FabSwingers.com forum: Poncey Coffee Makers

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Nespresso etc. They are though, aren’t they

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's just marketing to make you believe they're poncey and it's working

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"It's just marketing to make you believe they're poncey and it's working"

George Clooney's got one, so must be good!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can be as poncey as they won't I don't do coffee so wasted on me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some ones waiting for the football on itv

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By *ordo320Man
over a year ago

Gatwick

I prefer a basic bean to cup. They make a great coffee at home and a great choice of beans to put in them. They are also cheaper and more environmentally friendly too which is a bonus!

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By *r PantyMan
over a year ago

Morpeth

All this coffee / barista shit is poncey - all that is required is this: Jar of Nescafe, Water, Kettle and a cup - then you have coffee without the frappe, lappe, latte bullshit - just put in a drop of milk and a spoon of sugar in if you fancy it and away you go.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All this coffee / barista shit is poncey - all that is required is this: Jar of Nescafe, Water, Kettle and a cup - then you have coffee without the frappe, lappe, latte bullshit - just put in a drop of milk and a spoon of sugar in if you fancy it and away you go.

Ooooh milk and sugar, very poncey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've an old, heavy as fuck, Kitchenaid machine which must be 20 years old now. Still makes a rather super espresso & cappuccino.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Water? Fucking water!

Ooooh milk and sugar, very poncey"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Water? Fucking water!

Ooooh milk and sugar, very poncey"

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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago

Redhill

Cafetiere/French press. Nothing else needed.

Nespresso is glorified instant coffee.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I like our Nespresso machine, the pods we buy are delicious

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

I love the convenience of the pods but I'm very aware they are horrendous for the environment. Never thought of it as poncy in any way, but fair play to anyone who does.

When I can I use my percolator, just save the pod machine for when I don't have time for better. They're a step up from instant but nowhere near as nice as fresh ground, freshly brewed.

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By *uer MalusMan
over a year ago

Narnia

Plunger from Bodum for £10 and 3 x 250g Caffeluxe Vanilla Coffee and you are sorted with an orgasm in a cup!

Forget the kopi luwak shit, literally. Overpriced and nothing special

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By *affeine DuskMan
over a year ago

Caerphilly

Hi I'm a poncey coffee maker, FAF?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hi I'm a poncey coffee maker, FAF?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

mine stopped grinding

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

"Hi I'm a poncey coffee maker, FAF?

Fancy a frothy (coffee)? Don't mind if I do. White, no sugar please.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had a poncey coffee and bun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Happy with a big mug of Nescafé and a drop of milk.

Partner family and friends have all given up on trying to win me over to the other side with their fancy beans and pods and alien machines

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I had a poncey coffee and bun

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Cafetiere/French press. Nothing else needed.

Nespresso is glorified instant coffee.

Yes, I like plain Nescafé Instant, I reckon it’s the perfect caffeine delivery system, perfected in a Swiss laboratory

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Lanson

& I thought this was going to be about pncey people that make coffee - not appliances!

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By *he ass man 666Man
over a year ago

paradise city

Good old fashioned instant coffee does the job for me , and a pkt of biscuits

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a Tassimo machine

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By *oldfischMan
over a year ago

HARROW

Bean to cup is the way to go. Don't spend more than £250 though, anything over that you are paying for the marketing...

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By *renchy19Man
over a year ago

Heathrow

I’m sorry but I am a serious coffee snob! If I go to a house on business and I get offered coffee or tea. If I see a jar of Nescafé then it’s tea!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’m sorry but I am a serious coffee snob! If I go to a house on business and I get offered coffee or tea. If I see a jar of Nescafé then it’s tea!!"

My guy!

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

Freshly ground coffee and a French cafetiere is the ticket

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a kettle

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By *ehindHerEyesCouple
over a year ago

SomewhereOnlyWeKnow

"Hi I'm a poncey coffee maker, FAF?

Fancy a frappè

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

You don't get proper flavour unless you just pop the coffee beans in your mouth and chew...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don't get proper flavour unless you just pop the coffee beans in your mouth and chew..."

I was given what I thought were a bag of chocolate peanuts. They were coffee beans. It has to be particularly bad for me to need to spot food out, but, BOAK…

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
over a year ago

Ryde

I am a real coffee-head, probably more than most other women. This isn't snobbery or anything like that, but I really love my coffee.

OK, the only instant I even entertain is Douwe Egberts, but I have only ever had the cheap n' cheerful type of coffeemaker from Argos, etc. They make perfectly good coffee without all poncy crap you don't need.

I can thoroughly recommend picking up a pack of: "Fuck Me - That's Strong Coffee"

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By *izzy.miss.lizzyCouple
over a year ago

Pembrokeshire

No thankyou

Kettle, jar of granules, spoon, mug, milk, job done.

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By *rjamesMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

Anyone who uses a French press should buy an AeroPress; uses less coffee for a much greater taste and far easier to clean.

