Tomo
Junior Member
Posts: 3,364
|
Post by Tomo on Mar 29, 2022 19:19:17 GMT
If you are making coffee for 2 people then might be reason to get V60, but otherwise both capable kit.
|
|
Ulythium
Full Member
Lily-livered
Posts: 6,933
|
Post by Ulythium on Mar 29, 2022 19:47:48 GMT
Way to make me feel bad for being single and having no friends!
|
|
|
|
Post by Sarfrin on Mar 30, 2022 19:36:29 GMT
As a single-coffee saddo (wife doesn't drink it post COVID), I find the V60 slightly less hassle than the aeropress. But I'm a heretic and basically just slosh a little bit of water in to wet the grounds then fill it up while wiggling the kettle a bit.
|
|
Ulythium
Full Member
Lily-livered
Posts: 6,933
|
Post by Ulythium on Mar 30, 2022 22:49:44 GMT
I'd love to see a totally deadpan YouTube video, demonstrating your patented V60 technique. The non-FG coffee wankers would have a fit!
|
|
dogbot
Full Member
Posts: 8,738
|
Post by dogbot on Mar 31, 2022 8:50:46 GMT
Sarfrin if it makes you feel any better, I’m currently using a cafetière. *ducks*
|
|
robthehermit
Junior Member
Subjectively amusing
Posts: 2,422
|
Post by robthehermit on Mar 31, 2022 8:53:32 GMT
Sarfrin if it makes you feel any better, I’m currently using a cafetière. *ducks* Me too. It's currently on my desk filled with Morrisons Molten Magma, because I'm too povvo for Hot Lava Java. |
|
dogbot
Full Member
Posts: 8,738
|
Post by dogbot on Mar 31, 2022 8:58:25 GMT
Lavazza Rossa here. It does the job. I have pretty limited choice here in the wilds of Norfolk and I haven’t done an order from my online providers of choice for ages.
|
|
Vortex
Full Member
Harvey Weinstein's Tattered Penis
is apparently a mangina.
Posts: 5,317
|
Post by Vortex on Mar 31, 2022 8:59:02 GMT
/eyes last few posters with disgust.
|
|
dogbot
Full Member
Posts: 8,738
|
Post by dogbot on Mar 31, 2022 9:03:24 GMT
/eyes last few posters with disgust. Didn’t you, Mr Vortex, mention a cafetière in your OP of this thread?  |
|
Vortex
Full Member
Harvey Weinstein's Tattered Penis
is apparently a mangina.
Posts: 5,317
|
Post by Vortex on Mar 31, 2022 9:08:11 GMT
I do indeed have one, in amongst my plethora of other coffee related shite. It doesn't get used much now, but has it's place. It was more the bean choices, now i am a full on coffee wanker buying lightly roasted beans as freshly roasted as possible. Although I bought some beans i didn't like (tasted of bergamot- not good in coffee IMO) and did try to dilute the shitness down with some morrisons beans. Lesson learnt:- just throw out beans you don't like, don't extend the nasty taste pain for another week.  |
|
|
|
Post by dfunked on Mar 31, 2022 9:10:35 GMT
SHAME! SHAME!
I'm still loving my aeropress. Having one cup a day, and it makes a nice break from work for a few minutes. Starting to allow the kettle to cool a bit before pouring (but not enough of a coffee wanker to get a thermostat out), and will start weighing instead of eyeballing it soon. Getting fairly consistent results, but really enjoying the cup today and it'd be nice to replicate that exactly.
Went to buy a bag of beans from that odd beans site a few pages back, but 1kg seems a bit excessive for a cup a day and 500g not really worth it considering the postage costs.
|
|
gamecat
New Member
Alone Again with the Dawn Coming Up
Posts: 618
|
Post by gamecat on Mar 31, 2022 9:26:31 GMT
Best supermarket coffee I've found by far, is the Union coffee stuff in Sainsbury's: a bit more than standard prices but cheaper than most online coffees. The decaff is my go to for afternoon onwards
|
|
|
|
Post by imamazed on Mar 31, 2022 9:30:16 GMT
Yeh the union coffee is decent, and they also give you a 'roasted on' date which is rare for supermarket coffee. However, it's now £6 for a 200g bag of beans, making it only slightly cheaper than the £8 a bag with delivery for 250g of beans from Hasbean, and that stuff is freshly roasted.
|
|
Vortex
Full Member
Harvey Weinstein's Tattered Penis
is apparently a mangina.
