# Starbucks by Nespresso Single Origin Colombia Espresso Coffee, 10 Pods ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £6.00 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/starbucks-by-nespresso-single-origin-colombia-espresso-coffee-10-pods/` _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/starbucks-by-nespresso-single-origin-colombia-espresso-coffee-10-pods/ **Source:** teas.co.uk, UK tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent **Brand:** Starbucks **Price:** £6.00 GBP **Servings:** 10 cups **Price per cup:** 60.00p **Caffeine:** Caffeinated **Brew temperature:** 92-96C **Brew time:** 4 min **GTIN:** 7613036961721 **Stock:** instock ## Summary Starbucks by Nespresso Single Origin Colombia Espresso Coffee, 10 Pods is one of the few boxes in a supermarket capsule aisle that names a country on the front instead of a style. Picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the range's best black coffee.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.Almost every capsule is a blend, because blending is how a roaster keeps a cup tasting the same all year. This one gives that up for character: clean citrus under caramel and toasted nut, at a middling roast. 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. ## Description Starbucks by Nespresso Single Origin Colombia Espresso Coffee, 10 Pods is one of the few boxes in a supermarket capsule aisle that names a country on the front instead of a style. That is a bigger decision by the roaster than it looks, and it is the reason to buy this one. Almost every capsule sold is a blend, and blending is not a compromise: it is how a roaster keeps a cup tasting the same in March and in November, whatever that year's harvests did. Put one origin in the capsule and you give that up. The coffee now has to be good enough on its own to carry a box, and it will shift a little from crop to crop rather than being smoothed out against something else. What you buy in exchange is character you can actually name, and in Colombian coffee that character is usually a clean citrus brightness sitting under caramel and toasted nut. The Taste Profile Roast Depth: ●●●○○ (3/5) Middling, and held there on purpose. Roast a single origin too far and you taste the roast instead of the country, which would defeat the point of the box. Body: ●●●○○ (3/5) Medium and even. Enough weight to stand up as a straight shot, not so much that it flattens the fruit. Bitterness: ●●○○○ (2/5) Low. Toasted nut and soft caramel rather than cocoa or char, with nothing drying on the finish. Acidity: ●●●○○ (3/5) Present and clean. A citrus edge runs under the caramel and is the clearest sign you are drinking one origin rather than a blend. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.7 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Starbucks by Nespresso 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. 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. About 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. The price in your basket at checkout is the price you pay, and it is the only figure we will stand behind. Packaging: 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. What Single Origin Buys You, And What It Costs A single origin tells you where the coffee grew and nothing else about how it will taste; country is a coarse instrument, and Colombia is a large country with very different growing conditions inside it. What the label does guarantee is that nobody has blended the distinctive parts away. The roast supports that decision: held at a middling level, because taking a single origin dark would replace the country's character with the roaster's, and at that point the label stops meaning anything. The cost is consistency. A blend is engineered to be identical box after box, and a single origin is not, so the cup you get in eighteen months may be a shade different from this one. If that variation interests you, this is the box in the range worth paying attention to. If you want the same cup every morning without thinking about it, a blend does that job better and is not a lesser coffee for it. How Does Starbucks Single Origin Colombia Compare to: The darker roasts in the same range: those replace the citrus edge with cocoa and caramelised sugar and stand up better to milk. This one is built to be tasted rather than covered, and it is the better black coffee of the two. A blonde roast capsule: lighter still, leaner in body and brighter on top. The Colombia sits between a blonde and a dark, which makes it the easiest of the three to drink without milk all day. Ideal Brewing Conditions The machine does the extraction here, so the variables left to you are the button, the cup and the state of the machine. A single origin rewards care more than a dark blend does, because there is a top note to lose. The Straight Espresso Button:Use the espresso setting, around 40ml. This is dosed as an espresso; the lungo button stretches it past the point where the citrus edge turns thin and sour. Warm the cup:Run a blank shot of hot water into the cup and tip it out first. A cold cup takes the aromatics out of a small drink faster than anything else you can do to it. Fresh water:Empty and refill the tank rather than topping it up. Stale tank water flattens brightness first, which is exactly what you are paying for here. Drink it promptly:The crema falls away within a couple of minutes and the citrus goes with it. The Milk Build Keep it small:A cortado or a piccolo lets the caramel come through without burying the fruit. In a large latte this roast is simply outnumbered. Two capsules:For a full mug of milky coffee, two shots pulled to 40ml beats one stretched long. Dilution and strength are different problems. Temperature:Steam the milk to about 60°C. Hotter and the milk's own sweetness disappears, which is what was supposed to meet the caramel halfway. Iced: the citrus that can read thin when hot reads refreshing when cold. Getting A Consistent Cup Descale 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. Keep the capsules sealed: leave them in the carton until the moment of use; the individual seal is the entire preservation system. Empty the capsule bin: a full bin is the most common reason a capsule fails to seat and pierce cleanly. Filtered water: in a hard-water area a filter jug does more for the cup than changing capsules will. Do not re-run a used capsule: the second pass gives you the bitter tail of the first extraction and nothing else. Caffeine note: a regular caffeinated coffee rather than a decaf. Check the current pack if you need a figure per cup. Best with: a croissant, a lemon tart, or on its own mid-morning. Ingredients And Suitability What is in it:roasted ground coffee in a sealed aluminium capsule, and nothing else. No added flavourings, no sweeteners, no preservatives. Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations, certification marks and allergen advice can change. Caffeine:contains caffeine. Not one for late in the evening if you are sensitive, and worth moderating during pregnancy in line with current NHS guidance. Child Safety:Keep hot drinks, capsules and the machine out of reach of children. ## Product Questions 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.What does single origin actually mean here?That the coffee in the capsule comes from one country rather than being blended across several. It tells you where it grew and nothing else about how it will taste, because Colombia is a large country with very different growing conditions inside it. What it does guarantee is that nobody has blended the distinctive parts away.Why are most capsules blends then?Because blending is how a roaster keeps a cup tasting the same in March and in November, whatever that year's harvests did. It is engineering rather than compromise. A single origin gives that consistency up in exchange for character you can name.What does it taste like?Toasted nut and soft caramel with a clean citrus edge running underneath. The roast is held at a middling level rather than taken dark, which is what lets the fruit survive. Bitterness is low and nothing dries on the finish.Why not roast it darker?Because roast character and origin character compete. Take a single origin dark and you taste the roaster instead of the country, at which point the label on the front stops meaning anything. The middling roast here is a deliberate decision, not a timid one.Does it work with milk?In small amounts. A cortado or piccolo lets the caramel come through without burying the fruit; in a large latte this roast is simply outnumbered. If you drink milky coffee by the mug, the darker roasts in the range are the better buy.Is it good over ice?The citrus edge that can read thin in a hot cup reads refreshing in a cold one. Pull it short straight over ice and top with cold water or a splash of milk.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.Why aluminium rather than plastic?Aluminium is an absolute barrier to oxygen and light, which is why a sealed capsule can sit in a cupboard for months and still taste close to the day it was filled. It also holds its shape under nine bars of pressure, so water passes through the coffee bed evenly instead of finding a path around the edge.Which part of Colombia is it from?Guessing at a growing area to make a page sound better would be inventing a fact. If the current UK pack states a region, that is the authority.My shot is running short or tasting dull. Why?Three usual suspects, in order. A full capsule bin stops the capsule seating and piercing cleanly. Scale lowers the water temperature at the group, so the machine under-extracts quietly rather than failing loudly. And water that has stood in the tank for a week tastes of the tank.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. ## Ingredients & Nutrition ComponentProportionWhat it bringsRoasted ground coffee, Colombiathe entire contentsThe whole product, from a single named country rather than a blend. Nothing is added: no flavouring, no sweetener, no preservative.Roast levelheld at middlingDeliberately not taken dark. Roast character and origin character compete, and a dark roast would replace the country's citrus edge with the roaster's cocoa.Grind and doseset for an espressoChosen for an extraction of roughly 40ml. Stretching it on the lungo button pushes past the point where the citrus turns thin and sour.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: Starbucks by Nespresso Single Origin Colombia Espresso Coffee, 10 Pods; 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.Sourcing & blend. This is not a blend, which is the point of it. Starbucks by Nespresso is the Starbucks range made for the Nespresso Original system rather than a third-party capsule that happens to fit, which is why the box carries both names and why there is no compatibility question to weigh. Naming a single country on the front commits the roaster to a coffee that has to carry a box on its own and that will shift a little from crop to crop, rather than being smoothed out against other origins.What's in Starbucks Single Origin Colombia, and what isn't:In: roasted ground coffee from Colombia in a sealed aluminium capsule, and nothing else.No artificial colours, flavourings, sweeteners or preservatives: this is plain coffee, and any sweetness in the cup is the roast rather than an addition.Not a blend: one named country, which is unusual in a supermarket capsule aisle.Not a Vertuo capsule: Nespresso Original only. A Vertuo machine reads a barcode on the rim and will not take these.Not decaffeinated: a regular caffeinated coffee. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Starbucks Single Origin Colombia is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains why a middling roast on one origin behaves so differently from a dark roast on a blend.