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On April 28 2011 22:38 JerseyDevil wrote: Yeah with a long black you're supposed to pour the espresso so that the crema slides across the top of the hot water, whereas americano you pour the water into the espresso, not preserving the crema.
If you pour it right, you can preserve it like you would a Latte or Cappucino. I never knew there was a name for screwing it up though. Haha. Thanks dude. Maybe from now on I'll ask for a Long Black instead.
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http://www.dibartoli.com.au/product/Hario_Water_Dripper
SIGHH No money for a new toy and these things are finally in Australia! ): Maybe when I get employed again I will buy it and complete my collection of "everything that brews coffee that isnt an espresso machine"
So far this collection includes Paper drip brewer Plunger Syphon/vaccuum pot brewer Neru sock brewer Mokapot Presso
and coming in the mail is an aeropress <:
Yay funtimes ahead !!
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The only acceptable device for making coffee is
What I like to do (saw it in the "Around the World") is boil the water (without coffee in it), then pour a couple of spoons of coffee in it, steer it all and put it back on the reduced (really weak) fire. You should get the coffee back to boiling, then lift up the pot, stir it and put back again. Repeat it several times until there's no froth being generated: that means coffee is ready and you may start drinking it. You should keep the coffee beans in a sealed jar not exposed to oxygen (that makes it keep the aroma). And only cut the beans to use 'em immediately for making coffee (not to store 'em somewhere). U can tinker with adding additional things into your coffee like cinnamon or vanilla but I'm not the one to give an advice about it, since I love my coffee black, strong with a lil bit of sugar.
And try getting the good beans, not the shit being sold in any store. P.S.: my favorite are the Turkish ones
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Until coffee got too strong for my stomach (it regularly tries to kill me, rather annoying), I mostly drank a brand called Pilao from Brazil that my mom would buy in bulk down there when she went with church groups.
When I was in Iraq, I mostly drank German brands (was cheaper to ship), don't remember the names, although I was generally running it through two fresh filters of grounds per pot at that point, with caffeine being more important than flavor at the time.
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Canada13372 Posts
I like to use a french press with fresh ground beans. When I have my own house I will try roasting my own beans once a week. I really like the natural oils in coffee so I try to maintain them more than a drip machine would.
An aeropress seems cool but its not really for me yet but once I get an office job I hear they are great for that.
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All day every day!
Too lazy to brew my own. 8D
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Press with newly grounded beans is the way I want my coffee and stronger coffee is better coffee :D
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Getting some fairly decent cappuccinos out of this setup.
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WOWOOW @ starbucks.
Why not just drink instant coffee?
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I cut down a lot on coffee recently but if you want some hard stuff, ask for quad shot @ starbucks or blue eye. Blue eye is basically quad shot w/ coffee.
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Northern Ireland1200 Posts
A really good Irish coffee is hard to beat
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<: Just ordered 5kg of Yirgacheffe my fav coffee so far <: and quite affordable as well ! And gonna try out some Vietnamese son la arabica and this random coffee from flores that doesnt even have a description!
Fun times ahead!
So far im enjoying the vietnamese coffee pot more than the aeropress but its a hog to fill and uses 20grams of coffee a go O.o !!! But so goood !
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RIP coffee, i have been recently forbidden to drink coffee from my doctor due to my stomach issues. Now i am sleepy 70% of the day...
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Hello fellow coffee drinkers. I have been drinking Nespresso coffee for 2 years in medical school now. And I love coffee. But I feel I want to go up a level in coffee taste. Would Illy Iperespresso be an idea? Have anyone tried it and had it for some while enough to have a legitimate opinion? Or should I go for the real thing - espresso machine?
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On May 30 2013 18:45 llIH wrote: Hello fellow coffee drinkers. I have been drinking Nespresso coffee for 2 years in medical school now. And I love coffee. But I feel I want to go up a level in coffee taste. Would Illy Iperespresso be an idea? Have anyone tried it and had it for some while enough to have a legitimate opinion? Or should I go for the real thing - espresso machine?
illy is bad, don't even waste your time.
So there are two main (proper) methods of making coffee, filter and espresso. Filter is alot cheaper and with ~$400 you can taste the best coffees in the world easily. Espresso you need to pay for alot more (sure you can afford a cheap machine but it wouldn't do alot of coffees justice). I'm not well versed in good machines for a good price but if you want to drink filter im happy to advise.
EDIT: Did anyone goto the recent World Barista Championships/Melbourne International Coffee Expo last weekend? Shit was fucking amazing.
