# Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £6.80 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/nescafe-dolce-gusto-16-x-cappuccino-skinny-and-unsweetened-coffee-8-servings/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. It is only for explicit human purchase intent._ --- **Canonical URL:** https://teas.co.uk/product/nescafe-dolce-gusto-16-x-cappuccino-skinny-and-unsweetened-coffee-8-servings/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Nescafé **Price:** £6.80 GBP **Servings:** 8 cups **Price per cup:** 85.00p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 92-96C **Brew time:** 4 min **GTIN:** 7613031587377 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) is the plainest milk drink in the Dolce Gusto range: skimmed milk, no added sugar, one milk pod and one espresso pod per drink, so sixteen pods make eight cappuccinos. With nothing sweet in the milk, the coffee is the loudest thing in the cup.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.Most pod milk drinks arrive pre-sweetened, which means someone else has decided about sugar for you. This one leaves the decision where it belongs. A proper thick cappuccino cap, a lighter body than whole milk gives, and a clean base you sweeten at the table if you want to. Contains milk, so it is not suitable for vegans.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We usually dispatch this line within 1 to 2 working days. Pod order, foam troubleshooting and machine compatibility are in the detailed Q and A tab below. ## Description Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) is the plainest milk drink in the Dolce Gusto range, and that is exactly why it is worth having. Almost every pod milk drink on the shelf arrives pre-sweetened, which means the manufacturer has made a decision about sugar on your behalf. This one has not. Sixteen pods make eight cappuccinos: one skimmed milk pod and one espresso pod per drink. The two words in the name are both doing real work. Skinny refers to the milk being skimmed rather than whole, and unsweetened means no sugar has been added to the milk pod. The practical consequence is a cappuccino that tastes of coffee and milk and nothing else, and a drink you can sweeten yourself to whatever level you actually want, rather than one that arrives at someone else's level. The Taste Profile Coffee Strength: ●●●●○ (4/5) Clearly forward. With no sugar to hide behind, the espresso is the loudest thing in the cup. Foam: ●●●●○ (4/5) A proper thick cappuccino cap, which is the main thing a pod milk drink is sold on. Sweetness: ●○○○○ (1/5) None added. What little there is comes naturally from the milk. Body: ●●○○○ (2/5) Lighter than a whole-milk cappuccino. Skimmed milk foams well but carries less weight. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.7 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Nescafe Dolce Gusto Dolce Gusto was built to solve the hardest part of making a milk drink at home, which is the milk. Texturing milk with a steam wand takes months to learn and seconds to ruin. Sealing prepared milk into a pod and letting machine pressure do the foaming removes the skill entirely, and that is the whole proposition of the system. The skinny and unsweetened pod is the range acknowledging a real customer. A pod machine tends to be bought by a household that wants convenience, and pre-sweetened milk pods are the usual result. But plenty of people drink cappuccino every day and do not want sugar in it, and until you can buy an unsweetened milk pod, a pod machine simply cannot make them what they want. This box is that gap being filled, and it is a more useful product than its plain name suggests. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Our Commitment To The Planet Two pods per drink means sixteen pods yield eight servings and sixteen pieces of waste. That is the honest cost of the format and it applies to every two-pod milk drink. Pod recycling routes differ by manufacturer and by council, and they change. Read the current carton and check your local authority rather than assuming kerbside collection. The card outer carton separates easily from the pods and should be dealt with separately. How Does Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) Compare to: Nescafe Dolce Gusto Latte Macchiato: same two-pod arithmetic, sweeter milk and a much milder coffee reading. Choose latte macchiato for a soft layered drink, this for a firmer coffee-led one. Starbucks Madagascar Vanilla Macchiato by Dolce Gusto: the direct opposite proposition, sweetened and flavoured. If the vanilla box is too much for you, this is the antidote. Ideal Brewing Conditions With no sugar in the milk, small errors show up that a sweetened pod would have hidden. This is a drink worth making carefully. The Standard Serve Milk first: The skimmed milk pod goes in first and builds the foam. Follow the