Coffee

[Biker man]

Well it's a lot better than Maxwell House ever was

But nowadays we prefer Kenco for instant coffee.

Posh coffee

Well it's a lot better than Maxwell House ever was

But nowadays we prefer Kenco for instant coffee.

 

[Mike_P]

Posh coffee

Like most things their is a cost to the better quality. The Kenco in a tin is quite passable and at frequent intervals can be found half price or less. Never liked Maxell House.

 

[Mr Celine]

No I can smell like a Spaniel.

If you smell like a spaniel may I suggest you stop rolling around in fox shite.

 

[Biker man]

If you smell like a spaniel may I suggest you stop rolling around in fox shite.

😃☕😃

 

[Hover Fly]

M & S instant for me, can’t tell it apart from expensive stuff.If you think instant tastes bitter just put some sugar in.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Just got one of those bean to cup machines as a belated Christmas present. Wow, really good coffee.

 

[derrick]

Really cannot get into the taste of coffee, it taste changes where ever you get it, most is so bitter you have to throw a bucket full of sugar in it to make it drinkable, where as tea is tea more or less. depending on who makes it, strong or weak what ever you prefer, No need for sugar.
PS when you get a good coffee it isn't bad, but a good cup is hard to come by,

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I'd agree with that. When I'm out visiting customers and get offered a choice, I always go for tea. Almost impossible to screw up. I've had some foul cups of coffee though.

 

[Fat Lars]

The mistake that most people make with their espresso machines is that they grind and brew all coffee beans the same whether light roast or dark roast. The grind size, the temperature, the brew time, the grams of coffee in the portafilter and the fluid oz of coffee brewed govern the texture and taste. To get it to your taste isn't accidental but arrived at by design. I drink the occasional espresso and it shouldn't be particularly sour or bitter. Getting the espresso right for whatever size of portafilter forms the basis for all other types of coffee. Oh and BTW for an Americano do not continue to brew the coffee through the portafilter basket. Make the espresso and then add the hot water.

My tip. Try measuring out the grams of ground coffee and tamper them evenly and then place the recepticle on small kitchen scales and allow the brew to flow through the portafilter until you have reached 1.75 times the grams of ground coffee. It should take around 30 seconds @ 9 bars.

 

[MrGrumpy]

We have a Sage Barista Pro, does the job but it is noticeable when we change coffee brands. We have to go back and dial in different settings. So we tend to stick to the same beans all the time. Was never into coffee but started drinking it about 8yrs ago .

The aficionados will scoff but the Nespresso pods are not bad as we keep a Nespresso machine at the caravan !

However your instant dried coffee can get to f….. horrible stuff.

 

[derrick]

My tip. Try measuring out the grams of ground coffee and tamper them evenly and then place the recepticle on small kitchen scales and allow the brew to flow through the portafilter until you have reached 1.75 times the grams of ground coffee. It should take around 30 seconds @ 9 bars.

The coffee shops i go into will not let me brew my own.

 

[Fat Lars]

The coffee shops i go into will not let me brew my o

You could always instruct them to serve a double espresso with a grind size of 0.8 ; 21 grams of coffee to produce 37.7 grams of espresso extracted for 30 seconds @ 94 degrees with 9 bar of pressure. That will test their knowledge and customer service. Now that is a decent cup of coffee.
(edit: I just made myself an Americano with double cream and realised I forgot to mention the 7 seconds pre infusion.)

 

[Saluki]

I have my lovely DeLonghi, bean to cup jobbie. I bought it second hand, around 18 months ago. The previous owner bought it to see if they liked it, the kids liked it too (late teens/early 20s, not toddlers) so they needed a bigger one, hence selling the one that I bought.
I buy my coffee beans from Tropic Coffee in King’s Lynn. He is a experienced roaster and used to go on buy trips for some very lare coffee companies and was taught roasting and everything else to do with the coffee industry before deciding to move to Norfolk and set up on his own. He must be in his 60s, with a cracking business and lots of choice.

I do keep a small jar of instant as most of my friends prefer it. I am not giving them my coffee for them to pull faces at and say that they prefer Lidl own brand.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I do keep a small jar of instant as most of my friends prefer it. I am not giving them my coffee for them to pull faces at and say that they prefer Lidl own brand.

Our friends drink us out of beans, most visits!

 

[Mo1959]

I do keep a small jar of instant as most of my friends prefer it. I am not giving them my coffee for them to pull faces at and say that they prefer Lidl own brand.

I'm another that prefers cooncil coffee. A half decent one though so it's Nescafe Alta Rica just now.