Portable espresso makers.
- Thread starter stephec
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- London
how's about having nothing to recycle/remanufacture?Assuming you use Nespresso capsules then they are 100% recyclable
Ridgeway
Veteran
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- Lausanne, Switzerland
We'd need to know which method is more efficient at delivering bean/coffee from source to cup, there's a lot of waste at bean bagging, shipping, re-packing at local market, on shelf and then at the consumer, much more than bean to capsule
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- London
sorry - you've lost me - less stages in me getting a bean and grinding it surely?We'd need to know which method is more efficient at delivering bean/coffee from source to cup, there's a lot of waste at bean bagging, shipping, re-packing at local market, on shelf and then at the consumer, much more than bean to capsule
Lidl is a good source of beans.
There is definite 'light at end of the tunnel' now with the vaccine roll out on the horizon. Get that primus stove polished up for Spring/Summer 2021 🍮👍.
Ridgeway
Veteran
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- Lausanne, Switzerland
No many many more steps for your bean from the bush to your cup, overall less efficient.
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- London
looking forward to it.
With christmas semi postponed, the espresso may be preceeded by a good shot or two of bourbon.
(I only drink spirits at christmas)
roll on 2021
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- London
you're going to have to explain this.
Ridgeway
Veteran
- Location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
I believe the difference is once the beans have arrived at port. Most coffee bean brands are actually not that big as a global purchaser and therefore the beans are repacked at least once, usually twice. The beans Nespresso use arrive from the port via train to the capsule sites (there's 3 globally), waste is reduced and after they are produced and packed there should be no waste vs the beans that people buy and throw away as they've lost flavour if they kept them too long or improperly.
Still not sure that balances the aluminium production and recycling as that consumes a chunk of Co2.
- Location
- London
exactly
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Not passable IMO. Worst lump of plastic I got. Moka pots are better and you sometimes get crema with fresh enough beans.
robjh
Legendary Member
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- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
They don't last forever, the handle fell off my last one after only 27 years.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
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- The hills of Accrington
Weirdo!
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
It's quite easy to burn the Bailetti's plastic handle. The handle disintegrates and it's then impossible to use without asbestos gloves.
I know this.
Edit: Sorry, @robjh got there first.
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MntnMan62
Über Member
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- Northern NJ
I'm a morning coffee person. I like a good quality cup of coffee or two after I've showered and shaved. And I'll use a number of methods depending on my mood. Usually it's french press or moka pot. Occassionaly when I'm in rush I'll pop a pod into the Kuerig. But I don't really get the satisfaction from it that I get from the other two methods. Once I've had my morning coffee, I won't have another until the next morning. Even in these times of Covid, here in the US coffee shops are open. In NJ you can't drink it in the shop. But what's wrong with stopping at a coffee shop and getting a cup to go? That's the way to go in my opinion. And when Covid is under control then sitting in the cafe makes it even nicer. I see no need to drag coffee making gear with me on rides. And if I absolutely must have coffee, then I'd brew it at home and put it in a Thermos. Those things retain heat like nobody's business. A Thermos and a small Nalgene with some milk tossed into a backpack and I'm all set.