Home made coffee
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- clearThoughts
What's the best setup to make amazing coffee at home?
Do you need a super expensive expresso machine? If yes - which one is good?
Or are you better off buying a good coffee grinder and using a stove top espresso maker?
- georgesIII0
- thirded.detritus
- worddanthon
- what do you use the hand mixer for?clearThoughts
- just made oneKiggen
- Frothy goodness.Continuity
- +5SigDesign
- If that is a 1 euro mixer then I've been hadRanger
- I got an electric mixer like that in the 99p store recently and they're bloody good!orrinward
- Kidswift0
This is all you need for a damn fine coffee coupled with good quality fresh ground beans.
Though I find it a bit of pain in the arse to clean on a daily basis so use this on the weekend and one of these during the weekThese cups are the business though if you want to get a takeaway coffee without the waste of paper cups and http://www.keepcup.com.au/keepcu…
- Kidswift0
- *wipes tear away*
Reminds me of university.
*snif*detritus - french press is over rated and never hot.inkpink
- it's called сafetière, and it rocks my morningskingsteven
- *wipes tear away*
- fooler20
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http://slimages.macys.com/is/ima…is all I use at home, it's not the best or most expensive coffee/espresso maker but I use it daily for the past 4 years and it's worked flawlessly.
- whatsup0
- Absolutely. Yum.Continuity
- a plain jug is less washing up
and always start with beans.hans_glib - French Press is the way to go. I have a cheap grinder and it's still good, but an expensive one would be nice.nocomply
- hans_glib0
must start with beans, and a grinder that forces the beans through the grinding wheels (instead of smashing them up with a blade)
put the ground coffee in a jug (or cafetiere if you are really worried about the grounds)
add hot (recently boiled - but not boiling) water
leave to stand 2 mins
stir the top of the coffee with a cold spoon (to settle the grounds)
enjoy
- doesnotexist0
- dunno what that is, but it isn't coffee...hans_glib
- don't deny the clasicodoesnotexist
- bulletfactory0
grind it at the store. french press.
- no! grind it fresh. once ground the oils seep out the coffee and it loses its taste over time.Samush
- fooler20
or you could buy a $11,000 Clover coffee maker.
- dasmeteor0
- terrible lighting on clooney's faceepigraph
- i got the bigger version of this machine (w steamer) and it sucks ass.kingsteven
- we've got a cheapo DeLonghi espresso maker with a steamer, so much betterkingsteven
- nocomply0
In my experience I think you're best off buying coffee that's actually good to start with. That's probably the most important part.
But after that I use a French press. Always. It does give your coffee a tiny bit of sludge at the very bottom but I don't mind. The flavor you can get from it way better than you can get from your standard drip machine because you're essentially mixing up the ground beans with the water you will be drinking.
I also like the French press for it's simplicity. No electricity, portable, easy to clean/store, and dead simple to use. I don't think coffee should be about the latest gadgets. It should be about drinking good coffee!
People talk a lot about the quality of the grind. I've ignored that for years but I think I'm ready to take the plunge and buy a real grinder. I'm thinking that it may also reduce the amount of sludge at the bottom of my cup because the beans will no longer be ground so fine that they pass through the filter.
- epic_rim0
- from the dude who invented the aerobie Frisbee of all things. Genius.epic_rim
- this better be good, I'm going to order one.mikotondria3
- It is (good)comicsans
- aerobie aeropress for the win! I know a Coffee Q Grader who swears by these. Or the moka pot.Melanie
- I have always been a bialetti man...until i got this...but beware you'll drink shit loads more coffee! taste is great though.
hawkwah - fucking aerobie is best frisbee evar.d_rek
- kingkong0
A fan of the Nespresso