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    "excerpt": "Starbucks By Nespresso Italian Roast, 10 Capsules 56g is the deepest roast in the Starbucks capsule range. Italian roast names a roast level rather than a country, and it sits at the dark end of the scale that runs from blonde through medium and dark. Picked into the Teas.co.uk selection for anyone who wants the roast to be the flavour.Machine check: these are Nespresso Original capsules. They are not Vertuo capsules and will not work in a Vertuo, which takes only its own barcoded capsule.Ingredients and dietary suitability: roasted ground coffee only. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations, certification marks and allergen advice can change.Heavy, smoky and with effectively no acidity left, built to be unmistakable in a short cup and to survive sugar. Stop the shot a little short; everything past 40ml is the smoky tail. The shelf price moves about between retailers, so the price in your basket is the price.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": "Starbucks By Nespresso Italian Roast, 10 Capsules 56g is the deepest roast in the Starbucks capsule range, and the name is a piece of coffee vocabulary rather than a country of origin. Italian roast describes how far the beans were taken in the roaster, not where they grew, and it sits at the dark end of the standard scale that runs from blonde through medium and dark.\n\nThe style is named after a drinking culture rather than a farming one. Espresso as Italy developed it is short, taken standing at a bar, often with sugar stirred in, and frequently several times a day. A roast built for that is a roast built to be unmistakable in 30ml and to survive sugar without vanishing. That is a genuinely different design brief from a coffee meant to be sipped black and analysed, and it explains most of what this capsule does.\n\nThe Taste Profile\n\nRoast Depth: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) The deepest in the range. Italian roast is a roasting term rather than an origin, and it names one of the darkest standard levels a roaster will take a bean to.\nBody: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) Full and heavy, with the slightly oily character a very dark roast develops.\nBitterness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Assertive and smoky. This is the point of the capsule rather than a flaw in it, and it is what sugar is traditionally there to balance.\nAcidity: \u25cf\u25cb\u25cb\u25cb\u25cb (1/5) Effectively gone. Roasting this far leaves no brightness at all, which is exactly what someone buying an Italian roast is asking for.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk\n\nThe Story Behind Starbucks by Nespresso\nStarbucks by Nespresso is the Starbucks range made for the Nespresso Original system rather than a third-party capsule that happens to fit it, which is why the box carries both names. The practical difference for a customer is that there is no compatibility question to weigh: the capsule is made for the machine, and the roast names on the front are the same ones used on the high street, so you can pick by the drink you already order rather than by a number on a scale.\nAbout compatibility: these are Nespresso Original capsules. They are not Vertuo capsules and will not work in a Vertuo machine, which reads a barcode on the rim of its own capsule and takes nothing else. The two systems share a brand name and almost nothing else, and it catches people out regularly, so check which machine you own before ordering.\nThe price in your basket at checkout is the price you pay, and it is the only figure we will stand behind.\nPackaging: Follow the current UK pack and your local-authority guidance. Aluminium capsules are widely recyclable, but almost never through the ordinary kerbside bin with the coffee grounds still inside them, and the carton and the capsules usually take different routes.\n\nWhy Anyone Roasts This Far\nRoasting is a trade between origin character and roast character, and the further you go the more the second replaces the first. At a light roast you taste the farm; at this depth you taste the roaster. Some people read that as a loss, and for a good single origin it usually is. For an espresso blend drunk short, several times a day, with sugar or under milk, it is a deliberate choice: consistency, weight and a flavour that lands in a single mouthful.\nThe risk is obvious and worth naming. Past caramelisation, sugars carbonise, and carbonised sugar tastes of ash and does not leave the mouth. A deep roast delivers its bitterness late and clears; a burnt one coats the tongue and stays. This capsule is smokier than the Dark Espresso Roast beside it in the range, which is the whole reason to choose it, and it still finishes rather than lingering. If dark cups usually read ashy to you, buy the Dark Espresso Roast instead and come back to this one later.\n\nHow Does Starbucks Italian Roast Compare to:\n\n Starbucks Dark Espresso Roast: one step back from this, with more caramelised sweetness and less smoke. It is the easier of the two to drink black, and the better choice under a large milk drink.\n The blonde roast in the same range: the opposite end of the scale, light and bright and lean. Useful to keep alongside this one if different people in the house want very different coffee.\n The single origin Colombia: a middling roast that keeps a citrus edge. Buy that one when you want to taste the country; buy this one when you want the roast to be the flavour.\n\nIdeal Brewing Conditions\nThe machine does the extraction, so the variables left to you are the button, the cup and the state of the machine. A very dark roast is forgiving of most of them and unforgiving of one: length.\n\nThe Straight Espresso\n\nButton:Use the espresso setting, and if your machine lets you stop it by hand, stopping a little short suits this roast. Everything past 40ml is the drying tail, and at this depth the tail is smoky.