Coffee houses

[vinteuil]

calabresse - you poor benighted heathen...

https://www.themortonreport.com/home-away/travel/the-art-of-the-galao/

[amateur51]

... well, sometimes I prefer a galão...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWqqsVFXbUE

[amateur51]

Looks like trouble in my shopping street. We're not too keen on chains here ... . I hadn't noticed it had opened - where's me banner

[Nick Armstrong]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWqqsVFXbUE

I suddenly have a completely different mental image of wor vinny! Maracas and all! Maybe only on weekends, eh vinhoverde??

(I was in the stalls that night, ams! The Lenny-Christa snog-fest at the end of that clip made me cry!)

[hackneyvi]

Have you asked for a Flat White?

In the modern nomenclature, that does it for me. No foam. Just warmed milk into your coffee. Ask them to make it not too hot. Nine times out of ten, these places make the coffee far too hot - as you say, scalded and scorched. Nothing ****s the taste of coffee like overheating it - it's also dangerous on the tongue. I ask for the milk 'warm, not hot' - it's usually just right.

Oh! ... so that's what a flat white is ...

[Nick Armstrong]

Oh! ... so that's what a flat white is ...

give it a try. might hit the spot!

[hackneyvi]

give it a try. might hit the spot!

I am much obliged.

[johnb]

I rarely use coffee 'houses' but some time ago I bought a pack of Starbuck's coffee beans in Tescos. I always drink 'real' coffee at home and the Starbucks blend that I tried was by far the worst coffee I have drunk in a decade.

[vinteuil]

... I have to say that for home use my default for the last ten years has been the lavazza espresso 100% arabica ground coffee (the black, rather than the gold or the red ). And I'm very happy with it... [unsolicited testimonial]

[Anna]

I was going to ask, but vints has rather anticipated my query, which is the make of coffee you use at home (Lavazza has always been my main choice) this is bearing in mind some of us don't have the full swanky black and chrome gear to enable us to froth and squirt

[Pilchardman]

I was going to ask, but vints has rather anticipated my query, which is the make of coffee you use at home (Lavazza has always been my main choice) this is bearing in mind some of us don't have the full swanky black and chrome gear to enable us to froth and squirt

My favourite is Bei & Nannini. But it comes at a premium, so I usually use Lavazza, and have B&N for treats.

I use a stove top Bialetti, with fine grinds, lightly tamped.

[Nick Armstrong]

Hi Anna! I mentioned somewhere I think that Whittards is where I've got mine for the last 10 years http://www.whittard.co.uk/coffee/coffee-beans

After mixing and matching, I get a 50-50 mix of their Santos&Java with another darker bean: currently I mix in their Espresso bean (previously for years I had half Santos&Java, half Café Français). It's rich and dark and nutty with no bitterness at all

[Paul Sherratt]

ff,

>>>On Saturday, protesters picketed the unopened coffee shop claiming it would undercut independent cafes in the area, while Bristol West MP Stephen Williams has also written to the firm.


I've never seen ' Costa ' and 'undercut ' in the same world before ...

And I'll add my name to the Lavazza lobby.

Best value kitchen appliance I know :

http://fourthfloorwalkup.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1cupMoka2-228x300.jpg

( See also, Pilchardman, above )

Further reading.

http://www.yourguidetoitaly.com/real-italian-espresso.html

[PatrickOD]

the full swanky black and chrome gear

My kettle has some chrome and black bits. Being an instant connoisseur I find that for home use the best bet is the blend I get in Lidl - 'Granaroma' - delicious. And it's half the price

[vinteuil]

Hi Anna! I mentioned somewhere I think that Whittards is where I've got mine for the last 10 years http://www.whittard.co.uk/coffee/coffee-beans

After mixing and matching, I get a 50-50 mix of their Santos&Java with another darker bean: currently I mix in their Espresso bean (previously for years I had half Santos&Java, half Café Français). It's rich and dark and nutty with no bitterness at all

... yes, but what value can we put on the judgment of someone who openly declares a preference for, ahem, "Milka" -

I'm a Milka man myself (Or those red-wrapped Lindt "Lindor" balls. Amazing )