Food & Dining Good Coffee Anyone??

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  1. Perthguy

    Perthguy Well-Known Member

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    I think that's because one pod is the equivalent of half a shot whereas a café made coffee will have at least two or three shots. I make a coffee with 2 nespresso pods, one Ristretto and one Arpeggio using the "Espresso" setting on the machine. It makes a reasonable coffee, but as you point out, it does not compare to a café made coffee. One of the issues is the low quality coffee in nespresso pods. Dolce from Coles makes a better coffee but someone at my work goes nuts if we use them :(

    Anyway, I suspect I would need three pods to get close to a café style coffee but that just seems wasteful. I might might try two pods and put each through the machine twice using the ristretto setting?
     
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  2. Jess Peletier

    Jess Peletier Mortgage Broker & Finance Strategy, Aus Wide! Business Member

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    If you're using 3 pods you might as well pay for a real coffee!
     
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    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    I certainly tried using two pods in my vain attempt to try to make a reasonable cup of pod coffee.
     
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    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

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    Education is important but good coffee is importanter.
     
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  5. chindonly

    chindonly Well-Known Member

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    Prefer my Rocket Giotto and Mazzer grinder. And have to get good beans....
     
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  6. LibGS

    LibGS Well-Known Member

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    No matter how bad your coffee is, it could be worse. Just remember how Baldrick makes cappuccino.
     
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  7. Gibson

    Gibson Well-Known Member

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    Ah the trusty old stove top Caffetiera.. Have got a 1,3,6 and 12 cup version.. I think Bialetti is the brand w the cool man

    As for beans we are spoilt for choice sydney and Melb are overrun w specialty roasters
    Some of the ones we've bought recently
    7 seeds Melb
    Morgan's, Republicca, Toby's, Coffee Alchemy in Sydney
     
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  8. Chilliblue

    Chilliblue Well-Known Member

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    And the new ones now can be plugged into an electrical circuit like a kettle
     
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  9. Travelbug

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    After having a "real" coffee machine I couldn't do without it. I would never buy a pod machine. It's not that difficult as it does everything (well so my hubby tells me). LOL
    It wasn't cheap but we rarely buy coffees out now. We get the cappuccino fix at home. If we do buy one out we compare it to hubby's ones. He could be a barista I think. Whenever we have people coming over we do need to make sure we have lots of milk. Even the grandkids ask for a babycino.
     
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  10. MTR

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    I know many people that luuuuuuuuv "bad coffee":)
     
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    MTR Well-Known Member

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    What do you mean?? hubby places in the dish washer;)... I'll take one of those
     
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    Chilliblue Well-Known Member

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    Lucky you:)
     
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  13. Perthguy

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    I tried running the pods through twice on the ristretto setting. It really intensifies the flavour of the coffee. When dealing with nespresso pods, that's not a good thing :(
     
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    Not quite THAT easy. Press the button, coffee grinds into little cup. Press and put back in machine. Press button, Hot water goes through. Froth milk, pour. Milk jug goes in dishwasher, rinse little cup. Now make sure no one tells my hubby I know how to do this.;) He makes the best coffee.
     
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    Haha, love it:)
     
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    Priceless:D
     
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    Yep. Moccona instant coffee. Awesome.
     
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  18. geoffw

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    I've never seen an electrical circuit like a kettle.
     
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    They still dish out the International Roast at the nursing home. What they don't know won't hurt them (too much).
     
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