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By *gent CoulsonMan
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

I have a buffalo commercial filter coffee machine, brought it home with me when I shut the pub during lockdown

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By *ndiiiMan
over a year ago

Paisley Scotland

"No thankyou

Kettle, jar of granules, spoon, mug, milk, job done."

150% diy barista xx

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By *oiluvfunMan
over a year ago

Penrith

I use a basic Nespresso machine at home for espresso shots for my flat whites, or simple, quick Americanos. I use a milk frother for the flat whites and hot chocolate

Nespresso aluminium pods which Nespresso recycle for free

Also take pods out with me to work, and use in my Minipresso portable hand pump, so there’s no chance of ordeal by freeze dried ever again

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Nespresso etc. They are though, aren’t they"

I used to think they were chav version of real coffee until I recent tried an expresso hand pump with blade attachment to pierce a nexpresso capsule. One of the best coffees I’ve had in ages, far better than an aeropress.

Generally I just use a Krups burr grinder & Sage machine - keep it simple. I find with bean to cup machines you don’t get a good grinder unless going industrial & paying 2-3 grand

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"You don't get proper flavour unless you just pop the coffee beans in your mouth and chew..."

But, but have some beans not bean through a civets colon?

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Anyone who uses a French press should buy an AeroPress; uses less coffee for a much greater taste and far easier to clean."

Try the minipresso hand pumps, much better , much higher pressure than aeropress

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nespresso etc. They are though, aren’t they

Generally I just use a Krups burr grinder & Sage machine - keep it simple. I find with bean to cup machines you don’t get a good grinder unless going industrial & paying 2-3 grand "

An aeropress isn't really an espresso maker so you can't really compare the 2 as they make different drinks.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I tell you something else while we're at it, those tea bags, eh? Absolutely fucking ghey.

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By *ong-leggedblondWoman
over a year ago

Next Door

"Freshly ground coffee and a French cafetiere is the ticket"

This, served with cream not milk

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

I have a poncy Sage Tea Maker & i don't care what anyone thinks

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By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago

Beds (or anywhere beginning with B..!?)

"I have a poncy Sage Tea Maker & i don't care what anyone thinks

... a what what??

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By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago

Beds (or anywhere beginning with B..!?)

"I have a poncy Sage Tea Maker & i don't care what anyone thinks

... a what what??

Sage doesn't go well with any biscuits, surely?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£6 cafetiere from IKEA, good ground coffee. Inexpensive and delicious.

Also cannot stand all these pretentious names for milky coffee. Putting all that milk in it means it no longer tastes like coffee. Black or a tiny dash of semi skimmed milk and NO sugar

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

"I have a poncy Sage Tea Maker & i don't care what anyone thinks

... a what what??

Sage doesn't go well with any biscuits, surely?!

Haha Sage goes best with Stuffing

It's a Kettle that brews loose leaf tea. Google it & be totally aroused

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why would you spend a silly amount of money in a device when a tea bag or a teapot will do exactly the same job? I'm a gadget nut but all of mine do something is difficult or time-consuming to do another way.

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By *iss.ddWoman
over a year ago

Leeds + Newcastle

Bean to cup machine for me or if I happen to have grounds I'll either use the aeropress or cold brew it for a different flavour

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"I tell you something else while we're at it, those tea bags, eh? Absolutely fucking ghey."

Tea is dranked by sophisticated people, like myself

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Aeropress, hand grinder.

I use my Espro press for cold brew in summer and occasionally dick around with pour over when I can be bothered. Black, no sugar.

When most people offer me coffee I opt for water. You know I like you if I drink your coffee and it's not hipster esque like mine.

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Covent Garden

I use a cafetière (French Press), which serves my purpose perfectly. I've recently started sourcing ground coffee from Hasbean™, far cheaper than the daily visit to the coffee shop.

I know of a Forumite who actually gets another Forumite to manually and laboriously grind her beans for her. Apparently the coffee tastes nicer when the grinding's been outsourced. Weird.

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By *ananas57Couple
over a year ago

lake ariel

I have a Jura coffee machine I got as a gift, I have no idea what most of the buttons do but it makes a great cup of coffee

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

Nothing pouncy about a big steaming mug of builders tea

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

For me it has to be Cafetiere or Mokka Pot or Percolator depending on the situation. I have a vintage grinder which gives a nice coarse ground powder perfect for cafetieres.

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By *uffolklad2021Man
over a year ago

Brandon

Can’t beat a poncey coffee machine for making espresso martinis to keep a fun party going

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By *tsJustKateWoman
over a year ago

London

Yes, all poncy!

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By *ndentMan
over a year ago

Melton Mowbray

Aeropress or French press are definitely a cheap way to go for a better quality general coffee.

Bean to cups not bad but you can get reasonable espresso machines these days for not much more and I think its worth it.

And yes, I run an independent poncy coffee shop

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Aeropress or French press are definitely a cheap way to go for a better quality general coffee.

Bean to cups not bad but you can get reasonable espresso machines these days for not much more and I think its worth it.

