When you're not cycling what do you do?

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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg66 wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    but since I got a Nespresso machine last xmas I've gone all lazy... it's so damn easy and yields decent results.

    What's wrong with the ese pods that go into a regular machine?

    I've been sufficiently impressed by them to buy a delonghi for work (it's preferable to trudging off to shEat/Starfcuks/Costalot/Cafe Drearo). I just have to keep myself down to two shots a days. Really nice crema, and that's from someone who never used to touch espresso.

    Even have a nice gaggia frothing jug (there must be at least a double entendre in there) waiting to be christened...

    Eh? What pods that go into a regular machine? I like the nespresso ones, that I do, decent coffee, nice crema. I've had about 9 of them today... :shock:

    And coffee shop chains are a massive rip-off and sell distinctly rubbish coffee that is never quite what I want.

    Jash I can't sell you my gaggia, it was a gift...
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Errr, these?
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Huh, well there you go! Those are a good idea, I agree.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    coffee snob :lol:

    Good man. I HATE instant coffee. I absolutely will not drink it. It's vile.

    Hear hear - and Starbucks :twisted:

    Well, you may not agree with cookie cutter outlets, but the reason Starbucks are so successful in the first place is that they have built on a fundamentally good product. When they started out they were just a good coffee shop at Pike Place Market. Most one off "good coffee" shops I've found turn out to get their coffee from one of the big boys anyway and seeing as I never have time to sit in, I'm not too bothered that the decor could be anywhere from Seattle to Sharm el Sheikh.

    There is a South Park on this subject that you may find helpful.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Foamy shows the way to deal with coffee shops

    http://www.illwillpress.com/coffeehouse.html

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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Cafetiere for me... keep it simple :D

    I have got an espresso machine but it's just gathering dust. Much easier to put coffee in pot, put water in, and push plunger 5 minutes later. Easier for me anyway the lazy person I am.

    The espresso machine was given to me by my sister cos it was only gathering dust in her kitchen. It runs in the family :D
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    BSG?

    That's what I said. Now I'm totally down with the lingo...

    EDIT: Oh and I have tried to watch it. I don't care for sci-fi.

    Big Scary Giant.

    The sequel didn't sell as well as Rohl Dahl's original masterpiece.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    coffee snob :lol:

    Good man. I HATE instant coffee. I absolutely will not drink it. It's vile.

    Hear hear - and Starbucks :twisted:

    Well, you may not agree with cookie cutter outlets, but the reason Starbucks are so successful in the first place is that they have built on a fundamentally good product. When they started out they were just a good coffee shop at Pike Place Market. Most one off "good coffee" shops I've found turn out to get their coffee from one of the big boys anyway and seeing as I never have time to sit in, I'm not too bothered that the decor could be anywhere from Seattle to Sharm el Sheikh.

    There is a South Park on this subject that you may find helpful.

    People *thought* they made a good product. Then people saw The Light, and realised that it was possible to buy smooooooooooooooooooooooooooth coffees, not just warm milk that's been threatened with coffee.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Greg66 wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    but since I got a espresso machine last xmas I've gone all lazy... it's so damn easy and yields decent results.

    What's wrong with the ese pods that go into a regular machine?

    I've been sufficiently impressed by them to buy a delonghi for work (it's preferable to trudging off to shEat/Starfcuks/Costalot/Cafe Drearo). I just have to keep myself down to two shots a days. Really nice crema, and that's from someone who never used to touch espresso.

    Even have a nice gaggia frothing jug (there must be at least a double entendre in there) waiting to be christened...

    You really are a tart, aren't you? :wink:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    cjcp wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    coffee snob :lol:

    Good man. I HATE instant coffee. I absolutely will not drink it. It's vile.

    Hear hear - and Starbucks :twisted:

    Well, you may not agree with cookie cutter outlets, but the reason Starbucks are so successful in the first place is that they have built on a fundamentally good product. When they started out they were just a good coffee shop at Pike Place Market. Most one off "good coffee" shops I've found turn out to get their coffee from one of the big boys anyway and seeing as I never have time to sit in, I'm not too bothered that the decor could be anywhere from Seattle to Sharm el Sheikh.

    There is a South Park on this subject that you may find helpful.

