What have you bought today?

[JohnD]

He's a well-travelled cosmopolitan.

Get one of these in the shed

 

[JohnD]

He's a well-travelled cosmopolitan.

Get one of these in the shed

 

[Mottie]

He's a well-travelled cosmopolitan.

Get one of these in the shed

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You’d need a separate coffee shed for one of those - those things come with their own postcode!

 

[Notch7]

Are you a bit posh?!

Certainly not posh, but I'm getting into coffee making, still a novice though.

I do have a Mazzer mini grinder which I bought 2nd hand




And an espresso machine which I bid £124 on ebay and won about 3 years ago, but I've never got around to setting it up it's sat buried in the garage all that time.......got plans to finally get it set up v soon.

 

[Notch7]

Get one of these in the shed

Blimey is that yours!

That's a 2 group lever machine, I would guess a vintage machine restored, unless Gaggia make retro style ones these days.

 

[JohnD]

I sometimes thought about one, but sadly I know it is impractical.
i have a domestic de Longhi.

My shed is already full of stuff I will never use

 

[conny]

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Pardon?

(Technically that joke could be classed as discrimination against people hard of hearing but I'll turn a deaf ear to it. )

 

[EddieM]

This is our set up. Quick and efficient, though the nescafe is a bit decadent.

 

[Mottie]

Certainly not posh, but I'm getting into coffee making,

I think I’ve turned into a coffee snob since owning my Nespresso machine. Couldn’t be faffed with grinding my own beans though but can’t stand the instant stuff any more - tastes like gravy. Before I started with pod machines, I could find nothing wrong with instant and thought that those that shunned it were coffee snobs! I now even have have a pod machine in the workshop but Dolce Gusto which isn’t as good as Nespresso.

 

[EddieM]

I think I’ve turned into a coffee snob since owning my Nespresso machine. Couldn’t be faffed with grinding my own beans though but can’t stand the instant stuff any more - tastes like gravy. Before I started with pod machines, I could find nothing wrong with instant and thought that those that shunned it were coffee snobs! I now even have have a pod machine in the workshop but Dolce Gusto which isn’t as good as Nespresso.

You wouldn't say that if you developed an intolerance to malic acid. I dont drink proper coffee anymore as it gives me stomach and head aches.

 

[Mottie]

You wouldn't say that if you developed an intolerance to malic acid. I dont drink proper coffee anymore as it gives me stomach and head aches.

Isn’t decaf any good for you Eddie? Nespresso do decaf pods too. When I bought my latest machine a few years ago, I bought a started pack of 200 pods. That included 30 decaf pods. I still have 28 of them in the cupboard!

 

[EddieM]

Isn’t decaf any good for you Eddie? Nespresso do decaf pods too. When I bought my latest machine a few years ago, I bought a started pack of 200 pods. That included 30 decaf pods. I still have 28 of them in the cupboard!

No, it's not the caffeine. Coffee contains malice acid, more so in real coffee, regardless of whether it's decaffeinated. Anyway decaf coffee is only slightly caffeine reduced, it's not caffeine free.Not that I have an issue with caffeine.

 

[sodthisforfun]

Cup of tea - miles better than any coffee

And I get headaches too on coffee, only drink one now and then.

 

[crystal ball]

Blimey is that yours!

That's a 2 group lever machine, I would guess a vintage machine restored, unless Gaggia make retro style ones these days.

I had to visit a building site earlier this year, not been on one for yonks, had to meet the site foreman, back in the day SFs were usually rough and ready types who drink strong tea and ate corned beef butties, when I arrived the joiner said "he's gone into town to drop off his Ethiopean coffee beans for grinding" Whaaaaat

 

[EddieM]

Hmm, there are some unbelievably pretentious coffee gaffes.

Would you like :-

Pure Arabica, Robusta, Robusta/Arabica mix
Kenyan, Ethiopean, Javan, Costa Rican, Sumatran, Civit "processed" ?
High roast, low roast?
Ground with only ceramic grinders (metal grinders burn the beans apparently) ?
Brewed with boiling water or steeped with liquid nitrogen?
Flat white, capucinno, American, frapachino, mocha choca flocka woka fuka etc ?
Hazelnut, vanilla or caramel syrup?
Milk? is the cows, sheep's, goats, almond, oat?
Skimmed or semi skimmed?
Finally if you haven't already left or died of thirst, would you like some chocolate on top?

Give me strength or alternatively 2 spoons of instant with some boiling water and a splash of semi skimmed, jobs a good un.