\nWarm the cup:Run a blank shot of hot water into the cup and tip it out first. A cold cup takes the heat out of a small drink immediately and pushes the bitterness forward.\nSugar is not cheating:Italian roast was built to be drunk with it. A quarter teaspoon lifts the caramelised sweetness out from under the smoke rather than masking anything.\nDrink it promptly:A very dark cup grows heavier and more bitter as it cools, faster than a lighter one does.\n\nThe Milk Build\n\nMacchiato first:A spoonful of foamed milk on top of the shot is the traditional build and the one that suits this roast best, softening the edge without burying the coffee.\nLarge milk drinks:It works, but the Dark Espresso Roast in the same range is rounder under a full mug. Smoke and milk are a less natural pairing than cocoa and milk.\nTemperature:Steam the milk to about 60\u00b0C. Hotter and the milk loses the sweetness that is doing the balancing work.\nIced:Pull it short over ice with cold water rather than milk, and add sugar before the ice if you want it to dissolve.\n\nGetting A Consistent Cup\n\nDescale on schedule: scale lowers the water temperature at the group more than it restricts the flow, so a scaled machine under-extracts quietly rather than failing loudly.\nKeep the capsules sealed: leave them in the carton until the moment of use; the individual seal is the entire preservation system.\nEmpty the capsule bin: a full bin is the most common reason a capsule fails to seat and pierce cleanly.\nFiltered water: in a hard-water area a filter jug does more for the cup than changing capsules will.\nDo not re-run a used capsule: the second pass gives you the bitter tail of the first extraction and nothing else.\nCaffeine note: a regular caffeinated coffee. A darker roast is not a stronger caffeine dose, however it tastes.\nStop it short: the single change that most improves a very dark capsule is pulling less water through it.\nBest with: a square of dark chocolate, a biscotti, or a quarter teaspoon of sugar and nothing else.\n\nIngredients And Suitability\nWhat is in it:roasted ground coffee in a sealed aluminium capsule, and nothing else. No added flavourings, no sweeteners, no preservatives.\nIngredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations, certification marks and allergen advice can change.\n\nCaffeine:contains caffeine. Not one for late in the evening if you are sensitive, and worth moderating during pregnancy in line with current NHS guidance.\nChild Safety:Keep hot drinks, capsules and the machine out of reach of children.",
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                "title": "Product Questions",
                "content": "Will these fit my machine?These are Nespresso Original capsules, made for the system rather than compatible with it. They are not Vertuo capsules and will not work in a Vertuo machine, which reads a barcode on the rim of its own capsule and takes nothing else. The two systems share a brand name and almost nothing else.Is this coffee from Italy?No. Italian roast names a roast level, not an origin. It describes how far the beans were taken in the roaster, and it sits at the dark end of the standard scale that runs from blonde through medium and dark. The style is named after a drinking culture rather than a farming one.How dark is it compared with the Dark Espresso Roast?A step further. The Dark Espresso Roast keeps more caramelised sweetness; this one pushes into smoke. If dark cups usually read ashy to you, buy that one first and come back to this later. If you want the roast to be the whole flavour, this is the box.What does it taste like?Heavy, smoky and sweet underneath, with effectively no acidity left. The bitterness is assertive and is the point of the capsule rather than a flaw in it. The body has the slightly oily character a very dark roast develops.Should I put sugar in it?If you want to. This style was built around being drunk with sugar, so it is not a compromise. A quarter teaspoon lifts the caramelised sweetness out from under the smoke rather than masking the coffee.Espresso or lungo button?Espresso, and slightly short if your machine allows it. Everything past about 40ml is the drying tail of the extraction, and at this roast depth that tail is smoky. Stopping short is the single change that most improves a very dark capsule.How do I tell deep from burnt?By the finish, not the first sip. Past caramelisation, sugars carbonise, and carbonised sugar tastes of ash and does not leave the mouth. A deep roast delivers its bitterness late and then clears. This one finishes rather than lingering.Does it work with milk?It does, and a macchiato suits it best: a spoonful of foamed milk on the shot softens the edge without burying the coffee. Under a full mug of milk the Dark Espresso Roast in the same range is rounder, because smoke and milk pair less naturally than cocoa and milk.Is a darker roast stronger in caffeine?No. Roast depth is not a caffeine rating. A very dark roast tastes heavier and reads as stronger, but roast level is about flavour development. If you need a figure per cup, it is printed on the current pack.Why is there no barcode listed for this box?It has no effect on what arrives; it only means this product is identified internally by name and pack size until a barcode is confirmed.Are the aluminium capsules recyclable?Aluminium is widely recyclable, but almost never through the ordinary kerbside bin with the coffee grounds still inside. Follow the current UK pack and your local-authority guidance: the carton and the capsules usually take different routes, and kerbside rules vary more on capsules than on almost any other packaging.How should I store them?In the carton, somewhere cool and dark, and sealed until the moment of use. The individual seal is the entire preservation system, so a decorative open capsule rack looks good and does the coffee no favours. Go by the best before date printed on the pack."
