Nespresso Melozio (Vertuo Mug 230ml)

Vertuo’s everyday mug pod

Nespresso Melozio is the brand’s medium-roast 230ml mug pod in the Vertuo system, sold on Amazon UK as a 60-capsule pack at £47.70. That works out to 79.5p per cup. There’s no Subscribe and Save offer that meaningfully changes that price.

Melozio is the pod most Vertuo owners reach for if they want a longer, smoother cup that drinks like a small filter coffee rather than a concentrated espresso. Intensity 6, balanced body, recognisably Nespresso in profile.

How it brews

On a Vertuo Pop, Vertuo Plus, or Vertuo Next at the 230ml Mug setting, Melozio takes about 50 seconds to brew end-to-end. The crema is medium-thick, lighter in colour than the darker Vertuo options like Stormio or Altissio. The coffee underneath has notes of toasted cereal and a slight nutty finish, with less bitter edge than Nespresso’s stronger pods.

The 230ml volume is what defines this pod. It’s not designed to be pulled shorter (the barcode forces the volume), and there’s no espresso-format equivalent of Melozio in the Vertuo range. If you want a mug-format Vertuo daily-driver, this is the default option.

In milk drinks, Melozio works fine in a flat white made with a moderate splash of frothed milk, but loses character quickly in larger ratios. A 230ml Melozio plus 200ml of steamed milk dilutes too far. For Vertuo milk drinks at larger volumes, the smaller-volume Vertuo espresso pods are a better base.

Where it works best

Melozio fits a specific household pattern: morning mug of coffee, drunk black or with a small splash of milk, where convenience matters more than the specific espresso flavour profile. Vertuo Pop owners who chose the smaller machine specifically because they don’t drink espresso-style coffee at home tend to land on Melozio as the default sleeve.

For households mixing different cup-size preferences, Melozio pairs well with Altissio (the espresso option) as a two-sleeve household stock that covers both ends of the Vertuo cup-size range.

What’s not great

Two practical limitations. First, the 60-pack box is large enough that freshness starts to slip after about four months. At one mug a day, you’ll get through the box in two months and freshness isn’t a concern. At every-other-day pace, you’re at four months for the last pods and the aroma noticeably fades.

Second, the 79.5p per cup is high in absolute terms. The Vertuo system commands premium pricing across the board because of the closed compatible market, but Melozio’s per-cup price is firmly in “I picked Vertuo for convenience, not cost” territory.

Bottom line

If you have a Vertuo machine and you want a reliable daily mug coffee, Melozio is the right default sleeve. The 60-pack at 79.5p per cup is fair value within Vertuo’s pricing structure, and the medium-roast profile is broadly inoffensive across most home-coffee tastes.

For households that drink mostly espresso-format shots from Vertuo, Altissio at 55.6p per cup is the better-value sleeve. For households that want filter-style longer coffee but didn’t yet commit to Vertuo, Nespresso OriginalLine plus a longer-pull setting (or a budget filter machine) saves significant money over Vertuo Mug pricing.