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"I just read coffee,.yes please. " Ditto. Couldn't care if it's instant from a jar or an exquisitely hand crafted rare brew of Black Ivory Coffee ( they make about 200 kilos a year), or that stuff that's made from beans shat out by monkeys........ As long as it comes in a pint mug I'm all good. A | |||
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"……… or that stuff that's made from beans shat out by monkeys........ As long as it comes in a pint mug I'm all good. A" Could be a new roasting method, get it patented before someone else does. | |||
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"Does anyone subscribe to Pact? The coffee postal thingy? I tried that, I might sign up again. " No but i do want to give them a try, i tend to buy from Square Mile which i can't fault the freshness or taste or my favourite Orangutan Sumatran from Amazon which is about as fresh as any supermarket beans but i just love the taste and aroma | |||
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"Ground coffee for me please. I quite like the Italian ground coffee from tescos. I'm not really an expert in selecting coffee.." There's no need to be, it's about finding what you like and how you like to make that coffee, much like swinging it's all down to personal taste and preference My friends for a christmas years ago, not knowing what to get me because I am awful to get presents for because I don't really need or want anything, got me a Whittards coffee gift set which had 9 pre-ground coffees and blends from around the world and that's how I found the Sumatran coffee I adore now | |||
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"I just read coffee,.yes please. Ditto. Couldn't care if it's instant from a jar or an exquisitely hand crafted rare brew of Black Ivory Coffee ( they make about 200 kilos a year), or that stuff that's made from beans shat out by monkeys........ As long as it comes in a pint mug I'm all good. A" This. Mr | |||
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"Big coffee fans here. We have a pretty decent delonghi bean to cup machine. It does a good job, nice balance of ease of use to quality of output. I'd like to roast my own beans, get a grinder etc but frankly I don't have either the time or patience We used to have a Nespresso pod thingy which is actually pretty good but the amount of waste always annoyed us. I'm going to also throw out a controversial statement and say I think a French Press is absolutely crap" I think you get more flavour and body from a french press but I do agree it can come out a bit muddy especially compared to filter coffee | |||
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"I think I love you OP I have a French Press at work but a Clever Dripper at home and buy whole beans which I grind with a 1zpresso JX hand grinder. At the minute I I have a Ugandan coffee bought from 200 Degrees which I natural process with notes of tropical fruit, vanilla and cherry " Be there in 5 | |||
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"I think I love you OP I have a French Press at work but a Clever Dripper at home and buy whole beans which I grind with a 1zpresso JX hand grinder. At the minute I I have a Ugandan coffee bought from 200 Degrees which I natural process with notes of tropical fruit, vanilla and cherry Be there in 5" I'll have one ready for you. I'll blow your mind | |||
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"I'm going to also throw out a controversial statement and say I think a French Press is absolutely crap I think you get more flavour and body from a french press but I do agree it can come out a bit muddy especially compared to filter coffee" Watch James Hoffman's frech press technique which makes it cleaner. Basic idea is make it as normal, rest the plunger on top but DON'T PLUNGE, leave to brew for 4/5 minutes and then simply pour with the plunger acting as a filter at the top. The 4/5 minute wait should mean the fine buts that would normally escape through the filter when you plunge remain at the bottom and you should have a cleaner coffee | |||
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"I'm going to also throw out a controversial statement and say I think a French Press is absolutely crap I think you get more flavour and body from a french press but I do agree it can come out a bit muddy especially compared to filter coffee Watch James Hoffman's frech press technique which makes it cleaner. Basic idea is make it as normal, rest the plunger on top but DON'T PLUNGE, leave to brew for 4/5 minutes and then simply pour with the plunger acting as a filter at the top. The 4/5 minute wait should mean the fine buts that would normally escape through the filter when you plunge remain at the bottom and you should have a cleaner coffee" That's the technique I follow but I think it's one of those things you have to live with as no french press is going to stop all the fines getting through. It is cleaner, but still nowhere near a v60 or clever dripper cleaner | |||
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"I heat the milk in the microwave for a few mins and then put in the coffee in ( I like the Alcafe finely ground Barista ) . Then hot water . Lovely ! " I do exactly the same with the same coffee bit of a win win and cheat..tho I got a milk whisk after microwave I whisk milk up | |||
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"I’m instant coffee at home, I hate pods but would love a sage coffee machine " That's what I'm potentially looking at, maybe a Bambino Plus or Duo-Temp Pro, just depends on space | |||
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"I'm going to also throw out a controversial statement and say I think a French Press is absolutely crap I think you get more flavour and body from a french press but I do agree it can come out a bit muddy especially compared to filter coffee Watch James Hoffman's frech press technique which makes it cleaner. Basic idea is make it as normal, rest the plunger on top but DON'T PLUNGE, leave to brew for 4/5 minutes and then simply pour with the plunger acting as a filter at the top. The 4/5 minute wait should mean the fine buts that would normally escape through the filter when you plunge remain at the bottom and you should have a cleaner coffee" I'll give that a shot actually. Seems like it makes sense | |||