Posts: 5,317
|
Post by Vortex on Mar 31, 2022 9:31:10 GMT
Might try to get some of that. A decent cheaper decaf would be great for evening drinks. Post-covid lockdown shite i am not really drinking the proper stuff beyond 7pm.
Was drinking far too much when wfh briefly and think my sleep was definitely altered. Normally that was never an issue, but those definitely weren't normal times!
|
|
|
|
Post by brokenkey on Mar 31, 2022 12:51:19 GMT
The illy decaf in a tin is my favourite.
|
|
JYM60
New Member
Posts: 606
|
Post by JYM60 on Mar 31, 2022 13:00:22 GMT
Lavazza Prontissimo Intenso and Nescafe Gold Blend Dark Roast currently. Instant only wanker here.
|
|
Vortex
Full Member
Harvey Weinstein's Tattered Penis
is apparently a mangina.
Posts: 5,317
|
Post by Vortex on Mar 31, 2022 13:01:44 GMT
Sir, the door is over there.
/points
|
|
EMarkM
Junior Member
Well, quite...
Posts: 2,150 
|
Post by EMarkM on Mar 31, 2022 13:39:45 GMT
Come back, come back!
Now look, I was once like him too.
Quite recently, in fact.
Although now I think about it, I was disgusting.
Carry on!
|
|
|
|
Post by Sarfrin on Mar 31, 2022 18:28:09 GMT
Sarfrin if it makes you feel any better, I’m currently using a cafetière. *ducks* Yikes. I can't be arsed with that level of clean up post aeropress. |
|
Buu
New Member
Posts: 407
|
Post by Buu on Mar 31, 2022 18:47:05 GMT
Who hurt you? Who hurt you so much you had to drink instant.... I can't even call it coffee. It's an insult to the nectar of the gods
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2022 18:49:18 GMT
As a single-coffee saddo (wife doesn't drink it post COVID), I find the V60 slightly less hassle than the aeropress. But I'm a heretic and basically just slosh a little bit of water in to wet the grounds then fill it up while wiggling the kettle a bit. I've not had covid so excuse the ignorance for a second, but why did it make her stop drinking coffee? |
|
|
|
Post by Sarfrin on Mar 31, 2022 18:52:00 GMT
Her sense of taste and smell changed. She can't eat sweet things any more either and she used to love them.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2022 18:57:39 GMT
Damn, even post-recovery? That's awful.
|
|
EMarkM
Junior Member
Well, quite...
Posts: 2,150
|
Post by EMarkM on Mar 31, 2022 19:04:00 GMT
My COVID-19 bout was first week of December 2021, and it feels like my taste and smell will never really come back.
I have 50-75% of some taste, but some things remain completely without flavour.
|
|
|
|
Post by Reviewer on Mar 31, 2022 19:05:31 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by Sarfrin on Mar 31, 2022 19:40:07 GMT
Damn, even post-recovery? That's awful. Yeah, she had it pretty early on, before there were any vaccines. A friend's son still has literally no sense of smell. Can't even smell festival toilets apparently. |
|
dogbot
Full Member
Posts: 8,738
|
Post by dogbot on Mar 31, 2022 19:48:24 GMT
Sarfrin if it makes you feel any better, I’m currently using a cafetière. *ducks* Yikes. I can't be arsed with that level of clean up post aeropress. Tbh, most of the residue goes on plants in the greenhouse. |
|
Ulythium
Full Member
Lily-livered
Posts: 6,933
|
Post by Ulythium on May 2, 2022 20:45:21 GMT
From a coffee wanker's perspective, I found this to be highly disappointing:
|
|
Bongo Heracles
Junior Member
Technically illegal to ride on public land
Posts: 4,476
|
Post by Bongo Heracles on May 2, 2022 21:22:03 GMT
I’m a great believer in the fact that nothing should taste like coffee other than a cup of coffee.
|
|
|
|
Post by dfunked on May 2, 2022 21:36:35 GMT
Kahlua and Patron Xo beg to differ.
|
|
