What do you use to make your coffee?

I've had 2 coffee makers and on both occasions they've become somewhat of a novelty.
The quicker you can prepare you're coffee the better.

So now it's just a combo of Nescafe, Douwe Egberts or Jacobs either straight or as bulletroof variation.
 
HavocXphere said:
Usually buy from shop tbh. It's better coffee than I can make
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lol - leave it to the professionals. When I'm home in UK I walk to Costa instead of making my own but I've only got an aeropress there.
 
Filtered water in my Delonghi Magnifica.
Not stressed about the cup - just make sure that I preheat them
 
MickeyD said:
Just a reminder of the actual question....
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The Mug I get given, coffee made with filtered tap water.

The best mug, the one I like most is my camping mug. The more chips and dents it has the better the coffee tastes ....
 
I'm going to bet the volume of the cup is different and that's why it tastes different?

Unless said machine makes the same volume every time?

But as with everything the "mouth" of a glass/cup vastly changes the smell and as well know smell and taste go hand in hand.

Can't say I've noticed any difference with water, but never ever water that has been standing in the kettle for a while.
 
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A plunger, some good 'moer' and tap water.

Another trick I learned is to add a couple of spoons of instant to your used moer. You get a second plunger of full strength coffee out of the same moer.
 
I've never had a decent coffee from these home-machines. I maintain if you can get a proper commercial machine, even secondhand, and do a simple barista course, you can make decent espresso and steamed milk. Alas, I do not have the counter-top space for a commercial machine and as such am happy to pay R15-R28 for a cappuchine if I do not make a regular kettle/coffee/milk brew myself.

Interestingly, we went to a coffee showcase and tasting thing at the Sandton convention centre once and they had a pro barista make 6 cups of espresso with the most exotic beans, except for one which they made from a tin of Frisco or something. They had random public "connoisseurs" blindly taste each and rank them - The most expensive bean ranked dead last for most with Frisco either 1st or 2nd.
 
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Back to topic.

Though we have a De'Longhi bean-to-cup still half-filled with Truth, our daily pot is a metal plunger with Ciro ground. We both take it black.
 
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