Coffee machines - whaddaya know?

[Turn7]

[Flibble]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

seriously. Stop Pissing about. Hand / electric ground yada yada. BEANS TO CUP FTW

I've used your favoured bean to cup machine, it's not all that. Not bad mind you, but not exactly the last word in coffee.

[Bonefish Blues]

Flibble said:

Bonefish Blues said:

Agree - I bought a hand grinder and it reduced my coffee intake significantly.

I bought an electric and it increased my coffee intake. Not sure that's a good thing.

...and then I went bean to cup and I'm still trying to get down from the ceiling.

[LordGrover]

Ah. There's your problem; house too small.

First step then, get a bigger house, e.g.:



... then get grinder of your choice.

Glad to help.

[jagracer]

My daughter wants a coffee machine for Christmas but we're not sure which is the best route to go. My wife says get a Tassimo but I'm not sure about whether to go for a filter or bean type machine. Budget will be a consideration, I don't want to spend a fortune and also convenience for her will be another.

[CommanderJameson]

jagracer said:

My daughter wants a coffee machine for Christmas but we're not sure which is the best route to go. My wife says get a Tassimo but I'm not sure about whether to go for a filter or bean type machine. Budget will be a consideration, I don't want to spend a fortune and also convenience for her will be another.

And you won't have wasted a fortune if it gets used twice and never again.

Makes a cracking cup of coffee, too.

[jagracer]

CommanderJameson said:

And you won't have wasted a fortune if it gets used twice and never again.

Makes a cracking cup of coffee, too.

Errr, what is it?

[TheHeretic]

jagracer said:

Errr, what is it?

Coffee and cold water in the bottom, put on stove/hob, etc. coffee magically appears in the top pot.

[sleep envy]

A moka machine

[Rosun]

jagracer said:

CommanderJameson said:

And you won't have wasted a fortune if it gets used twice and never again.

Makes a cracking cup of coffee, too.

Errr, what is it?

I've got an all gas hob.
Are there any adapters that I can get to use one of these?

[cahami]

Another hijack,Tea drinker so please help me out, Im buying a bialleti stovetop, wife likes coffee. what coffee should i use?

[Shaw Tarse]

cahami said:

Another hijack,Tea drinker so please help me out, Im buying a bialleti stovetop, wife likes coffee. what coffee should i use?

Ask fellow PHer ccqueen http://www.smokeybarn.co.uk/

[cahami]

Shaw Tarse said:

cahami said:

Another hijack,Tea drinker so please help me out, Im buying a bialleti stovetop, wife likes coffee. what coffee should i use?

Ask fellow PHer ccqueen http://www.smokeybarn.co.uk/

Thanks for the reply, but do i use beans /powder or what? real coffee newbee sorry.

[Shaw Tarse]

cahami said:

Thanks for the reply, but do i use beans /powder or what? real coffee newbee sorry.

Chris will give a proper answer, But I think you need to buy ground coffee, or beans & a grinder?
Personally I succumbed to a Delonghi beans to cup machine.

[CommanderJameson]

Rosun said:

jagracer said:

CommanderJameson said:

And you won't have wasted a fortune if it gets used twice and never again.

Makes a cracking cup of coffee, too.

Errr, what is it?

I've got an all gas hob.
Are there any adapters that I can get to use one of these?

I use mine on a gas hob - no problem.

[jagracer]

CommanderJameson said:

And you won't have wasted a fortune if it gets used twice and never again.

Makes a cracking cup of coffee, too.

Is that much different to this except you put ready boiled water in it?

[CommanderJameson]

jagracer said:

s that much different to this except you put ready boiled water in it?

Yeah, pretty different.

Here's how it works. It comes apart in the middle. There's a funnel that sits in the bottom part. You put the ground coffee in that. You fill the bottom part with cold water, assemble it, and put it on the hob.

As the water in the bottom part boils, steam pressure forces the hot water up the funnel, through the coffee and into the top jug section.

[jagracer]

CommanderJameson said:

Yeah, pretty different.

Here's how it works. It comes apart in the middle. There's a funnel that sits in the bottom part. You put the ground coffee in that. You fill the bottom part with cold water, assemble it, and put it on the hob.

As the water in the bottom part boils, steam pressure forces the hot water up the funnel, through the coffee and into the top jug section.

I realise the principle is different but I assume the end product is the same for a similar amount of effort.

[CommanderJameson]

jagracer said:

realise the principle is different but I assume the end product is the same for a similar amount of effort.

Well, it's all coffee; but cafetiere coffee isn't espresso, which is what the stovetop pot makes.

[Bonefish Blues]

And as cool as a cool thing, too

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/03/mokaexpress/