Good coffee

Gary R Wheeler

Paul Watson wrote:

Is there a good Nescafe blend? The Gold one isn't my cup of tea.

Well, this thread is about coffee, now.

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Lost User

Im not a big fan of instant coffee but this is drinkable. I dont know if it is available overseas though. I have taken a vow of poverty. If you want to really piss me off, send me money.

normanS

I have found that those "french plungers" (reserve sexual connotations for the soapbox please) are a pain in the ars* to clean. And they tend to leave significant amounts of fine sediment. I hates them! Others obviously disagree. I have a simple funnel with base from "House of Coffees" or similar - this sits on top of your mug and takes a normal 1X2 or 1X4 coffee filter. Use hot water from the kettle. Simple, easy to clean, etc. There is a similar device which takes a circular, flat filter paper, about 8cm in diameter. Avoid it like the plague, for 2 reasons - first, it is impossible to make a decent quantity of decent strength coffee (paper gets clogged after about a quuarter cup!), and second, it is a pain to clean (unlike the funnel design, where the ground coffee only comes into contact with the filter paper, with this one the device itself gets coated with crud.

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

I can recommend Kenco too. I go for the "Really Smooth" variety (in the red jar), but you may want to try the blue one ("Really Rich") as well. Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

Paul Watson

Thanks Anna-Jayne, I'll try that out. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!

Howard Richards

Douwe Egberts instant is good. Better still - almost as fast as instant coffee is a coffee maker like Senseo. It can make two cups of filter in the same time it takes to boil a kettle. 'Howard

Paul Watson

Wow and the Senseo is pretty cheap too. Thanks Howard. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!

pcthelp

Firstly, the key to a good coffee, is a good coffee machine - I recommend a Gaggia coffee maker (a model that will grind coffee beans). If you can't afford a Gaggia machine, go for the alternative - a coffee grinder and a cafitere. Secondly, abeit a possible myth, keep your coffee beans in the refrigerator - apparently, this will keep the beans fresh and make for a better cup of coffee. As to were you purchase, Starbucks is good but you can't seem to order online with them. Having said that, I prefer coffee from 'Has Bean' http://www.hasbean.co.uk - you can buy both coffee beans and equipment. Thirdly, some head-ache tablets - in case you drink too much coffee ;P Hope this helps

Anurien

5065 is as good as it gets in instant coffee. Try putting the milk in first, this way you get a kind of froth thing going on. Chief Nerd RPGXplorer

Paul Watson

Thanks Anurien. I just gave that tip a try and it works well, gave a thicker texture to it the cuppa. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!