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"I spens a lot of money on coffee, just from the supermarket. Ground usually for the cafetiere, can't stand instant. Does anyone know of any websites that are cheaper than Sains etc. I'm looking at Grind, a 1kg bag of beans is £25. Not a bad price (£16 if you subscribe) but I would prefer ground! Thanks " Costco are quite good at large volumes of decent quality coffee, closest to you would be Milton Keynes. It is membership only but i pretty much cover that cost in savings | |||
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"I spens a lot of money on coffee, just from the supermarket. Ground usually for the cafetiere, can't stand instant. Does anyone know of any websites that are cheaper than Sains etc. I'm looking at Grind, a 1kg bag of beans is £25. Not a bad price (£16 if you subscribe) but I would prefer ground! Thanks Costco are quite good at large volumes of decent quality coffee, closest to you would be Milton Keynes. It is membership only but i pretty much cover that cost in savings" We used to be members but literally we'd spend £200 and come out with 400 loo rolls, 10kg of mince, wine and not much else! | |||
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"I spens a lot of money on coffee, just from the supermarket. Ground usually for the cafetiere, can't stand instant. Does anyone know of any websites that are cheaper than Sains etc. I'm looking at Grind, a 1kg bag of beans is £25. Not a bad price (£16 if you subscribe) but I would prefer ground! Thanks Costco are quite good at large volumes of decent quality coffee, closest to you would be Milton Keynes. It is membership only but i pretty much cover that cost in savings We used to be members but literally we'd spend £200 and come out with 400 loo rolls, 10kg of mince, wine and not much else! " Yes, I used to be a member but did not in the end find it worthwhile and did not renew. I used to usually find better deals elsewhere. | |||
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"Just give me coffee, as long as it's not decaffeinated " . Kenci decaff is fine and dandy | |||
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"How do you do your coffee? " I do my coffee like my women….often. | |||
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"To anyone that does brew their own coffee, do you find that you get a day where it's absolutely perfect in its taste in every way but then you can never do it again no matter how well you recreate the steps? I had that this morning and I was so happy it tasted so good and so sad that I'll never make it like that again " Yep though since i started watching James Hoffmann and following his tips that while not perfect coffee is consistently better coffee | |||
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"How do you do your coffee? " I do my coffee like my women… as soon as I wake up and don’t stop until I run out | |||
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"How do you do your coffee? Are you an instant, pod or brew your own? If brew your own do you buy pre-ground or beans and grind yourself? Did you then have as filter with a cafetiere, aeropress, v60, clever dripper, moka pot, chemex or similar? Or are you more for a machine/meachanical like a drip filter, rok espresso, flair espresso, an bean to cup machine, straight espresso machine or similar? For me a Sunday is usually sumatran or square mile beans i grind and then in the Moka pot and then a little later another with the clever dripper And as James Hoffman would say, I hope you have a great day " Anywhere between Espresso and "Just stick in it my eyeballs until I can smell colours, you Barrista-shaped Wizard of a human being - I'm tired and its Monday!" ... Most of the time. | |||
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"I have the most amazing 70s dinner party type percolator that I love to hear burbling away. It always makes lovely coffee, even with relatively cheap beans, but it makes a LOT of coffee so I don't use it too often. I've got a chemex and a cafetiere but they feel a lot of effort so rarely get used. I normally use a pod machine. It's not as nice as proper coffee but it's nicer than instant so it makes a decent compromise when I'm working from home and don't have time to faff about." I've considered a chemex as it looks cool but as i don't have space and not sure it would make better coffee than the clever dripper i already have | |||
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"Stopped drinking instant. Do love to walk and get a barista coffee from town though. Did have a Tassimi machine but the bastard thing needs cleaning about 4 times a day cos our water is 90% chalk. So we scrapped it." I miss my nespreso. | |||
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"Think it's time to get up and open a new bag of Sumatran beans for the clever dripper " Unless the beans are some new sex toy and the clever dripper is your cock's petname.... I'm going back to sleep | |||
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"Think it's time to get up and open a new bag of Sumatran beans for the clever dripper " Currently brewing some washed Peru coffee in mine | |||
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"Think it's time to get up and open a new bag of Sumatran beans for the clever dripper Currently brewing some washed Peru coffee in mine " I have Nescafé. | |||
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"Think it's time to get up and open a new bag of Sumatran beans for the clever dripper Currently brewing some washed Peru coffee in mine I have Nescafé. " My condolences | |||
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"Think it's time to get up and open a new bag of Sumatran beans for the clever dripper Currently brewing some washed Peru coffee in mine I have Nescafé. My condolences " Least I didn't have to wash it first. | |||
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"Think it's time to get up and open a new bag of Sumatran beans for the clever dripper Currently brewing some washed Peru coffee in mine I have Nescafé. My condolences Least I didn't have to wash it first. " you never know, it could've been | |||
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"Aeropress. I grind my own. " I've seen videos and still can't get my head around how it works, seems like a pretty cool brewer though | |||
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"Sometimes pre ground, but love the smell of grinding my own. Always moka pot. I enjoy the ritual almost as much as the coffee " Absolutely this. Especially while I'm working from home. It's a nice little break from the day | |||
