The Coffee Bean Espresso Capsules

These pods do not work in the Verismo machine. My first pod attempt got stuck in the machine. My second pod burst and the water barely trickled through it; and I also heard a strange noise from my machine. I took the pod apart out of curiosity. This malfunction is likely due to a hard plastic insert at the bottom end (not the foil covered top) of the CBTL pod. Verismo pods do not have this insert. Or, it could be the plastic casing is especially hard. At any rate, it would have been too much trouble to return them, so I improvised. I cut off the bottom end, including the hard plastic insert. I then cut a used Verismo pod in 1/2 and placed that bottom 1/2 over the CBTL bottom. If you cut the pods each to the correct size (creating a new pod the same length as a Verismo pod), it will work; but I don't see it as a practical resolution. I won't buy them again for my Verismo. In all likelihood, continued use of these with the Verismo would ruin the machine. The coffee did have a very good flavor.