order and the water level printed on the pods. Coffee second: The espresso goes in on top and settles through the foam, which is what gives a cappuccino its distinctive banded cap. Warm the cup: Skimmed milk has less fat to hold heat, so a cold cup cools this drink faster than it would a whole-milk one. Sweeten at the table: Sugar, honey or syrup go in at the end, to your own taste. That is the entire point of the box. Getting a Better Foam Descale regularly: Scale cuts flow rate, and flow rate is what foams the milk pod. Thin foam is nearly always a furred machine. Do not overfill: Running the milk pod past its mark dilutes the foam and flattens the cap. Use a warmed cup: Foam collapses fastest against cold ceramic. Drink it promptly: Skimmed foam is lighter than whole-milk foam and does not hold as long. This is a drink to make when you are ready for it. Making Skinny Cappuccino Step by Step Count: 16 pods in the box, 8 drinks. One skimmed milk pod plus one espresso pod per serving. Order: Milk pod first for the foam, espresso pod second on top. Vessel: A warmed cappuccino cup rather than a tall glass; this drink is about the cap, not the layers. Water level: Follow the marking printed on each pod. Overfilling the milk is the commonest cause of a flat cap. Sweetening: Entirely up to you and added at the end. Iced version: Both pods run short over ice, unsweetened, which makes a genuinely clean iced cappuccino. Best with: Breakfast, or anything sweet. With no sugar in the drink, a pastry alongside it works far better here than with a flavoured pod. Safety And Purity Contains milk: The milk pod is a skimmed dairy preparation. This product is not suitable for vegans and is not suitable for anyone avoiding dairy. Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. On the words skinny and unsweetened: These are the manufacturer's descriptions of the pack. Caffeine note: This is caffeinated coffee. Machine compatibility: These are Nescafe Dolce Gusto pods and fit Dolce Gusto machines only. They are not Nespresso, Tassimo or Lavazza capsules. ## Product Questions Why do 16 pods only make 8 drinks?Because a cappuccino is a two-pod drink. Each serving uses one skimmed milk pod and one espresso pod, so sixteen pods make eight cappuccinos. Compare boxes on servings rather than pods, or a single-pod product will look twice as expensive as it is. What does unsweetened actually mean here?It means no sugar has been added to the milk pod. Most pod milk drinks arrive pre-sweetened, so the manufacturer has already decided how sweet your coffee is. This one has not, and you sweeten it at the table to your own taste, or not at all. And what does skinny mean?The milk in the pod is skimmed rather than whole. In the cup that means a lighter body and a slightly quicker-collapsing foam, because fat is what gives a whole-milk cappuccino its weight. Skinny and unsweetened are the manufacturer's descriptions; the nutrition panel behind them is on the carton. Is there a calorie figure?There is, and it is printed on the current UK carton. Which pod goes in first?The milk pod first, which builds the foam, then the espresso on top so it settles through the cap. Follow the order and the water levels printed on the pods themselves; they differ between the two and overriding them is the usual reason a cappuccino comes out flat. My foam is thin. What went wrong?Nearly always limescale. Pressure and flow rate are what foam the milk pod, and a furred machine loses both. Descale on your manual's schedule. The other two causes are overfilling the milk pod past its mark and using a cold cup, and skimmed foam is less forgiving of both than whole milk would be. Can I sweeten it myself?That is the entire point of the box. Sugar, honey, a syrup or a sweetener all go in at the end. Stir it into the espresso before the foam settles if you want it dissolved evenly rather than sitting at the bottom of the cup. Will these fit my machine?They fit Nescafe Dolce Gusto machines and nothing else. They are not Nespresso capsules, not Tassimo discs and not Lavazza A Modo Mio. The systems are not interchangeable no matter how similar the boxes look on a shelf. How strong does the coffee taste?Stronger than you might expect, because there is no sugar to hide behind. Sweetness masks bitterness, so removing it makes the espresso the loudest thing in the cup. If that is too much, add a touch more water to the milk pod rather than shortening the coffee. Does it work iced?Yes, and unsweetened is the better base for it. Run both pods short over a packed glass of ice, milk first. Because cold suppresses sweetness anyway, a pre-sweetened pod often tastes odd iced, and this one simply does not have that problem. What food goes with it?Anything sweet, which is unusual for a coffee recommendation. With no sugar in the drink, a pastry, a croissant or a slice of cake alongside it balances rather