What is your favourite coffee and how do you brew it?

Nespresso, bit hard to beat tbh.

I like the Keurig with the "blank" carts so you can use good beans.

Any heirloom bean from anywhere is good if handpicked, small batches, and sometimes unwashed.

-patrick

Vergnano coffe brewed with the following,twice a day.

I always drink it black at home.  But I sometimes enjoy a latte macchiato at a local Café Nero. 

I was pleasantly surprised by Lyons Italian roast coffee bags, the red box. Bought as an emergency standby and surprisingly tasty.

Richard

That looks interesting.  How does it work?  I suppose the water is forced up into the top chamber, then  I (again) suppose you take it off the heat and the water is sucked back into the lower chamber. Or is it something else?  Does it require filters?  I am not too keen on those, makes for too much work clearing up.

Richard

Kenya AA beans, fresh-roasted at the local independent coffee shop, ground and brewed in a Melitta-type paper filter directly over my coffee cup.  The hot water should go in "no faster than a man can pee".

Yep, the water in the bottom chamber boils, creating steam under pressure that then pushes the water up a tube and through the coffee which is held in a finely perforated basket in the top. The brewed coffee is collected in the top half and simply poured out. It is referred to as a stove-top espresso maker and is simple to use. It makes full-strength coffee that can be diluted a bit for taste, if you so desire. Doesn't require filters.

The cast alloy ones like shown here (although very inexpensive) tend to corrode a bit. Stainless steel ones are also available.

These are a good travel option. You can even take them hiking/camping as they work over a fuel stove just fine.

Richard,Winky got it all right.I don't add a thing to what he said.That's it.Oh,have a nice coffee.

Winky,thanks for helping with the English:fantastic.

Thanks to both Winky and Fabio.  I will investigate this.  I think I saw something very similar in the John Lewis Store.  So, tomorrow will be a shopping day, yippee  .

Richard

I have ordered one, the stainless steel version, needed because I have an induction hob.

I have bought the 6 cup version after reading that is only just enough for a couple of normal sized cups.  This is it:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bialet...presso/dp/B0009Q1DSS

So thank you, Fabio and Winky. 

I must be entering my second childhood to be so excited about a new coffee maker, but hey, who cares?  

Richard

Excuse the 'Frasier' moment but for us Nespresso 'Indria' and others. It's the favourite for both latte & espresso.  Such a great product and the coffee machines operate at the right pressure to give a proper 'crema'.

Latte at 7:00am and Espresso at 5:00.......oh, it's 6:55....time to fire up the machine! G

Not to fussed what coffee i have as long as their is a little splash in it. Going thru a bottle of Brandy at the moment. Other half uses one of these fancy coffee making things and adds cream.

Mista h

Like count d. & Graeme I'm an Espresso guy. Having messed around with the alternatives it's so easy, clean and makes a super cup of coffee.

Aldi's rich roast 100% arabica - in a cafetière.

I've tried machines etc. and it's such a faff.

Just one word of warning. They actually almost "boil dry" at the end of the process and you must take it off the heat right away. They make quite a racket as they do so, but DO NOT leave the room while you're using it or you might end up wrecking it.

But they do make good coffee.

Sounds like they should come with a health warning  .

We like our Gaggia Titanium, and we have a Keurig at the other place we like too. Both are surprisingly good.  Nespresso is impressive, but we do not own one.  (The new Verismo pod-espresso machine at SBUX is styled like Naim  --  I am conditioned to smile when I see one.)

She prefers SBUX espresso beans.  I like variety more than any one type of bean.  Costa Rican and Kona are standouts.  But I usually go along with Her.

Nick

My staple is Algerian Special, from the Algerian Coffee Store, Old Compton St, London, via my espresso machine. If I run out, Monsooned Malabar from Waitrose keeps me going. Getting the grind [burr grinder] right between batches takes a few shots but then its okay again for the rest of the bag. 

Good choice Fabio, these are great ( and simple) machines that make lovely coffee.

Only problem is they come in a variety of sizes, 1 cup - 6 cup, and theyl become addictive so you buy a few sizes but they are relatively cheap

Paul

Richard,don't expect to get a nice coffe from your very first cup:as Naim gear it needs a burn-in period,say 10 cups?

Tend to use freshly burr ground Has Bean coffee -  mount on cup drip paper cone filter.

Mmmm! Actually I want one now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...re=player_detailpage

Paul,do you understand now what coffee means to my fellow-countrymen?

I use a Technivorm Moccamaster. It's pricey, but it's the only drip machine I've found that makes coffee as good as French press, but without the silt.