Hot Beverages
Ma' has asked for her birthday for a coffee grinder. Normally she just has normal coffee that you mix with hot water in the mug, but I think she wants to be able to make posh coffee.

What sort of thing would she need to make a cup? Sure, the grinder, but does she need one of those things you push down on? Is there any really nice types of coffee beans that you can recommend? Are those machines where you use the capsuals any good? If anyone can point me in the right direction, that'd be fab.

How do you take your hot beverage?

I'm also gonna get this (with a usb hard drive) and download all her favorite shows too: www.ebuyer.com/461717-philips-hmp5000-hd-wireless-media-player-hmp5000-12
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:44, 144 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

this is the best description of Qotw.
www.b3ta.com/talk/5490113
(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:46, Reply)

Don't bother with the capsule machines, they're not worth it.
Get a proper coffee machine with a jug and a filter and that. The thing with a plunger is a cafetiere, only really useful for one mug at a time.

You don't need a grinder as you can buy ready ground coffee, although it's not quite as nice as beans you grind yourself, it's still much better than granulated.

You're welcome.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:46, Reply)

Thanks man....Can you please point me the right direction for a proper coffee machine with all that jazz, I don't really know what I'm looking at TBH.
Something around the £50 mark should be great, and maybe £10-20 on some recomended beans/roast/whatever ?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:50, Reply)

Have a look at Debenhams.
There'll be stuff around that price point there. You should get a pretty decent one for that money, they're not expensive.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:52, Reply)

Here you go
www.amazon.co.uk/Morphy-Richards-47070-Programmable-Stainless/dp/B000K2Q5NY/ref=sr_1_13?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1361807586&sr=1-13
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:53, Reply)

Cool, so if I get her that, a grinder and some beans.... that would be all she needs?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:58, Reply)

Yeah.
Sainsbury's carry a neat little grinder for about 15 quid.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:59, Reply)

'cus I wanna get it all in the same place to save on delivery, and I'm not a fan of Amazon, is this one alright?
www.ebuyer.com/351111-morphy-richards-47095-accents-black-filter-coffee-47095
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:04, Reply)

They're all much of a muchness to be honest, Gonz
That one looks fine.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:05, Reply)

Cool, that'll do me, I'll go for that and one of these...
www.ebuyer.com/351117-swan-sf16020n-s-s-coffee-grinder-sf16020n
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:08, Reply)

There's always
aerobie.com/products/aeropress.htm
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:54, Reply)

cafetieres are fine.
get a bigger one if you need to. Fresh ground is indeed way nicer than ground and bagged and grinder is less than a tenner and can also be used for herbs and spices although having a separate one is best. Get beans from a wanky deli or farmers market and keep in the freezer. No need for a machine particularly as she lives alone
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:52, Reply)

Cafetieres are bent.
They don't make better coffee than a filter machine and they're harder work.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:55, Reply)

harder work how?
warm pot, put coffee in. add water and there you go. Not exactly krypton factor.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:58, Reply)

press plunger vs press button.
God, Monty, you're so last century.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:00, Reply)

I just talk into my replicator.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:05, Reply)

Typical lazy Frenchman

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:06, Reply)

Plus with a machine, you can put the water and coffee in before you go to bed
then set the timer to brew it for when you get up.

This mean you don't have to shuffle downstairs in your pants and slippers and get ground coffee all over the kitchen when you don't seal the grinder properly due to being half asleep.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:09, Reply)

There's a coffee shop in cockfosters, the whole highstreet smells of fresh coffee when they're roasting their beens. It's older than I am.
Do you think they're a good place to look?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:57, Reply)

In truth once you have graduated to grinding your own beans it's all good - just a case of finding her favourite

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:07, Reply)

I guess it's like asking what someone's favorite wine is.... different people like different things.
But in this case it's all an upgrade from ribeena and vodka.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:09, Reply)

You can get a stovetop one for 25 quid. Same grinder. Same beans.
More like espresso. French use them for cafe au lait I think.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:15, Reply)

I haven't gone on to espresso yet
the machines for that are pretty dear.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:19, Reply)

Not the presurised stove top ones.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:23, Reply)

Yeah but they don't have those pressurised milk frother attachments
so that you can make the shittest flat white in history.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:25, Reply)

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://primulaproducts.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9ecdeb8c58ef80a716d7092346b9f0b4/p/e/pes-3309.jpg&imgrefurl=http://primulaproducts.com/coffeeware/aluminum-stovetop-espresso-coffee-maker-9-cup.html&h=2344&

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:27, Reply)

good link there, rug-pisser

( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:28, Reply)

hahahahaha
Piddler on the roof MORE LIKE
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:32, Reply)

High end linking.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:34, Reply)

the k cups are good, fast
But if she wants posh coffee you should get her the french press
i rarely drink hot drinks, the occasional bit of coffee, I dont like hot/cold, I like my water room temp
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:48, Reply)

she wants one of these and you can get them cheap
joelson.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/moka-express-hob-espresso-maker-6-cup.jpg
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:49, Reply)

They're good, but don't get one that makes more mugs than you need.
As they're a bit shit when you under fill them.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:50, Reply)

How do they work? Do you put them over the hob?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:51, Reply)

Just do what Monty suggests.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:54, Reply)

On the hotel carpet :(

( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:57, Reply)

Foul.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:57, Reply)

Some poor Estonian girl had to mop that up.

( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:02, Reply)

Estonian Turkish girl heifer
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:02, Reply)

It's OK.
I used Monty's hair.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:03, Reply)

Are you saying that when Monty woke up it wasn’t a bottle of cognac he was cradling?

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:16, Reply)

It was an arm and rack.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:19, Reply)

yep hob

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:10, Reply)

I am shocked and disapointed
that a man who can be so passionate and caring about his food can describe instant coffee as 'normal coffee' that's like calling a MacDonald's hamburger 'normal steak'.

I didn't think I could loose son much respect for a person in a single post.

*leaves b3ta forever*
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:57, Reply)

loose

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:58, Reply)

Slack

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 15:59, Reply)

Hah, regular-interval coffee plays havock with my insides, and tea doesn't float my boat, so I never bother them.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:05, Reply)

yeah coffee makes me want to shit, god knows what it would do to you

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:13, Reply)

you're are both fucking weak excuses for human beings.
I hope you die.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:15, Reply)

nah not at all, I love coffee, black and strong
but it makes me want to shit
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:20, Reply)

Add a cigarette for increased efficiency.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:23, Reply)

I would but I no longer poison my beautiful body with that filth

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:23, Reply)

Haha
There's only one thing worse than non-smokers and that's sanctimonious ex-smokers.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:26, Reply)

agreed

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:27, Reply)

*smugs*
actually i've with you all the way in this, I drank enough martinis on Thursday to need several Malboros
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:27, Reply)

I no longer smoke cigarettes
'Cause everyone knows that smoking weed doesn't kill you.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:29, Reply)

I like my coffee strong enough to dissolve a tea spoon.
I put it to you that you are mostly woman.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:17, Reply)

just because you want to fuck me

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:20, Reply)

Frankly you're all shit, as coffee should only ever be drunk by gays or Italians.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 19:59, Reply)

This man speaks for me in this matter.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:21, Reply)

and me

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:32, Reply)

This is the only way to enjoy coffee.
Sadly I get headaches if I drink too much coffee now, so I have to drink strong tea instead.
This gayness makes me sad.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:21, Reply)

coffee helps headaches, fact

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:23, Reply)

It certainly helps me to get one.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:27, Reply)

It's a caffeine withdrawal headache
it means you need more coffee.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:28, Reply)

I just find this circle to be too vicious.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:29, Reply)

I do like a splash of milk, though.
Just to take some of the sharpness off. This, of course, means that I have to be careful not to mince in public. I think I get away with it.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:23, Reply)

I put it to you that you are an "au lait gay"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:24, Reply)

lol

( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:25, Reply)

is that the first of the day?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:30, Reply)

Christ, I hope not.
I'd hate for you to be responsible for that. Talk about your nadirs.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:30, Reply)

This man no longer speaks for me in this matter
Milk. You fucking gaylord.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:57, Reply)

bovril

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:10, Reply)

tea

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:19, Reply)

Hells bells

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:25, Reply)

I'm bored
Someone regale me with witticisms
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:26, Reply)

you've come to the wrong place, mr

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:27, Reply)

yeah all I want is some excel help

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:29, Reply)

*facepalm*

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:35, Reply)

Tits will do in lieu of wits

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:36, Reply)

I pissed on a hotel carpet in Bristol.
Apparently.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:36, Reply)

hotel doss house
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:40, Reply)

It's not your fault, really
incontinence is a common affliction in the elderly.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:41, Reply)

Your pocket is my next target.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:47, Reply)

I know a guy that pissed in a mutual friend's kitchen cupboard.
All over his plates.
( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:49, Reply)

Oh dear.
I got a friends stereo when I was 19. He went mental, I bought him a new stereo.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:54, Reply)

I have never pissed anywhere that I shouldn't have done.
Not even when I lived in Germany.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:55, Reply)

My mate Paul pissed in his parents' laundry bin, in their room, in front of them.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:00, Reply)

my mate shat in the 3 disc cd changer on his stereo
and then shut it...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:05, Reply)

