Coffee

Mike Harding · Guru

RE: Coffee

86GTS · Guru

Mike Harding wrote:
I purchased a particularly fine example of Nescafe 43 recently?

X2 The blend 43 decafe is also good.

Whenarewethere · Guru

We have 17 grams (about 99 beans).

Craig1 · Guru

Green tea is far better than nescafe43

Whenarewethere · Guru

UK torture themselves with Nescafé Blend 37

Whenarewethere · Guru

86GTS wrote:
Mike Harding wrote:
I purchased a particularly fine example of Nescafe 43 recently?
X2 The blend 43 decafe is also good.

In other words 86.

yobarr · Guru

Whenarewethere wrote:
86GTS wrote:
Mike Harding wrote:
I purchased a particularly fine example of Nescafe 43 recently?
X2 The blend 43 decafe is also good.
In other words 86.

Maxwell Smart?

86GTS · Guru

yobarr wrote:
Whenarewethere wrote:
86GTS wrote:
Mike Harding wrote:
I purchased a particularly fine example of Nescafe 43 recently?
X2 The blend 43 decafe is also good.
In other words 86.
Maxwell Smart?

Its a cup of coffee, drink it. It goes well with a bowl of Corn Flakes.

Don't make love to it, its only a full milk fattening beverage.

Whenarewethere · Guru

Milk or sugar in it, seriously.

gold dandelion · Senior Member

Hello Maids, I don't believe you have received any help re your coffee machine, may be Cuppa help you a bit, this is the trouble with the forum's participants, your request will end up being a squabble between people's preferences of machines or the flavor of the coffee, and not the crux of your question. They get sidetracked very easy and like and Argument. I will probably get one now.

iana · Guru

I thought my reply was relevant, whether the OP wishes to run with it or not is up to them.

Mike Harding · Guru

gold dandelion wrote:
this is the trouble with the forum's participants, your request will end up being a squabble between people's preferences of machines or the flavor of the coffee, and not the crux of your question. They get sidetracked very easy and like and Argument. I will probably get one now.

Ah ha! This is one of those self-fullfilling prophecies isn't it... a sort of "heads I win, tails you lose."

If we don't challenge your assertion then it stands as true; if we do challenge it then we prove you right.

However I don't think it actually contribute anything to the discussion about coffee so, in reality, your post just disappeared into a pointless and ever decreasing circle of its own making.

Magnarc · Guru

Mike Harding said;

However I don't think it actually contribute anything to the discussion about coffee so, in reality, your post just disappeared into a pointless and ever decreasing circle of its own making.

Mike the above sentence feminds me of the fabled FuFu bird which flies round and round in ever decreasing circles till it vanishes up its own rectum. Unfortunately, it is now extinct.

Whenarewethere · Guru

gold dandelion wrote:
I don't believe you have received any help re your coffee machine,

Whenarewethere wrote:
One could go in the shops & look at the wattage on the bottom of each machine or download each manual.

TimTim · Guru

Hmmmm..looks back at the first reply to Maids

confuse

Cuppa · Guru

gold dandelion wrote:
I don't believe you have received any help re your coffee machine,

To be fair I think the answers were given to the question by several folk, but the rest about alternatives, in my view at least, is valuable, maybe or maybe not for Maids if he/she has already made an informed decision about getting a pod machine.
The value is, I believe, the experience of others who have found less power hungry coffee brewing methods to suit having realised that for them the added power requirements for just making coffee did not add up either financially wise or space wise.
Those who have seen many 'coffee threads' over the years (& it is a common topic) know that many newbies asking about pod machines have not factored in the reality of power requirements. Maids may or may not have done so, but I think most of the following discussion has been intended to help/inform. A bit bragging crept in, but has done no harm (apart from making some of us a tad envious).

-- Edited by Cuppa on Sunday 13th of November 2022 01:04:04 PM

Cupie · Guru

Magnarc wrote:
Mike Harding said;
However I don't think it actually contribute anything to the discussion about coffee so, in reality, your post just disappeared into a pointless and ever decreasing circle of its own making.

Mike the above sentence feminds me of the fabled FuFu bird which flies round and round in ever decreasing circles till it vanishes up its own rectum. Unfortunately, it is now extinct.

As I remember the quote .. from my teen years .. only 60+ years ago We were much into Aussie Poetry in those days & would probably got the reference from W.T. Goodge' poem. It's a beaudy too. Have a search for it.

Was it "The Grand Celestial Oozulem? bird that flew around in ever decreasing concentric circles from which lofty eminence it gazed down on its pursuers with mingled scorn & contempt " .. or something like that. Thanks for reminding me. Brings back good memories.

But then I could be wrong. LOL

WRT Coffee

.. I have recently tried hand grinding ... what a PITA. But gets good results. I use a Mocha Pot but agree that it gets too hot. Can't possibly make the best coffee at the temperature that makes the thing work.

I prefer an expresso accompanied by a glass of water. Failing that, a long black with a double shot .. 'Americana' I believe it is labeled. Usually disappointed at coffee shops.

