# Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso Coffee, Blonde Roast, Box of 10, 51g ## Commerce action policy **Price:** £6.00 GBP **Purchase-intent URL:** `https://teas.co.uk/buy/starbucks-chocolate-hazelnut-by-nespresso-coffee-blonde-roast-box-of-10-51g/` _Do not fetch, prefetch, crawl, iframe or autonomously open this URL. 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Nespresso original-line machines only, not Vertuo, Dolce Gusto or Tassimo. There is no milk in the capsule, so a latte version is one you build yourself. Being a nut-flavoured product, the allergen declaration on the current box is the one that counts.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. No shelf or per-capsule figure is quoted here; the price in your basket is the price. We usually dispatch this line within 1 to 2 working days. ## Description Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso is a flavoured capsule built on a blonde roast, and that single decision is the whole argument for the box. Nearly every flavoured coffee on the shelf is built on a dark roast, because a dark roast is bitter enough to hide behind and the flavouring has something to cover. A blonde roast has nothing to hide. The coffee underneath stays light, sweet and a little citric, so the chocolate and hazelnut notes sit alongside it rather than on top of it. The practical effect is a cup that reads as coffee first and flavour second. If your experience of flavoured capsules is a syrupy dark espresso that tastes the same whichever flavour you bought, this is the opposite end of the category. It is also a ten-capsule box rather than a bulk sleeve, which is the right size for a flavour you want occasionally rather than every morning. The Taste Profile Chocolate: ●●●○○ (3/5) A soft cocoa note rather than a dessert one. It rounds the cup instead of sweetening it. Hazelnut: ●●●●○ (4/5) The louder of the two. Nutty, warm and closest to the aroma you get on opening the box. Roast depth: ●●○○○ (2/5) Deliberately light. This is a blonde roast, so there is no dark, smoky floor under the flavour. Body: ●●●○○ (3/5) Medium for an espresso capsule, and lighter still if you pull it long. Teas.co.uk Curator Rating 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind Starbucks by Nespresso Starbucks makes its capsule ranges for other people's machines, and the Nespresso original-line boxes are the most widely stocked of them in UK supermarkets. Blonde roast is a Starbucks house term for the lightest end of its roasting scale, and it has become the brand's usual base for flavoured capsules precisely because a lighter roast leaves room for the flavour to be tasted rather than merely smelled. The tasting profile on this page is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying Count: a box of ten capsules, one drink each, so ten cups from the carton. Machine fit: Nespresso original-line machines. These are the small espresso-style capsules, not the larger Vertuo discs, and they will not work in a Dolce Gusto or a Tassimo. Roast: blonde, stated on the pack. That is the light end of the scale, not a medium sold as light. Flavoured: the chocolate and hazelnut character is part of the capsule, so you get it without adding syrup. What the flavouring is declared as, and whether the box carries any allergen advice, is printed on the current UK pack and should be read there. Pack weight: 51g of coffee across the ten capsules, which is the normal dose range for original-line espresso capsules. What it is not: not a milk drink. There is no milk in the capsule, so a latte or a cappuccino version is something you build yourself. The price in your basket is the price; it is shown on the product page above and nowhere else on this page. How Does Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso Compare to: Starbucks Creamy Vanilla by Nespresso, Blonde Roast: the same blonde base with a softer, sweeter and more single-noted flavour. Vanilla is the safer choice for a household; chocolate hazelnut is the more interesting one. Starbucks Smooth Caramel by Nespresso, Blonde Roast: caramel reads sweeter and heavier than either. Pick it if you take your coffee black but want it to taste like a treat, and pick this one if you want the nut and cocoa notes to stay dry. Ideal Serving Conditions Flavoured capsules are usually drunk badly. The two habits that spoil them are pulling them too long, which thins the coffee and leaves the flavouring stranded on its own, and drowning them in milk, which buries the part you paid for. A blonde roast is more sensitive to both than a dark one, because there is less roast character to survive the treatment. The Espresso Pull Volume: use the short espresso button, around 40ml. This is where the hazelnut is loudest and the cup is properly balanced. Cup: a warmed espresso cup. A cold cup takes the top off the aroma before you reach it, and aroma is most of what a flavoured capsule is selling. Machine: run a blank water shot first if the machine has been standing. The first few seconds