I saw these at Village Grocer, Sunway Giza and heard Metrojaya (Living Quarters) also have. RM399 for the basic machine, red one. Did note the price of the pack of capsules.

Yep see them everywhere now. Jusco 1U and the home store on ground floor have them. I'm verrrry interested in these machines. Piccolo is RM398-410 and Circolo is RM700+. In the long run not too expensive, like you said RM1.30 for the black coffee. Plus it also only comes up to RM3.50 for the 'fancy' drinks that use the 2 pods (coffee + milk). The full range of capsules can be seen here - http://www.dolce-gusto.us/Products/Capsule-Flavors.aspx. Do hope they bring the other flavors in .. if not have to hoard when go on holidays overseas.

Other options for diabetics or just have to drink espresso instead with the Dolce Gusto? Maybe try CBTL. Saw those at Isetan KLCC. Seem to have better options of capsules, a bit cheaper for those .. but the machine is pricier 800-1k. At that price point is it better to buy a low-end espresso machine rather than capsule/pod?

I was going to go for CBTL machine but now my family budget has gone elsewhere so have to wait a bit. I did write up a comparison between CBTL vs Dolce Gusto on my blog (link), this is just from my research this past week.

Ya la Irzani it still make same coffee Being devil's advocate here ... since I can't get it until after December.

Nespresso get online, 150 pods free delivery if not rm25. Fast delivery too i heard.