How do you make your coffee ................

All good ways of coffee making but you would have to ask the lovely lady in Costa how mine is made :lol-049::banana:
 
Being a coffee fiend and having tried all the rest it's a massive thumbs up from me for the Aeropress. Brilliant coffee - the espresso is as good as you'll get anywhere. And at the end you just shove out the grounds into the bin, wipe it down and put it away. And I can make coffee for four people with it so no need to carry the coffee jug any more.

Just make sure the water isn't boiling when you put it in. Boiling water and coffee don't make the best brew.
 
Bill Posters said:
Being a coffee fiend and having tried all the rest it's a massive thumbs up from me for the Aeropress. Brilliant coffee - the espresso is as good as you'll get anywhere. And at the end you just shove out the grounds into the bin, wipe it down and put it away. And I can make coffee for four people with it so no need to carry the coffee jug any more.

Just make sure the water isn't boiling when you put it in. Boiling water and coffee don't make the best brew.
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Interesting thread.

I'd never heard of the Aeropress - looks like a neat idea. I see you can get re-usable mesh filters too? I always drink coffee and have carry a caffetiere but they are a bit of a pain to empty - I don't like the grounds going down the sink, so they have to go in a hedgerow somewhere, which I always feel guilty about doing.

Morph
 
I don't find it messy?

ScamperVan said:
Aeropress. Can be a bit messy but great coffee and doesn't take much room.
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Agree excellent coffee, the grounds can be ejected in one compact, dry, compressed circular lozenge and then a quick rinse under the tap and job done. Straight from the press (pressed into your mug) is espresso or topped up with hot water gives an Americano.. oh yes you can even reusecthe paper filters many times over if you wish.
 
magbrin said:
Tried this, in the house this morning - found it in the back of a dusty cupboard, yesterday before I posted - and it is getting the thumbs up. Will try it in the van next time we are out in it. Very easy to empty and clean. Also I found a small plastic funnel (not designed for the purpose) and some filter cones - very basic but also worked a treat. Think we're sorted - thanks!
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I keep a small one for every day use and have a bigger one for when I have visitors.

If I need more, I make it stronger and then dilute with hot water - works a treat. :)
 
When i first started MH-ing I was using a cafetierre. Great coffee but was a pain in the arse to remove all grains before cleaning.

At my first WC meet, i tasted some of Mykamper's coffee & bought Bialetti italian coffee maker just like his.

Never looked back! One of the best MH purchases I've made.

😍
 
Bill Posters said:
Being a coffee fiend and having tried all the rest it's a massive thumbs up from me for the Aeropress. Brilliant coffee - the espresso is as good as you'll get anywhere. Just make sure the water isn't boiling when you put it in. Boiling water and coffee don't make the best brew.
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No, it's not the best coffee you'll get anywhere.
 
Well, no, but it's the best coffee you'll get in a van or without paying a fortune for it. I used to have one of the stove top machines and they weren't bad but the Aeropress beats them for sure.
 
Same thing as Sky recomends, but from Bialetti, that's what you really get in Italy, among the many mostly bad (they don't fit together, sharp edges, bad threads, bad closure - you'll burn your hands....been there, done that. What you get on italian markets is crap) copies:

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I recomend to buy the 6-cups model (Italians measure coffee in fingerhood-sized espresso cups), which produces 250ml (two normal cups) of mid-strong to strong coffee.
Perfect for one or two persons. Don't go for the bigger machines, because they need tons of coffee powder, take ages to boil on a gas stove and it doesn't taste as good as the smaller machines. Better heat up the smaller machine twice. If you go for the smaller machines, you'll get stronger coffee, but a very small amount. Since Italians prefer concentrated coffee, smaller machines are more common there. But for general use, take the 6-cups machine.

Some weeks ago, while on camping holidays in GB, someone asked me what this silver thing is. He's obviously never seen one of those coffee-machines before. I offered him a cup and he was very surprised how great and strong it tasted.:tongue:
 
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Margaret

Aeropress for me too. We've been using them (1 at home & 1 in the van) for years. Not messy at all once you get the hang of it - ejects the grounds in one fairly dry and solid lozenge straight into the waste bin and then just rinse the other parts, and it makes good coffee. If you're lucky you may get a free demonstration this weekend at your minimeet!!

Tony
 
cipro said:
All good ways of coffee making but you would have to ask the lovely lady in Costa how mine is made :lol-049::banana:
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I wasn't aware Costa (or any other High Street chain for that matter) were capable of making decent coffee; I've certainly never had a good espresso there.
 
Steve121 said:
I wasn't aware Costa (or any other High Street chain for that matter) were capable of making decent coffee; I've certainly never had a good espresso there.
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True. I stopped at Membury services on the M4 on Saturday, and the Costa machines didn't even sell an Espresso!! I have also made a decision never to buy coffee from anywhere that insists you learn their language in order to be able to ask for what you want.

Skinny Latte. Eh?

I'll happily try my best in any foreign language, and find it very rewarding to do so, but I fail to understand why I should bother to learn corporate or marketing jargon on the off-chance that it'll make me feel part of some clique and therefore more brand-loyal.

Thanks to this thread I have ordered an Aeropress (£21 from eBay, incl filter etc.)

I look forward in eager anticipation to its arrival. No more grounds in the hedge for me!

Morph.
 
Tonybvi said:
Margaret

Aeropress for me too. We've been using them (1 at home & 1 in the van) for years. Not messy at all once you get the hang of it - ejects the grounds in one fairly dry and solid lozenge straight into the waste bin and then just rinse the other parts, and it makes good coffee. If you're lucky you may get a free demonstration this weekend at your minimeet!!

Tony
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I'm looking forward to my free demonstration - oh, and a cup of coffee!
 
Tonybvi said:
Margaret

Aeropress for me too. We've been using them (1 at home & 1 in the van) for years. Not messy at all once you get the hang of it - ejects the grounds in one fairly dry and solid lozenge straight into the waste bin and then just rinse the other parts, and it makes good coffee. If you're lucky you may get a free demonstration this weekend at your minimeet!!

Tony
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Thanks for the demonstration, Tony. Good coffee - kept me dancing all day, but you made such a mess trying to save the filter (you mean man) that I think I will stick to the Italian espresso percolator, for now!
 
Upside down?

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I use the Aeropress upside down method. Filters just peel off the coffee grounds and just need a quick rinse.
I reuse the filters because new ones absorb some of the oils and can change the taste (that's what I was told although I'm not sure I can taste the difference).
 
easy peasy

Good quality coffee bags, can't tell the difference in taste from a cafetiere. easy to store, easy to use and not loose mess afterwards. I noticed a lot of the French campers were using them this year and they are readily available over there in the supermarkets.
 
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I use the Aeropress upside down method. Filters just peel off the coffee grounds and just need a quick rinse.
I reuse the filters because new ones absorb some of the oils and can change the taste (that's what I was told although I'm not sure I can taste the difference).
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That's what I normally do as well but I was so hungover from all the alcohol that Margaret had forced down me the night before that I dropped the filter into the grounds once I had ejected them. The mess came when I tried to recover the filter to make myself a coffee to stop the shakes!!
 
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Tonybvi said:
That's what I normally do as well but I was so hungover from all the alcohol that Margaret had forced down me the night before that I dropped the filter into the grounds once I had ejected them. The mess came when I tried to recover the filter to make myself a coffee to stop the shakes!!
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