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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 16:00:46 GMT
I'm terrified of buying a coffee machine. I drink too much coffee already. Well, We had better not start talking about the wonderful smells of home roasting etc. then? |
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Post by Slinger on Oct 9, 2017 16:21:33 GMT
I've recently gone ultra high-tech.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 16:25:59 GMT
It's more high-tech looking than my Bialetti.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 9, 2017 16:34:57 GMT
It's got no knobs, Paul.
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Post by puffin on Oct 13, 2017 7:33:50 GMT
I have used an Aeropress for a couple of years now and if you use it inverted (there are YT vids about it) and get a stainless steel filter it makes excellent espresso. Also on YT is one of the best hacks ever to get frothy milk. Get an old caffetiere with a plastic body, for one cup pour milk to just over where the bottom of the body frame shows the glass inner (I fond that 1% milk - the orange or purple caps is best) Put the plunger in the Caffetiere and plung it up and down vigorously until the resistance is really strong, the volume should have doubled due to the air added. Put it in the Microwave for about 1min 10s until it rises to the top et Voila you have the smoothest creamiest frothed milk ever. If only the cafe's did it this way there would never be a poor froth or froth lacking in substance. It does all depend on the quality of the milk and I have found that as you reach the bottom of 2 or 4 pinter that the results are not as good. Semi-Skimmed milk does not give very good results IMO (watery and thin)
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Post by MartinT on Oct 13, 2017 8:33:56 GMT
Milk? MILK? In coffee? Yuk!
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Post by Tim on Oct 13, 2017 9:27:42 GMT
Milk? MILK? In coffee? Yuk! Sacrilege, haven't put milk in my coffee since 1983! Good hack though for those that do - I'm an Aeropress man too, been using one for years, I even take it on holiday with a grinder! |
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Post by puffin on Oct 13, 2017 9:34:35 GMT
Yea, i've always been weird.
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Post by Tim on Oct 13, 2017 12:52:09 GMT
Yea, i've always been weird. Haha, me too  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 16:01:17 GMT
Nothing wrong with milk in coffee in my opinion, just not every coffee.
My first coffee of the day is usually a cappuccino. Then it is on to espresso, with maybe a latte mid afternoon.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 13, 2017 16:58:46 GMT
Can't stand coffee without milk!
Kind of mandatory as I only drink 'cinnos nowadays ...
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Post by Tim on Oct 13, 2017 22:14:31 GMT
Kind of mandatory as I only drink 'cinnos nowadays ... What's a cinno? |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 13, 2017 22:20:04 GMT
Cappuccino?
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 13, 2017 22:21:20 GMT
It's a cappuccino for those of us who can't be bothered to write the word out correctly and who don't always pay best attention to their spelling ...  |
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Post by Tim on Oct 13, 2017 23:54:19 GMT
Haha, ta.
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 14, 2017 0:12:23 GMT
It ought to be a tiny little cappucino. About the same size as an espresso. That would serve you milk drinkers right!
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Post by Tim on Oct 14, 2017 9:20:41 GMT
Can't understand milk in coffee, ruins the flavour, but each to their own. I rarely have milk in tea either, as I don't buy milk at home.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 14, 2017 13:56:25 GMT
The funny thing is I was having my haircut this morning and I was brought a coffee - I had asked for milk but they forgot!
It was very high quality coffee and I have to say I really enjoyed it ...
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Post by Slinger on Oct 14, 2017 14:17:00 GMT
I'm past the age where I have to care about such things so I'll stand up and admit it - I sometimes have a squirt of vanilla syrup in my Americano Grande.
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Post by Tim on Oct 14, 2017 15:30:05 GMT
It was very high quality coffee and I have to say I really enjoyed it ... My maxim is poor coffee needs a lift, especially instant, but that's not really coffee IMHO. If it's good quality fresh coffee, it just needs water - then you can really taste what's going on in the brew |
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