than competes. It is the breakfast cappuccino of the range. What about the pods afterwards?Read the current carton and your council's guidance; recycling routes differ by manufacturer and area and they change. The card outer separates easily and goes a different way from the pods. Two pods per drink is the honest environmental cost of this format. ## Ingredients & Nutrition IngredientProportionWhat it bringsSkimmed milk pod (dairy, no added sugar)one of the two pods per servingThe foam and the body. Skimmed milk foams well but carries less weight than whole milk, which is why the drink reads lighter and the cap does not hold as long.Espresso pod (roast and ground coffee)one of the two pods per servingThe coffee, and with no sugar in the milk it is the loudest thing in the cup. Sweetness masks bitterness, so removing it moves the espresso forward.Added sugarnone in the milk podUnsweetened is the manufacturer's description of this pack. Anything sweet is added by you at the table, which is the whole argument for the box.Pack: Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings); sixteen sealed pods in a card carton, making eight two-pod drinks. Caffeinated. Contains milk. Best-before date is printed on the pack.Sourcing & blend. Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) is made by Nescafe for the Dolce Gusto system, and it exists to fill a real gap rather than to chase a trend. A pod machine is bought for convenience, and convenience usually arrives pre-sweetened, which leaves the large number of people who drink cappuccino daily and do not want sugar in it with nothing the machine can make properly. An unsweetened skimmed milk pod solves that, and it is more useful than its plain name suggests because it also works as a neutral base for anything you want to add yourself. Coffee origin and blend composition are not stated at a level we can restate here, and we do not invent one.What is in Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings), and what is not:In: a sealed skimmed dairy milk pod and a sealed roast-and-ground espresso pod, one of each per drink.No added sugar, but no artificial-additive claim beyond that: unsweetened is the manufacturer's description of the milk pod, so any sweetness you want goes in at the table. Colour, preservative and sweetener declarations must still be read off the current UK carton.Contains milk: skimmed is still dairy. Not suitable for vegans and not suitable for anyone avoiding milk. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) 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. What makes this drink unusual among pod cappuccinos is what has been taken out of it: with no added sugar in the milk, every one of those three layers is exposed.The outer layer is aromatic, and it belongs almost entirely to the espresso. Skimmed milk contributes very little aroma of its own, because fat is what carries and holds volatile compounds, and there is not much of it here. The consequence is a cappuccino that smells like coffee rather than like a dessert. The foam cap traps that aroma above the liquid, which is why the first mouthful through the foam reads more strongly of coffee than the drink strictly is, and why letting it stand loses more here than it would on a sweetened pod.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and this is where the absence of sugar changes the drink most. Sweetness suppresses the perception of bitterness; take it away and the same espresso tastes noticeably stronger and drier without a single thing having changed about the coffee itself. Skimmed milk compounds the effect, because fat also blunts bitterness and there is less of it to do so. The result is a cappuccino with a genuine coffee spine running through the middle of it, which is precisely what this box is for and precisely why it will not suit everyone.The base structure is the lingering finish: clean, short and dry, with a light dairy sweetness that is natural to the milk rather than added to it. There is no syrupy tail, and the palate resets quickly. That short finish is a genuine advantage at breakfast, because it means the drink does not fight whatever you are eating. A well made cup should still be interesting on the final mouthful, not just the first, and this one stays clean to the bottom rather than turning cloying.Getting it right in the cup. Milk pod first to build the foam, espresso pod second so it settles down through the cap, and follow the water levels printed on each pod rather than filling to a fixed line. Warm the cup: skimmed milk has less fat to hold heat, so this drink cools faster than a whole-milk cappuccino and a cold cup makes the difference obvious by the halfway mark. Do not run the milk pod past its mark, which dilutes the foam and flattens the cap. If the coffee is too assertive for you, add a little water to the milk pod rather than shortening the