    People *thought* they made a good product. Then people saw The Light, and realised that it was possible to buy smooooooooooooooooooooooooooth coffees, not just warm milk that's been threatened with coffee.
    Well, if you are the sort of person who enters a coffee shop and orders a pint of hot milk with coffee in it, then specifies that the coffee must have had the caffine solvent extracted, and the milk rendered fat (and milk) free, and then add some shots of flavoured glucose syrup in order to disguise the dreadful taste of this faintly flavoured chalk suspension, then you may be surprised if someone were to offer you a cup of coffee, from pretty much anywhere.

    Such people may not be aware that if you enter a Starbucks and ask for a coffee, they actually provide you with one.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    cjcp wrote:
    not just warm milk that's been threatened with coffee.

    :lol::lol:

    And syrupy flavourings...
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Always Tyred wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    coffee snob :lol:

    Good man. I HATE instant coffee. I absolutely will not drink it. It's vile.

    Hear hear - and Starbucks :twisted:

    Well, you may not agree with cookie cutter outlets, but the reason Starbucks are so successful in the first place is that they have built on a fundamentally good product. When they started out they were just a good coffee shop at Pike Place Market. Most one off "good coffee" shops I've found turn out to get their coffee from one of the big boys anyway and seeing as I never have time to sit in, I'm not too bothered that the decor could be anywhere from Seattle to Sharm el Sheikh.

    There is a South Park on this subject that you may find helpful.

    People *thought* they made a good product. Then people saw The Light, and realised that it was possible to buy smooooooooooooooooooooooooooth coffees, not just warm milk that's been threatened with coffee.
    Well, if you are the sort of person who enters a coffee shop and orders a pint of hot milk with coffee in it, then specifies that the coffee must have had the caffine solvent extracted, and the milk rendered fat (and milk) free, and then add some shots of flavoured glucose syrup in order to disguise the dreadful taste of this faintly flavoured chalk suspension, then you may be surprised if someone were to offer you a cup of coffee, from pretty much anywhere.

    Yuk.

    On another note, anyone here get annoyed by "to go"? I always say, ok, make a point of saying, "take away, please".
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    cjcp wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:

    What's wrong with the ese pods that go into a regular machine?

    I've been sufficiently impressed by them to buy a delonghi for work (it's preferable to trudging off to shEat/Starfcuks/Costalot/Cafe Drearo). I just have to keep myself down to two shots a days. Really nice crema, and that's from someone who never used to touch espresso.

    Even have a nice gaggia frothing jug (there must be at least a double entendre in there) waiting to be christened...

    You really are a tart, aren't you? :wink:

    No, it's just that-

    Actually, yes.

    Did I mention I've bought some espresso cups AND SAUCERS and some cap cups AND SAUCERS to go with the machine? Really nice thick Italian ones. With handles far too small to fit fingers.

    I'll get me coat... :oops:
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    AT, I am a fan of black coffee, relatively strong.

    If I walk into a starbucks in London, presumably because I'm lost and dehydrated, and ask for a relatively strong black coffee, I get little but a mixture of blank stares and 'errrrrrrr's.

    Maybe they're more english-speaking up your way, but when coffee-bloke and I figure out that the closest thing to what I'd like is in fact an americano with an extra shot, and I get what appears to be a paper cup filled with insanely hot brown water, with some sandy badness lurking at the bottom, I'm less than inclined to return.

    And yes, it's 'to take away please'. We're to the east of the atlantic now. When in Rome.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg66 wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:

    What's wrong with the ese pods that go into a regular machine?

    I've been sufficiently impressed by them to buy a delonghi for work (it's preferable to trudging off to shEat/Starfcuks/Costalot/Cafe Drearo). I just have to keep myself down to two shots a days. Really nice crema, and that's from someone who never used to touch espresso.

    Even have a nice gaggia frothing jug (there must be at least a double entendre in there) waiting to be christened...

    You really are a tart, aren't you? :wink:

    No, it's just that-

    Actually, yes.

    Did I mention I've bought some espresso cups AND SAUCERS and some cap cups AND SAUCERS to go with the machine? Really nice thick Italian ones. With handles far too small to fit fingers.

    I'll get me coat... :oops:

    There's a certain type of person who frequents this forum at about 1130... highly intelligent, witty, attractive... and that's just me. ;)

    I got my espresso cups from the Alessi store in Milan, marginally less overpriced than they are in selfridges....
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Greg66 wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:

    What's wrong with the ese pods that go into a regular machine?

