Titillating SWL...

[swl]

Mar 13, 2010 9:30:22 GMT trubble said:

It's gorgeous, innit. Here's the nearest I could find to information: www.cbindustries.ch/site/products/etiennelouis/~/ there's a form you can fill in for more info. Beware of style over substance though. It looks like an art project more than an attempt to make great coffee.

(If you're looking for a coffee maker, my sister has just bought one of those expensive capsule-taking types that I didn't think were worth the money but it makes the best coffee ever. Dangerous to have in a kitchen because you drink three instead of one. It looks quite pretty too. )


If it's not this one, it's very, very like this one:



thecookskitchen.com/browse_15516 and it's smaller than you think, very neat and slim. Bloody hell, though. No wonder she wouldn't tell me what it cost. £150 on that site PLUS you need to buy the priceless capsules - you have to join a club to order them? My god, what sort of cult has she got herself into?! www1.nespresso.com/precom/n_art_hk_en.html



They are so delicious, mind you...

Now that's interesting. I've always looked at these things and thought it would be good to try before you buy. I don't know anyone who's actually bought one so to hear a recommendation is good.

But I'd still want to try it myself before I bought what's basically a kettle for £150

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I thought i was posh with my carte noir instant cwoffee.. just goes to show dont it|?

[trubble]

Serf.

[Weyland]

Mar 13, 2010 9:30:22 GMT trubble said:

They are so delicious, mind you...

My daughter is a self-confessed coffee addict. She swears by Philips Senseo with Douwe Egberts pods. What a palaver. Once it gets going it reminds me of the old end-of-shift hooter at a Swan Hunter shipyard.



She's the one who once bought me a coffee machine and a supply of D-E coffee and filters as a house-warming present. I hardly ever drink the stuff. She can't stand the thought of being more than two metres away from a freshly made cup of it.

She and a croney of hers drove across the border into Germany one time, just for a change. Didn't like the coffee. Drove back to Holland for elevenses. (She's also been known to pour a cup of KLM coffee into my pocket in mid-Atlantic, but that's a whole nother story.)

Me? I might buy a jar every decade or so -- Lidl's Finest Selected Colombian Special DeLuxe Instant Blend.

[trubble]

Now that's interesting. I've always looked at these things and thought it would be good to try before you buy. I don't know anyone who's actually bought one so to hear a recommendation is good.

But I'd still want to try it myself before I bought what's basically a kettle for £150

I am always hesitant to recommend anything to anyone -people's tastes vary so much - but this is definitely fabulous.

The capsules come in a large variety of strengths and tastes, about 20 different capsules at a guesstimate, and some of them are subtle differences so they cater for pretty discerning coffee drinkers.

I always imagine that pods are artificial but they look, feel, smell and taste as real and good a coffee as you'd ever get in a coffee emporium.

My brother-in-law is the coffee lover, my sister is just a starbucks freak, but both are thrilled with the purchase.

I had my doubts but am completely won over.


And it's so sexy to use, much more sexy than any kettle. You add a little water at the back and press a quiet button. Just a couple of minutes later you add an attractive metallic pod to the front with a most pleasurable, easy fitting, barely audible, just about noticeable, click, then press another quiet button and place a cup on the shelf. Less than 2 minutes later you are drinking nectar of the gods. Half an hour later you are stroking another capsule and justifying a second cup on the grounds of insanity.

[trubble]

Mar 13, 2010 10:12:25 GMT Weyland said:

She swears by Philips Senseo with Douwe Egberts pods. What a palaver. Once it gets going it reminds me of the old end-of-shift hooter at a Swan Hunter shipyard.

That's another thing - the nespresso one is as quiet as Jeeves entering the room to deliver Bertie's morning paper.

Me? I might buy a jar every decade or so -- Lidl's Finest Selected Colombian Special DeLuxe Instant Blend.

I'm shocked. You're worse than Costal. It's a coffee related scandal.

[swl]

Mar 13, 2010 10:20:36 GMT trubble said:

And it's so sexy to use, much more sexy than any kettle. You add a little water at the back and press a quiet button. Just a couple of minutes later you add an attractive metallic pod to the front with a most pleasurable, easy fitting, barely audible, just about noticeable, click, then press another quiet button and place a cup on the shelf. Less than 2 minutes later you are drinking nectar of the gods. Half an hour later you are stroking another capsule and justifying a second cup on the grounds of insanity.

mmmmmmmm coffee porn ;D

[Weyland]

Mar 13, 2010 10:24:25 GMT trubble said:

I'm shocked. You're worse than Costal. It's a coffee related scandal.

