“Instead of spending $4 on coffee everyday I can spend $800 on Nespresso pods every two weeks to make it at home”

Some people try to avoid buying coffee at a place like Starbucks every day, and they buy Nespresso pods to save money. This joke was posted on X/Twitter by Soup on March 15, 2026, and it received over 21,000 likes:
 
“Instead of spending $4 on coffee everyday I can spend $800 on nespresso pods every two weeks to make it at home.”
 
The Nespresso pods “savings” aren’t there.
   
 
Wikipedia: Nespresso
Nestlé Nespresso S.A., trading as Nespresso, is an operating unit of the Nestlé Group, based in Vevey, Switzerland. Nespresso machines brew espresso and coffee from coffee capsules (or pods in machines for home or professional use), a type of pre-apportioned single-use container, or reusable capsules (pods), of ground coffee beans, sometimes with added flavorings. Once inserted into a machine, the capsules are pierced and processed. Water is then forced against a heating element at high pressure meaning that only the quantity for a single cup is warmed.
     
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Amit Bhowmik
@___amitb___
@prashy74 Nespresso Pods are quite pricey though.
10:49 AM · Dec 19, 2015
 
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Rich
@MrMutantes
Nespresso pods are fine I’ve heard, although pricey
2:02 PM · Mar 28, 2023
   
Bluesky
KCresists
‪@centennialresister.bsky.social‬
One sleeve of Nespresso coffee is UP by more than $2 !!!
One sleeve holds 10 pods - December the price was 11.00 to 12.00 now it’s more than $14.00!!!
7:43 PM · Aug 19, 2025
 
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LT
@michelinmillen
Nespresso pods have gone up $10 which is insane to me. We gotta get trump TF outta here.
9:39 AM · Sep 19, 2025
 
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Loafer connoisseur
@Al_Laflare
NGL these Nespresso pods kinda pricey lol
11:38 PM · Jan 12, 2026
 
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Soup
@soupinthering
Instead of spending $4 on coffee everyday I can spend $800 on nespresso pods every two weeks to make it at home
9:15 AM · Mar 15, 2026