Coffee.... What do you use at home

[Flex368]

Originally Posted by OmegaJJH

Fantastic machines, my dad has one.
They ain't cheap though.

Not cheap, but very reliable and quite easy to service by yourself. In the long run, you´re going to save money as you don´t need to buy a new machine every two years.

I´ve got a Jura still running strong after 7 years of extensive use, only replaced seals/o-rings and worn grinder parts until now. I buy my coffee freshly roasted from a local company.

[OmegaJJH]

Originally Posted by Flex368

In the long run, you´re going to save money

Ah, man maths at its best!

Couldn't agree more that they're excellent machines!

[mailman]

Cuisinart drip. Maxwell House Bold.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Pix

Just add hot water...Geez you guys make everything so complicated:)

Egad man! Don't be so pedestrian - at least you could drink Nescafe

[Demosthene]

This at work


This at home

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Demosthene

This at work


This at home

Are you hiring

[cruise_bone]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Nespresso. Perfect for a single cup.

+1. Just upgraded from Keurig to Nespresso Vertuoline. Coffee, or espresso, and Crema!

Also have a Cuisinart coffee maker, a French press, and a Moka pot. I also use a Cuisinart Burr grinder. Fantastic grinder for under $100.
We like to mix it up, especially on the weekends, but for out the door tastiness during the work week the Nespresso is tough to beat.

[dba]

Cuisinart On-Demand Drip and Cafe du Monde coffee from World Market.

[Evo6]

Chemex for coffee and Aeropress+Nespresso foamer for Espresso drinks.
Breville water pot and burr grinder
Pete's decalf sumatra and Organic Valley lactose free 1/2&1/2
Delish

[SearChart]

Not a coffee drinker myself but my dad has one of those fancy delonghi machines (krups before he had this one) and he gets his beans from an old school little coffee and tea shop.

[blah114]

Update. I grind my own beans now. A capresso from world market, cost 10$. Using a frieling French press. I but coffee from Kickapoo coffee, jbc roasters. My fav is morning drift from Kickapoo. Also, like Henry's coffee in San Francisco . Their Yemen coffee is great. Happy coffee drinking to my timepiece friends! Well, acquaintances at least.

[NewEnthusiast]

Originally Posted by theloxmyth

Someone say coffee?!

Yes, please, I'll have some ANY WAY you make it.

Glad I'm not the only one that has a collection of various ways to make coffee... even have some instant tucked away for family members that insist they prefer it.

[Bluside]

I feel out of place. A $20 Mr. Coffee from Walmart for me. Works fine.

[kulak]

Mr Coffee drip. I'm not a coffee snob other than only drinking it black. I can live with Nespresso that work has when I'm in the EU but I prefer higher drinking volume American style.

[Grahamcombat]

Delonghi for espresso, Breville for fresh grind & drip.


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[arizonapaul]

JURA.. there is no comparison.... just upgraded to the A9.. Google jura,and look at videos...Big tip.... I always buy them refurbished...saved 1000 on this unit...1/2 off and looks brand new,with same warranty..... we love are coffees

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[encarter13]

Gaggia Brera for me. Still experimenting with different beans to figure out what I prefer. I most go for espresso shots, but I also make lattes, americonos, lungos, etc












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[yannis]

Nespresso!

[uscmatt99]

Our old Bunn grinder died, and the Bunn coffee machine started losing too much water between brews, so I decided to replace them. This set in motion a cascade of coffee-related purchases that continues to this day, eating into my watch budget.



The Oxo On 9-cup version. I initially wanted a Technivorm, but this got better reviews for water distribution over the coffee bed, and had pre-infusion to bloom up the coffee. I love this thing. Super easy to use, you can brew 2-9 cups, steel carafe stays warm for an hour, and it doesn't spill a drop when pouring.



Baratza Vario-W. I got this one with steel burrs for brew coffee grinding. The ceramic burrs are for espresso, which this grinder also excels at with some caveats. This one has a scale that measures the coffee dose in real time with shut-off at one of three predetermined weights. Much better than timed dosing or the little timer twisty knob. All beans grind a bit differently depending on roast level, bean type, and age. I preset the weights for 4 cups, 6 cups, and 8 cups of coffee. My wife and I LOVE this thing. Coffee tastes noticeably better, and you can tweak things as needed to taste.



Well, couldn't just stop at drip coffee right? We have been Nespresso users for several years. The taste has always been adequate, but never excellent, from espressso to cappuccinos to lattes. So I did the math, and with a $5000 budget for an espresso machine, dedicated grinder, and roasted beans, our break even point is 8-10 years with Nespresso. And we get to pat ourselves on the back for creating less waste, and using espresso grounds in the yard.

This is a Londinium L1, made in England, and shipped to me in 48 hours. This has so far been everything I wanted in a home espresso set-up. Big commercial lever group slapped onto a small, well-built chassis for the home environment. It takes me about 5-7 minutes to make a cappuccino when I count hand-grinding time, puck preparation, pulling the double shot, steaming the milk, and cleaning up. Definitely an art and science to drink creation.

But as most espresso junkies know, it's all about the grinder!



Started with this Hario Skerton. Piece of crap. Wobbly burrs, stepped adjustment. I did a little modification with a locking hex nut for finer adjustment. It worked okay, but the grind particles were all different sizes, resulting in espresso squirting on me or the machine more than once. Path of least resistance issue from my understanding. Moving right along...



Orphan Espresso Lido 3. The company was started by some coffee loving hippie types, who sourced or made replacement parts for coffee products. One day they decided to make affordable high quality hand mills. The Lido line-up is pretty sweet. Big 48mm Swiss conical burrs on nice sets of bearings. Ergonomically a bit challenging, but the grind quality is leagues beyond the Skerton. Eventually this will be my traveling and work drip grinder. The handle even folds up! But my arms are getting tired, so I'm waiting on shipment of this one...



The Kafatek Monolith. There are two varieties depending on whether you want conical or flat burrs. That can be debated as hotly as the 5711 vs. the 15202. I liked the look of the conical better. This is a pretty cool company, borne out of one guy's frustration with the current espresso grinder market. Basically you had the choice of either a commercial grinder, which tend to be bit and ugly and not nice in the kitchen but put out excellent grinds, or a home grinder, made with lots of plastic, smaller burrs, loud, and still a bit ugly.

So he designed these, went through several prototypes, and put them to market in runs of 50. Each one is machined and assembled in Seattle, and uses big burr sets which, millimeter for millimeter, deliver a more uniform grind than their smaller counterparts. Apparently he made a name for himself. His first runs sold out over the course of days. His most recent runs sold out in a few hours.

I'm super stoked to get mine in May. I can finally get off the espresso train and jump back on the watch train