Favourite coffee

genetic said:
Hey, you can't deny the truth. Once you move on from those - you question why you wasted your money on one in the first place.
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I don't necessarily disagree.
But people like what they like - I try not to discriminate on that basis. Unless they drink Ricoffy, Frisco or Koffiehuis
 
genetic said:
Pod coffee machines are far from decent coffee machines unfortunately, and are only marginally better than instant coffee at best.
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While I understand where you are coming from, why sh$t on someones purchase? Maybe reflect on the fact that this was your first and instant reaction to someone upgrading from instant / sh$t filter coffee to a quite expensive pod machine. Bizarre.
 
jadiwolv said:
While I understand where you are coming from, why sh$t on someones purchase? Maybe reflect on the fact that this was your first and instant reaction to someone upgrading from instant / sh$t filter coffee to a quite expensive pod machine. Bizarre.
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Relax. Don't get mad because someone disagrees with your purchase.

We're talking about decent coffee, and some prefer a more decent cup more than others.

I'm glad you're happy with yours. :)
 
Not sure where you are bro but if there is a Food Lovers Market near you...go there. I am a serial coffeeholic and buy mine at Hillfox Food Lovers and have no complaints. Fresh coffee beans (all sorts of makes and flavours), at their coffee bar. So you can buy as much or as little as you want. Their beans are always fresh. I buy enough to last two weeks at a time. I keep my beans in a tightly closed tin and store it inside a dark cupboard, and they don't go off. I grind the beans fresh every time I brew a cuppa on my cappuccino machine. I don't touch ground coffee at retailers. Goes off in less than a week. Just don't do as some folk do and store coffee beans (or ground for that matter) in the fridge or freezer....worse thing possible to do to a good coffee. Loses flavour, taste and quality.
Or try a roastery somewhere....Bean There Coffee Roastery in Milpark, Stanley Avenue....is one.


Daruk said:
So I thought I'd start a thread, now that I've got a semi-decent espresso machine, on decent Coffee.
I've had it just over a day and only used it for today and basically went through 250gm bag of coffee to dial the grinder and tamper process in and came to the conclusion that it doesn't matter how well your technique or the grind if the coffee isn't seriously fresh. It's incredible just how quickly coffee can go stale and how shop bought coffee is almost always going to be iffy at best.

So the question is, where do you get your coffee and does your fav brand have a roasting date on it?

I tried Woollies today not expecting fireworks, so I wasn't disappointed when the results were suboptimum... thin crema and it was nearly impossible to get the pressure to a reasonable point for extraction, even with a fine grind and hard tamper. I'm convinced it's down to shop bought beans. I'm going to try a local roastery next and see if I can get roasting dates on their stuff to confirm freshness...
Alternatively I'm looking at roasting myself.

Thoughts?
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No fancy **** here. Two spoons of Ricoffy, one heaped spoon of sugar, one heaped spoon of condensed milk. Add the boiling water.

No condensed milk? Half milk, half water, boiled together. Two spoons Ricoffy, Three spoons sugar.

There you have it.
 
Habakuk said:
No fancy **** here. Two spoons of Ricoffy, one heaped spoon of sugar, one heaped spoon of condensed milk. Add the boiling water.

No condensed milk? Half milk, half water, boiled together. Two spoons Ricoffy, Three spoons sugar.

There you have it.
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Your post reminded me of when I was a tjokkerkie in Amanzimtoti. My dad worked as Construction Foreman on the Railways and he used to take me with him during school hols. Stayed with him in his railway "hut" on site. Every morning he used to BREW old fashioned Voortrekker coffee on his little stove. Man, that stuff was so strong the teaspoon sat up straight in the mug. He taught me to drink it....with two heaped teaspoons of condensed milk. Every now and then, even so many many years later, I still make the odd cup of Jacobs Instant and add a heaped teaspoon of condensed milk. Lekkerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
 
Habakuk said:
No fancy **** here. Two spoons of Ricoffy, one heaped spoon of sugar, one heaped spoon of condensed milk. Add the boiling water.

No condensed milk? Half milk, half water, boiled together. Two spoons Ricoffy, Three spoons sugar.

There you have it.
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But this thread is about coffee :unsure: :p
 
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Then, in the veld, around the campfire, be it for hunting or just for the lekkerte, when if for some reason the women (who for some reason were there) have gone to bed, you put the kettle straight on the coals and add water and coffee. Once boiled, you pour into your mug sugar (to taste, mine 3 spoons). Fill the mug 2/3 to 3/4 with the coffee. The rest is reserved for brandy or rum. You know the coffee is too strong when you hear "nee fok die koffie is sterker as die brendie".
 
Best candy? One teaspoon Ricoffy, one teaspoon sugar, one teaspoon condensed milk. Mix. Eat like a child. Did this in the army. Ratpack coffee, sugar, condensed milk. Raw. Heaven.
 
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