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

I'm unusual in that I don't, and never have, liked either coffee or tea. But one of the prices I had to pay for my hifi purchases once was an expensive built in Miele Nespresso machine for the kitchen plus the ignominy of having to order the coffee pods online every couple of months. The price we have to pay for our hobby.  My friends like the coffee when they visit though. 

Absolutely Fabio, now let's raise a cup to the new pope Francis I

Ok steve, so what is your tipple instead?

Hi Steve, which Miele model?  I have the Nespresso version.  Before that I had the all singing and dancing, grind the beans, etc, with a six choice carousel.  But it was a disaster, kept falling over, leaking hot coffee all over the place, a real shambles.  Miele, to their credit offered me my money back, but I chose the Nespresso model or there would have been a big hole with no way to fill it  .

i rarely or never I use it now.  I prefer the simplicity of my second Nespresso machine, the Citiz made by Krups, it is dark red and matches my kitchen.

richard

Steve,ask Richard for a complete refound.

No problem Paul.Cheers.

Once a day.

Double-shot burr ground beans, espresso machine, flat white...served up in a Royal New Zealand Air Force tea-cup and saucer!

No way.  I am saving for my next upgrade .  The new V1 will be here tomorrow morning for assessment.  I will post my findings in another thread.

Richard

New Zealand?  But all the coffee will fall out if it is upside down  .

Beans generally purchased from Booths supermarket - a good range of beans.  I prefer medium roast (don't like the high roast as a bit overpowering) but strong flavour

I use a burr grinder (Grand Mancino IIRC - doesn't seem to be available in this country at the moment, according to a friend who has been looking - lasted about 7 years so far, having replaced another that got clogged up just after the warranty ran out) to grind the beans as fine as possible

Nearly forgot to say - I haven't found the "perfect" beans but generally change around - the grinder / aerobie method brings enough flavour out to tell the difference quite easily between different beans and I quite often mix different ones to modify the flavours a bit

Using aerobie press thing, making sure that the water is down to 80C first before pouring on the coffee.  Don't like cafetierre due to the excess silt and that method (along with filter machine) seems to leave the water in the grounds for too long, making it taste (to me) somewhat stale

Really don't like the nespresso machines - haven't drunk much from them but very expensive and, when I have tried them, they have tasted completely underwhelming

For instant coffee, it needs to be Nescafe Alta Rica

For tea, green tea please with nothing added (no lemon rubbish).  For some reason I like tea extremely weak but coffee very strong

That's an interesting post.  Thanks for the detailed info.  I am hoping to receive the stove top coffee maker within the next few days that I ordered from Amazon. 

I always drink my coffee black at home.  Sometimes I have a latte when out shopping, but only because most coffee seems to be execrable from cafe and in stores.  Cafe Nero in Cardiff seem better.  They at least do try.  

Richard

Ah, coffee. A serious matter in our house. Without it, I've got no life with a very grumpy girlfriend.

So we've got a Expobar Brewtus 4 PID Espressomachine with a Eureka Mignon Inox grinder.

We try to buy our beans biological from a local store overhere in Utrecht.

We have the lttle Magimix Nespresso machine and milk jug.  Both have worked faultlessly for a few years now.  We got a free larger milker with our coffee order at Christmas too. Just had an espresso 'Strega'....that hits the spot after a days work. I'm definitely a fan! G

It's a Miele model CVA 2660 if that means anything to you Richard. 

Paul, I drink a lot of water and the occasional soft drink. 

I used to love the old Gaggia we had - but such a faff.

Now - dependant on Espresso or capuchino, it'll be a green + purple capsule, or the black or purple. If I'm feeling adventurous the green/gold one is nice too.. Took a lot of learning, but it's a damned easy way to real good coffee, along with quick and easy.

Stove-top is the best way at home.

Of the big brands, my fairly extensive testing has found Lavazza Caffe Espresso is the best for my taste. Add hot water for an Americano. Its robust but personally can't bear some of the insipid coffee out there.

If you want a treat, try Monmouth coffee.

You may also find there is a Turkish deli or similar near you that does some nice freshly ground coffee - both Turkish style and beyond. Freshly ground can often be done in the shop for you and often costs not much more than pre ground coffee. Quite a lot of variety to choose from including blends so have fun exploring!

I go in the one in Borough Market fairly often for a little kick . There is a great little app for iPhone users called Coffee [in] Touch which is very useful when you need a fix in London. 

It is a pity that great coffee can be irksome to prepare and to clean up afterwards .  Conversely a lack of care can ruin what otherwise might be a great tasting bean.  

I have now achieved reasonable results using my stove top percolator.  My method is a bit extravagant, through using extra coffee grains, I use 50 grams for just three cups.  But I stop the action fairly quickly.  This keeps the flavour up without over brewing.  

But I am hopeful I should receive my stove top vacuum unit early next week  

That will be interesting. 

Richard

The ritual is part of the pleasure.

We all have our quirks when making coffee which all adds to the taste. I do little processes to fine-tune, like preheating the cup, dispensing a blank shot to pull fresh water through. I can certainly taste when it is not quite "just so". Getting the grind right on a new batch of beans is a biggie IMO.

Have not tried roasting myself yet though. I fear that might be one step too far.

Just for you steve !!

Not a good idea to roast yourself Julian. I doubt you're oven's big enough anyway.

Most of you guys obsess about the system tweeks , watches and now coffee, then a lot of you go out and buy BMWs!!!!!!

Typical !

not a beemer fan, so with you there

but i do like my coffee and definitely collect watches

The definitive coffee thread.

https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606044433

just goes to show. no such thing as new idea, just keep regurgitating the same old stuff !!