In praise of the Aeropress
- Stokey Sue
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JD coffee? No thanks, but the bottled barbeque sauce is quite nice
- Gillthepainter
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Ooooo, moody.
Where'd they get their cup, Sakkarin.
I need another new glass cup for my morning coffee routine.
Where'd they get their cup, Sakkarin.
I need another new glass cup for my morning coffee routine.
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Looks like they do a bigger latte-sized one too. But only in pairs...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from= ... ss&_sop=15
EDIT: Just read a reviewer of the Aeropress who says he rinses and reuses the filters up to 5 times each. I know it's the ultimate in tightfisted, but for the sake of it I've got a couple of rinsed ones drying out on the radiator...
EDIT 2. Ignore that last comment, tried it and it is idiotic.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from= ... ss&_sop=15
EDIT: Just read a reviewer of the Aeropress who says he rinses and reuses the filters up to 5 times each. I know it's the ultimate in tightfisted, but for the sake of it I've got a couple of rinsed ones drying out on the radiator...
EDIT 2. Ignore that last comment, tried it and it is idiotic.
- Gillthepainter
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Ha!
Only works with toilet paper, Sakkarin.
Only works with toilet paper, Sakkarin.
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Have just come across this - I've never heard of it before.
http://www.bonappetit.com/drinks/non-al ... tro-coffee
http://www.bonappetit.com/drinks/non-al ... tro-coffee
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Interesting! I see that article is nearly 2 years old, I wonder if it's made it here yet. Also found a Guardian article from 4 months ago...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ffee-shops
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ffee-shops
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Sakkarin wrote:Interesting! I see that article is nearly 2 years old, I wonder if it's made it here yet. Also found a Guardian article from 4 months ago...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ffee-shops
Yes, it is a couple of years old. The coffee's mentioned in the latest Good Food magazine but I couldn't get a link to it as I was looking at it using a "reader".
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I see the classic gold and black obsidian version of this coffee maker is only $18,000. I should have that saved up in about 234 years, no problem.
http://www.royalcoffeemaker.com/product ... fee-maker/
http://www.royalcoffeemaker.com/product ... fee-maker/
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Many years ago when I lived in Sardinia, the Aga Khan had His purpose-built yacht moored on the Costa Smeralda. I was told that the coffee machine alone had cost something like £250,000! Apparently, it was like the big Gaggia ones that you see in restaurants and was completely gold plated, with some parts made in solid gold. Wonder if the coffee it produced tasted any better than some made with cheaper machines? I doubt it!
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Pampy wrote:Many years ago when I lived in Sardinia, the Aga Khan had His purpose-built yacht moored on the Costa Smeralda. I was told that the coffee machine alone had cost something like £250,000! Apparently, it was like the big Gaggia ones that you see in restaurants and was completely gold plated, with some parts made in solid gold. Wonder if the coffee it produced tasted any better than some made with cheaper machines? I doubt it!
[my bold]
If it has diamond cutting blades that never go blunt, it could be a good investment - unless he went off coffee of course, or he got bored with it... It'd be a good charity shop find
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I was inveigled into buying an expensive pack of coffee beans in Sainos yesterday, as the packaging made it look like something new. I now realise that it was just rebranding of the old Taylor's Brazil beans as "Praline Especial Brazil". Not impressed, especially as the flavour did not to me suggest praline, whereas the Morrisons' Brazilian beans I tried in November on this thread very much did have a hazelnutty undertaste.
On their website, they have the following chart (top) to show the "flavours" of the coffee. FLORAL? As much as potatoes taste of celery. So I did a my own taste chart for potatoes along the same lines...
On their website, they have the following chart (top) to show the "flavours" of the coffee. FLORAL? As much as potatoes taste of celery. So I did a my own taste chart for potatoes along the same lines...
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Well I've just opened my fourth pack of Aeropress filters, so that means I've made over 1,000 cups of coffee with it, as there are 350 in each pack. Only a tiny handful of those has not been 100%.
The bottom line is that I now use the Tesco cheap and cheerful £2 "original" beans as I'm on a shoestring budget, and they really are only marginally inferior to the top brands when Aeropressed, still a fabulous cup of coffee to my taste. And only 10p a cup. Stuff those expensive pods!
The bottom line is that I now use the Tesco cheap and cheerful £2 "original" beans as I'm on a shoestring budget, and they really are only marginally inferior to the top brands when Aeropressed, still a fabulous cup of coffee to my taste. And only 10p a cup. Stuff those expensive pods!
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I don't blame you!
I bought Alcafe Columbian ground coffee from Aldi, because it smelled really nice when I squeezed the packet. It has a one-way valve. I also bought Specially Selected Ethiopian 100% Arabica ground coffee, which is a Which best buy.
I bought Alcafe Columbian ground coffee from Aldi, because it smelled really nice when I squeezed the packet. It has a one-way valve. I also bought Specially Selected Ethiopian 100% Arabica ground coffee, which is a Which best buy.
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P.S. I notice that several of those brews are a mixture of filter coffee and expresso. What's the point of that? I feel an Irish coffee coming on.
Felicity's already been there...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... day-recipe
Felicity's already been there...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... day-recipe
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As for all those coffees, it's getting a bit ridiculous, although I did order a Macchiato once, because I was with a friend who was ordering one.
Sorry, but I missed seeing those charts that you did in March, due to having a friend staying here. The potato chart made me laugh!
Sorry, but I missed seeing those charts that you did in March, due to having a friend staying here. The potato chart made me laugh!
- Gillthepainter
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So that explains why the "I'll have what you're having, Catherine" I had yesterday, when Catherine did the cappuccino run tasted like a bounty bar.
She brought me a coconut milk mocha.
(sickly though, not lovely).
As I don't order a mocha, I didn't realize it was half chocolate. Is it?
She brought me a coconut milk mocha.
(sickly though, not lovely).
As I don't order a mocha, I didn't realize it was half chocolate. Is it?
- strictlysalsaclare
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Gillthepainter wrote:So that explains why the "I'll have what you're having, Catherine" I had yesterday, when Catherine did the cappuccino run tasted like a bounty bar.
She brought me a coconut milk mocha.
(sickly though, not lovely).
As I don't order a mocha, I didn't realize it was half chocolate. Is it?
Hi Gill
theoretically a mocha should be made with either mocha or mysore coffee beans. However, these days if you have one from Costa etc, it's more likely to be made with the chocolate Monin syrup like I had once . Some outlets may use cocoa which is a lot more palatable in my view. I only make lattes at home now, so I can control the amount of coffee I put in. I prefer the taste of coffee to hot milk so I am generous with the coffee. If I make a mocha, the only ingredients I use are instant coffee granules, cocoa powder and milk. I don't need the sugar in it.
- Stokey Sue
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Just looked at that poster
Surely most of those could be described as X amount of espresso coffee plus Y amount of milk (where X and Y are both very variable)? Or hot water in place of milk
An Espresso Martini might be more to my taste, as I don't drink milk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/10681309/Espresso-martini-cocktail-recipe.html
Very fashionable apparently
Surely most of those could be described as X amount of espresso coffee plus Y amount of milk (where X and Y are both very variable)? Or hot water in place of milk
An Espresso Martini might be more to my taste, as I don't drink milk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/10681309/Espresso-martini-cocktail-recipe.html
Very fashionable apparently
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