Coffee

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

I think they do, but I don't because it's impossible to get it strong enough that way.

A cafetiere isn't the only alternative!

As to its origins, try this:

The story goes that the old man used to go for a walk up a hill everyday to get some peace and quiet from his nagging wife. No matter how bad the weather was, blistering heat or driving rain, the old man would make the journey...

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Thank you for this, Jean. A lovely story... enjoyed over my late morning cafetiere!

[johnb]

I have not read through the thread but does nobody uses a filter cone and a jug? The process of pouring the hot water at the right speed and to know when to stop is a skill that needs to be acquired. In comparison, making coffee in a cafetiere seems to me to be artless in the extreme. When did it come about? I don’t remember seeing it in any pre-1970 films.

I'm one of those, relatively rare, people who have never used instant coffee at home. I used a filter cone for many decades, going back to the mid 1960s, but eventually changed to a cafetiere and like it exactly because it is artless and simple. Also you get a mouth-feel of the coffee with a cafetiere, which you don't (at least not as much) with coffee filtered through paper.

Call me a moron but I've never really taken to expresso coffee and as for latte - yuck - I always associate hot milky drinks with Horlicks before bedtime. (Latte seems to be a drink for people who don't like coffee.)

PS I've recently been using "Grumpy Mule" Columbia or Sumatra fairtrade coffee (available at Waitrose). Very enjoyable!

[MrGongGong]

Latte seems to be a drink for people who don't like coffee.

In the same way that Puccini is Opera for people who don't like opera ?

[vinteuil]

as for latte - yuck - I always associate hot milky drinks with Horlicks before bedtime. (Latte seems to be a drink for people who don't like coffee.)

... well, I s'pose there's latte and latte

I know what you mean about 'hot milky drinks' - certainly not what I'm looking for in the morning - my lattes are perhaps more noisette than au lait....

[johnb]

In the same way that Puccini is Opera for people who don't like opera ?

[jean]

... well, I s'pose there's latte and latte...

Not in Italy.

If you ask for a latte, you'll get pure milk.

You can have a latte macchiato, milk with a dash of coffee, if you really insist.

But never, ever pronounce it lahrtay, or you'll get nothing at all.

[Nick Armstrong]

my lattes are perhaps more noisette than au lait....

Something like this no doubt...

[tony yyy]

I've recently been using a Clever Coffee Dripper on the occasions when I don't want an espresso http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/clever-coffee-dripper. It gives you more control over the brew than a conventional filter without the bitterness of a cafetiere. It's also reasonably cheap.

[vinteuil]

Something like this no doubt...

«.... Prétentieux? - ¿¿¡Nosotros??!»

[johnb]

... well, I s'pose there's latte and latte

I know what you mean about 'hot milky drinks' - certainly not what I'm looking for in the morning - my lattes are perhaps more noisette than au lait....

Now I am really confused. Wikipedia gives noisette as round pieces of meat flavoured with hazelnuts! Is this a new trend for coffee that has totally passed me by?

[Nick Armstrong]

Now I am really confused. Wikipedia gives noisette as round pieces of meat flavoured with hazelnuts! Is this a new trend for coffee that has totally passed me by?

I think he means his coffees are the mutt's nuts

[vinteuil]

Now I am really confused. Wikipedia gives noisette as round pieces of meat flavoured with hazelnuts! Is this a new trend for coffee that has totally passed me by?

... ah, dear old wrongopedia again

"noisette" is the French for coffee with just a tiny nuage of milk. I think a "cortado" in Madrid, a "macchiato" in Modena....

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Café_au_lait

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso

[Nick Armstrong]

just a tiny nuage of milk

(I'm Obélix, reacting to your post... )

[gradus]

A solitary voice here (but not perhaps everywhere) for instant coffee made with hot milk, it just tastes more like coffee to me without any of the harsh tannic edges that many of the patent 'expert' methods produce.

[MrGongGong]

A solitary voice here (but not perhaps everywhere) for instant coffee made with hot milk, it just tastes more like coffee to me without any of the harsh tannic edges that many of the patent 'expert' methods produce.

INSTANT COFFEE ???????

Ok for some I guess

Would you also like some alcohol free whisky ?
Poundbury fire station ?
or
Einaudi piano music ?