spec me a coffee maker pls

rotters · 4 Oct 2007 at 22:47

been looking for one for a while and wondered what people on here use, cant aford a delonghi for £999 but i do have upto £200 to spend on one.

any ideas? also, do most grind the coffee or is that a seperate issue?

rotters

Sonea Fifer · 4 Oct 2007 at 22:51

rotters said:
been looking for one for a while and wondered what people on here use, cant aford a delonghi for £999 but i do have upto £200 to spend on one.

any ideas? also, do most grind the coffee or is that a seperate issue?

rotters

We got the Tassimo - makes excellent coffee (and tea) :cool:

Dist · 5 Oct 2007 at 00:53

ive got a tassimo and have to say its only so-so. It makes good tea/coffee, better then instant, but ive had much better coffee elsewhere. Plus since it uses small pods of coffee instead of ground beans manualy added to the machine, youre forced to pay their prices, which could be more exensive the buying your own beans (havnt checked prices, but chances are it is more expensive), and you have less choice of what type of coffee you have.

I recomend going for one where you can just buy some roasted coffee beans, and grind them yourself to the consistency you like, and then just add them to machine.

Cupra · 5 Oct 2007 at 01:21

sorry to thread jack, ive been looking for a coffie maker for a while too so would be good to see anyones reply's

budget up2 abut £200 aswell, would prefer a milk frother too lol

Vixen · 5 Oct 2007 at 01:42

I've heard good things about Gaggia machines, although I don't know about specific models. I saw the Gaggia Baby in Costco the other day for around £200 though, maybe slightly under, so that would be within your budget.

Raymond Lin · 5 Oct 2007 at 04:05

Sonea Fifer said:
We got the Tassimo - makes excellent coffee (and tea)

That's not coffee, that's "ready meal" muck in a cup!

£200 can get you a Gaggia Classic, that will make real coffee.

Gaz1988 · 5 Oct 2007 at 11:36

starbucks

Sh3rlock · 5 Oct 2007 at 11:51

1 X Kettle
1 X Pot of Nescafe

and about 5 minutes of your time.

Cost = About £1.75.

BARGAIN !

PureAppleJuice · 5 Oct 2007 at 12:55

Shame nescafe tastes like crap

rotters · 5 Oct 2007 at 22:17

Damien. said:
1 X Kettle
1 X Pot of Nescafe

and about 5 minutes of your time.

Cost = About £1.75.

BARGAIN !

i just got to a place in my life where i would like to appreciate some of the smaller finer things in life and thus stop drinking instant coffee. any more ideas out there pls?

rotters

ajf · 5 Oct 2007 at 22:51

If you just wanted filtered coffee then the best thing I found is an 'old fashioned' percolator.
It doesn't do espresso or cappucino though.
I then use a coffee grinder I got from Whittards which cost about £15.

Munromax · 5 Oct 2007 at 22:57

I got a Coffee Filter machine out of asda for 6 quid

That's nor instant coffe either

beh · 5 Oct 2007 at 23:09

You've probably found this already but, an old thead with some better replies, Siliconslave's posts especially - Spec me a coffee maker.

Emphasis on importance of what you put into it rather than just getting an expensive machine and then only using some random vacuum packed stuff from supermarket. Stuff like grinding (and roasting) your own beans (fresh) using a decent grinder (burr?), people often having spent as much on a grinder than on a coffee maker.

Only an occasional coffee drinker myself but semi tempted by something cheapish like an aerobie which is meant to be good for the money (25quid

).