Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

VFR_KID · 15 Oct 2010 at 08:45

Does anyone watch the new costa Advert and think of This thread.

The one with all the monkeys playing with coffee equipment lol

RobotXander · 15 Oct 2010 at 09:00

If only they produced a cup like the one in the advert.....Costa is really bad.
The quality of the coffee varies between poor and terrible.....at least Starbucks automatic machines are consistently ok(ish)

VFR_KID · 15 Oct 2010 at 09:07

RobotXander said:
If only they produced a cup like the one in the advert.....Costa is really bad.
The quality of the coffee varies between poor and terrible.....at least Starbucks automatic machines are consistently Fish

Fixed it for you, Just change F to a P LOL.

I hate coffee with Milk but the one on the advert that looks like a leaf MMM that looks good

Siliconslave · 15 Oct 2010 at 10:28

I've got a friend whose working in Starbucks (shes the fiancée of my best man - thus i can't disown her) and she gets so wound up by that advert - I quite like it, mainly cause i like monkeys and coffee

Coffee wise i don't mind Costa - find it generally to be one of the better high-street americanos however the Starbucks drip coffee is better than anything else - much harder for them to mess up!

VFR_KID · 15 Oct 2010 at 10:30

Actually i wonder if they are insinuating that their staff are like monkeys lol

Siliconslave · 15 Oct 2010 at 10:41

VFR_KID said:
Actually i wonder if they are insinuating that their staff are like monkeys lol

they are pretty much stating that their competitors' staff are monkeys...

molinari · 15 Oct 2010 at 10:46

Not sure how they train their staff, but when they serve you a drip coffee insisting it is an Americano, it's a bit frustrating.

Siliconslave · 15 Oct 2010 at 11:31

molinari said:
Not sure how they train their staff, but when they serve you a drip coffee insisting it is an Americano, it's a bit frustrating.

thats pretty cheeky - the starbucks drip is allot cheaper than their americanos...

Flibster · 15 Oct 2010 at 15:27

molinari said:
Not sure how they train their staff, but when they serve you a drip coffee insisting it is an Americano, it's a bit frustrating.

It's worse the other way round. Ask for a filter, get an americano. The number of times I've tried explaining the difference and just been stared at blankly.

manveruppd · 15 Oct 2010 at 17:30

That's nothing - I once got served an iced latte IN A MUG in a Costa!

MarkST · 15 Oct 2010 at 20:24

Looks like Hasbean will be selling Eva solo's soon, well there is a menu on the site but no products show up. Here's hoping.

I'm just about to order 2 Demitasse and Cappuccino cups with saucers

, they look ace!

E61 Grouphead · 17 Oct 2010 at 22:40

VFR_KID said:
Does anyone watch the new costa Advert and think of This thread.

The one with all the monkeys playing with coffee equipment lol

Ah, the one with the weak and insipid uber blond shot

They can't even get their advert right.

E61 Grouphead · 17 Oct 2010 at 22:43

MarkST said:
Looks like Hasbean will be selling Eva solo's soon, well there is a menu on the site but no products show up. Here's hoping.

I'm just about to order 2 Demitasse and Cappuccino cups with saucers , they look ace!

I really want some of those Hasbean red demitasse cups. Hope Steve gets some in to sell. Ideal for christmas chap

molinari · 18 Oct 2010 at 12:17

E61 Grouphead said:
I really want some of those Hasbean red demitasse cups. Hope Steve gets some in to sell. Ideal for christmas chap

I've just ordered a couple of the cappuccino cups but I want some of those demitasse cups too.
I'll be spending a bit more money this week on coffee bits including a new tamp, tamp mat, knocking box, grinder and a nice new espresso machine

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Flibster · 18 Oct 2010 at 15:44

The demitasse cups are great. They're made by Inker. Got one at the meetup form Mrs Hasbean as I wouldn't use the cappuccino cup.

kibblerok · 18 Oct 2010 at 21:28

Can someone recommend a grinder for work use? Can be powered and will be grinding for an aeropress.

Needs to be relatively cheapish but decent - looks like the starbucks one is recommended but getting increasingly harder to come by.

E61 Grouphead · 18 Oct 2010 at 21:34

Flibster said:
The demitasse cups are great. They're made by Inker. Got one at the meetup form Mrs Hasbean as I wouldn't use the cappuccino cup.

What's the differnece between the two Flibster? Just the Demis being smaller I presume?

I'll order some with my next lot of Coffee. I would like a couple suitable for filter and some for Caps too.

alex24 · 18 Oct 2010 at 21:39

molinari said:
Not sure how they train their staff, but when they serve you a drip coffee insisting it is an Americano, it's a bit frustrating.

I thought it was just me, but I'd noticed that too! Sigh.

I managed to lose parts of my espresso filter holder in the bin, whoops! Luckily managed to source replacement parts. One day I'll get a better machine when I have a few hundred spare!

Flibster · 18 Oct 2010 at 22:25

kibblerok said:
Can someone recommend a grinder for work use? Can be powered and will be grinding for an aeropress.

Needs to be relatively cheapish but decent - looks like the starbucks one is recommended but getting increasingly harder to come by.

Iberital MC2 Auto @ £105

E61 Grouphead said:
What's the differnece between the two Flibster? Just the Demis being smaller I presume?

I'll order some with my next lot of Coffee. I would like a couple suitable for filter and some for Caps too.

Demitasse is ~3oz roughly and the cappuccino cup is ~6oz
For filter - just go with the cappuccino ones, demitasse would be far too small.

E61 Grouphead · 18 Oct 2010 at 23:39

Ah right, thanks. I'm glad the Cappuccino one isn't too big. 6oz is the max for me really, I like to taste the Coffee