http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: coffee machines en Tue, 19 May 2026 17:07:40 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262696 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 21:27:25 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 262696@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nothing makes a better coffee than my Bialetti, but if I'm in a hurry then a nespresso machine does the job </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262693 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 21:03:58 +0000 minus six 262693@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>grinder</strong>:</p> <p>Nivona CafeGrano 130</p> <p><strong>beans</strong>:</p> <p>Peru Tunki</p> <p><a href="http://yorkcoffeeemporium.co.uk/peru-tunki-coffee.html" rel="nofollow">http://yorkcoffeeemporium.co.uk/peru-tunki-coffee.html</a></p> <p><strong>dispenser</strong>:</p> <p>Clever Dripper</p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clever-Pour-Over-Coffee-Dripper/dp/B00EOM5RN0" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clever-Pour-Over-Coffee-Dripper/dp/B00EOM5RN0</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262664 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:55:17 +0000 unhurt 262664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And a burning desire to contribute nothing to humanity?</p> <p>(I might have Opinions about molecular gastronomy. Knee-jerk and uninformed opinions, but quite satisfying. Unlike a molecularly gastronomic meal...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262662 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:48:09 +0000 I were right about that saddle 262662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>mad scientist's distillation kit</em></p> <p>Back in the day I toyed with the idea of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soxhlet_extractor">Soxhlet</a> coffee and liquid nitrogen milkshakes. I could have been the founder of molecular gastronomy if I'd just had a bit of ambition. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262660 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:19:08 +0000 Cyclingmollie 262660@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If a Bripe showed up on The Mighty Boosh it would be in the hands of Howard (mocked by Vince) though probably stolen from Naboo. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262652 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:33:15 +0000 acsimpson 262652@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My wife has the "tea" version too. It appears to be better than my coffee one. Perhaps I'll have to add the stainless one to a wishlist. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262640 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:48:39 +0000 fimm 262640@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That bripe thing goes with the device a friend has that looks like a mad scientist's distillation kit....<br /> (... the mad scientist's distillation kit does make very pleasant coffee, I have to admit.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262637 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:24:28 +0000 wee folding bike 262637@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>acsimpson,</p> <p>Not exactly. It's a stainless steel version of that. We've got a couple of plastic ones without the press too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262631 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 09:36:07 +0000 I were right about that saddle 262631@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anybody out-hipstered by me should take a long hard look in their artisanal mercury-silvered hand-blown looking glass.</p> <p>I do like the idea of recruiting a British street Arab to make instant coffee with beer though. Sweetheart Stout perhaps? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262629 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 09:22:08 +0000 Roibeard 262629@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRaTS - your problem has been recruiting a foreign worker, whenever our hardpressed British urchin needs employment.</p> <p>Don't forget to ensure a ration of alcohol to maintain the status quo - rum, gin, beer or ale are all traditional.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262628 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 09:21:58 +0000 acsimpson 262628@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wfb is this the bodum you have? <img src="http://scalexpic.espares.co.uk/d95e04cb-6e83-4dfb-8d98-481762a8ddfd?maxwidth=268&amp;maxheight=268"></p> <p>I have one and am unimpressed. It allows grounds into the coffee and isn't sealed so not much good as a travel mug.</p> <p>I sometimes use it in the car but often make the coffee in another vessel first to ensure it's filtered.</p> <p>I'll give another vote for the aeropress definitely inverted though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204&page=2#post-262627 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 09:17:55 +0000 ARobComp 262627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>IWRATS you shall never experience the true moment of nirvana as the hipsters look at you drinking your espresso through your bripe and realise THEY'VE BEEN OUT-HIPPED </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262625 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 08:28:14 +0000 I were right about that saddle 262625@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Cyclingmollie</p> <p>He will only travel by camel, the little blighter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262623 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 08:19:39 +0000 PS 262623@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've got a Rancilio Silvia espresso machine and its accompanying Rocky grinder. Going through some photos a few days ago I realised I've had it for 14 years and it's still going strong, with only the occasional clean. It's very reliable - tends to produce a good crema. </p> <p>Have loads of other kit too - stove top, aeropress, cafetière, one of those vacuum-pot things... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262616 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 07:09:57 +0000 gembo 262616@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like an aero press but the crema in the vessel cannot get into the cup. Same as the stove top. I love the ritual of the stove top and the noise but the crema disappears </p> <p>I am obsessed with the crema </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262613 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 23:57:47 +0000 Cyclingmollie 262613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@iwrats Get your catamite to follow you on a barista bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262610 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 22:53:16 +0000 weezee 262610@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>De'longhi grinder + aeropress (inverted method) + Bosch Sensor kettle set to 70° + Contigo travel mug if out about or my favourite Garda Síochána mug at home. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262609 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 22:36:27 +0000 I were right about that saddle 262609@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That bripe thing can get in the sea. If my houseboy is to carry a pipe and blowtorch up a hill it won't be that one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262607 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 21:59:05 +0000 gkgk 262607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have the Waitrose free coffee card, pretty good now they've upgraded those cycle racks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262600 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 21:02:34 +0000 StepRam 262600@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cafetiere<br /> French espresso press for the hob<br /> And a Nespresso machine for good and quick. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262599 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:58:42 +0000 sallyhinch 262599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Friends of ours who drink a lot of coffee have got a kettle which can be set to switch off either at boiling, 90 degrees or I think something like 60 degrees, depending on what you're making. For cafetieres it saves having to guess and switch it off manually just before it boils, and should save energy (and time) over the long run.</p> <p>Another +1 for cafetiere for every day and aeropress for when you need a weapons strength caffeine hit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262598 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:56:55 +0000 unhurt 262598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@frenchy if threads had prizes I think you might have won this one.</p> <p>@Iwrats I'm assuming he doesn't serve two purposes or you'd have access to delicious coffee up a hill. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262596 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:29:15 +0000 Mandopicker101 262596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Most days it's a simple stainless steel cafetiere at home. On high days/holidays, we dust off the stove-top espresso contraption when we feel the need for stronger measures. </p> <p>At work and when travelling I use an Aladdin cafetiere/flask combo. It's similar to the Bodum set-up, just with markedly less stylish flourishes. However it keeps coffee suitably scalding for hours and is sufficiently bulletproof to have survived several years use by me. It even fits in the bottle cage on my bike (this may explain the flask's severely denuded paint job). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262595 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:23:02 +0000 ARobComp 262595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have 2x aeropress in various offices and one at home. Experiment with each coffee and grind to get a good feel for the amount of coffee, amount of water, and time you need to leave the coffee. I only use the inverted method for making coffee. Anything else makes you as bad as amir with his decaf. ;) </p> <p>I also have a cafetieres at my office in Glasgow which is excellent now I've taught the staff how to make it properly. I had a junior staff member once who emptied about 30 sachets of instant into the thing just assuming that that was what you did with one.</p> <p>I have a Nespresso machine I never use which is looking for a new home if you want to buy one cheap. They're great for a quick espresso but don't make great coffee overall. </p> <p>A variety of clever drippers and v60s which I tend not to use day to day. </p> <p>Finally I have my beloved <a href="www.briping.com">bripe</a> which arrived last friday. Makes an astonishingly good shot of espresso on the move with minimal kit. Served very well at the top of glentress on Saturday. </p> <p>Would recommend aeropress as the level of geekery that is achievable crossed with the quality of coffee you should be capable of turning out is second only to the Bripe. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262594 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 19:59:55 +0000 gembo 262594@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>French kettle? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262587 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:47:23 +0000 Frenchy 262587@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a kettle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262586 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:41:36 +0000 gembo 262586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>De longhi espresso machine, good value has lasted five years. Mostly use French press, but I have a special technique to get the crema on top of the coffee s I drink it black.</p> <p>But Berra, how did you know we would like coffee? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262584 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:38:36 +0000 wee folding bike 262584@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Various cafetieres in the house. </p> <p>I have single cup Bodum cafetiere in school and Earl Grey tea bags for when I'm in a hurry to another part of the school.</p> <p>We got a Tassimo machine last year. The management loves it and we took it to Dorset in the summer. It was cheaper than going to cafes for the fancy beverages she enjoys. I use it for black coffee because I can set it going and do something else then it's ready when I come back. A church off Byres Rd recycles the empty pods which assuages my guilt on the level of plastic. </p> <p>Number One son got me the Bodum vacuum flask travel cup cafetiere in the spring and it's seen a lot of use. It stays hot for hours and I can make coffee anywhere I can use a Trangia. I don't know what you would do if you wanted to pollute your coffee with milk or some other abomination as the press is inside the cup. I guess you'd need to take the lid off to add the vile contaminants. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262579 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:53:34 +0000 I were right about that saddle 262579@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a Moroccan house boy. No idea how he makes it but the coffee's delicious. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18204#post-262576 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:30:40 +0000 MediumDave 262576@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Currently mourning the demise of the bean-to-cup machine at work. Slumming it with a cafetiere. </p> <p>At home, a Bialetti Moka Express all the way. Apparently they have a fancier one now with a jiggler valve that controls the pressure of the water going through. That might help with the control issues. </p>