Amazon Brand Solimo Espresso Capsules Med 50 Ct

While the coffee tastes OK, I emptied the capsule bin and compared these plastic capsules with some of the original metal Nespresso brand capsules that came with this new machine. I was shocked to note that the four holes in the thin membrane of the plastic ones were tiny compared to the aluminum Nespresso holes. I think the reason is that the plastic capsules have a very thin alumnum foil type base, which offers little resistance to the puncture prongs, so a minimal hole results, whereas the solid aluminum capsule gives more resistance and you get about a triple sized hole by comparison.The base should have four holes for the water flow. Also looking at the top of the capsules, I noted that only about half of the waffle type squares were punctured in the plastic capsules, whereas about 80% of the squares of the Nespresso capsule were punctured. This has to affect water flow and I wonder if much of the coffee in the plastic pods doesn't even get wet enough to contribute to the coffee. So in future I will shop for solid aluminum base capsules only, I think it is quite a difference.