Coffee
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@Catogrande said in Coffee:
Too much time for not good enough returns=coffee machines.
Seriously, try a Breville. We love a good coffee, and it makes 'good' coffee easily and simply.
'Great' coffee is a rabbit hole. Same as 'great' Pizza, beer, women, wine, bread, etc. I'm time poor, and landed on 'good' unless (as @Hooroo says, you want a new hobby
Thanks feller, I’ll have a look at that when I have some time in my hands...
That’ll be tomorrow then
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I work from home so I don't really care about the warmup time
On Breville's I've owned three over the last 15 years. Entry level was a waste of time, mid level was passable.
The Oracle (not the fancy touch screen) is pretty good. However the reliability has been poor for me. My main complaint is I want more control over the variables. Even saying that I got reasonable use out of it for ~6 years
I'm now leaning towards a Lelit Mara PL62. The HX heating seems to cover most of the single boiler concerns. Reliability seems good according to owner reviews, also it uses standard e61 parts
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My first two machines were Italian.
The first was inherited from the old milkbar business we purchased and turned into our restaurant. a 1950s La Pavoni Brasilia 2 group.
I was so pissed off when we sold the business and the new owners ripped it out and replaced it with a modern machine. I would have happily reduced the sale price and walked away with it (well rather trucked it away, it weighed a metric fucktonne)
I don't know where it ended up but I believe that its history was as one of the first 20 or so machines brought into NZ during the 60s by an Air NZ pilot who ran an import racket on the side using his free freight allowance. These machines are scattered through the country and I don't know how many are still going.
My second machine was a little single boiler Vice-Versa Koala that I got in Oz.
It lasted 15 years of abuse but finally succumbed on the trip to the UK when the scale build up (despite descaling regularly) shook loose and blocked everything up. I stripped it and got it going again but it never really recovered, hence the machine I have now which is surprisingly British built and good quality.
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We bought this a couple of months back and it is bloody amazing in my opinion.
From switching on I can brew immediately and will have two coffees for me and the mrs plus baby chinos for the kids served and all good in well under 5 minutes.
Our coffee is better than stuff I (used to - locked down now) buy in cafes around here.
Important to find a good bean supplier though. Have been using Allpress even though they are a bit more costly.
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@Davesofthunder said in Coffee:
We bought this a couple of months back and it is bloody amazing in my opinion.
From switching on I can brew immediately and will have two coffees for me and the mrs plus baby chinos for the kids served and all good in well under 5 minutes.
Our coffee is better than stuff I (used to - locked down now) buy in cafes around here.
Important to find a good bean supplier though. Have been using Allpress even though they are a bit more costly.
That is the same as the Breville, just different branding in the UK. Good machine.
As a tip, seeing a cafe using Allpress in the UK is usually a good sign to getting a decent coffee. They do good barista training and refuse to let a cafe use their beans unless they are up to scratch.
The beans are pricey though. I used to get them direct from their roasters near Shoreditch station and seem to recall about £10 a small bag.
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My Jewish and Scottish ancestry is loving the fact I prefer plunger coffee to any other after reading how much some of you are spending on your fancy machines.
$5 K Mart plunger once or twice every few years (the twice is when I smash it on the tap by being unco).
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My Jewish and Scottish ancestry is loving the fact I prefer plunger coffee to any other after reading how much some of you are spending on your fancy machines.
$5 K Mart plunger once or twice every few years (the twice is when I smash it on the tap by being unco).
I can't bring myself to buy a fancy machine. And I don't want to go Nespresso. I alternate between an aeropress and a power operated mocka pot. The pot is pretty consistent but it is not espresso
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My Jewish and Scottish ancestry is loving the fact I prefer plunger coffee to any other after reading how much some of you are spending on your fancy machines.
$5 K Mart plunger once or twice every few years (the twice is when I smash it on the tap by being unco).
I can't bring myself to buy a fancy machine. And I don't want to go Nespresso. I alternate between an aeropress and a power operated mocka pot. The pot is pretty consistent but it is not espresso
Even that sounds too fancy for this peasant.
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My Jewish and Scottish ancestry is loving the fact I prefer plunger coffee to any other after reading how much some of you are spending on your fancy machines.
$5 K Mart plunger once or twice every few years (the twice is when I smash it on the tap by being unco).
I can't bring myself to buy a fancy machine. And I don't want to go Nespresso. I alternate between an aeropress and a power operated mocka pot. The pot is pretty consistent but it is not espresso
Even that sounds too fancy for this peasant.
)Sort of a French press on roids
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I have a basic Nespresso machine, found a few capsules that I quite like, so stick with them...I usually only use it on the weekend though, stick to the mighty mochonna instant during the week - 2 x cups per day
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My Jewish and Scottish ancestry is loving the fact I prefer plunger coffee to any other after reading how much some of you are spending on your fancy machines.
$5 K Mart plunger once or twice every few years (the twice is when I smash it on the tap by being unco).
I can't bring myself to buy a fancy machine. And I don't want to go Nespresso. I alternate between an aeropress and a power operated mocka pot. The pot is pretty consistent but it is not espresso
Even that sounds too fancy for this peasant.
Sort of a French press on roids
...are you sure that isn't a pump you thought might increase the size of something?
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@ploughboy said in Coffee:
@canefan im thesame .use mocka pot everyday. like because it is a different flavor and i dont recon i could make decent expesso. trick i found for me was buying the darkest beans and getting grind right
As few variables as possible works for me
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Italian made too. The Brevilles and De'Longhi tend to be made in China.
It shows in the long run. I have a Gaggia titanium, the thing is nearly 20 years old and been in to be fixed once.
I also have a DeLonghi. 5 years old, been to the repair shop 3 times.
The Gaggia also makes better coffee. Love that machine, although it cost more than any car I had owned at that time (says more about my cars than the Gaggia, but it wasn't cheap). Paid for itself many times over - I don't buy coffee from shops often because it is so good.
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So this is what I’ve got
And this is it reviewed by a bona fide coffee wank
https://www.home-barista.com/reviews/fiorenzato-briccoletta-pros-perspective-t291-10.html
He does say it looks beautiful though.....
caffe italiano
