Coffee - any Coffee Lovers in here?

I love coffee!

I get my beans from Monmouth Coffee, on monmount St in London.

Really nice coffee.

My one bit of advice would be to get a decent grinder and grind your coffee as you need it. Freshly ground coffee is much much better!

Get yourself an epsresso machine to if you like cappucinos, lattes etc
 
I made the step up from instant to ground .. big improvement .. no expert by any means and would love to get my hands on some highly rated coffee .. bloke I knew who lived in south america said genuinely fresh coffee is out of this world
 
V3g3tto said:
Originates primarily in south america and is drank primarily in north america, so i'd say primarily, it's american :)
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lol. just like tea is brithish.

Coffee is *not* American, and neither does it primarily originate from America.

It grows all around the world, primarily in the tropics, in areas of correct altitude. Three of the "major" origins - Kenya, Ethiopia, Indonesia - are not anywhere near America :)

And, imo, south american coffee tastes the worst :D
 
FOr instant coffee I use a Nespresso machine. Quicker than boiling a kettle for that foul granular stuff (which coincidently you can't buy here, thankgod).

Produces Passable coffee. Some flavours are better than others. Some are like old tobacco.

Fresh ground beans when at home into my my espresso machine.
 
uvmain said:
lol. just like tea is brithish.

Coffee is *not* American, and neither does it primarily originate from America.

It grows all around the world, primarily in the tropics, in areas of correct altitude. Three of the "major" origins - Kenya, Ethiopia, Indonesia - are not anywhere near America :)

And, imo, south american coffee tastes the worst :D
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Technically tea is British as it's mainly grown in China and India and we own them :). India may not be part of the empire anymore, but seeing as the majority of their population seem to live here, i'm calling it britain #2 for arguments sake :D

Kenya, dam forgot about them. I got a feeling im thinking of cocaine in regards to south america lol.
 
I'm surprised we have had no recommendations of types and where to buy them!

As I said before 'Old Brown Java' Is really nice from Whittards - the beans are buried underground for five years before being roasted, gives it a really deep, almost smokey flavour.

Rich
 
titchard said:
I'm surprised we have had no recommendations of types
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Guatamala Peaberry
Arabia Mocha Java
Elephant Peaberry
Iced Kenyan

it's really hard to recommend coffees, as it all depends on what you're after, what you're eating with it, how you feel..

nip to a starbucks, they quite often have samples of ground coffee that you can take home and try in a caffetierre - you can then find your favourites :)
 
Currently I'm on black Illy because I'm struggling to find a source of Bei & Naninni Cap Colombo after my local deli shut :(

The other thing I'm after at some point is an Aeropress (Flibster recommended it the last time this topic came up), faster and apparantly better than a cafitiere for single cups.
 
titchard said:
Hey

Recently properly got into 'proper' coffee, with a cafetiere and fresh ground coffee and wondered who else is into proper coffee?

I am thinking of investing in a grinder and getting the beans and doing it myself, so it is really super-fresh is it worth it?

Also, what are you drinking at the moment? I am enjoying 'Old Brown Java' From Whittards, which is a really nice dark roast, specially nice with a TINY splash of milk.

Rich
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We have a cafetière and this Delonghi cappucino/espresso machine:

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We usually drink Fair Trade coffee from the Co-Op, but occasionally treat ourselves to some posh stuff. The UK doesn't appear to have a "coffee culture". In four years of searching, I have yet to find a decent cafe selling proper coffee (though there is a nice little place in Ironbridge which tries very hard, and gets 5 stars for serving real ground coffee).
 
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