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On May 30 2013 19:11 FractalsOnFire wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2013 18:45 llIH wrote: Hello fellow coffee drinkers. I have been drinking Nespresso coffee for 2 years in medical school now. And I love coffee. But I feel I want to go up a level in coffee taste. Would Illy Iperespresso be an idea? Have anyone tried it and had it for some while enough to have a legitimate opinion? Or should I go for the real thing - espresso machine? illy is bad, don't even waste your time. So there are two main (proper) methods of making coffee, filter and espresso. Filter is alot cheaper and with ~$400 you can taste the best coffees in the world easily. Espresso you need to pay for alot more (sure you can afford a cheap machine but it wouldn't do alot of coffees justice). I'm not well versed in good machines for a good price but if you want to drink filter im happy to advise. EDIT: Did anyone goto the recent World Barista Championships/Melbourne International Coffee Expo last weekend? Shit was fucking amazing.
Illy is bad? I felt Illy tasted way better than Senseo and Tassimo. I have never tasted filter coffee that tasts good. But thats only from mocca master machines. Problem for me is that there is no froth on the top.
Nespresso vivalto Lungo is my favorite coffee so far.
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On May 30 2013 22:20 llIH wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2013 19:11 FractalsOnFire wrote:On May 30 2013 18:45 llIH wrote: Hello fellow coffee drinkers. I have been drinking Nespresso coffee for 2 years in medical school now. And I love coffee. But I feel I want to go up a level in coffee taste. Would Illy Iperespresso be an idea? Have anyone tried it and had it for some while enough to have a legitimate opinion? Or should I go for the real thing - espresso machine? illy is bad, don't even waste your time. So there are two main (proper) methods of making coffee, filter and espresso. Filter is alot cheaper and with ~$400 you can taste the best coffees in the world easily. Espresso you need to pay for alot more (sure you can afford a cheap machine but it wouldn't do alot of coffees justice). I'm not well versed in good machines for a good price but if you want to drink filter im happy to advise. EDIT: Did anyone goto the recent World Barista Championships/Melbourne International Coffee Expo last weekend? Shit was fucking amazing. Illy is bad? I felt Illy tasted way better than Senseo and Tassimo. I have never tasted filter coffee that tasts good. But thats only from mocca master machines. Problem for me is that there is no froth on the top. Nespresso vivalto Lungo is my favorite coffee so far. I fell that Moccamasters make the only good regular coffee. Especially if you plan to drink a litre or two. Any regular coffee from fancy machines or coffee shops tastes horrible compared. Coffee made by yourself on a good filter machine is much better. Have you tried many brands of coffee with the filter machine? Because in Norway there are very few good brands, but the good ones tastes great, most others taste like charcoal and shit.
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lol I just drink 4 cups of dunkin donuts brand every morning. Can someone enlighten me on where to start if I want to get into better coffee, preferably not terribly expensive or hard to make etc etc. The last thing you want to do in the morning is actually make the coffee, you just want to drink it right away, I'm sure some of you all know what I'm talking about haha.
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I don't feel moccamaster coffee taste good. There is no froth and the taste is so bitter. I tried several coffee grindings too. This does not mean I am not up to try other filter coffee types or machines.
I thought making espresso shots manually was the most efficient way to get the perfect espresso(Americano for me)?
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On May 30 2013 22:20 llIH wrote:Show nested quote +On May 30 2013 19:11 FractalsOnFire wrote:On May 30 2013 18:45 llIH wrote: Hello fellow coffee drinkers. I have been drinking Nespresso coffee for 2 years in medical school now. And I love coffee. But I feel I want to go up a level in coffee taste. Would Illy Iperespresso be an idea? Have anyone tried it and had it for some while enough to have a legitimate opinion? Or should I go for the real thing - espresso machine? illy is bad, don't even waste your time. So there are two main (proper) methods of making coffee, filter and espresso. Filter is alot cheaper and with ~$400 you can taste the best coffees in the world easily. Espresso you need to pay for alot more (sure you can afford a cheap machine but it wouldn't do alot of coffees justice). I'm not well versed in good machines for a good price but if you want to drink filter im happy to advise. EDIT: Did anyone goto the recent World Barista Championships/Melbourne International Coffee Expo last weekend? Shit was fucking amazing. Illy is bad? I felt Illy tasted way better than Senseo and Tassimo. I have never tasted filter coffee that tasts good. But thats only from mocca master machines. Problem for me is that there is no froth on the top. Nespresso vivalto Lungo is my favorite coffee so far. Ok, even though I'll probably get stoned to death by the true coffee afficionados for this, I'll be the one to say it: Taking into account its status as "convenience coffee", what you get from Nespresso machines tastes actually surprisingly well and, at least in my experience, can easily stand up to products of standard espresso machines. So, while it's certainly possible to top Nespresso, I'd go so far as to say that if you're looking for a significant advancement, you might be looking at (semi-)professional equipment and the prices that go along with them.
That said, there are plenty of reasons other than taste to stay away from Nespresso (especially the fact that they work on aluminium capsules, which are both ridiculously proprietary and can be considered a hate crime against the environment... which, of course, applies to other capsule systems, such as Iperespresso, as well), but in my opinion, taste isn't one of them.
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