The best coffee and espresso pods you can buy Coffee pods are a quick-and-easy solution to making a cup of coffee or espresso. We tested the most widely available Nespresso pods and Keurig K-Cups to find the best. The best Nespresso pod is the Recaps Stainless Steel Refillable Capsules Reusable Pods and the best K-Cup pod is The Donut Shop's Extra Bold Medium Roast . Let's get all delusions out of the way: "Don't be obsessed with your desires… A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a Danish," the immortal Ty Webb once mused, and he had a point. An espresso pod machine is not an espresso machine, and the liquid it delivers, while inspired, is not espresso. I'm what my friends and family like to call an espresso snob, as you may have already gathered. I don't like regular coffee, and avoid it at all costs unless I'm about to fall asleep at the wheel, at which point I might reluctantly stumble into a Starbucks. Yes, Starbucks does make espresso, but I hate that too. When I don't have time to fire up an espresso machine at home or in the office, an espresso pod machine is my best friend (I now have one for the car and boat , too, so Starbucks is, once and for all, entirely out of the question).