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coffee machines choice?
I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any
tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? |
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On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote:
I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? For filter coffee, pod coffee or espresso they are all quite different? -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Jethro_uk wrote:
To be honest it's the milk frother that gets most use - I like tea lattes too. Any recommendations for a standalone milk frother? (to heat the milk, not those little battery whisks) Theo |
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On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote:
I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? Beans to cup? I'm very happy with my DeLonghi. I was amused to see Siemens flooding facebook with ads for machines that started upwards of £1000. |
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newshound wrote:
Beans to cup? I'm very happy with my DeLonghi Same here, an americano is my standard coffee. |
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newshound wrote: On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote: I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? Beans to cup? I'm very happy with my DeLonghi. I was amused to see Siemens flooding facebook with ads for machines that started upwards of £1000. Our recently bought DeLongi filter machine from John Lewis cost a mere £39 ;-) -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On 08/10/2020 10:12, newshound wrote:
On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote: I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? Beans to cup? I'm very happy with my DeLonghi. I was amused to see Siemens flooding facebook with ads for machines that started upwards of £1000. Another vote for Delonghi beans-to-cup here. Ours is a few years old now and makes excellent coffee. No scale issues as we fill it from the household soft water. |
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2020 20:48:59 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 20:25:08 +0100, "www.GymRatZ.co.uk" wrote: On 08/10/2020 10:12, newshound wrote: On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote: I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? Beans to cup? I'm very happy with my DeLonghi. I was amused to see Siemens flooding facebook with ads for machines that started upwards of £1000. Another vote for Delonghi beans-to-cup here. Ours is a few years old now and makes excellent coffee. No scale issues as we fill it from the household soft water. I presume beans-to-cup coffee machines grind the beans at some early stage in the process. Can the degree of grind be varied to suit the drinker? On my Bosch, yes. Quite a range of adjustment. If it really doesn't suit you, you can use an external grinder and select the pre-ground option; there's a little hatch to insert the ground coffee. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote:
I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? The best coffee is made with freshly ground beans. There is no getting away from that. Pod coffee is a gimmick really, although undoubtedly better than a cup of instant and better than stale, long opened ready ground coffee. TW |
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In article , TimW wrote:
On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote: I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? The best coffee is made with freshly ground beans. There is no getting away from that. Pod coffee is a gimmick really, although undoubtedly better than a cup of instant and better than stale, long opened ready ground coffee. But ideal for self service. Simply hand the customer a pod and get back to serving others. We don't keep our packeted ground coffee for very long. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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writes On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote: I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? The best coffee is made with freshly ground beans. There is no getting away from that. Pod coffee is a gimmick really, although undoubtedly better than a cup of instant and better than stale, long opened ready ground coffee. I get through about 4 pods per day. Nespresso supply a plastic bag and collect for disposal/recycling on their next delivery. There have been rumours about changing the aluminium cap to improve re-cyclability so they are concerned about their image. Time is more important to me than the best possible drink! -- Tim Lamb |
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:43:07 +0100, TimW wrote:
On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote: I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? The best coffee is made with freshly ground beans. There is no getting away from that. Pod coffee is a gimmick really, although undoubtedly better than a cup of instant and better than stale, long opened ready ground coffee. TW I make my first morning coffee from freshly ground beans in a Cafetiere and rest of the day use coffee bags. |
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On 08/10/2020 12:23, jon wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:43:07 +0100, TimW wrote: On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote: I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? The best coffee is made with freshly ground beans. There is no getting away from that. Pod coffee is a gimmick really, although undoubtedly better than a cup of instant and better than stale, long opened ready ground coffee. TW I make my first morning coffee from freshly ground beans in a Cafetiere and rest of the day use coffee bags. I make my first morning coffee from freshly ground beans in a Cafetiere and rest of the day use instant. -- If I had all the money I've spent on drink... ...I'd spend it on drink. Sir Henry (at Rawlinson's End) |
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On 08/10/2020 12:30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 08/10/2020 12:23, jon wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:43:07 +0100, TimW wrote: On 08/10/2020 08:41, John Towill wrote: I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? The best coffee is made with freshly ground beans. There is no getting away from that. Pod coffee is a gimmick really, although undoubtedly better than a cup of instant and better than stale, long opened ready ground coffee. TW I make my first morning coffee from freshly ground beans in a Cafetiere and rest of the day use coffee bags. I make my first morning coffee from freshly ground beans in a Cafetiere and rest of the day use instant. I make a full jug from a filter machine. When it is all filtered I turn off the heater. If the coffee in the jug has gone cold, I pour out a cup and microwave it. It often lasts a couple of days. It tastes better than nespresso or instant. I use ground coffee packets, but a packet only lasts a week. It doesn't seem to go stale in that time. |
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2020 08:41:16 +0100, John Towill wrote:
I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? I have a Bosch TES...something that is bean to cup. Four and a half years and I am very happy. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 8 Oct 2020 at 08:41:16 BST, "John Towill"
wrote: I am considering getting one. there are so many available has anyone any tips on the best, as a reasonable price of course? I'd avoid a bean to cup, having been given a Beko machine recently. Takes a lot of cleaning/faffing (the insides become putrid after a short while), and while the coffee's fine, it's nothing special and not especially hot. And the machine is noisy and takes up a chunk of worktop. Best for me is a cafetiere with freshly ground beans, or ready ground as a decent second best. -- Cheers, Rob |
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On Fri, 09 Oct 2020 03:16:12 +0000, RJH wrote:
I'd avoid a bean to cup, having been given a Beko machine recently. Takes a lot of cleaning/faffing (the insides become putrid after a short while), and while the coffee's fine, it's nothing special and not especially hot. And the machine is noisy and takes up a chunk of worktop. I've found my Bosch easy to clean. And it tells you when to run a cleaning cycle. The coffee could be hotter, but I pre-warm the mug using the hot water facility... -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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