tank\n A 150ml cup or larger\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Warm the cup with a blank shot of hot water and tip it away.\n Extract one capsule of L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g on the lungo setting, targeting around 110ml.\n Drink it black for the first cup so you can read the blend properly.\n If it tastes thin, check the programmed volume has not crept past 130ml.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A deep, low-acid long cup that still tastes of coffee on the last mouthful, which is the whole reason to buy a lungo capsule rather than press the long button on an espresso one.\n\n \n The Long Black\n \n How to make The Long Black with L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo.\n \n 3 min\n 1 cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 capsule L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo\n 60ml hot water\n A 150ml cup\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour 60ml of hot water into the cup first.\n Extract one capsule of L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g on the espresso setting straight on top of it.\n Doing it in this order keeps the crema on the surface instead of pushing water through it.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Espresso concentration at lungo volume, with a head that holds for several minutes. Cleaner on the finish than a straight 110ml pull.\n\n \n Capsule Flat White\n \n How to make Capsule Flat White with L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo.\n \n 5 min\n 1 cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 capsule L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo\n 120ml whole or oat milk\n A 200ml cup\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Extract one capsule of L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g at around 60ml, shorter than a full lungo.\n Steam or froth 120ml of milk to a fine, glossy texture rather than a stiff foam.\n Pour the milk through the crema from a low height.\n The Intensity 8 roast is deep enough to stay readable under this much milk.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A milk coffee where the coffee still leads. Oat milk suits the cocoa-leaning roast particularly well.\n\n \n Double Shot Over Ice\n \n How to make Double Shot Over Ice with L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo.\n \n 4 min\n 1 tall glass\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 capsules L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo\n A tall glass packed with ice\n 100ml cold water or milk\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Fill a tall glass to the top with ice. Half-filling it is the usual mistake.\n Extract 2 capsules of L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g on the espresso setting directly over the ice.\n Top with 100ml of cold water or cold milk and stir once.\n Extract short, never long: a full 110ml lungo onto ice dilutes the cup twice.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A cold coffee with the roast still intact. The low acidity of this blend is an advantage served cold, where bright coffees can read sharp.\n\n \n Affogato\n \n How to make Affogato with L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo.\n \n 3 min\n 1 serving\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 capsule L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo\n 2 scoops vanilla ice cream\n A chilled glass or small bowl\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Put 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream in a chilled glass.\n Extract 1 capsule of L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g on the espresso setting straight over the top.\n Serve immediately, with a spoon rather than a straw.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The simplest Italian pudding there is. The cocoa-bitter finish of this blend is exactly what stops vanilla ice cream tasting flat.\n\n \n Espresso Martini (Adult)\n \n How to make Espresso Martini (Adult) with L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo.\n \n 6 min\n 1 glass\n Medium\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 capsule L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo\n 50ml vodka\n 20ml coffee liqueur\n 1 teaspoon sugar syrup\n Ice\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Extract 1 capsule of L'Or Espresso Lungo Profondo Intensity 8 Coffee, 40 Pods 208g on the espresso setting and let it cool for two minutes.\n Shake hard with 50ml of vodka, 20ml of coffee liqueur, 1 teaspoon of sugar syrup and plenty of ice for a full fifteen seconds.\n Strain into a chilled coupe and let the foam settle before serving.\n Shaking long enough is what builds the foam; a short shake gives you a flat drink.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A dense, cocoa-weighted espresso martini. The low acidity of Intensity 8 keeps the drink round rather than sharp once the sugar goes in."
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