Coffee Time

[beano500]

Note for the easily offended: I am a heathen and tend to have my coffee out of a jar!

Well, in a bid to be more "couth" than my usual kettle-mug interface I tore the top off a new jar this morning and used a spoon on the contents.

Normally I just tip the jar and liberally and generously shake the contents into the mug until it sufficiently coats the bottom. Repeat about 6 times every morning...

Isn't a spoonful a tiny amount? No wonder I get through whole jars so quickly!

[Ikemi]

beano500 said:

Normally I just tip the jar and liberally and generously shake the contents into the mug until it sufficiently coats the bottom.

I used to do this too! However I now have a coffee machine, so proper measurement of either beans or ground ... Much better than instant in every way

[ndtman]

Nothing unusual in that, I do the same at work. Tastes great as well, can't stand weak coffee.

[bigdods]

At home the bean to cup machine does it for me so I dont think about it.

At work instant is free but 'real' coffee (and its still pretty crap) is £1.50 for a small one so me being cheap I have the instant.

Guy I am working with was shocked (his words not mine) to see me put 3 heaped teaspoons of instant in a mug but I just cant stand weak and washy coffee.

[bigTee]

I do this with sugar. I have no idea how many sugars I have with my tea.

I should really invest in a tea spoon as my pens are starting to show signs of stirring distress.

[bazking69]

That noise boys...

It is your heart pounding away high on caffeine!

[Custard Test]

bigdods said:

At work instant is free but 'real' coffee (and its still pretty crap) is £1.50 for a small one so me being cheap I have the instant.

Get yourself one of these and bring in your own decent coffee. That is what I do.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smartcafe-Cafetiere-Hot-Mu...

[Cooky]

Instant Coffee...God-dam peasants



I do like them Lyons coffee bags though

[Dave^]

And here's me thinking I was posh drinking Kenco...

[Asterix]

Gold Blend (posh you see...) for a quick cuppa and a cafetiere for when I have a bit longer - weekends etc...

[soad]

beano500 said:

Normally I just tip the jar and liberally and generously shake the contents into the mug until it sufficiently coats the bottom. Repeat about 6 times every morning...


Isn't a spoonful a tiny amount? No wonder I get through whole jars so quickly!

I tip the jar of coffee on most occassions too.
None of this messing about with teaspoon (or spoon) business. Same goes for sugar...

Edited by soad on Friday 12th February 10:27

[alfa pint]

I'm going to out ponse you by stating that my weekend preference is to grind my own beans (which are kept in the freezer) and use the perculator.

During the week, I use one of those tiny 1 x mug size cafetieres into which I pour way too much pre-ground coffee which lives in the work kitchen fridge.

Such a fecking snob, sorry. But it tastes like coffee should.

[Don]

beano500 said:

Normally I just tip the jar and liberally and generously shake the contents into the mug until it sufficiently coats the bottom. Repeat about 6 times every morning...

This is my preferred method.

But I only drink two cups a day.

[Dave^]

If I'm feeling special (not speshul!) I have a Cappuccino with Chocolate sprinkles (from a Nescafe sachet)...

[CampDavid]

I just press the double espresso button 3 times. Winner

[beano500]

Don said:

But I only drink two cups a day.

I tried cutting down on numbers - but then I have to have BUCKETS instead of thimbles

[escargot]

No coffee machine in my new office (yet) so I buy the nescafe original and nescafe espresso. I'm the only one that drinks mugs full of the espresso stuff in any case.

It's pap compared to my stove top moka pot thingy but it does the job.

[GestapoWatch]

I deliberately shake the jar of Nescafe so that the larger rocks spill into my cup (via the liberal method mentioned above) leaving the inferior powder for everyone else! Bizzare but I have it in my head that there is more caffeine infused in them for a larger 'hit'!

[RichUK]

I have a bean to filter machine, makes ten cups or four large mugs of coffee a time.

Tends to last two hours before it is all drunk.

No wonder I can never sleep.

[hornetrider]

I have one of them there filter coffee jobs. enough for a double espresso then top up with hot milk - yum.