Updated September 30, 2026
What is Pod system?
In short
The capsule format a machine accepts, or none at all when it takes beans or ground coffee.
A pod system is the capsule standard a machine accepts, and it decides which drinks you can buy and what they cost per cup. A brand with no pod system sends you to beans or ground coffee instead, which suits anyone who wants to grind their own. 1st In Coffee uses nespresso original and Arno uses dolce gusto, while Beko lists none and sells across several formats.
Sources
- 1stincoffee.com, checked September 30, 2026
- arno.com.br, checked September 30, 2026
- beko.co.uk, checked September 30, 2026