General coffee thread

1. Feel free to state your consumption
5-10 cups

2. affected by the caffeine in coffee?
Nope have a cup before going to bed every night

3. Do you drink it black, white and how many sugars?
White 2 sugars

I've got a JURA ena 5 and must say its one of the best buys I've made in years. The wife and used to get cappuccino's at Lulu's every morning plus a sandwich for her and that worked out to about R1200/month. Since getting the JURA about six months ago I've only been to Lulu's once when we ran out of beans. So for half the money we spend on Lulu's for one cup of coffee I now get about five cups of decent coffee per day.

We go through about 750g per week so we buy fresh every weekend from Still Coffee at deco park near the corner of Witkoppen and malibongwe. Our current favourite is an organic single origin from Honduras but we try all the new coffee that comes in and find that it doesn't matter where it comes from as long as its fresh we like it.

We prefer a medium roast above a french roast, and even though the ena 5 can make cappuccino's we like the Americana style coffee more.
 
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I was wondering if anyone here might know where in SA I could get a standard ridgeless 58mm portafilter basket. Looking for a double one
 
1. Feel free to state your consumption
5+ cups a day.

2. affected by the caffeine in coffee?
One evening I had a double espresso and it kept me going for another 6h.
A week later I had a double espresso and I was asleep 2h later.

3. Do you drink it black, white and how many sugars?
Sometimes black (winter)
Sometimes with a nice dash of milk (filter coffee)
Usually with some sugar.

I drink Nescafe Gold sometimes.
Generally I drink Douwe Egberts, the exact one differs from time to time.
Filter coffee (beans)
HoC VIP Blend
Woolies Arabica (or espresso blend)
There's also a coffee farm in Umhlanga where I get coffee from.

Lol, as some interest. Woolies had a special on their Espresso last week. I got 500gr of beans for R45.... I really can't complain about that. So I bought three of those packs. Should have bought some more actually, but the special ended on Sunday.
 
1. Feel free to state your consumption
10-20 mugs a day.

2. affected by the caffeine in coffee?
Nope , not at all. My last cup I have about an hour before bed, and I sleep OK.

3. Do you drink it black, white and how many sugars?
Strong, black, no sugar.

Used to do the plunger thing... now find that instant is less cumbersome... as long as it is coffee granules and not a chicory blah blah powder blend... actually there is a nice Nestle Espresso powder.
 
10-20? :wtf:
I'd have loved to try that with beans, but I'd be bankrupt like really really soon.
 
froot said:
10-20? :wtf:
I'd have loved to try that with beans, but I'd be bankrupt like really really soon.
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Indeed... I forgot to mention that part... it is unfordable if it is not instant with my daily consumption.

Beans every now and again... but daily glug not.
 
A few triple shot lattes a day. I recently got a supply of beans from the coffee co and they're actually pretty good - even compared to the venerable Masterton's beans we usually get.
 
froot said:
1. Feel free to state your consumption
5+ cups a day.

2. affected by the caffeine in coffee?
One evening I had a double espresso and it kept me going for another 6h.
A week later I had a double espresso and I was asleep 2h later.

3. Do you drink it black, white and how many sugars?
Sometimes black (winter)
Sometimes with a nice dash of milk (filter coffee)
Usually with some sugar.

I drink Nescafe Gold sometimes.
Generally I drink Douwe Egberts, the exact one differs from time to time.
Filter coffee (beans)
HoC VIP Blend
Woolies Arabica (or espresso blend)
There's also a coffee farm in Umhlanga where I get coffee from.

Lol, as some interest. Woolies had a special on their Espresso last week. I got 500gr of beans for R45.... I really can't complain about that. So I bought three of those packs. Should have bought some more actually, but the special ended on Sunday.
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In the East there is a Coffee Roastery that is R45 for 500g, and they have flavoured coffee's too they are awesome

Place is called Roastmasters, totally worth trying imho. just reply if you want their number.
 
Peder said:
In the East there is a Coffee Roastery that is R45 for 500g, and they have flavoured coffee's too they are awesome

Place is called Roastmasters, totally worth trying imho. just reply if you want their number.
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R120-R145/kg exVat... yeah still not bad.
Do they sell beans or only ground?
 
Tim182 said:
I was wondering if anyone here might know where in SA I could get a standard ridgeless 58mm portafilter basket. Looking for a double one
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try these guys in Cape Town http://gourmetroasters.co.za/
they distribute and repair a wide range of machines, so I imagine they'd have decent stock of portafilters
Otherwise maybe just look for suppliers of commercial espresso machines in your area
 
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