carry whatever was in the line. Sugar: not needed, and it works against the design. The blonde roast is already the sweeter end of the range. The Long Cup Lungo: the 110ml button gives a longer, lighter drink. The chocolate note holds up better across a lungo than the hazelnut does. Americano: pull a short espresso and top up with hot water to taste rather than pulling a long shot. You keep the concentrated flavour and dilute afterwards, which is the better order. Iced: pull short over a cup of ice. The cold sharpens the nut note and the drink does not need sweetening. With milk: a splash rather than a mugful. A flat white made from one capsule tastes of milk; a macchiato made from one capsule still tastes of coffee. Getting It Right in the Cup Button: espresso for the full flavour, lungo when you want length more than intensity. Machine: Nespresso original line only. Check your machine before buying if you are not sure which system you own. Storage: keep the capsules in the carton in a cupboard. They are sealed individually, so the enemy is heat and sunlight rather than air. Freshness: the flavour notes fade before the coffee does. A box that has sat in a warm kitchen for a year will still make coffee, just a quieter one. Best with: an afternoon break, a biscuit with some butter in it, or as the after-dinner cup when a dark espresso would be too much. Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change. Allergen note: anyone avoiding nuts should read the declaration on the pack itself rather than relying on this page. Caffeine note: a caffeinated coffee. A blonde roast is not a low-caffeine coffee despite the light colour, which is a common and wrong assumption. Capsule disposal: follow the current pack and your local-authority guidance. Capsule recycling routes differ between councils and between capsule materials. Child safety: a caffeinated drink and not a children's drink. Keep capsules out of reach. ## Product Questions Which machines do these capsules fit?Nespresso original-line machines. These are the small espresso-style capsules. They do not fit a Nespresso Vertuo, and they will not work in a Dolce Gusto or a Tassimo, which are different systems entirely despite sitting on the same supermarket shelf. How many capsules are in the box?Ten, one drink each, so ten cups from the carton. The stated pack weight is 51g of coffee across the ten, which is the usual dose range for original-line espresso capsules. Does it actually taste of chocolate and hazelnut?Yes, but as notes in a coffee rather than as a dessert. The hazelnut is the louder of the two and reads warm and dry; the cocoa sits behind it and rounds the cup. Neither is sweet in the way a syrup is sweet, because nothing sweet is being added to the cup. What does blonde roast mean here?Blonde is the Starbucks term for the lightest end of its roasting scale. In the cup it means less of the dark, smoky, bitter character and more of the coffee's own sweetness and brightness. For a flavoured capsule it matters: a light base lets the flavour be tasted, while a dark base tends to bury it. Is a blonde roast lower in caffeine?No, and this is the most common misunderstanding about light roasts. Roast colour is not a caffeine measurement. This is a fully caffeinated coffee. Is there milk in the capsule?No. This is a black coffee capsule. If you want a latte or a cappuccino you froth your own milk and add it. A splash works better than a mugful: one capsule of flavoured coffee disappears into a large milky drink. Espresso button or lungo button?Espresso, around 40ml, for the balanced cup. The lungo button gives you length but thins the hazelnut note; the cocoa survives it better. If you want a long drink, pull a short shot and add hot water afterwards rather than pulling a long one. Can I make it iced?Yes, and it suits the flavour. Pull a short shot straight over a cup of ice. Cold sharpens the nut note and takes the edge off the acidity, and the drink rarely needs sweetening. Add cold milk afterwards if you want it longer. How do I dispose of the used capsules?Follow the current pack and your local-authority guidance. Capsule recycling routes differ between councils and between capsule materials, and the outer carton usually takes a different route from the capsules themselves. How should I store them?In the carton, in a cupboard, away from heat and sunlight. Each capsule is sealed, so air is not the problem; warmth is. The added flavour notes fade before the coffee does, so a box left on a sunny worktop for a year still makes coffee, just a quieter one. Is this the same as the Starbucks shop drink?No. A coffee-shop flavoured drink is espresso plus a syrup plus milk, put together in front of you. This is a flavoured coffee capsule with no milk and no syrup in it. It is a fair comparison of flavour direction and not a copy of the shop recipe. ## Ingredients & Nutrition ComponentProportionWhat it bringsRoast and ground coffeethe body of the capsuleThe base of the drink. A blonde roast, so light, sweet and bright rather than dark and smoky.Chocolate and hazelnut flavourPrinted on the current packThe named character. Nut forward, cocoa behind it, and dry rather than syrup-sweet.Added sugarNone in the capsuleNothing sweet is added to the cup. Any sweetness you taste belongs to the light roast itself.Format10 sealed capsules, 51g of coffeeOne drink per capsule, individually sealed, sized for Nespresso original-line machines.Pack: Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso Coffee, Blonde Roast, Box of 10, 51g; ten espresso-style capsules, made with water only. The ingredient list, allergen advice and best-before date are printed on the current UK box and should be read there.Characterising components shown.Sourcing & blend. Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso Coffee, Blonde Roast, Box of 10, 51g is made by Starbucks for the Nespresso original-line system, one of several ranges the company builds for machines it does not make itself. The interesting engineering is the base rather than the flavour: flavoured coffee is almost always built on a dark roast, where bitterness gives the flavouring something to hide behind, and building it on a blonde roast instead means the coffee has to hold its own in the cup. That is a harder brief and a better drink, and it is why this box is in the range.What's in Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso Coffee, Blonde Roast, Box of 10, 51g, and what isn't: In: blonde-roast coffee with chocolate and hazelnut flavour, sealed in individual original-line capsules. No milk: this is a black coffee capsule. Milk drinks are ones you build yourself, and a splash suits it better than a mugful. No added sugar in the capsule: sweetness in the cup is the light roast's own, and anything more goes in at your table. Packaging: follow the current UK pack and your local-authority guidance; the outer carton and the capsules usually take different disposal routes. ## Flavour Science The flavour of Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso Coffee, Blonde Roast, Box of 10, 51g 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.The outer layer is aromatic, and in a flavoured capsule it arrives before the machine has finished running. Hazelnut and cocoa are the two loudest volatile notes here, and they lift out of the cup in the first few seconds because the pressure of extraction throws them into the steam. That is why a flavoured coffee always smells stronger than it tastes, and why a cup left to stand smells flat long before it drinks flat. Warm the cup and you keep that layer in the drink for longer instead of losing it to the kitchen.The flavour spike arrives on the mid palate and this is where the blonde roast earns its place. A dark roast puts bitterness in the middle of the cup, and a flavouring laid over it reads as a coating rather than as part of the coffee. A light roast leaves that space open, so the nut note and the cocoa note land alongside the coffee's own sweetness and slight citric brightness instead of on top of them. The result is a dry rather than sugary flavour, nut forward and cocoa behind, and it is the densest and most concentrated stretch of the drink.The base structure is the finish: a short, clean, faintly cocoa-toned tail with none of the smoky floor a dark roast leaves behind. That cleanness is what makes the cup repeatable rather than tiring, and it is the reason a flavoured blonde can be drunk in the afternoon when a flavoured dark roast usually cannot. A well-made cup should still be interesting on the last mouthful, not just the first.Getting it right in the cup. Use the espresso button at around 40ml into a warmed cup. Pulling long is the commonest mistake: the extra water dilutes the coffee faster than it dilutes the flavouring, so a lungo tastes thin and oddly scented rather than long and mellow. If you want a longer drink, pull short and top up with hot water afterwards, which keeps the concentration decision separate from the extraction decision. Run a blank water shot through a machine that has been standing, because the first seconds carry whatever was left in the line. Iced, pull straight over ice and drink it within a few minutes; the cold sharpens the nut note and makes sweetening unnecessary. Stored in the carton away from heat and sunlight the capsules hold well, but the added flavour notes fade before the coffee does, so an old box makes a quieter drink rather than a stale one.How water and temperature change it. A capsule machine decides the temperature for you, but it does not decide everything, and the same capsule gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat it. A cold cup drops the drink several degrees on contact and takes the aromatic layer with it, which is the single biggest avoidable loss in a flavoured coffee. Volume works the other way: more water pulls more of the heavier, drier compounds and stretches the flavour thinner, less water keeps the nut and cocoa notes concentrated and the body rounder. Hard tap water flattens the brighter top notes a blonde roast