I bought the Ecopod for use with the Senseo coffee machine, which can make an expresso, (small), or normal sized cup of coffee. When you fill the pod with the amount of coffee that should make a normal cup of coffee, you get something so weak it's undrinkable. That amount of coffee will make a good demi-tasse. Seems that the ecopod is a bit small for the senseo, so water goes around it instead of thru it.