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                "content": "ComponentProportionWhat it bringsRoasted ground coffeethe entire contentsThe whole product. Nothing is added: no flavouring, no sweetener, no preservative. At this roast depth the roast itself is the flavour.Roast levelItalian, the deepest in the rangeA roasting term rather than an origin. Taken to the dark end of the standard scale, past the caramelised toffee register and into smoke.Grind and doseset for an espressoChosen for a short extraction. Everything past about 40ml is the drying tail, and at this depth the tail is smoky, so stopping short suits it.Aluminium capsule10 per cartonAn absolute barrier to oxygen and light, and rigid enough to hold its shape under nine bars so the water passes through the bed evenly rather than round the edge.Pack contents10 capsules, 56g netTen short shots, about 5.6g of coffee in each.Pack: Starbucks By Nespresso Italian Roast, 10 Capsules 56g; caffeinated coffee capsules for Nespresso Original machines. Go by the best before date printed on the pack.Characterising components shown; the coffee is the entire contents and the capsule is the packaging. The 56g figure is the net weight of the coffee across the ten capsules, about 5.6 grams each, rather than the weight of a single capsule.Sourcing & blend. Starbucks by Nespresso is the Starbucks range made for the Nespresso Original system rather than a third-party capsule that happens to fit it, which is why the box carries both names. Italian roast is a roasting term used across the industry for one of the darkest standard levels, and the style is named after the way espresso is drunk in Italy rather than after where the beans grew: short, often with sugar, several times a day. A roast built for that has to be unmistakable in a small cup, which is a different design brief from a coffee meant to be sipped black and analysed.What's in Starbucks Italian Roast, and what isn't:In: roasted ground coffee in a sealed aluminium capsule, and nothing else.Not from Italy: the name describes the roast level, not the origin. The bean origins are printed on the current pack.No artificial colours, flavourings, sweeteners or preservatives: the smoky, sweet register is the roast rather than an addition.Not a Vertuo capsule: Nespresso Original only. A Vertuo machine reads a barcode on the rim and will not take these.Not decaffeinated: and roast depth is not a caffeine rating."
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                "content": "The flavour of Starbucks Italian Roast is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains why this capsule rewards a short shot and punishes a long one.The outer layer is aromatic, and in a capsule system it is released all at once. The grinding and the sealing happen in the same moment at the factory, with the oxygen pulled out before the lid goes on, so the aromatic compounds are still in the coffee when the machine pierces the capsule. At this roast depth almost nothing of the origin survives into the aroma; what lifts with the steam is roast product, a dark smoky sweetness closer to caramelised sugar at the edge of burning than to cocoa. Those compounds are heavy and slow to leave, which is why the cup smells of itself long after it has cooled, and why a room smells of it for an hour.The flavour spike arrives immediately and does not build. There is no bright opening and no fruit to notice, because roasting this far consumes the acids that would carry them, so the cup starts at its densest point. The body is full with the faintly oily character a very dark roast develops, and underneath the smoke there is a caramelised sweetness that most people only notice once a little sugar has pulled it forward. That is the traditional reason sugar sits on an Italian bar counter, and it is not a compromise: the sweetness is in the coffee, and sugar makes it legible.The base structure is the finish, and it is the part that decides whether a roast this deep was worth taking. Past caramelisation, sugars carbonise, and carbonised sugar reads as ash and does not leave the mouth. A deep roast delivers a smoky bitterness late, lets it sit and then clears; a burnt one coats the tongue and stays through the next mouthful and the one after. This capsule finishes. It is assertive, it is smokier than the Dark Espresso Roast beside it in the range, and it goes.Getting it right in the cup. Use the espresso button, and if your machine lets you stop it by hand, stopping a little short suits this roast; everything past about 40ml is the drying tail, and at this depth the tail is smoky rather than merely dry. Warm the cup with a blank shot of hot water and tip it out first, since a cold cup pushes the bitterness forward in a small drink. Drink it promptly, because a very dark cup grows heavier as it cools, faster than a lighter one. Sugar is not cheating: a quarter teaspoon lifts the caramelised sweetness out from under the smoke. For milk, a macchiato suits it better than a mug, because smoke and milk pair less naturally than cocoa and milk do.How water and temperature change it. The same capsule gives a measurably different cup depending on the state of the machine and the water in it, and a very dark roast is forgiving of most faults and unforgiving of length. Scale lowers the water temperature at the group more than it restricts the flow, so a scaled machine under-extracts steadily rather than failing outright; in a dark roast that reads as thin and papery rather than sour, which is easy to mistake for a stale capsule. Hard water adds a chalky edge that sits badly against smoke, so in a hard-water area a filter jug does more for the cup than changing capsules will. The change that matters most is volume: pull long and you take the smoky tail into the cup, pull short and you take the dense sweet middle without it. None of this is a fault in the coffee; it is the same capsule responding to the machine you put it in."
