New Improved Brown Ecopad, the Refillable Coffee Filter for the Senseo

New Improved Brown Ecopad, the Refillable Coffee Filter for the Senseo

from: IKSL BV List Price: $14.99 Price: $4.08 You Save: $10.91 (73%) as of 11/23/2009 00:22 EST Third Party New Price: $4.08 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Kitchen Brand: Ecopad Color: red EAN: 8717472190109 Item Dimensions:502006200 Label: IKSL BV Manufacturer: IKSL BV Model: Ecopad Publisher: IKSL BV Studio: IKSL BV Features: Dishwasher safe Use any ground coffee Environment-friendly Preserves the rich creamy foam Improved over older discontinued blue ecopad Related Items: Coffeeduck PERMANENT Refillable Coffee Filter for the Senseo EXCEPT HD7820 & 7832 CoffeeDuck the Refillable Filter Senseo Pod Coffee Machines EXCEPT HD7820 & 7832 Presto 09402 MyPod Refillable Replacement Pod (Senseo) Ecopad pack of 2 Senseo Douwe Egberts Coffee Pods, Variety Pack, 16-Count Packages (Pack of 4) see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The refillable, reusable coffee pad for the Senseo coffee machine. This is the new Brown unit (replaced the older and discontinued blue ecopad). The patented Brown Ecopad is environmentally-friendly and has many advantages, like: Your favorite brand coffee at a low price. Works with finely ground teas. Handy when you're out of paper pads. Long life and durable. Dishwasher safe. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - GREAT way to get the flavor of your favorite coffee AND preserve the foamy "crema". LOVE these! I bought these two months ago to use with a Senseo that a friend of mine gave me, and I LOVE them! I had been using a few of the different pods that were available, and they made good coffee, but I missed my Alto Grande Puerto Rican coffee (THAT is some GOOD STUFF!), so, now that I've got these pods, I have no trouble making myself a delicious cup of coffee - and the foam/"crema" is still in every cup. I DO find that I have to refill these frequently, or just keep the ones I've previously filled nearby, as I like a large cup of coffee once a day and I need to use two of the filter pods to make a strong enough cup of coffee. Honestly, that has far less to do with these pods than the capacity of the Senseo itself. Its cavity is just too small for it to hold more than about 1 1/2 teaspoons of coffee per cycle with the deepest filter tray and the pod inserted. Since I expected that I'd want to either cycle my ecopods, or just have more around for each weekday, when I REALLY need my cuppa Joe, I bought two sets of these, giving me four brown Ecopods in total. Ever since I bought my first four, I've been thinking that it might be a good idea for me to get four more, especially in light of my heavy use of them on a weekly basis. Even considering that, I've seen no visible wear and tear on these. I don't wash them with soap and water, but just rinse them with water, as another reviewer had suggested. I also don't put them in the dishwasher. I simply use each pod for my regular cup of coffee, and immediately after the Senseo's cycle has ended, rinse them out under the tap, and set them on the countertop to dry. I love these pods, and definitely plan to buy more again soon! And, the fact that they're both economical AND environmentally friendly is a definite plus to me! Good stuff! Rating: - A great way to save money on pod coffee! Wow - why did I wait so long to buy these? I've used a Senseo coffeemaker for several years and love it - but the pods are not always that easy to find. Target used to have their own line of pods that they discontinued. And if I did find them at stores it was often a very minimal selection of flavours and up to $5.69 per package. Just tried my new refillable pods and it came out PERFECT! Here's my pro's and con's: PRO's - unlimited in the flavours and types of coffee you can use - coffee comes out with the crema on top just like the Senseo pods - far cheaper than buying the Senseo pods - refillable pod is very easy to clean - seems quite durable - I read another's review they've had theirs for a couple of years - comes as set of two (see below why you want two) CON's - since the refillable pod has to be used in the two cup pod holder you can only brew one small cup at a time. So you'd need to fill two refillable pods to make a larger cup of coffee each time - the fact you need to clean out the refillable pod. We Senseo users are used to jump dumping out used pods. NOTE: what till it cools! All in all - extremely pleased. A few seconds to clean out the refillable pods is well worth it for the variety in flavours of coffee I can now try and the huge savings over purchased pods. - Laura Rating: - Save Money Plus Enjoy Great Coffee With EcoPad I originaly ordered just two of these to try out for a few weeks to see if I liked them. I liked them so much I gave one to a friend of mine to try also. Both of us have had very good luck using them. I have experimented with differant brands of Coffee to see which I like best I for the most part love a full flavor coffee so after about 2 months of using them I will stick with the expresso beans. I am buying the type at the grocery store where you can grind your own. I have also tried different grinds and the one that works best is the expresso grind which is very fine. The grinders that I am using have two grinds for espresso I use the coarser of the two. This works great without any problems at all. I don't pack the coffee in the ecopads I just fill them and level it off with the back of the spoon I am using. If you try to pack the coffee to tightly you machine may not finish brewing with shutting off first. The only downsides verses using the Senseo pods are, the Ecopads are a bit messy as you have to wipe the counter off after filling the pads. That is the one thing I like more about the Senseo pods. If you would like to save money on coffee this is a great product. Rating: - Any coffee I want in my Senseo! New Improved Brown Ecopad, the Refillable Coffee Filter for the Senseo I'm really loving this product! I use mine for both coffee and loose-leaf tea. Following the instructions that come with the Ecopads, I grind my coffee to espresso or to Turkish coffee grind. One Tablespoon of finely ground coffee gives me a full-bodied, full-flavored mug with no bitterness. One teaspoon of loose-leaf tea gives me an excellent mug of tea in a fraction of the time it takes to heat water and then steep tea. I also have a Pod Maker, which gives me variety in my Senseo, but I've lately had problems getting refill pods for it. The Ecopad allows me the convenience of my Senseo, the wider variety of hot beverages that I enjoy and doesn't require refills. I will say that my husband chooses to to continue to use pre-made pods, as the Ecopad has to be taken out of the Senseo and opened immediately after use, otherwise the expansion of the coffee will cause the filter material to separate from it's housing. My husband has a habit of forgetting he's made coffee and leaves the pod and the coffee mug sitting in the Senseo until I come along - sometimes hours later - and find both, ice-cold, in/on the Senseo. So if you have an absent-minded professor wandering around your house you may want to consider sticking to the pre-made pods or using a Pod Maker. Rating: - Does what I expected and hoped for... I like being able to use any coffee I buy either ground or whole beans (then grinding of course) and using it in the Senseo. It's a little tedious so if you like being able to just pop a pod in the Senseo and have coffee in 30 seconds then this will not be for you. The solution behind this is to buy a few of these and make them in advance...Tastes great too. Sometimes water will leak out just a tad when you open the top of the Senseo... see more