• Lavazza offer a Nespresso compatible decaf coffee, Ricco. It’s not bad at all. This is the only particularly good Nespresso compatible decaf I’ve found in local supermarkets. (Lavazza supplied the only decent coffee I found when living in the UK.)
• No other decaf has appealed to me. There are a lot of alternative brands available, and, to be honest, they all taste cheap, even the ones that cost a lot of money. There might be some better coffees hiding amongst this morass, but I haven’t found them.

What I learnt is that:

• Good coffee costs, but so does marketing. I don’t mind paying for good coffee, I strongly object to paying for the marketing of bad coffee: I don’t like being cheated. I’ve not found a good coffee at a cheap price, so a cheap price is a good indication of bad coffee. Unfortunately, the conmen of marketing departments mean most expensive coffees are crap too.
• Many suppliers produce much caffeinated coffees, but only a few decafs. Their decaf offerings maybe worth considering, but if they don’t supply my market, I won’t buy their products.
• Quite obviously, I’m limited to what I can buy here in Luxembourg, whether in shops or online, so I miss out on coffees only available elsewhere.

I’ll continue to drink my favourite Nespresso coffees, their decaf versions, but I’ve added Starbucks and Lavazza to my personal selection.