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Nespresso (other espresso's are available)

bulkbiker said:
I seriously doubt your meter is accurate enough to show a 0.3 mmol diff..I would say that's no change. I love my nespresso and am currently on my third machine. Triple shot Americano with 2 tablespoons of double cream is my poison. One dark green lungo, one arpeggio (purple) and one vanillo topped up with just off boiling water.. having 2 per day. I don't think I could do without them and am going to try to include in my LCHF Newcastle Diet experiment.
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I noticed the difference between waking and pre breakfast readings the only thing having been taken into my system being Nespresso. Guess this meter lark is getting me to question everything.
 
I love my coffee. Having given up so much of my previous food, coffee is something I really want to hang on to. Now drinking it with cream, is just delightful.
I have tried these and like them just as much as the nespresso pods.

https://www.crukafe.com/
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I always always get a spike from coffee. I drink medium roast ground coffee mid morning, and if I didn't bolus for it it can put me up by 3-4mmol/l before I can say 'more coffee please'.

The free coffee machine at the gym I go to can stave off an impending post-exercise low smartish. If my Libre tells me I'm on a downward curve (but not hypo) a gym coffee steadies me up nicely.

:)
 
0.3 ??????

The chances of your meter being accurate to one 1.0 mmol is virtually nonexistent.

I drink gallons of nespresso coffee and other stuff, but I can't say what effect it has on my BG as I can't be bothered to waste a strip to find out.
 
britishpub said:
0.3 ??????

The chances of your meter being accurate to one 1.0 mmol is virtually nonexistent.

I drink gallons of nespresso coffee and other stuff, but I can't say what effect it has on my BG as I can't be bothered to waste a strip to find out.
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Sorry for any confusions, I'm not claiming to have a really acurate meter. I noticed the difference between waking 6.1 to 6.3 and pre breakfast of 6.5 to 6.7 readings the only thing having been taken into my system being Nespresso. Guess this meter lark is getting me to question everything.
 
As others have said those differences in numbers are negligible- you get that difference or even more testing the same drop of blood - you are worrying about nothing- enjoy your coffee :)
 
Coffee never raised my bg (and yes we have a nespresso machine)
But it did significantly raise by blood pressure, for a 6-10 hour period. decaff has the same effect.
So I gave it up.

Still miss it though.

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Snapsy said:
I always always get a spike from coffee. I drink medium roast ground coffee mid morning, and if I didn't bolus for it it can put me up by 3-4mmol/l before I can say 'more coffee please'.

The free coffee machine at the gym I go to can stave off an impending post-exercise low smartish. If my Libre tells me I'm on a downward curve (but not hypo) a gym coffee steadies me up nicely.

:)
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Are you sure it's coffee and not the natural morning rise loads of us get? Coffee or no coffee I rise until at least noon.
 
nomoredonuts said:
I've even been known to take my nespresso pixie on holiday with me! I bulk buy the proper capsules but eke them out with Lidl's ones, (which take much longer to go through).
I'll often have a cup mid-morning when I'm testing at 5.5-ish. That allows me to have a frothy milk cappuccino without guilt...
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We sound like we have the same level of Nespresso addiction! My Pixie always comes on holiday with me.

Haven't found a significant rise whilst drinking coffee, then again, it's my one treat that I have no intention of giving up. I gave up chocolate and replaced it with good coffee, so I have a nespresso every morning, I make an iced nespresso to take to work, and then I have a good ground coffee at work. After midday I switch to decaf ground, and on an evening hubby and I enjoy Nespress decaf as dessert (have tried all of the decafs they offer and they are all excellent substitutes).
 
TazziT, just to add to my previous post. The Cru Kafe is organic coffee. I'm not sure whether that would influence your blood sugar readings.

Also the decaffinated is processed without chemicals and the pods are recyclable. Good to know, I think.
Lots more info on their website if anybody is interested. X
 
Kristin251 said:
Are you sure it's coffee and not the natural morning rise loads of us get? Coffee or no coffee I rise until at least noon.
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In my case I get no rise at elevenses if I don't have coffee!

