Non-motoring > Coffee	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: CGNorwich	Replies: 18

New Tue 13 Sep 22 10:10   Coffee - CGNorwich

Am in Croatia at the moment. We are in our second apartment and despite being otherwise well equipped no means of making coffee. Can’t live without coffee in the morning. I tried just putting ground coffee in a mug, adding boiled water and leaving for a few minutes. The coffee is surprisingly good. Just leave the last inch or so. All those percolators, drip machines, cafetières, coffee pods appear to be unnecessary! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 13 Sep 22 11:10   Coffee - Manatee

What you've done is no different to using a cafferty-airy, minus the means of sieving out the grounds. Used to be known as the jug method and we did nothing else for years. Then we got a filter machine. Put ground coffee in jug. Stir well (the grounds will float). After a couple of minutes, another stir will sink the grounds. Allow to settle, then decant into cup(s). Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 13 Sep 22 11:41   Coffee - Bromptonaut

>> Put ground coffee in jug. Stir well (the grounds will float). After a couple of >> minutes, another stir will sink the grounds. Allow to settle, then decant into cup(s). My paternal grandmother made it that way for years. Lyons Original Blend grounds. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 13 Sep 22 12:33   Coffee - CGNorwich

Yes it’s obvious really but for some reason just never occurred to me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 13 Sep 22 12:41   Coffee - Zero

>> All those percolators, drip machines, cafetières, coffee pods appear to be unnecessary! Yeah,good for every day coffee, the only thing is you dont get the crema. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 13 Sep 22 12:49   Coffee - CGNorwich

And yet www.foodandwine.com/coffee/coffee-experts-scrape-off-crema Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 13 Sep 22 13:41   Coffee - Manatee

One coffee drinker's crema is another one's scum! Our bean to cup machine produces "crema" but I suspect it's cosmetic rather than being produced by the brewing. Fortunately I'm not sophisticated enough to tell the difference. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 13 Sep 22 15:37   Coffee - CGNorwich

>> One coffee drinker's crema is another one's scum! Just like politics then :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 13 Sep 22 22:18   Coffee - Bobby

Recently bought a beans to cup machine from Facebook marketplace. This one www.delonghi.com/en-int/products/coffee/coffee-makers/bean-to-cup/ecam-23460s-0132215182 Got it for £100 and really enjoying its simplicity and lovely taste of the real coffee instead of the Nescafé instant I used to drink. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 07:46   Coffee - BiggerBadderDave

A lot of Poles take percolated coffee, shovel a couple of teaspoons of the stuff into a cup and add water. Mother-in-law drinks it like that. Must be an Eastern European thing. It's truly awful. When you're in polite company and you're not expecting it and you end up with a mouthful of bits and you don't want to swallow it or spit it back in the cup. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 10:02   Coffee - Manatee

>>Recently bought a beans to cup machine Ours is very similar. But we rarely use the milk carafe. I put 'vapo' in mine or drink it black, she adds cold skimmed milk. Quantity is set to about 200ml for a mugful. www.delonghi.com/en-int/products/coffee/coffee-makers/bean-to-cup/magnifica-s-ecam-22360b-0132215149 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 08:00   Coffee - Zero

>> >> One coffee drinker's crema is another one's scum! >> >> >> Just like politics then :-) Alas we are mostly offered variations of scum. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 08:05   Coffee - CGNorwich

Not all scum.We often get the dregs. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 08:34   Coffee - Zero

>> Not all scum.We often get the dregs. Well I am not sure, we recently tried scraping off the scum, but we ended up with something bitter. Last edited by: Zero on Wed 14 Sep 22 at 08:35 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 09:41   Coffee - CGNorwich

I guess there’s grounds for believing that. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 11:12   Coffee - Zero

Well lets be honest, the roast of them are not much better Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 13:25   Coffee - CGNorwich

A load of has-beans mostly Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 13:51   Coffee - BiggerBadderDave

I'm a human bean. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 14 Sep 22 15:34   Coffee - CGNorwich

>> I'm a human bean. >> Ground down and in hot water. Reply to this message | Report message