Tea or Coffee?

[Phenom]

Remove the sugar from both and you've got mad brew making skills!

Cheers mate, I wasnt forced as a youngster to make me ma a brew, honestly.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

If you said tea then you're either a bad right wing nazi royalist or have never tasted proper coffee.

Black coffee, all day. You tits.

Nailed it there. Though I do like my coffee with milk.

I've simply got to invest in one of those Nespresso machines. marvelous things

 

[Dylan]

Coffee, coffee, coffee all day every day. A little Earl Grey is nice once in a while though.

For the best espresso, you need this:

http://www.amazon.com/Bialetti-Expr...Y6UK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1304796161&sr=8-2

Fantastic little bit of gear that is.

 

[little old me]

I can't drink coffee first thing in the morning. Has to be tea. Drink coffee from the machine in work coz the tea from it is crap. Mind you, the coffee isn't much better. Mainly tea , at home. Teabag and sugar in cup--add water--remove teabag---add milk. Simples

the tea in a vending machine is crap because of the powdered milk thats used if its a fresh brew machine its ok if you add real milk, trust me i'm an expert!!

 

[Bigloco]

Coffee, coffee, coffee all day every day. A little Earl Grey is nice once in a while though.

For the best espresso, you need this:

http://www.amazon.com/Bialetti-Expr...Y6UK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1304796161&sr=8-2

Fantastic little bit of gear that is.

Got one of those and while I like it alot, it doesn't quite make "real" espresso...(ie, the kind thats had hot water forced through it at 15 bars of pressure!)

I used to do the starbucks thing quite a bit then won my american fantasy football league (thanks peyton manning) and dropped a load of coin on a Rancillio espresso machine and a really nice grinder. I have probably made 3000 cups of espresso out of that thing and my favorite is a little brown sugar, 1/3 espresso 1/3 milk and 1/3 foam with a little carmel and little dark chocolate on top.

Its my turtle cappuchino and when i use 4 shots of really good espresso (dazbog kgblend), it will instantly cause a bowel movement!

Best local espresso beans http://www.dazbog.com/

Best easily obtainable supermarket variety http://www.peets.com/

The grinder is as important a factor in making a good cup of espresso as is the beans or the machine!

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

never fails me, bit scorched though after 'SHE' left it on the gas, maybe get another nice one in Italy as they are 1 thing that is cheap there.

& I don't mind a bit of Bodum in the paraphernalia dept either

cba with all that bean grinding and roasting though....

are my favs.

 

[Dylan]

Got one of those and while I like it alot, it doesn't quite make "real" espresso...(ie, the kind thats had hot water forced through it at 15 bars of pressure!)

Err, the pressurized machines are not 'real' espresso. The Bialetti is about as real as you are gonna get outside of Italy.

1/3 espresso 1/3 milk and 1/3 foam

Its my turtle cappuchino and when i use 4 shots of really good espresso (dazbog kgblend), it will instantly cause a bowel movement!

Best local espresso beans http://www.dazbog.com/

Best easily obtainable supermarket variety http://www.peets.com/

The grinder is as important a factor in making a good cup of espresso as is the beans or the machine!

A proper cappuccino! Unfortunately cap's over here have basically become Latte's.....to get a proper cap you have to ask for it 'wet'

Here is another good store brand to look out for.....Boyds (http://www.boyds.com/). I love them, cheap and great tasting roasts.

If you have the coin, splash out on a pound or two of Jamaican Blue Mountain. Properly fantastic stuff. I could take a bath in that stuff!!!!

And folks, remember the rules about coffee.....if you want the caffeine to wake you up, don't drink a "strong" coffee (eg bold/extra bold roasts). Get a mild or medium roast. To get the bold flavor the beans are roasted longer, and the longer you roast them, the less caffeine content there is. Which is why esspressos and cappuccino's are served as after dinner coffee's and Breakfast Blends are in the morning.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Err, the pressurized machines are not 'real' espresso. The Bialetti is about as real as you are gonna get outside of Italy.




A proper cappuccino! Unfortunately cap's over here have basically become Latte's.....to get a proper cap you have to ask for it 'wet'

Here is another good store brand to look out for.....Boyds (http://www.boyds.com/). I love them, cheap and great tasting roasts.

If you have the coin, splash out on a pound or two of Jamaican Blue Mountain. Properly fantastic stuff. I could take a bath in that stuff!!!!

And folks, remember the rules about coffee.....if you want the caffeine to wake you up, don't drink a "strong" coffee (eg bold/extra bold roasts). Get a mild or medium roast. To get the bold flavor the beans are roasted longer, and the longer you roast them, the less caffeine content there is. Which is why esspressos and cappuccino's are served as after dinner coffee's and Breakfast Blends are in the morning.

From this day on I'm referring to you as Coffee man

 

[Dylan]

OMG!!!! Jammo has bestowed me with a nickname!!

EAT THAT CHICO!!!!!

 

[chicoazul]

From this day on I'm referring to you as Coffee man

Badly racist. BAN HIM FFS D/D.

 

[Dylan]

Badly racist. BAN HIM FFS D/D.

you're just jealous.

 

[chicoazul]

I've got loads of nicknames, like erm, and er, hang on...

 

[spikeman]

Dont drink either one much, but the tea bags from Chinese food restaurants are delicious.

 

[Tom Mc EFC]

Like both but found out recently that im having a bad reaction off coffee.

Lets get this straight,

Tea - tea bag first, water second, tea bag out, sugar in, milk last.

Coffee - Milk first, sugar in, water last, good stir.

Correctomundo!

 

[Summerskin]

Love them both, prefer tea.

Milk no sugar with tea, cream with 1 sugar for coffee.