sailorman
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Good coffee is served black, no sugar
Cheap coffee
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Vara
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For my daily coffee drinking, it's carte noire instant, target price £2 for 100g, best of a bad bunch.
sailorman
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for the same price you can have "The real thing"
nimbusgb
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God! There are some right tw ats on this site.
Greenheart
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I never add sugar and I'd drunk it black for decades, but when we bought double cream last year to make some kind of sauce (I forget), there was lots left over...very nice in coffee.
Greenheart
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sailorman
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Some are not very discerning & know no better, probably have salted butter or grease tooSome proper heathens, too!
parbuckle
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Sainsburys dark roast £1.99 2 heap teaspoons add some hot water and 2 tablespoons cooking whiskey milk or cream to taste.
prv
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Mostly drink tea on the boat, but always used to have a jar of instant for the occasional change.
Then on our Cherbourg trip last year, my mate bought a stovetop espresso maker at Carrefour because he needed one for home. We used it on the boat for the rest of the trip, and suddenly started drinking a lot less tea
Only problem was that a "4 cup" espresso pot was not really enough for the two of us, we often ended up doing each brew in two rounds.
Pete
Then on our Cherbourg trip last year, my mate bought a stovetop espresso maker at Carrefour because he needed one for home. We used it on the boat for the rest of the trip, and suddenly started drinking a lot less tea
Only problem was that a "4 cup" espresso pot was not really enough for the two of us, we often ended up doing each brew in two rounds.
Pete
Greenheart
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...cooking whiskey? Is that something like lighter-fuel?
snooks
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An Aeropress is the only way we serve coffee on Pixie now. We progressed from a stove top. The Aeropress was so good we bought one for home.
We have a Gaggia Classic at home, but for americanos it's quicker, easier to grind for the Aeropress.
I currently have a subscription to Kopi which I'll be renewing - good variety through the door every month. Though I bought my wife a subscription to Pact and an Aeropress for work (no decent coffee place near her work), so I might give them a go too.
We progressed from a stove top. The Aeropress was so good we bought one for home. We have a Gaggia Classic at home, but for americanos it's quicker, easier to grind for the Aeropress.
I currently have a subscription to Kopi which I'll be renewing - good variety through the door every month. Though I bought my wife a subscription to Pact and an Aeropress for work (no decent coffee place near her work), so I might give them a go too.
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parbuckle
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Its mainly the part bottles left by crew , some very odd names .
sailorman
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I wouldnt swap my s/s cafeteria for on one those, i get > 4 cups out of it too & it keeps warm for 45 minsAn Aeropress is the only way we serve coffee on Pixie now.
We have a Gaggia Classic at home, but for americanos it's quicker, easier to grind for the Aeropress.
I currently have a subscription to Kopi which I'll be renewing - good variety through the door every month. Though I bought my wife a subscription to Pact and an Aeropress for work (no decent coffee place near her work), so I might give them a go too.
Greenheart
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I love good coffee but I haven't yet worked out why so much money is spent on the equipment for making it. Can anyone explain?
In IKEA about four years ago, I bought a couple of small £1 black plastic funnels, big enough to hold a coffee filter-paper and sit on top of a mug. That's all there is to it, to me...
...just add decent coffee and almost-boiling water, and wait. The result is exactly as good as the quality of the coffee, so why spend hundreds on a slow, noisy, bulky machine?
In IKEA about four years ago, I bought a couple of small £1 black plastic funnels, big enough to hold a coffee filter-paper and sit on top of a mug. That's all there is to it, to me...
...just add decent coffee and almost-boiling water, and wait. The result is exactly as good as the quality of the coffee, so why spend hundreds on a slow, noisy, bulky machine?
Vara
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Being retired I really don't have the time to ponce about with fancy gadgets and gizmos, with associated detritus and cleaning.
'Proper' coffee reserved for high days and holidays.
Aeropress my tool of choice, I do of course roast and grind my own beans and insist that they have passed through the digestive tract of at least one mammal before harvest.
Poseurs?
sailorman
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Every day a high day & as it happens now, a holiday
parbuckle
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OOh I think you have trumped everyone I think Prince Charles drinks that .
snooks
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I like my cwoffey fresh. In 45 mins if i feel like another cuppa I'll make another cup.
If I want it to taste lip burning hot for an hour and have an eau de cuppasoup about it, I'll put it in the thermos mug. Most of the time I just want a good cup of coffee in the morning so it goes in a proper mug and gets cold at a normal rate.
LittleSister
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For the the swell or the wake of a passing boat to distribute the near boiling water and coffee grouts around the cabin!
Greenheart
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Hmm...I'm not sure that unhappy possibility (hasn't happened yet!) justifies spending £200 to bring almost that many lbs of espresso-machine aboard, to make egg-cup-size portions!