And yes, I run an independent poncy coffee shop "

Good answer and amusing too. I use a French cafetiere with freshly ground coffee and also use the traditional italan espresso maker or moka pot. I think both give you a good cup of coffee.

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By *escourtesMan
over a year ago

hereford

Ive just bought a traditional italian coffee pot or moka pot, are they good? which are popular brands of ground coffee?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oi, leave my coffee maker alone, I will kill to protect it

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By *asual777Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

What’s so poncey about a Papua New Guinea double espresso in the morning ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ooooh milk and sugar, very poncey"

A cup ffs?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nespresso etc. They are though, aren’t they"

I used to have a Dulce Gusto that made all manner of poncey coffees from pods (which I don't drink) a cafetiere is best in my opinion

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Love mine x

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Aeropress or French press are definitely a cheap way to go for a better quality general coffee.

Bean to cups not bad but you can get reasonable espresso machines these days for not much more and I think its worth it.

And yes, I run an independent poncy coffee shop "

Independent coffee shop. Be still my heart

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By *oly Fuck Sticks BatmanCouple
over a year ago

here & there

Life's too short for anything that comes in an instant...

I'll take my "poncy" bean to cup machine anyday!!

A delicious coffee, rich and smooth yet with creamy head perfection

Sweet

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

"Aeropress or French press are definitely a cheap way to go for a better quality general coffee.

Bean to cups not bad but you can get reasonable espresso machines these days for not much more and I think its worth it.

And yes, I run an independent poncy coffee shop

Independent coffee shop. Be still my heart

Mine too. Words to warm the cockles.

I'm beyond sad as my favourite place announced it was closing over Christmas as owner wanted to live by the coast. How dare he!

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

"Nespresso etc. They are though, aren’t they"
they don't make great coffee to be fair

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By *ndentMan
over a year ago

Melton Mowbray

"Aeropress or French press are definitely a cheap way to go for a better quality general coffee.

Bean to cups not bad but you can get reasonable espresso machines these days for not much more and I think its worth it.

And yes, I run an independent poncy coffee shop

Independent coffee shop. Be still my heart

Alas along with being able to sustain a caffeine addiction comes a vaping habit. If your ever around nottingham or Leicester though we're worth a visit haha (purely for the coffee)

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By *estmids71Man
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

I'm tea total......

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By *erandHerManCouple
over a year ago

Swindon

We won't mention that we have 3 different ones on the go

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Carlisle

My footman brings me my coffee dare anyone to call him poncey - he’s ex 22 SAS and a bit mental

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By *aiseiMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"You don't get proper flavour unless you just pop the coffee beans in your mouth and chew...

But, but have some beans not bean through a civets colon?

Yep….Kopi Luwak, and it’s lovely….

Very happy with the Nespresso machine we have. I’d like a fancier machine but I know I’d get fed up of disposing of all the grounds.

Nescafé is like shitty pond water, horrible stuff.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

thats what the wife calls me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tried a few, meh.

Just give me a heaped tablespoon of Nescafé instant thanks.

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Carlisle

"Tried a few, meh.

Just give me a heaped tablespoon of Nescafé instant thanks. "

Just read first paragraph of your profile and need to send you a cleaning bill you sexy momma!! Someone will have to collect the laundry though as i look so like Ryan Reynolds I get mobbed every time I visit Lidl and B&M. Do you mind?? PS I always answer the door in my thong.. hope you don’t mind!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At a time when we are realising that we need to cut back on plastic packaging and reduce our wastage, I find these things particularly vulgar and insensitive to the environment.

How much extra waste is generated by all these single use 'pods'.

They may claim that they're recyclable, but I bet most of them end up in the bin.

What's wrong with a goid old fashioned Filter coffee machine with a washable filter.

My Espresso machine uses nothing disposable. Just a quick clean up afterwards (oo-er missus)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nespresso etc. They are though, aren’t they"

I miss my nespresso.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Put some tap water in. That should humble it a bit

The mr

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By *lam rockerMan
over a year ago

Tain

I hate how a plain white coffee has become something fancy and had a pride increase to match. All I want is a coffee, not some frothy concoction. Grump, grump, grump. Lol

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By *amierebelMan
over a year ago

nae danger.

Theyre not strong enough for me personally

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By *idsCouple1Couple
over a year ago

Tamworth

We have a Sage coffee machine that grinds the beans and froths the milk.. extremely poncey I guess, but it makes the best cup of coffee!

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By *entBarryUKMan
over a year ago

Ashford

"Nespresso etc. They are though, aren’t they"

You mean those pod things? They are the working mans posh coffee machine, not the choice of the elitest coffee connoisseur

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

I've been reflecting on this over the last 7 weeks. I do make a lot of coffee and, it's true, I'm quite poncey. Sorry about that.

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By *mma29Couple
over a year ago

wirral

Give me one of the bull shits.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I've been reflecting on this over the last 7 weeks. I do make a lot of coffee and, it's true, I'm quite poncey. Sorry about that."

Apology accepted

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

Waste of space

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