Coffee?

[Mary Jane]

So since I've moved here, I've been bemoaning the fact that you just can't get a decent cup of coffee here unless you go to Starbucks. But I really like a nice hot cup of java 1st thing in the am.

I've been drinking instant stuff lately, which for instant is actually pretty good, but it's still not the same as brewed coffee.

My friend in the States just sent me two bags of roasted ground coffee and a little one-cup coffee maker since we only have a kettle here.

Oh my God. I'd forgotten what really really good coffee tastes like. I'm to the bottom of the 1st cup now, and I want... no neeeeed more!

So, how many of you like coffee? And maybe the more reasonable question is: how many of you have had really really good coffee?

(I suppose it's a trade-off that I can't find really really good coffee in the UK; my BF could never find a good cup of tea in the States. Not until he visited a British Imports store and bought some English tea.)

[Dazbo666]

I buy packs of Starbucks Home Roast, and make my own in a cafetiere. Can't fault it.

The only drawback is that you notice how bad instant coffee can be compared to the real thing
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[owdamer]

I only like instant coffee. I've tried "proper" coffee but never liked it. Kenco rappor is about the best i've had. Think i may just have a cup now.

[NickD]

I love coffee, but wouldn't use Starbucks to clean my drains with.
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[feef]

If you're out and about, then it's worth checking out Cafe Nero and Costa as well as Starbucks (in fact, Starbucks is the poorest of the three in my opinion)

At home I use an Isomac Zaffiro coffee machine, with either Lavazza Oro or Illy dark espresso roast and a medium - dark French continental blend from the specialist in my local market if I want something lighter. The same merchant also supplies me with my own blend, which I buy by the Kilo, which is 50% Dark Contintenal arabica, 25% Italian Espresso Arabic, and 25% Ugandan Robusta. A lovely, powerful coffee.

There's no shortage of good coffee in the UK, just have to know where to look.

I'm starting to look into roasting my own beans, and there are several suppliers of green beans in the UK.

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[Mary Jane]

Holy cow! You take your coffee very seriously.

Mind if I come over for a cup?

[stinkwheel]

Disgusting stuff, foul smelling, tarry in consistency.

Occasionally get handed one by mistake, makes me want to bowk.

It's poison I tell you!
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[st3v3]

Neither have I, I'm not a tea drinker at all, can't really stand it, not paying starbuck's prices and like the occasional rightly made cappucino someone recomend me a 'proper coffee'
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[Dragonfly]

Am not allowed caffine I get tempremental and very very gittery on it. but that dosnt stop me drinking decaf. I prefer a nice cup of earl gray myself.
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[st3v3]

When I was young, I never drank caffein related products due to not being bothered, then when I started at around 15, coffee etc used to give me the shakes...
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[dainesefreak]

I'm not a tea or coffee drinker and working in an office environment all day you don't half notice how much it makes people's breath stink. Tea/Coffee breath.

[stinkwheel]

[Annabella]

I use one of these boys:

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Cheap as chips to buy, I think I paid about £10 for mine. You can get some decent ground coffee from markets and even the supermarkets are getting a really good selection of ground, fair trade coffee.

If I'm at work, then I make do with Dowe Egberts instant which is about the nicest instant I have tried.
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[JonB]

I don't like tea, but I can occasionally be seen drinking a cup of coffee. Usually only to get some caffeine.
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[Louise]

I love my coffee - Maybe a bit too much.
Not to botherd on the brand altho I tend to stick to Nescafe.

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[Redliner]

Ceylon or Assam tea, far better than any coffee.
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[Cigaro]

I'm a bit of a coffee snob. It has to be fair-trade, it has to be fresh and still in bean form, and I always make it in a metal thing that I put on my stove (I can't remember what it's called, but coffee pot is a good name.)

[Walloper]