Jimmy Hill

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:12, Reply)

nope as trueas the day is long, he also went next door to our friends room and crapped in his sink

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:45, Reply)

you had permission off that guy

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:00, Reply)

My mate pissed in his girlfriend's handbag after a heavy night on the pop
textbook behaviour.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:43, Reply)

Good weekend then?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:42, Reply)

Phew!
I've no idea. Lol!!!1!
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:46, Reply)

I have a filter pot in my office
its a cheap tefal one, which you can pick up for about 15-20 quid, to be honest they are all much of a muchness so I would suggest getting a half decent cheap filter machine and then spending more on a range of coffees. If you can get Blue Mountain thats a great one. Or for everyday drinking I tend to get Lavazza.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:30, Reply)

I bought mr b3th one of these a few years ago
It's proper good. http://www.aeropresscoffee.co.uk/ Bit fiddly, maybe, but if you're not going to drink a whole cafetière's worth, it's okay.

Once you've got good beans, the main thing to remember is not to use boiling water.

I drink tea, myself. Pint mug of tea, non-lactose milk, laaaaaaarvely.
Or green tea without milk. That's good too.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:34, Reply)

2 chicks.

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:37, Reply)

I have a Cafetière, one of those little stove-top pots a bodum single cup drip thingy and 2 filter coffee makers
I used to keep some instant about the place for emergencies and philistines, but it went mouldy because no emergency is so great it necessitates drinking instant and none of my friends are coffewrongs.

I also have a little grinder so I can grind my own beans.

despite this, I do not consider myself particularly 'into coffee' I just like a cup of coffee from time to time and view nescafe as a vaguely coffee flavoured soft drink for women and school children.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:42, Reply)

Instant coffee is foul.
Cafetiere is the simplest everyday solution. Got a filter machine with a timer on it so the coffee is ready when you get up, burps never remember to use it.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:43, Reply)

it's just not coffee, is it?
or it is in the same way hamburger is beef.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:44, Reply)

The same way horse is beef.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:48, Reply)

Just tastes bitter & thin to me.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:49, Reply)

Like Monty.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:58, Reply)

I love it that everyone thinks I'm thin.
I'm really not, you know. I'm probably 14 stone.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:59, Reply)

You sound a bit like me, a skinny fat man

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:00, Reply)

you just give off this emaciated junkie vibe.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:00, Reply)

cooooollllll!!!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:02, Reply)

Me too!

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:00, Reply)

Mind you, 4 stone of that is my cock and balls.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:01, Reply)

Mine too!

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:02, Reply)

elephantitislolz

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:03, Reply)

best of all the lolz

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:04, Reply)

Then there's this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_brew

and

www.americastestkitchenfeed.com/do-it-yourself/2011/08/how-to-make-cold-brew-coffee/

Makes a less bitter drink.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:47, Reply)

*taps microphone*
Is this thing on?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:51, Reply)

No, just a bit grumpy.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:53, Reply)

blobbing lols

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:54, Reply)

Perhaps calling Al a cunt may get things moving?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:55, Reply)

Do you think it would help?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:56, Reply)

Yes.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:57, Reply)

That Al, eh?
What a cunt.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:58, Reply)

I LIKE THIS
I actually do
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:01, Reply)

Me too.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:03, Reply)

We never agree on anything
He must REALLY be a cunt
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:06, Reply)

Oh, he is.
Horrendous.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:07, Reply)

A HORRENDOCUNT
That just sounds like the Spanish for whirlwind or summat
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:09, Reply)

Exactly.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:08, Reply)

where did the "stay about from my bins" thing come from?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:01, Reply)

That one makes me giggle like a flid.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:02, Reply)

this post is unhelpful

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:03, Reply)

WTN

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:05, Reply)

Shed!

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:04, Reply)

some idiot on qotw

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:07, Reply)

Narrow it down a bit eh Monts

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:10, Reply)

Some autistic idiot on QOTW

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:10, Reply)

Oh! Him!

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:14, Reply)

The top (ie most recent) story on QOTW is by some chap calling himself Barnetboy
Having failed to properly read his name, I was confused by the lack of paedo-trolling. Quick, Battered, provide some.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:10, Reply)

Nah.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:19, Reply)

I remember when you were fun, man*
*standard "No I don't" disclaimer
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:21, Reply)

can you remember the name of that Uruguayan wine?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:30, Reply)

NO YORN ARE GAY

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:34, Reply)

haha

( Kroney, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:37, Reply)

you, see this place is lost without me

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:45, Reply)

I'm afraid not. Would Lusty know?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 25 Feb 2013, 18:55, Reply)

Anyone who's seen a dog drunk at a student party
will find this a fantastic idea: http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/medical-marijuana-for-dogs
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 25 Feb 2013, 17:13, Reply)