Coffee drinking foccers

[locksmith]

Am thinking of going for a nespresso machine, namely the U milk one as it does good looking latte's with real milk which is the only coffee the wife drinks. Me, I drink any coffee - yum-yum

Any thoughts?

[Arfa]

Personally I avoid Nestle stuff like the plague, mainly because the kill babies in Africa:-
http://babymilkaction.org/nestlefree
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/nestle-baby-milk-scandal-food-industry-standards


As an avid coffee addict, I've got myself a Rancilio Silvia. A proper espresso machine. Purchase after our last Kenwood 'retro' looking thing died after just 3 years. The Rancilio is a solid lump of no messing stainless steel, brass boiler, weighty group head, no stupid electronics to fizzle out and all round solid piece of kit. Ours is pushing 5 years old now and still looks and performs like new. Bit more expensive yes, but buy cheap, buy twice.


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[fireblake]

I have a basic Nesspresso machine that just makes Espresso. I usually boil milk in a cup (microwave)and then add the Espresso. Yum. The pods cost about 33p each so not to bad in price
My brother has a Jura Ena Micro which cost nearly £600 and grinds the beans too. Fantastic.
He also has an AeroPress which is a portable coffee maker and is as good as the Jura for making 1 cup and costs £19.49. This isn't much good for drinking with friends though. He works on the rigs so takes it with him and he can then get his fix anywhere. I'm buying one for my truck. You still have to provide boiled water


http://www.jura-coffee-machines.co.uk/?gclid=CIK-2ND-rLsCFWnjwgodIAgAmQ#product245


http://www.aeropresscoffee.co.uk


Mickey

[locksmith]

Food for thought there Arfa but that machine, I don't want to open a branch of Starbucks

I'm drawn to the Magimix U with milk frother thingie as theres a £70 credit with nespresso and a 3 year gtee at John Lewis.
So with a price match and the voucher knocked off it's £99.
Like the idea of the sealed pods for freshness as it's not going to get that much use and there's nothing more annoying than finding the bag of ground coffee you have is well past it's best !

[BBROWN1664]

I got the cusinart (not sure if that's how you spell it) bean to cup one from Currys. Does a good job.

[mickvp]

I've got a tassimo machine. Expensive novelty item... Still making coffee the normal way

[steeeve66]

..I have a kettle.. ..and a cafetiere...

[stevierst]

I use an espresso coffee pot, and proper coffee, awesome caffeine hit, and cheaper than the pod machines. Old school!

[fazersharp]

Im with stevierst
Forget your pods and cr*p that end up being hard to find after a while. And forget your frofy milk that you will end up not bothering with and get one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bialetti-Venus-6-Cup-Stove-Top-Espresso-Coffee-Maker-Stainless-Steel-Induction-/360648663032?pt=UK_Homes_Garden_Kitchen_Kettles&hash=item53f855dff8#ht_500wt_1157 I have a 10 cup one that makes two normal size cups that I just add whitner too. The top unscrews and water gos in the bottom and then a funnel shape steel filter tat holds the coffe grounds, water boils and steam is pushed up through the grounds uo a tube in the top part where it condenses to liquidy coffee
Dont get the alli ones and get the stainless steel ones- much nicer looking

[slimwilly]

The wife and i are coffee addicts too,


my first job every morning is to make a full coffee machine of real coffee,thats gone by 8.15am


then i get all sorts of coffee all day off my customers.
My wife uses a Tassimo,,she loves it,,i dont mind it too,,makes excellent Costa's

[seangee]

De Longi Magnifica for me. Far cheaper in the long run because you just use beans. No mucking about with overpriced pods

[ChristoT]

..I have a kettle.. ..and a cafetiere...

Real man coffee! 

[noggythenog]

I got a tassimo off the muv in law....good shit but the disk fings are expensive.




Theres coffee want which equals pissing about with said tassimo & makin frothy wirly tasty shit.




Then theres coffee "need".....where coffee is needed like air in the vacuum of space & in those cases i opt for good old any old shit in a jar will do & you save money in the process & im foccin greatful to even touch the tip of my tongue on it!.


Dont do filter coffee....just like a pot noodle where you havent dissolved all the dusty stuff........dissapointing!!!!

[Kev8261]

Go for the nespresso machine, trust me I've tried to make decent espresso with lots of other machines, obviously excluding the £600 types, and the nespresso is the only one that makes consistently good coffee.


Don't know about the milk option, especially girlie latte

[slimwilly]

What is an expresso?, is it the small black ones?

[Kev8261]

yeah, it's the small black ones that all coffee drinks are based on.

[locksmith]

Expresso is a fast coffee

Got one of the bialetti stove top jobbies and while it produces a good coffee, it's a lot of foccing about for a drink and where I don't use it too regularly I've never got fresh coffee for it cause it's well out of date ,so works out expensive due to the waste and the rubber seals seem to perish where it's left standing hence my need for something more suitable to my needs.
And besides George Clooney looks so cool drinking neospresso

[fireblake]

I've just spent £36.45 on 50 Indrya capsules and 50 Fortissio Lungo capsules. These are nice and strong. I then as said earlier use a larger Espresso cup with 2/3rds  boiled milk and top the cup up with Espresso. Bloody lovely. As is 1 shot of Espresso on its own. I only drink it like this at weekends when i'm not working and vegging out with the Mrs otherwise it's good old instant.

Mickey

[VNA - BMW Wank]

..I have a kettle.. ..and a cafetiere...

Me too.  Tastes good to me.    The only wee machine is the bean grinder.  Which is my best tip buy beans not ground coffee, ground coffee goes off very quick.

I do like a good cappuccino if I'm out, though never set foot in Starbucks and never will.

[Skippernick]

Just enjoyed a perfect cappuccino with my delonghi machine.

[steeeve66]

..I have a kettle.. ..and a cafetiere...

Me too.  Tastes good to me.    The only wee machine is the bean grinder.  Which is my best tip buy beans not ground coffee, ground coffee goes off very quick.

I do like a good cappuccino if I'm out, though never set foot in Starbucks and never will.

I should get a grinder but instead go for Lavazza Qual Rossa...

[Farjo]

Sounds like we need a foc-u coffee morning where we all bring our machines to compare their coffees

[slimwilly]

Sounds like we need a foc-u coffee morning where we all bring our machines to compare their coffees

but where do you live?

[Farjo]

I'm currently homeless (god bless free WiFi) but I'm sure Locksmith will oblige

[Skippernick]

I would like to point out that its not the machine that make perfect coffee, its the coffee itself, i.e. the blend the strength etc.
The machine just heats it up, so if you don't like a coffee from a certain machine make sure you like the coffee first.