Hello, what kind of coffee machine do you have? I would like to buy new one, and I am not sure about brand. I lovee espresso.
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Posted 7 years ago #
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Bialletti stovetop, or suitable clone. Mine needs to be able to fill a big flask in a single loading.
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aeropress - fast and good coffee. I find myself using it over my Bialletti stovetop.
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+1 for the Bialetti. Had mine for years - unlike the clones, you can replace the rubber seals and other bits when they wear out.
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I'm so-so on bialettis, to me they always produced quite burned coffee and I got rid of mine without tears shed when I switched to an induction worktop. You need a special one for induction. Ask around if friends have one to try the flavour.
A friend far more into coffee than I swore by an aeropress before he got a bad boy bean to cup machine.
By far the tidiest/laziest/quickest method is a capsule machine which will give you actual espresso rather than a 'strong americano'. Opinions on the single use packaging vary a lot.
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For the scientists the reason a Bialetti is so hard to control is as follows.
A bialetti produces steam in the void above the water reservoir. This is volumous, so displaces unboiled water upwards through the pipe and coffee ground holder eventually discharging into the coffee pot.
However, coffee spoils/burns in contact with boiling water. Managing the tipping point of having enough steam to keep pressure vs not passing burning water through the coffee is extremely difficult as there's no thermometer or thermostat to guide you.
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We have
1) a filter coffee machine
2) two cafetieres
3) an aeropress
and
4) a stove top machine.Whoever gets up first puts on the filter machine. If more coffee is required during the day then a cafetiere is used. I like the aeropress, O/H less so. The stove top only comes out on rare occasions when we fancy something a bit stronger.
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At home, I have a traditional Italian-style stove top coffee-maker. But actually there and at work, I am generally restricted to instant coffee. But I only have decaf.
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Opinionated coffee seller at the work café won't sell me decaf because she thinks it's an abomination. (Well, she will sell it to me, but only after a ritualistic exchange of words. Usually she talks me out of it because I'm easily swayed.)
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We have a Gaggia espresso machine and that is my preferred coffee making method at home, starting off with ground coffee (have a separate coffee grinder).
Also have 4(!) Cafetieres of varying sizes - selection based on how many the coffee is for.
Finally a drip filter coffee maker (you pour just off the boil water into the funnel and it drips through.
At work cafetiere is the preferred weapon of choice.
Had a Bialetti however as noted above, doesn't work on the induction hob. Also if you're not careful the coffee grounds can end up in your coffee cup!
In all cases, vessels including cups are pre-heated with boiling water (although the Gaggia does also heat the cups when it's on).... pre-heating also applies to tea making too!!
Radio 4 had a coffee making expert on and they were not impressed with the pod machines in terms of taste, never mind environmental impact.
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Stayed with folk in Hungary once who made coffee by boiling it in a pan on the stove. Served in a small glass with a slosh of cream. It was a wee bit powerful for my taste!
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Aeropress inverted method. Bialetti or espresso machine for a bit of variety. I've tried pods at friends' and thought they were excellent.
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Currently mourning the demise of the bean-to-cup machine at work. Slumming it with a cafetiere.
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.
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I have a Moroccan house boy. No idea how he makes it but the coffee's delicious.
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Various cafetieres in the house.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
But Berra, how did you know we would like coffee?
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I have a kettle.
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French kettle?
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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. ;)
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.
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.
A variety of clever drippers and v60s which I tend not to use day to day.
Finally I have my beloved bripe 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.
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.
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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.
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).
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@frenchy if threads had prizes I think you might have won this one.
@Iwrats I'm assuming he doesn't serve two purposes or you'd have access to delicious coffee up a hill.
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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.
Another +1 for cafetiere for every day and aeropress for when you need a weapons strength caffeine hit.
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Cafetiere
French espresso press for the hob
And a Nespresso machine for good and quick.Posted 7 years ago # -
I have the Waitrose free coffee card, pretty good now they've upgraded those cycle racks.
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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.
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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.
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@iwrats Get your catamite to follow you on a barista bike.
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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
I am obsessed with the crema
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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.
Have loads of other kit too - stove top, aeropress, cafetière, one of those vacuum-pot things...
Posted 7 years ago # -
@Cyclingmollie
He will only travel by camel, the little blighter.
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