Any coffee addicts out there? - Page 5

Liz · #81 07-03-2011, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by erick

Not cheaper than buying your own beans or ground - BUT the pod coffee is always fresh. Can you buy fresh beans or ground every few days? And did I mention the convenience?

Yes, I love these little blighters - no mess and so convenient, and as you say, fresh as!!

AstroFlyer (Arek) · #82 07-03-2011, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Liz

Yes, I love these little blighters - no mess and so convenient, and as you say, fresh as!!

Convenient - yes.
Fresh as - for a instant coffee - I guess yes.
Quality - I'm afraid not.
I roast & grind my own coffee so I do get "fresh as". I buy quality beans only, use quality equipment & produce quality coffee IMHO.
I guess I'm old fashion in this respect, but "quick & convenient" don't usually go with "quality" in most things in life.
Once you try a REALLY good coffee there's no turning back.
I do enjoy making coffee, love the whole process, the smell, the visual experience.
You don't get that with pod coffee.
Have a read here.
My 2 cents worth...

Liz · #83 07-03-2011, 03:54 PM

Yes, Arek, I realise that they are not the everyone, and that real coffee connoissers would shudder in their boots.

I am a lazybones, and I think theses are great as so easy, the taste is also wonderful to me too. ( not a great expert, I admit ) Lavazza has a good reputation for taste, even the pods.

Good on you for going through the whole process.

MrB (Simon) · #84 07-03-2011, 06:02 PM

I never drank coffee, never liked the taste of it.
Then a couple of years back I was holidaying in Italy.
The smell of coffee as you walked the streets was just amazing!
I tried a few coffee's and that was it.. I was hooked.

Back home I bought a half-decent espresso machine and a good burr grinder. I'm also fortunate to have 5Senses just down the road from me so I can get small samples of various singles and blends and play around to make the coffee just how I like it.
I wish I had found real coffee sooner!

Bassnut (Fred) · #85 07-03-2011, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by AstroFlyer

Convenient - yes.
Fresh as - for a instant coffee - I guess yes.
Quality - I'm afraid not.
I roast & grind my own coffee so I do get "fresh as". I buy quality beans only, use quality equipment & produce quality coffee IMHO.
I guess I'm old fashion in this respect, but "quick & convenient" don't usually go with "quality" in most things in life.
Once you try a REALLY good coffee there's no turning back.
I do enjoy making coffee, love the whole process, the smell, the visual experience.
You don't get that with pod coffee.
Have a read here.
My 2 cents worth...

Fresh as?, well yes. pod coffee is vacuum sealed in the pod in what, 3 milliseconds, I cant tell the diff. And anyway, even if there is some microscopic difference, the convieniece far outways the the robotic effort required for the self ground gear, if you can bother each and every time. And then there is the immediate availability of 20 different varieties.

Have you actually tried pod coffee?.

AstroFlyer (Arek) · #86 07-03-2011, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bassnut

Fresh as?, well yes. pod coffee is vacuum sealed in the pod in what, 3 milliseconds, I cant tell the diff.

True and it usually is a stale coffee - that is coffee that was roasted more the 3-4 weeks before placing in the pods. The coffee they use can be months old and in many cases mixed with some instant coffee.

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Originally Posted by Bassnut

And anyway, even if there is some microscopic difference,the convieniece far outways the the robotic effort required for the self ground gear, if you can bother each and every time. And then there is the immediate availability of 20 different varieties.

Based on above comment I take it you either drink instant coffee or never had a GOOD cup of coffee. Don't get me wrong - it is very hard to find a GOOD coffee these days.
I was a tea drinker myself & had exactly the same opinion as you - all coffees tasted the same to me.
Until I tried the fresh, well made cup. Then there was no turning back.
You are right - it is much more convenient then roasting/grinding/brewing your own.( I actually like the whole process, don't find it robotic at all)
Just like buying a ready made meals from the supermarket.
Way quicker & more convenient then cooking from scratch.

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Originally Posted by Bassnut

Have you actually tried pod coffee?.

Yes, I have tried few different pod coffees from few different machines.
Didn't like any of them.

Good on you for drinking pod coffee - each to his own.

koputai (Jason) · #87 07-03-2011, 10:02 PM

I must say I was VERY sceptical about the pod machines, but my wife had tried them overseas as a lot of high end hotels are putting them in their rooms. Recently we needed to replace our old Saeco, so I tried the pod machine in the shop, as well as a new Saeco (luckily there were reps for both in the shop at the time and both made us their coffees).

