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, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

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)