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 that ordinarily begin escaping within minutes of grinding are still in the coffee when the machine pierces the capsule. That preservation matters more here than on a dark roast, because the lighter the roast the more of the flavour is origin aromatics rather than roast products, and origin aromatics are the first thing to leave. What lifts with the steam is toasted nut and a citrus top note, strongest in the first thirty seconds and gone within five minutes.The flavour spike arrives mid palate and is where the single origin declares itself. A blend is engineered so that no one component dominates; this is not, so the citrus brightness runs right through the middle of the cup rather than being balanced away. Body is medium, which is enough to carry a straight shot without flattening the fruit, and soft caramel sits under the acidity as the sweet counterweight. It is the densest stretch of the cup and the part most affected by how hot the machine is actually running, because temperature governs how much of the acid is extracted alongside the sugars.The base structure is the finish, and it is short and clean rather than lingering. There is very little bitterness to leave behind, because the roast was never taken far enough to create the compounds that cause it, and nothing dries the mouth. That clean close is why this capsule is the easiest in the range to drink black all day, and why it works better over ice than any dark roast will: a cold cup exaggerates bitterness, and there is almost none here to exaggerate.Getting it right in the cup. Use the espresso button at about 40ml, because that is what the capsule is dosed and ground for; the lungo setting stretches it past the point where the citrus reads thin and sour instead of bright. Warm the cup with a blank shot of hot water and tip it out first, since a small drink loses its aromatics to a cold cup faster than to anything else. Empty and refill the tank rather than topping it up, because stale tank water flattens brightness before it flattens body, and brightness is exactly what you are paying for here. Drink it promptly. For milk, keep the drink small: a cortado lets the caramel through without burying the fruit, and for a full mug two shots pulled to 40ml beat one stretched long.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 lighter roast shows the difference sooner than a dark one because there is no cocoa depth to hide behind. Scale is the quiet one: it lowers the water temperature at the group more than it restricts the flow, so a scaled machine under-extracts steadily rather than failing outright, and an under-extracted light roast reads sour rather than weak, which people often mistake for the coffee being too acidic. Hard water is the other: calcium and magnesium bind to some of the acids that carry the citrus note, so in a hard-water area this capsule can taste oddly flat, and a filter jug does more for it than changing capsules will. Pulling long adds water at the point where the drying end of the extraction comes through. None of this is a fault in the coffee; it is the same capsule responding to the machine you put it in. ## Recipe Ideas Five builds below cover the straight shot, a small milk drink, two cold ones and an Americano. Ways to brew it, worked out here first The Straight Espresso How to make The Straight Espresso with Starbucks Single Origin Colombia. 2 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 Starbucks Single Origin Colombia capsule Fresh water in the machine tank A Nespresso Original machine A warmed demitasse Method Rinse a blank shot of hot water into the cup to warm it, and tip it out. Refill the tank with fresh water rather than topping it up. Pull the capsule on the espresso setting, about 40ml. Drink it promptly, while the crema is still holding. What you'll end up with: The cup the capsule was dosed for. The lungo button stretches it past the point where the citrus reads thin instead of bright. Cortado How to make a Cortado with Starbucks Single Origin Colombia. 4 min 1 glass Medium You'll need 1 Starbucks Single Origin Colombia capsule 60ml whole or oat milk A thermometer, or a steady hand A 90ml glass Method Pull the capsule on the espresso setting straight into the glass. Steam 60ml of milk to about 60°C, keeping the texture fine rather than foamy. Pour the milk through the crema in one steady motion. Serve straight away. What you'll end up with: The largest milk drink this roast survives. Any more milk and the citrus is simply outnumbered. Iced Colombia How to make an Iced Colombia with Starbucks Single Origin Colombia. 3 min 1 glass Easy You'll need 1 Starbucks Single Origin Colombia capsule A tall glass of ice 100ml cold water A slice of orange, optional Method Fill a tall glass with ice and pour in 100ml of cold water. Pull the capsule on the espresso setting straight over the top. Stir once, gently. Add a slice of orange if you want the citrus note pushed forward. What you'll end up with: The best use of this capsule in warm weather. A cold cup exaggerates bitterness, and there is almost none here to exaggerate. Cold Milk Over Ice How to make Cold Milk Over Ice with Starbucks Single Origin Colombia. 3 min 1 glass Easy You'll need 1 Starbucks Single Origin Colombia capsule A tall glass of ice 150ml cold milk A long spoon Method Fill a tall glass with ice and pour in 150ml of cold milk. Pull the capsule short, straight over the ice and milk. Stir once and drink before the ice thins it. Skip the syrup; the caramel is already in the coffee. What you'll end up with: Milk and ice together round the citrus off without hiding it. Pull short, because melting ice dilutes the drink a second time. The Long Black How to make The Long Black with Starbucks Single Origin Colombia. 3 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 Starbucks Single Origin Colombia capsule 100ml hot water from the kettle A warmed mug A twist of lemon peel, optional Method Pour 100ml of hot water into the warmed mug first. Pull the capsule on the espresso setting directly on top of the water. Leave the crema undisturbed rather than stirring it in. Add a twist of lemon peel if you want the aroma lifted. What you'll end up with: Coffee onto water, not water onto coffee. It keeps the crema intact, and it beats stretching the capsule on the lungo button. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._