Coffee... What, and how?

[Odie]

TheHeretic said:

croyde said:

I have a 3 cup stove top pot but it only half fills a mug which I then drink. Am I doing it right as previous posters have talked of adding hot water.

The stovetop ones do espresso, (sort of), so should really be served in the little espresso cups. My 1 cup pot fills a mug, with thick I drink quite happily. So the 2 cups it speaks of are little espresso cups.

HTH

I add a shot (using a shot glass) to a mug then add milk and water to fill the mug up, get me 3 mugs out of it each time. I sometime do have it as a double or a tripple shot but that usually get me bouncing off the walls lol.

Or as mentioned you can have it in a espresso cup

[TheHeretic]

Odie said:

I add a shot (using a shot glass) to a mug then add milk and water to fill the mug up, get me 3 mugs out of it each time. I sometime do have it as a double or a tripple shot but that usually get me bouncing off the walls lol.

Or as mentioned you can have it in a espresso cup

I have the lot in a mug, because I am powerfully built, etc.

[Mobile Chicane]

TheHeretic said:

croyde said:

I have a 3 cup stove top pot but it only half fills a mug which I then drink. Am I doing it right as previous posters have talked of adding hot water.

The stovetop ones do espresso, (sort of), so should really be served in the little espresso cups. My 1 cup pot fills a mug, with thick I drink quite happily. So the 2 cups it speaks of are little espresso cups.

HTH

Imagine the laugh you'll have with your little pot, on your little stove, in your little shack, when all the English softies are moaning about how their expensive beans-to-cup machines aren't working since there's no leccy in all the snow we'll be having...

Mwah haha haha haha haha haha.

[TheHeretic]

Ha! I can have coffee 24/7... Take that people who don't have little stoves, or little shacks! Hermits for the win!

[paulmurr]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Taking the pish?

Yes, yes I was

[Flibble]

Russ T Bolt said:

Just signed up to the Hasbean annual subscription, so I get a different bag of coffee beans each week.

I pondered getting the once a month subscription (about the rate I drink coffee at), but bottled it in the end and just bought a few bags.

[XJSJohn]

bluebear said:

king arthur said:

bluebear said:

you shower of poncy fkers !

one spoon of this. Then milk and two.....easy

Well some educated well to do people enjoy the taste of actual coffee, and then some chav common people just want a hot drink that wakes them up in the morning. You might as well warm up a can of Red Bull left over from you night on the vodka and Red Bull, for all that instant has to do with drinking coffee.

Made for when you want to be all posh and st

Edited by bluebear on Wednesday 11th January 18:58

making life far to complicated for yourself there bluebear, you need 3in1

[Colonial]

One of these bad boys



Bialetti Class 4 cup.

Never get a cheapy. Make sure it is stainless steel.

Makes the best espresso around.

If I am getting a coffee from a proper barista it's a double shot macchiato.

[Russ T Bolt]

Flibble said:

I pondered getting the once a month subscription (about the rate I drink coffee at), but bottled it in the end and just bought a few bags.

So far, the annual one is certainly worth it, but I am only three weeks in.
From memory I think it works out at about £3.75 per bag, but the ones I have received so far are priced well above that.

Also I get to try coffee that I probably wouldn't have ordered and I don't need to worry about running out. May just be novelty factor but I find it quite interesting watching the video blog and trying the coffee at the same time.

[TheHeretic]

Colonial said:

One of these bad boys



Bialetti Class 4 cup.

Never get a cheapy. Make sure it is stainless steel.

Makes the best espresso around.

If I am getting a coffee from a proper barista it's a double shot macchiato.

What difference does stainless make? It operates on pressure, not temp per say, does it not?

[TheHeretic]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Not in my experience, but then I'm not a snotty nosed coffee type!

[Colonial]

TheHeretic said:

What difference does stainless make? It operates on pressure, not temp per say, does it not?

As has been said. Slight metallic taste.

[TheHeretic]

Colonial said:

As has been said. Slight metallic taste.

Only on the first couple. Rinse it, and jobs a goodun. The coffee builds up on it.

[Colonial]

TheHeretic said:

Only on the first couple. Rinse it, and jobs a goodun. The coffee builds up on it.

I'm a snotty nosed coffee type

[bluebear]

XJSJohn said:

bluebear said:

king arthur said:

bluebear said:

you shower of poncy fkers !

one spoon of this. Then milk and two.....easy

Well some educated well to do people enjoy the taste of actual coffee, and then some chav common people just want a hot drink that wakes them up in the morning. You might as well warm up a can of Red Bull left over from you night on the vodka and Red Bull, for all that instant has to do with drinking coffee.

Made for when you want to be all posh and st

Edited by bluebear on Wednesday 11th January 18:58

making life far to complicated for yourself there bluebear, you need 3in1

I stand corrected sir THIS is what you need when you want to be all posh and st !

[bomb]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Taking the pish ?



<NoT Sure is Serious Meme inserted here>

For what its worth, I have just bought one of these beasties. I saw P & M comments during Chritmas, and realised it was a good buy.
It replaces our trusty Gaggia Classic, which has been great, but we have broken Three handles over the years. Just worn them out as opposed to 'breaking' them.

I hope to unpack and get the bean-to-cup experience very soon.....(currently away at work).

I hope its as good as the write ups !!

[Shaw Tarse]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

bomb said:

For what its worth, I have just bought one of these beasties.

Me too, popped into Best Buy to see if they had anything in their closing down sale.
Display model, no box...

£194.18

[Digger]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Shaw Tarse said:

£194.18

Don't worry pnm, i sense it will be the one right behind mine off the production line. He'll plug it in and the front will promptly fall off.

[dapprman]

croyde said:

I have a 3 cup stove top pot but it only half fills a mug which I then drink. Am I doing it right as previous posters have talked of adding hot water.

Hence why I replaced mine with a 6 cup one

[anonymous-user]

Good thread!

I've been on a 'journey through coffee'...

Up to about 3 years ago I hated coffee as literally all I had was people making me the occational cup of instant which I hated... So I thought I didnt like coffee.

Then I started enjoying real coffee in restaurants following a meal, then started loving proper coffee in Cafe's.

So I first bought a a glass Bodum Cafetiere... Which was a good starting point.

As i became more fussy, I then moved onto:



Which has been great.

But my mum just bought me this for Christmas:



Dualit Espressivo.

It's bloody brilliant. The taste and consistency of the coffee I can now make is at least as good as decent restaurant or cafe/coffee shop. I'm well pleased!

I believe the high pressure during the coffee/hot water stage, combined with the steam milk frother really makes the difference between an ok coffee and a really good coffee.

My coffee of choice is either Starbucks medium (sorry!) or the Lavazza Gold which I really like.

Quite a turn around from 3 years ago!