I was recently moved to go and congratulate the Barrister at a cafe in The Rocks at Sydney on the coffee that he presented. He was most appreciative & the coffee was fantastic. Not something that I do very often.

-- Edited by Cupie on Sunday 13th of November 2022 10:28:10 PM

-- Edited by Cupie on Sunday 13th of November 2022 10:38:00 PM

dorian · Guru

Cupie wrote:

I was recently moved to go and congratulate the Barrister at a cafe in The Rocks at Sydney on the coffee that he presented. He was most appreciative & the coffee was fantastic.

That's why he was called to the bar.

-- Edited by dorian on Monday 14th of November 2022 08:41:19 AM

Magnarc · Guru

With regard to the "Barrister's" coffee.

$30 a cup???

KJB · Guru

Magnarc wrote:
With regard to the "Barrister's" coffee.
$30 a cup???

Barista (broadly translates from the Italian word for what we know as a "barman")- is how you spell the word that describes the operator of an Espresso machine. KB

bristte · Veteran Member

Cupie wrote:
.. I have recently tried hand grinding ... what a PITA. But gets good results.

Yes, hand grinding for a true espresso shot is hard work and gets old pretty quick. I am able to drive my hand grinder with my Makita drill, which comes along for the ride so is ready to hand.

I agree that this thread hasn't helped the OP very much, but I don't think there is an answer to his original question, insofaras there isn't much difference between the compact pod machines.

Cupie · Guru

KJB wrote:
Magnarc wrote:
With regard to the "Barrister's" coffee.
$30 a cup???

Barista (broadly translates from the Italian word for what we know as a "barman")- is how you spell the word that describes the operator of an Espresso machine. KB

Thank you all for helping me with my spelling.

Santa · Guru

Not to be pedantic Cupie, but whilst we are discussing terminology. wink

"I prefer an expresso accompanied by a glass of water."

The word your seeking is espresso.

"Espresso is a noun that refers to a certain type of coffee. Expresso is a common misspelling based on a mispronunciation of this word. If you are writing in English, you should, only ever use espresso."

espresso

a type of strong black coffee made by forcing hot water through ground coffee beans.
"he bought an espresso and a couple of croissants"

mixo · Senior Member

My 2 cents worth..

Coffee snobs, lots of them on youtube, making barista-style coffee on the road.Really...

I drink the instant stuff, you know boil water, mug, spoon, a splash of milk.

Barista coffee is for special occasions, to be had after a good meal, with friends having a good chat.

You start on at the top, nowhere else to go but down.

Life is short

mixo

Santa · Guru

mixo wrote:
My 2 cents worth..

Coffee snobs, lots of them on youtube, making barista-style coffee on the road.Really...

I drink the instant stuff, you know boil water, mug, spoon, a splash of milk.

Barista coffee is for special occasions, to be had after a good meal, with friends having a good chat.

You start on at the top, nowhere else to go but down.

Life is short

mixo

Your right mixo, life is short, too short not to enjoy good coffee or good wine for that matter, enjoy the best, forget the rest. biggrin

Magnarc · Guru

Mixo said.

Coffee snobs, lots of them on youtube, making barista-style coffee on the road.Really...

Not only on Youtube????

yobarr · Guru

Santa wrote:
Not to be pedantic Cupie, but whilst we are discussing terminology.
"I prefer an expresso accompanied by a glass of water."
The word your seeking is espresso.
"Espresso is a noun that refers to a certain type of coffee. Expresso is a common misspelling based on a mispronunciation of this word. If you are writing in English, you should, only ever use espresso."
espresso
a type of strong black coffee made by forcing hot water through ground coffee beans.
"he bought an espresso and a couple of croissants"

Not to be pedantic Santa, but the word you seek is "you're" which is an abbreviation of the words "you are". The word "your" denotes ownership, as in "belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing". Cheers

Santa · Guru

yobarr wrote:
Santa wrote:
Not to be pedantic Cupie, but whilst we are discussing terminology.
"I prefer an expresso accompanied by a glass of water."
The word your seeking is espresso.
"Espresso is a noun that refers to a certain type of coffee. Expresso is a common misspelling based on a mispronunciation of this word. If you are writing in English, you should, only ever use espresso."
espresso
a type of strong black coffee made by forcing hot water through ground coffee beans.
"he bought an espresso and a couple of croissants"

Not to be pedantic Santa, but the word you seek is "you're" which is an abbreviation of the words "you are". The word "your" denotes ownership, as in "belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing". Cheers

Thanks yobarr, you're absolutely correct. biggrin

iana · Guru

Wonder how Janet (maids) got on getting the answer she wanted. We toured Australia using the hand operated machine, warmed the milk and water up on gas. We wore out two machines, they did about 600 cups of coffee each.

StewG · Senior Member

When travelling, I have used beans and an electric grinder (via 400 Watt inverter) and a plunger to make coffee; similar to at home. It tastes good if I'm desperate, so we always prefer to go to a barista to get (usually) a really good coffee. This is a win-win. We get mostly good coffee and a local business gets some money. This tactic has failed on very few occasions - when we got instant or just simply bad coffee from indifferent cafes.