Now when I tried the pod I found it almost (very very close) to the real coffee that was ground and made right in front of me. It was so close that the convenince factor won out. I didn't jump straight awa, I thought about it overnight, then went back and bought the Nespresso machine.

Just because I have a machine, it doesn't mean I can't go out and buy a real coffee at a cafe does it!

In reality, the only thing the pod doesn't do as well is the nose (aroma) when you drink, but 50% at least of people drink their 'real' coffee from a take-away cup with a lid on, and you don't get the nose there either.

Nespresso for a quickie at home, and a nice sit down at a cafe and a real coffee if I want that.

Cheers,
Jason.
P.S. I still won't drink instant, and I HATE plunger or brewed ('merkin style) coffee.

koputai (Jason) · #88 07-03-2011, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AstroFlyer

True and it usually is a stale coffee - that is coffee that was roasted more the 3-4 weeks before placing in the pods. The coffee they use can be months old and in many cases mixed with some instant coffee.

Umm, can you point us to some proof on these assertions? Oh, and coffee forum posts by zealots doesn't count as proof!

Cheers,
Jason.

space oddity · #89 07-03-2011, 10:44 PM

In the old uni days, I would down a pint of skim milk with 7 heaped teaspoons of instant coffee and a bit of sugar shortly before hitting the gym-the poor weights did not know what hit them- bit of a prehistoric version of red bull.Now all those old muscles have turned to flab and lard

. I knew I was addicted when I would come to work without the morning coffee and have the shakes and a headache.Dis-addicted myself by making my 6 coffees a day with less and less coffee each time over 3 weeks- no headaches. Now I can have a coffee because I LIKE it, not because I NEED it
My imitation cappuccino recipe for when a real coffee is not available:- dissolve instant coffee, sugar, chocolate etc in a small amount of low fat milk. Then, with a small amount of the low fat milk( about 1 inch), best NOT fresh, in a well sealed bottle, shake the &^#$ out of the milk(good exercise, but not enough to get rid of my food gut) to create a froth .Tip- have finger over the lid-if it explodes, the milk will make an unholy mess.Hot milk in the bottle is a fail-guaranteed to explode.
Top the mug to about half way with the froth.As soon as the kettle boils, pour straight on, effectively scalding the milk. I have the this down pat.This keeps the nice head whilst mellowing out the milk-has the mouth feel of full cream. Bit of that sprinkling chocolate and you will get a very professional looking cappuccino.
For those with a microwave but no coffee machine, dissolve sugar,coffee, bit of honey, 2 tsp Milo, 2 tsp quick in 1/3 to 1/2 cup of the low fat milk bring up to boil in microwave,stop, add a couple of marshmallows and reboil once again. Keep an eye on the microwave-when it boils(over) it is quick. Top up with the frothed cold milk as in previous recipe- it pays to really shake the living daylights out of it. Add to thermonuclear temperature stuff out of the microwave. Yes, you can add Galliano, Amaretto, Frangelico, Irish Whiskey etc to this decadent concoction. Perhaps a little sprinkle of cinnamon. Best done in a large mug. Always a hit with guests- they frequently call for seconds.
One day I will do the ultimate decadence of pod or drip filter coffee added to the hot chocolate component above for what should be uber decadence. To be served with the wife's famous baked cheesecake or my rich brownies.
I seem to be gaining weight just thinking about it

AstroFlyer (Arek) · #90 07-03-2011, 10:48 PM

Jason,

Let's agree to disagree.
I don't want to turn this thread into a technical discussion.
The bottom line is that we enjoy what we drink.

After all that's what matters.

Cheers
Arek

leon · #91 10-03-2011, 05:09 PM

Hmmmm, yep I'm with all you lot, and need coffee regular other wise the head dose start to ache.

Although I drink at least 10 a day, which is probably much to much, I tend to put quite a bit in a cup, so it is probably closer to 15 per/day.

I like very small cups, and so strong the spoon stands upright,

well so my dear wife says.

Leon

Osirisra (Ken) · #92 10-03-2011, 06:30 PM

I'm probarly the only odd one out here in the fact I hate coffee, Can't stand anything coffee related, the smell is just repulsive and I don't even like coffee falvoured cake or chocolates etc. I don't drink any hot beverages of any type, don't really see the atttraction of need. Coke is battery acid, that's all need to say on that one