Espresso Machine Thread

[Khaldun]

We switched recently to doing our coffee as French press using our big REI camping French press, after I decided our Cuisinart drip brew needed to be shot and buried. I think it's generally been much better coffee. I thought about a Technivorm but it just seemed too expensive for the results.

[Merusk]

Three of us at the office shared a French Press when we finally got sick of the free "burn-roasted" coffee. While I agree the coffee was far superior, ultimately the damn thing proved to be too much of a pain in the ass to clean. We took a Keurig from the Hospitality group and buy boxes of Tim Horton's cups from Sams now.

[Tale]

That couldn't be further from espresso though.

[Khaldun]

We have a Nespresso machine in the office that's...ok? It's the Inissia, the cheaper one. It has a decent crema when it's done, the packaged stuff is fairly good. But it doesn't really wow me.

There's a Keurig over at another office where I go for meetings some days and I think that coffee kind of blows.

[Soln]

I knew my brother had finally full whitebread when he allowed his good lady wife to install a Keurig and all its accoutrements.  I've never believed that I have good "taste" (as in the physical faculty), but coffee from a Keurig is like drinking liquid... kitsch?

We have 3 different sized Bialettis and a basic drip for humdrum days.   Am on the lookout for something new.

[Goumindong]

I knew my brother had finally full whitebread when he allowed his good lady wife to install a Keurig and all its accoutrements.  I've never believed that I have good "taste" (as in the physical faculty), but coffee from a Keurig is like drinking liquid... kitsch?

We have 3 different sized Bialettis and a basic drip for humdrum days.   Am on the lookout for something new.

Maybe try one of those self fill reusable cups? Might remove the feeling (and improve the coffee)

[apocrypha]

I've got a grinder and a cafatiere and always have a bag of fresh beans in the fridge. Makes great coffee and I really like the ritual of it, it's a big part of my morning waking-up routine.

Also, after trying many, many different brands of beans I've found that Tescos own brand Java beans are the ones I like the most. Plus they're really cheap. 

[eldaec]

We have a Rancilio Grinder plus Silvia. I'm not much of a coffee geek but it seems good to me. Wife does care about coffee and swears the Silvia is one of mankind's greatest achievements.

[IainC]

I'm probably going to buy an espresso machine soonly. I dont drink coffee, so it would mainly be for guests. I'm looking at this de Longhi machine at the moment which I can buy for about $200 here. I would probably have bought a capsule machine because I really liked my old Tchibo in Germany, but the only capsules you can buy here are Nespresso and I don't want to give Nescafé money if I can avoid it.

Anyone have any experience with that de Longhi?

[Merusk]

I knew my brother had finally full whitebread when he allowed his good lady wife to install a Keurig and all its accoutrements.  I've never believed that I have good "taste" (as in the physical faculty), but coffee from a Keurig is like drinking liquid... kitsch?

We have 3 different sized Bialettis and a basic drip for humdrum days.   Am on the lookout for something new.

Maybe try one of those self fill reusable cups? Might remove the feeling (and improve the coffee)

It does. The Green Mountain/ cheap cups are all pretty terrible, IMO. It's all about finding a cup you like.

I'm not a fan of dark, dark coffees either, though. I only started drinking to get out of the three-soda-a-day calorie problem while maintaining my caffeine habit. I'd go with Tea but it's honestly a bigger pain in the ass than coffee.