My basal is adjusted (I have a pump) so I'm steady Eddie until and unless I throw other factors into the mix (like coffee, exercise, stress etc) - it works quite well day to day, apart from those '***?' moments we all know and love!

:)
 
Bloody Philistines the lot of you :)

Buy a mug with the metal strainer and grind your own beans, far better and cheaper than pods. I have a 600 GBP bean to cup machine sitting on my counter top which hardly gets used any more :(
 
JeremySE18 said:
Bloody Philistines the lot of you :)

Buy a mug with the metal strainer and grind your own beans, far better and cheaper than pods. I have a 600 GBP bean to cup machine sitting on my counter top which hardly gets used any more :(
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And what coffee do you use?

It's very strange but on my cycling club forum we recently had this same debate, and I was just saying to my wife how on the cycling one almost everyone was looking at it from a cost perspective whereas here it was all about taste. Not to generalise, but cyclist=old grey beards, this forum we feel mortality close by and focus on the better things in life that we can get away with.

Edit: Forgot to say, that I too have a cup filter, just never been able to find a ground coffee to match Nespresso Kazaar.
 
barrym said:
And what coffee do you use?

It's very strange but on my cycling club forum we recently had this same debate, and I was just saying to my wife how on the cycling one almost everyone was looking at it from a cost perspective whereas here it was all about taste. Not to generalise, but cyclist=old grey beards, this forum we feel mortality close by and focus on the better things in life that we can get away with.

Edit: Forgot to say, that I too have a cup filter, just never been able to find a ground coffee to match Nespresso Kazaar.
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One of the things I love about Nespresso is it's consistency.. I have friends with super doper Gaggia machines that can produce pure nectar as well as tarry junk but my Nespresso is always the same and I don't have to gauge the fineness of the grind or empty the grounds into something.. lazy maybe but I really enjoy my coffee.
 
TazziT said:
Sorry for any confusions, I'm not claiming to have a really acurate meter. I noticed the difference between waking 6.1 to 6.3 and pre breakfast of 6.5 to 6.7 readings the only thing having been taken into my system being Nespresso. Guess this meter lark is getting me to question everything.
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That 20mins to make and drink coffee would give my a liver dump at breakfast time, maybe as high as another 2mmol/l without any drink. For me.
We diabetics are highly insulin resistant on a morning. Liver dumping goes with territory if fasting still. A coffee without cream wouldnt be enough to block my liver dumps, ever.
Of course we are all different but the mechanisms are the same. Very few diabetics don't get a liver dump at some time in the 24hr day.
 
@JeremySE18 although I don't necessarily feel Nespresso fans are Philistines, I have to say I very much prefer ground coffee, as pod coffee isn't nearly as red-hot as I'd like it to be. I like my hot drinks absolutely scalding!

And I know that makes me a Philistine too, LOL!

;):joyful::happy:
 
e NEspressoAlso the decaffinated is processed without chemicals and the pods are recyclable. Good to know, I think.
Lots more info on their website if anybody is interested. X[/QUOTE]

The Nespresso decaff are also produced without chemicals using a water wash process. As for other brands tried a good few one I got frrom Costco split and made a mess of the machine. Still got about 60 of them if anyone wants them.
 
barrym said:
And what coffee do you use?

It's very strange but on my cycling club forum we recently had this same debate, and I was just saying to my wife how on the cycling one almost everyone was looking at it from a cost perspective whereas here it was all about taste. Not to generalise, but cyclist=old grey beards, this forum we feel mortality close by and focus on the better things in life that we can get away with.

Edit: Forgot to say, that I too have a cup filter, just never been able to find a ground coffee to match Nespresso Kazaar.
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Taylors of Harrogate as beans and Vergnano Espresso or Mocha as pre-ground. I can't recommend this one enough.
 
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