Coffee
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So many comments here describing a style of coffee rather than quality itself. A quality ristretto is as good as a quality flat white is as good as a quality drip.
It's personal preference as to style and then you can comment on whether 'places' generally make that style well.Back to the Melbourne argument and I guess it has changed over the years but generally speaking I didn't like milk coffees in Oz back 15 years ago because they followed the Italian way and single shotted them whereby we were used to the standard Welly double shot. Also back then there weren't as many local roasterys around so imported brands like Lavazza were everywhere and using aribica/robusta blends.
I guess the point is to try to work out what style is done best where.Don't order a FW in the US unless you are really confident in the cafe or they are happy to take an order based on ratios (generally they think a small coffee is what we would call large).
Italy/ Tirol Austria - Double espresso (or order two) followed by fresh water
France - In Paris, double shot espresso topped 2:1 with hot water. Elsewhere? good luck.
UK - research and find the only good cafe in the area. Taking pot luck is a huge risk. Never ever drink Costa (it's like a bad version of Starbucks if that is possible) -
@stargazer said in Highlanders v Rebels:
@kiwiwomble Yeah, they play 3 consecutive rounds in NZ. Why go back?
The coffee?
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@kruse slight tangent, ive always found the melbourne/coffee thing funny, since ive been here id say two thirds of the aussies i work with go for a 7eleven $1 coffee over a fancy one
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Rebels:
a fancy one
i would love to know the threshold for this descriptor
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@mariner4life anything not made by yourself using a kettle or by some sort of automated machine
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Rebels:
@mariner4life anything not made by yourself using a kettle or by some sort of automated machine
lol it's like it's 1995 again, a flat white is a fancy coffee
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Rebels:
@kruse slight tangent, ive always found the melbourne/coffee thing funny, since ive been here id say two thirds of the aussies i work with go for a 7eleven $1 coffee over a fancy one
I'll have a black coffee from the 7/11 without complaint ...
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@nepia said in Highlanders v Rebels:
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Rebels:
@kruse slight tangent, ive always found the melbourne/coffee thing funny, since ive been here id say two thirds of the aussies i work with go for a 7eleven $1 coffee over a fancy one
I'll have a black coffee from the 7/11 without complaint ...
I'm not even a little bit surprised
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@mariner4life said in Coffee:
@nepia said in Highlanders v Rebels:
@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Rebels:
@kruse slight tangent, ive always found the melbourne/coffee thing funny, since ive been here id say two thirds of the aussies i work with go for a 7eleven $1 coffee over a fancy one
I'll have a black coffee from the 7/11 without complaint ...
I'm not even a little bit surprised
I know I should be offended but I'm not exactly sure why.
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We have a great new coffee machine at work, I just have to try stick to my self imposed limit...
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This might be extraordinarily hipsterish and/or gay but have started using almond milk in my coffee and am loving it. Really farking good.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Coffee:
This might be extraordinarily hipsterish and/or gay but have started using almond milk in my coffee and am loving it. Really farking good.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Coffee:
This might be extraordinarily hipsterish and/or gay but have started using almond milk in my coffee and am loving it. Really farking good.
I didn't even know almonds had teats.
Fuck the machines they use must be small.
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Well I'm glad I posted that....
Seriously, it tastes really good. Surely can't be hipster if it's $1.43 long lasting almond milk from Aldi?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Coffee:
Surely can't be hipster if it's $1.43 long lasting almond milk from Aldi?
Well of course you're shopping at Aldi after you bought those glassless glasses.
But what do you spend your money on if you're not buying socks?
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I've got one of these ordered (through Kickstarter) to supplement my coffee device overkill (espresso machine, Blue Bottle Coffee drip filter with Stagg electric gooseneck kettle, electric syphon, immersion cold filter, traditional tower cold filter, Aeropress, travel Aeropress). Delivery in December, so xmas present for myself
While not as important as the coffee, the machine, or the skill of the person making it, is the drinking vessel.
For the past couple of years I have been using Huskee cups - they are great. They are made from coffee husks, and even at home I drink it using the lid, as the shape of the lid lets out the right amount of liquid and aroma to make for a delicious mouthful. Honestly, coffee tastes better out of these cups. There are not many places in NZ, but there is a reasonble number of coffee shops in Aus that use these with an exchange system. You buy your cup initally, then you can take in a dirty one when you want a coffee, and they make it in a clean cup for you to takeaway. https://huskee.co/huskeecup/
Orb•One Stovetop Coffeemaker
