A Decent Cup of Coffee
I know it might seem a bit trivial but what are the decent makes of coffee for a filter machine. Everytime I am on holiday I buy some coffee from the supermarket and when I brew it all I can taste is chicory. Where am I going wrong? What sort of price do you have to pay, up to now I have not been spending more that 2 or 3 euros. This is not because I am penny pinching but I have not found anything more expensive on the shelves. Does one not buy decent coffee from the supermarket?
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Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
Originally Posted by stevesainty
(Post 9139804)
I know it might seem a bit trivial but what are the decent makes of coffee for a filter machine. Everytime I am on holiday I buy some coffee from the supermarket and when I brew it all I can taste is chicory. Where am I going wrong? What sort of price do you have to pay, up to now I have not been spending more that 2 or 3 euros. This is not because I am penny pinching but I have not found anything more expensive on the shelves. Does one not buy decent coffee from the supermarket?
Maybe Cafe Molido Natural is quite nice and half that price for a brick. ;);) |
Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
Thanks for that but I never touch nescafe muck. I enjoy strong rich roasted coffee akin to Jacobs in Germany. I have found a fairtrade one in Morrisons in England that I enjoy at the moment.
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Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
Originally Posted by stevesainty
(Post 9139847)
Thanks for that but I never touch nescafe muck. I enjoy strong rich roasted coffee akin to Jacobs in Germany. I have found a fairtrade one in Morrisons in England that I enjoy at the moment.
I buy segafreddo, but you can get lavazza or illy if you want more up-market, or marcilla/bonka for a good coffee at a cheaper price. Spanish coffee is some of the best in the world (although not as refined as Italian coffee) and very strong if you are not used to it, especially as they use torrefacto beans which are toasted in sugar and give a strong bitter-ish taste. I normally buy "mezcla" which is half torrefacto, half natural. The good coffee was one of the reasons why we moved to Spain. It was, and still is impossible to get a good coffee in London, except for the odd Portuguese cafe. All the Starbucks, Cafe Nero, Costa Coffee stuff tastes like "agua sucia" (dirty water) after being used to Spanish coffee. |
Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
Originally Posted by stevesainty
(Post 9139847)
Thanks for that but I never touch nescafe muck. I enjoy strong rich roasted coffee akin to Jacobs in Germany. I have found a fairtrade one in Morrisons in England that I enjoy at the moment.
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Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
The good coffee was one of the reasons why we moved to Spain. It was, and still is impossible to get a good coffee in London, except for the odd Portuguese coffee. All the Starbucks, Cafe Nero, Costa Coffee stuff tastes like "agua sucia" (dirty water) after being used to Spanish coffee. Of course, you'll always find the odd person who doesn't like the coffee in Spain http://www.eltiempo.com/blogs/de_can...-por-favor.php |
Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
I am perfectly happy with the coffee in England but I cannot find a decent one in Spain. We normally stay in time share accommadation in Spain and all they supply is a filter machine. When we move to Spain in 2012 I will probably get a proper machine but until then I will have to stick to filter coffee unless there is some way I can make some proper coffee in a pan on the stove???
Where do you buy the coffee mentioned by cricketman above? |
Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
Originally Posted by steviedeluxe
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I agree. Funnily enough, the coffee served up in "tapas-bars" in the UK is normally quite poor I find. No excuse really, the Portuguese manage to serve up good coffee. And the odd Italian establishment, but you have to ask around.
Although I must caveat that I havent been to a Spanish place in the UK for at least 6 years now. There is one nice Spanish restaurant on Old Brompton Road in Chelsea where the tennis players go during Wimbledon, think it is called "Cambio de tercio". Very nice but prices to match. |
Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
Originally Posted by stevesainty
(Post 9139898)
I am perfectly happy with the coffee in England but I cannot find a decent one in Spain. We normally stay in time share accommadation in Spain and all they supply is a filter machine. When we move to Spain in 2012 I will probably get a proper machine but until then I will have to stick to filter coffee unless there is some way I can make some proper coffee in a pan on the stove???
Where do you buy the coffee mentioned by cricketman above? You can buy one of those metal cafeteras for about 10 euros, then make it on the hob. That will turn out much nicer than filter coffee which personally I do not enjoy. |
Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
It always used to be said (although I'm sure there are exceptions) that the Brits don't know how to make good coffee, and the Spanish don't know how to make decent tea...
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Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
We use a cafeteria. For me the simplest way to make good coffee easily and quickly. We basically bought one pack of every brand of coffee we could find, starting at the cheap end and moving up until we found a good one. Quite a few boxes were binned after the first cup. Dia have a columbian, under 2 euros a box, and that does us very nicely.
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Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
if your using a cafateria try a small pinch of salt and leave the boiling water for a few seconds before you pour it in.salt enhances the flavor.and boiling water makes coffe bitter.im a nescafe fan myself.:eek:
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Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
Spanish coffee is over-rated. Most bars have no interest/knowledge/skill in the grinding of the beans correctly, let alone ever cleaning the machine (hence a lot of cups taste bitter). The Spanish don't really care, it's just coffee to them, and like most things, they let it ride. Now...get yourself over to Italy and it's another planet as far as coffee goes. They care about quality and rightly complain loudly if it slips below par.
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Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
Originally Posted by stevesainty
(Post 9139898)
I am perfectly happy with the coffee in England but I cannot find a decent one in Spain. We normally stay in time share accommadation in Spain and all they supply is a filter machine. When we move to Spain in 2012 I will probably get a proper machine but until then
The only place in Spain I've had a bad cup of coffee was in Majorca, there they made it as the English like it... very weak! I thought it quite tasteless after the strong flavoured kind we get here in Andalucia. |
Re: A Decent Cup of Coffee
Originally Posted by littlelambfound
(Post 9140231)
Spanish coffee is over-rated. Most bars have no interest/knowledge/skill in the grinding of the beans correctly, let alone ever cleaning the machine (hence a lot of cups taste bitter). The Spanish don't really care, it's just coffee to them, and like most things, they let it ride. Now...get yourself over to Italy and it's another planet as far as coffee goes. They care about quality and rightly complain loudly if it slips below par.
And being married to a Spaniard I can tell you they do care! Although for her, she is not a fan of the extra torrefacto they put in here in Andalucia. Some of my friends have expensive coffee machines at home (I know someone who has a top of the range Jura!) and as a treat go to the coffee bean shop to get some exotic blends ground straight from the bean. You know you can even buy Jamaica Blue Mountain from the El Corte Ingles Cafeteria for around 2.50 a cup. This is rated the best coffee in the world so there must be some demand from Spaniards who "do not care"! I do agree that Italian coffee is more refined though (in general). |
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