espresso, and sweeten at the table if you want to, stirring it into the liquid before the foam settles so it does not sit at the bottom. Iced, run both pods short over a packed glass; unsweetened is a better base for cold coffee than any pre-sweetened pod.How water and temperature change it. The same two pods give a measurably different cup depending on how the machine is treated. Flow rate is the variable that matters most, and it is the one most people never think about: the milk pod foams by pressure, so as limescale builds in the boiler the foam quietly degrades long before anything else about the drink changes. Descaling is therefore a flavour intervention here, not just maintenance. Serving temperature moves the balance too, since heat increases the perception of sweetness, which means this drink tastes at its driest and most coffee-forward when it is very hot and softens slightly as it cools. Hard water accelerates the scale problem without much affecting the taste directly. None of this is a fault in the pods, it is the same drink responding to the machine you build it in, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time. ## Recipe Ideas Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) gives you eight two-pod cappuccinos, and because the milk pod carries no sugar it is the most flexible base in the whole range. Five builds below cover the classic cup, an iced version, a spiced serve, a honey variant and an adult after-dinner cup. Recipes, born here first The Classic Unsweetened Cappuccino How to make The Classic Unsweetened Cappuccino with Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino. 2 min 1 cup Easy You will need 1 skimmed milk pod 1 espresso pod A warmed cappuccino cup Method Warm the cup with hot water and tip it out; skimmed milk loses heat quickly. Run the milk pod from Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) first, to the marked level, and let the foam build. Run the espresso pod second, on top, so it settles through the cap. Drink it promptly; skimmed foam is lighter than whole-milk foam and does not hold as long. What you will end up with: A cappuccino that tastes of coffee and milk and nothing else. With no sugar to mask it, the espresso is the loudest thing in the cup. Clean Iced Cappuccino How to make Clean Iced Cappuccino with Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino. 3 min 1 glass Easy You will need 1 skimmed milk pod 1 espresso pod A glass packed with ice Method Fill a glass to the top with ice. Run the milk pod short, under its marked level, straight over the ice. Run the espresso pod short on top. Stir once and drink immediately. What you will end up with: A cold coffee that does not taste of syrup. Cold suppresses sweetness anyway, which is why pre-sweetened pods often taste strange iced and this one does not. Cinnamon Cappuccino How to make Cinnamon Cappuccino with Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino. 3 min 1 cup Easy You will need 1 skimmed milk pod 1 espresso pod Ground cinnamon and a little cocoa Method Dust a pinch of cinnamon into the warmed empty cup. Run the milk pod from Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) over it, which stirs the spice through the foam. Run the espresso pod on top. Dust the cap with cocoa to finish. What you will end up with: A spiced cappuccino with no added sugar. Cinnamon reads as sweetness without being sweet, which works far better on an unsweetened base than on a flavoured pod. Honey Cappuccino, Your Own Sweetness How to make Honey Cappuccino with Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino. 3 min 1 cup Easy You will need 1 skimmed milk pod 1 espresso pod 1 teaspoon clear honey Method Put a teaspoon of clear honey in the bottom of the warmed cup. Run the milk pod over it and stir once while it is still liquid, so the honey dissolves rather than sinking. Run the espresso pod on top without stirring again. Adjust next time; half a teaspoon is often enough once you can actually taste the coffee. What you will end up with: A sweetened cappuccino at exactly your level rather than the manufacturer's. Most people find they use less than a pre-sweetened pod contains. Amaretto Cappuccino (Adult) How to make Amaretto Cappuccino (Adult) with Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino. 4 min 1 cup Easy You will need 1 skimmed milk pod 1 espresso pod 15ml amaretto Method Pour 15ml of amaretto into a warmed cup. Run the milk pod from Nescafe Dolce Gusto 16 x Cappuccino Skinny & Unsweetened Coffee (8 Servings) over the top. Run the espresso pod last, through the foam. Serve without extra sugar; the liqueur is already sweet enough for the cup. What you will end up with: An after-dinner cappuccino that is not sickly. An unsweetened base is what makes a sweet liqueur work here; a pre-sweetened pod would double the sugar. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._