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                "content": "Starbucks Italian Roast is the deepest roast in the range, heavy and smoky with no acidity left to speak of. It suits a short cup, a spoonful of milk or a quarter teaspoon of sugar. Five builds below cover the straight shot, the traditional sugared cup, a macchiato, a cold one and an affogato.\nWays to brew it, worked out here first\n\n \n The Short Espresso\n \n How to make The Short Espresso with Starbucks Italian Roast.\n \n 2 min\n 1 cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 Starbucks Italian Roast capsule\n Fresh water in the machine tank\n A Nespresso Original machine\n A warmed demitasse\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Rinse a blank shot of hot water into the cup to warm it, and tip it out.\n Refill the tank with fresh water rather than topping it up.\n Pull the capsule on the espresso setting and stop it a touch early if your machine allows.\n Drink it promptly, before the cup cools and the smoke gathers.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The dense sweet middle of the extraction without the smoky tail. Stopping short is the single change that most improves a very dark capsule.\n\n \n Caffe Con Zucchero\n \n How to make Caffe Con Zucchero with Starbucks Italian Roast.\n \n 2 min\n 1 cup\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 Starbucks Italian Roast capsule\n A quarter teaspoon of sugar\n A warmed demitasse\n A small spoon\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Put the sugar in the warmed cup before the coffee.\n Pull the capsule on the espresso setting straight over it.\n Stir once, briefly, without breaking all the crema.\n Drink standing up, the way the style was designed for.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Sugar is not cheating here. The caramelised sweetness is already in the coffee; a quarter teaspoon makes it legible under the smoke.\n\n \n Espresso Macchiato\n \n How to make an Espresso Macchiato with Starbucks Italian Roast.\n \n 4 min\n 1 cup\n Medium\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 Starbucks Italian Roast capsule\n A tablespoon of foamed milk\n A thermometer, or a steady hand\n A warmed demitasse\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pull the capsule on the espresso setting into the warmed cup.\n Steam a small jug of milk to about 60\u00b0C and let it settle.\n Spoon a tablespoon of the foam onto the shot.\n Serve straight away, without stirring.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The traditional build and the one that suits this roast best. Enough milk to soften the edge, not enough to bury the coffee.\n\n \n Iced Italian Roast\n \n How to make an Iced Italian Roast with Starbucks Italian Roast.\n \n 3 min\n 1 glass\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 Starbucks Italian Roast capsule\n A tall glass of ice\n 120ml cold water\n Sugar to taste, optional\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Dissolve any sugar in a splash of hot water first, before the ice goes in.\n Fill the glass with ice and pour in 120ml of cold water.\n Pull the capsule short straight over the top.\n Stir once and drink before the ice thins it.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Cold water rather than milk suits the smoky register. Sugar has to go in before the ice or it will sit at the bottom.\n\n \n Affogato\n \n How to make an Affogato with Starbucks Italian Roast.\n \n 2 min\n 1 bowl\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 Starbucks Italian Roast capsule\n 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream\n A small cold bowl\n A biscotti on the side, optional\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Scoop the ice cream into a cold bowl and return it to the freezer while the machine warms.\n Pull the capsule short, straight over the ice cream.\n Serve with a biscotti if you want something to break the sweetness.\n Eat immediately, before the whole thing turns to soup.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: The one place a very dark roast is unambiguously the right choice. Vanilla sugar and smoke balance each other properly."
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