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"Aeropress. I grind my own. I've seen videos and still can't get my head around how it works, seems like a pretty cool brewer though" I use the inverted method. It's a doddle once you get the hang of it | |||
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"Sometimes pre ground, but love the smell of grinding my own. Always moka pot. I enjoy the ritual almost as much as the coffee " I don't grind my own, but agree you can't beat a Moka. That they are also little pieces of art in their own right helps too! | |||
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"Aeropress. I grind my own. I've seen videos and still can't get my head around how it works, seems like a pretty cool brewer though I use the inverted method. It's a doddle once you get the hang of it" I probably shouldn't buy another brewer because I don't need it, but I might just do it anyway | |||
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"Sometimes pre ground, but love the smell of grinding my own. Always moka pot. I enjoy the ritual almost as much as the coffee I don't grind my own, but agree you can't beat a Moka. That they are also little pieces of art in their own right helps too!" Without sounding very, very pretentious, I would fully recommend buying a grinder and buying whole beans if you can afford it. Pre ground coffee stales quicker so you lose a lot of the flavours the longer you keep it compared to freshly grinding whole beans | |||
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"Aeropress. I grind my own. I've seen videos and still can't get my head around how it works, seems like a pretty cool brewer though I use the inverted method. It's a doddle once you get the hang of it I probably shouldn't buy another brewer because I don't need it, but I might just do it anyway " I feel this in my soul | |||
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"Sometimes pre ground, but love the smell of grinding my own. Always moka pot. I enjoy the ritual almost as much as the coffee I don't grind my own, but agree you can't beat a Moka. That they are also little pieces of art in their own right helps too! Without sounding very, very pretentious, I would fully recommend buying a grinder and buying whole beans if you can afford it. Pre ground coffee stales quicker so you lose a lot of the flavours the longer you keep it compared to freshly grinding whole beans " Thanks, FH. More laziness than anything else on my part, but I'll look into it. It doesn't last long in my house at least so doing my best to negate flavour loss that way! | |||
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"Aeropress. I grind my own. I've seen videos and still can't get my head around how it works, seems like a pretty cool brewer though I use the inverted method. It's a doddle once you get the hang of it I probably shouldn't buy another brewer because I don't need it, but I might just do it anyway I feel this in my soul " It's pretty much been the thought process for most coffee stuff I buy | |||
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"Sometimes pre ground, but love the smell of grinding my own. Always moka pot. I enjoy the ritual almost as much as the coffee I don't grind my own, but agree you can't beat a Moka. That they are also little pieces of art in their own right helps too! Without sounding very, very pretentious, I would fully recommend buying a grinder and buying whole beans if you can afford it. Pre ground coffee stales quicker so you lose a lot of the flavours the longer you keep it compared to freshly grinding whole beans Thanks, FH. More laziness than anything else on my part, but I'll look into it. It doesn't last long in my house at least so doing my best to negate flavour loss that way! " Electric grinders negate the laziness factor, but good ones aren't cheap, and, well, electric. I've switched to my hand grinder, lol | |||
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"Sometimes pre ground, but love the smell of grinding my own. Always moka pot. I enjoy the ritual almost as much as the coffee I don't grind my own, but agree you can't beat a Moka. That they are also little pieces of art in their own right helps too! Without sounding very, very pretentious, I would fully recommend buying a grinder and buying whole beans if you can afford it. Pre ground coffee stales quicker so you lose a lot of the flavours the longer you keep it compared to freshly grinding whole beans Thanks, FH. More laziness than anything else on my part, but I'll look into it. It doesn't last long in my house at least so doing my best to negate flavour loss that way! " Haha that's fair enough, if you're happy with your current setup and pleased with the taste of the coffee, then that's all that really matters | |||
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"Does anyone subscribe to Pact? The coffee postal thingy? I tried that, I might sign up again. " I have a monthly subscription. I just have the house blend but it’s very very nice and not bad at £7.50 a pack | |||
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"Just opened a bag of Monsoon Malabar coffee which is different to what I normally go for. Not really a fan to be honest, anyone fancy some coffee beans? " There's little more disappointing than a bad cup of coffee. | |||
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"Just opened a bag of Monsoon Malabar coffee which is different to what I normally go for. Not really a fan to be honest, anyone fancy some coffee beans? There's little more disappointing than a bad cup of coffee. " I know! To be fair, it's not bad coffee per se, just not quite to my taste. Going to power through it anyway | |||
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"Sometimes you just don't know how good or bad it's going to be until you break the seal, shame it didn't work put for you this time" Exactly, I always like trying different coffees anyway so at least now I can say I've tried this one | |||
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"Ground in an espresso machine" Nice, i would like to get an espresso machine | |||
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"Costa drive thru" That would be easier but car is not running properly lol | |||
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"Filter coffee please " I'm making a clever dripper filter coffee right now | |||
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