Online retailer: Coffeepodshop.co.uk

Rather than buying all your Senseo blends from eBay, it makes sense to hunt out one of the many dedicated companies out there who stock Senseo pods and can give you a better deal. I've never used www.coffeepodshop.co.uk, but they have a large range of international Senseo pods (not including the Godiva blends) at fairly decent prices. The delivery is not discounted, however, so in order to make it worth your while you need to be canny about the amounts you order - up to 2kg is £5.99.

One good aspect about the site is their test packages, which give you a chance to try out a large range of different coffees. The Super Testpackage contains 12 different kinds of Senseo varieties, and 228 pods in all - with bags of regular, mild roast, dark roast, decaffinated and mocha gourmet containing 18 pods each; bags of Vienna, Rio de Janeiro and Sevella (Senseo City range) containing 10 pods each, bags of Colombia, Kenya and Brazil (Senseo Selections range - currently available in the UK) containing 24 pods each, and the Extra Dark Roast containing 36 pods.

Including postage and packaging, this works out at £37.44, but as some of these pods are already available in the UK, it's only really worth ordering this one if you're unable to source the full range of the UK specific blends. The only varieties in the Super Testpackage which are not available in the UK are the Senseo City range (Vienna, Rio de Janeiro and Sevella), the Extra Dark Roast and the mocha gourmet. Instead, try picking up the City range test pack (£5.91, 10 pods of each flavour), the individual mocha gourmet pack (£2.76 for 18 pods), the extra dark pack (£4.73 for 36 pods), the cafe choco pack (£2.58 for 10 pods), or the cappuccino pack (£3.13 for 10 pods).

As I've said, I've never used this retailer before, so I can't vouch for them, but let me know your experiences. If you have any recommendations for other online retailers, let me know.