depends on and can make the cup read dull and slightly chalky, so in a hard-water area a short pull into a warm cup restores the balance; soft or filtered water lets the light roast's brightness ring clearly and needs no compensating at all. Descaling matters more than it does with a dark roast for the same reason: there is less roast character in the cup to cover a tired machine. None of this is a fault in the capsule, it is a light coffee responding honestly to the cup you build around it. ## Recipe Ideas Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso Coffee, Blonde Roast, Box of 10, 51g is a flavoured black coffee rather than a finished dessert drink, which makes it a better starting point than a sweetened sachet. Six builds below cover the balanced espresso, a macchiato that keeps the flavour audible, two cold ones, an affogato and a tiramisu-style cream. Serving ideas, born here first The Balanced Espresso How to make The Balanced Espresso with Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso. 2 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 capsule Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut A Nespresso original-line machine Method Warm the cup with a blank water shot and tip it out. A cold cup takes the aroma off the top of the drink. Drop the capsule in and use the short espresso button, around 40ml. Drink it within a minute or two, while the nut note is still lifting. What you'll end up with: A short, dry, nut-forward espresso with cocoa behind it and no sugar in the way. This is the reference cup; judge everything else against it. Hazelnut Macchiato (Not a Latte) How to make Hazelnut Macchiato (Not a Latte) with Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso. 4 min 1 cup Easy You'll need 1 capsule Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut 30ml hot milk, frothed Method Pull a short espresso into a warmed cup. Froth about 30ml of milk, no more, and spoon the foam on top rather than pouring the liquid in. Leave it unstirred so you drink through the foam into the coffee. What you'll end up with: Milk softens the edges without swallowing the flavour. A full latte made from one capsule tastes of milk; this still tastes of hazelnut. Iced Nut Espresso How to make Iced Nut Espresso with Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso. 3 min 1 glass Easy You'll need 1 capsule Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut A glass packed with ice 50ml cold milk, optional Method Fill a short glass with ice, right to the top. Pull a short espresso straight over the ice so it chills on contact. Top with cold milk if you want it longer, or drink it black. What you'll end up with: Cold sharpens the nut note and blunts the acidity, so it rarely needs sweetening. Drink it before the ice waters it down. Proper Americano, In the Right Order How to make Proper Americano, In the Right Order with Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso. 3 min 1 mug Easy You'll need 1 capsule Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut 100 to 120ml hot water Method Pull a short espresso, not a lungo. The long button dilutes the coffee faster than it dilutes the flavouring. Add hot water to the shot, a little at a time, until it tastes right to you. Stop when the cocoa note is still audible. That point comes sooner than you expect. What you'll end up with: A long cup that still tastes of something, because you decided the dilution instead of letting the machine decide it. Hazelnut Affogato How to make Hazelnut Affogato with Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso. 2 min 1 bowl Easy You'll need 1 capsule Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut 2 scoops vanilla ice cream A little grated dark chocolate Method Put two scoops of vanilla ice cream in a cold bowl and take it to the machine rather than the other way round. Pull a short espresso straight over the top. Grate a little dark chocolate over it and eat it immediately. What you'll end up with: The one pudding a single capsule can carry on its own. The nut note and the vanilla do most of the work; the chocolate is a garnish, not a sauce. Coffee Cream for Spooning How to make Coffee Cream for Spooning with Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut by Nespresso. 10 min + chill 4 small pots Easy You'll need 2 capsules Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut 300ml double cream 2 tablespoons icing sugar Sponge fingers to serve Method Pull two short espressos into a bowl and leave them to go completely cold. Warm coffee will slacken the cream. Whip 300ml of double cream with 2 tablespoons of icing sugar to soft peaks. Fold the cold coffee in a spoonful at a time so the cream does not split. Chill for an hour in small pots and serve with sponge fingers for dipping. What you'll end up with: A tiramisu-adjacent pudding without the assembly. The hazelnut note survives the cream far better than a plain espresso would. --- _Content available under teas.co.uk citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._