    I've been sufficiently impressed by them to buy a delonghi for work (it's preferable to trudging off to shEat/Starfcuks/Costalot/Cafe Drearo). I just have to keep myself down to two shots a days. Really nice crema, and that's from someone who never used to touch espresso.

    Even have a nice gaggia frothing jug (there must be at least a double entendre in there) waiting to be christened...

    You really are a tart, aren't you? :wink:

    No, it's just that-

    Actually, yes.

    Did I mention I've bought some espresso cups AND SAUCERS and some cap cups AND SAUCERS to go with the machine? Really nice thick Italian ones. With handles far too small to fit fingers.

    I'll get me coat... :oops:

    I secretly yearn for all that. :oops:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    not just warm milk that's been threatened with coffee.

    :lol::lol:

    And syrupy flavourings...
    I function almost entirely on coffee until about 2pm most days - getting me through my morning commute and the gym at lunch (a sedate session admittedly).
    Trust me, if you go in and get a pint of americano with about 4 extra shots, it does the trick and isn't in the least bit syrupy.

    What was this thread about again?
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    So all you take-away adherents. Do you ask for a medium, or a grande? :wink:
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Always Tyred wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    not just warm milk that's been threatened with coffee.

    :lol::lol:

    And syrupy flavourings...
    I function almost entirely on coffee until about 2pm most days - getting me through my morning commute and the gym at lunch (a sedate session admittedly).
    Trust me, if you go in and get a pint of americano with about 4 extra shots, it does the trick and isn't in the least bit syrupy.

    What was this thread about again?

    You say that, but you're high on coffee and your senses are completely b*uggered. Do you look like this, by any chance: :arrow: :shock: ?
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Greg66 wrote:
    So all you take-away adherents. Do you ask for a medium, or a grande? :wink:

    Medium, innit.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg66 wrote:
    So all you take-away adherents. Do you ask for a medium, or a grande? :wink:

    Actually I generally ask for a mid-sized, relatively strong, black coffee.

    I think the only words they understand are 'coffee' and 'please'.
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Trust me, if you go in and get a pint of americano with about 4 extra shots, it does the trick and isn't in the least bit syrupy.

    Eurgh. Every extra shot is just more sandy badness lurking at the bottom of the oversized paper cup. I'd rather make it myself in a ray mears style. Where is my flint and percolator kit?
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Greg66 wrote:
    So all you take-away adherents. Do you ask for a medium, or a grande? :wink:

    Our canteen does Starbucks. What the fark is tall, grande, venti all about? I ask for a large coffee, she says "do you mean grande or venti"? I mean large love, not the medium or small ones, large, yes OK, "venti".

    Since when has tall = small? I don't regard tall buildings as small, so why coffees?

    Sorry it's a pet hate.

    (mine's a venti btw)
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    When child no. 1 was born, the coffee machine was the first thing I turned on in the morning, and I quickly learned to fill and operate with one hand. In the winter, it's the second thing: the light is the first.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    iain_j wrote:
    I mean large love, not the medium or small ones, large, yes OK, "venti".

    I'm picturing this said in a bemused, Scouse accent. :lol:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    And is it just me, or do Starbucks coffees make you thirsty and gasping for another drink? Sounds like an obvious ploy to get the customer to buy another?
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    So hang on.... it goes tall --> grande --> venti?

    Venti? Twenty? Twenty what?

    FFS. This is another one for my 'reasons I dislike american globalism' list.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    edited January 2009
    Decaf latte - says it all doesn't it ? I'm sorry but Starbucks idea of coffee is overpriced, undercaffinated and frankly twee - good coffee should clean spoons and stain furniture

    Oh yes - and the pseudo-Italian atmosphere - you're in the UK not Milan - Large, Medium and Small please

    Did you know the b**tards even have a shop inside the walls of the Imperial City Bejing - talk about cultural vandalism :x
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    iain_j wrote:
    And is it just me, or do Starbucks coffees make you thirsty and gasping for another drink? Sounds like an obvious ploy to get the customer to buy another?

    Yep. It's the milk. It sucks the moisture out of your mouth.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    good coffee should clean spoons and stain furniture

    :lol::lol:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    cjcp wrote:
    iain_j wrote:
    I mean large love, not the medium or small ones, large, yes OK, "venti".

    I'm picturing this said in a bemused, Scouse accent. :lol:

    It happens, but not with me, I'm not a Scouse native :P

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