It's a disgrace! And with a name like his too . . .

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awww i dont like all those poxy americanised cwoffee shops everywhere. they replaced the greengrocers in the little village i grew up in with a bloody COSTA coffee shop.

[swl]

Mar 13, 2010 10:12:25 GMT Weyland said:

Mar 13, 2010 9:30:22 GMT trubble said:

They are so delicious, mind you...

My daughter is a self-confessed coffee addict. She swears by Philips Senseo with Douwe Egberts pods. What a palaver. Once it gets going it reminds me of the old end-of-shift hooter at a Swan Hunter shipyard.



She's the one who once bought me a coffee machine and a supply of D-E coffee and filters as a house-warming present. I hardly ever drink the stuff. She can't stand the thought of being more than two metres away from a freshly made cup of it.

She and a croney of hers drove across the border into Germany one time, just for a change. Didn't like the coffee. Drove back to Holland for elevenses. (She's also been known to pour a cup of KLM coffee into my pocket in mid-Atlantic, but that's a whole nother story.)

Me? I might buy a jar every decade or so -- Lidl's Finest Selected Colombian Special DeLuxe Instant Blend.

Aww, now I'm confused again. It was ok when it was one person recommending one machine, but now we've got two recommendations for two different machines.

I might stick to Guinness

[Weyland]

Mar 13, 2010 11:14:59 GMT swl said:

Aww, now I'm confused again. It was ok when it was one person recommending one machine, but now we've got two recommendations for two different machines.

I might stick to Guinness

Just to clarify, I am not recommending anything. I drink hardly any coffee. And my daughter lives in Holland, where they drink more coffee more frequently than the rest of the world put together. Java used to be part of the Dutch Empire. Any recommendation from that direction needs to be taken with a strong dose of anti-caffeine.

[swl]

anti-caffeine? Is that like kryptonite for coffee lovers?

[Patrick]

You can't beat a magimix! I love my Le Duo Juicer. I'm very sceptical about these pod coffee things though - for if the machine lasts that long - I can't see them making the pods forever.

Fed up with all the different technologies being chucked at us - I went back to basics, and unable to find one of the original stove top jug coffee makers I opted for this...



Proper coffee as it used to be made, and unlike Dualit's useless kettles, very well built.

My Amazon review:

I'd looked all over for this type of percolator, although I was looking for the old stove top type one, and as this came as near as possible I snapped it up! (When Dualit started making them again that is - for some reason it was out of stock for a year!) but I waited patiently - and it was worth it! For these percs don't just dump a load of water at the coffee and say "Ready!!!!" they let the water fondle it - canoodle with it - love it! and brings out the true flavour. It warms the water slowly, so your drink is never scorched, and once it's had a good sloosh round it will keep it nice and warm without burning it - as an old filter machine of mine did years ago. If I had a complaint at all about the percolator, it's that the stainless steel markings on the inside for the water level aren't that easy to see (but you can feel them!) I've now had mine for over a year now, and it works beautifully. Buy one, and enjoy what proper coffee should taste like, without fancy paintwork, gimmicks or fuss.

[percyplum]

I homestly can't tell the difference between all the arty-farty coffees most of the time.

At home we have a caffitiere (sp?) thingy...or Douwe Egberts instant.

I have a friend who is so obsessed with coffee, he even roasts the beans himself. Then grinds them. Then makes the stuff in a filter machine. What a palaver. By the time it's ready, I've had a glass of water instead!


Now tea. That's something else. Nothing but Twinings English Breakfast or Assam will do. Made in a proper teapot, naturally. You could float a good sized boat in the amount of tea I consume...

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i used to drink loads of tea but i dont anymore.

[betty]

i love tea. i'm in a peppermint and jasmine phase just now,

but re those coffee pod things.....they seem to be what all the local hotels use
and mr bets thinks they're as bad as instant granules. he is a coffee freak extraordinaire
....and fussy with it

we tend to buy a supply of various beans from

www.shopdrury.com/

i recommend.

[betty]

mr bets has one of these



i refuse to learn how to use it

but occasionally get him to make me the odd cappuccino.

[trubble]

pods...they seem to be what all the local hotels use
and mr bets thinks they're as bad as instant granules

These were also my reservations but my coffee from them was lovely.

[everso]

Nescafe Gold Blend and/or P.G. Tips.

Or a glass of sauvignon blanc.

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My kinda lady! ~HUG~ (except for nescafe gold blend...)