As I'm the only coffee drinker in the house I often only get to have a decent cup when we have visitors, because for some reason I struggle to make good coffee in small ammounts.
What best to use for one cup.
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Coffee for one, what's best.
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Do you mean coffee machine? If so, I reckon my Gaggia Classic is ace.
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Google for a "Handpresso".
Awesome coffee for one person.
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as Pedalhead said.
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Handpresso? Works for me.
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Handpresso is great if you are only making a few cups a day.
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handpresso - no doubts
makes fantastic espressos - works out at about 18p a shot
plus you can use it camping
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Just get one of those mini cafetiere (ones with a plunger) and a tablespoon of fresh coffee or more if you like it strong, and you have a nice coffee. As my father in-law works for a coffee company I get mine for free.
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@coffeeking those 'Italian' coffee makers is the coffee holder meant to be filled level? I wonder if that's where I'm going wrong.
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75 quid! I'd sooner make two cups worth of coffee and chuck half.
I personally just use a filter machine - dead easy to make one person's worth, and quick.
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how do you make espresso with a filter machine?
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Jura ena 5
Only coffee drinker in my house, bought by me for me.
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As I only have one or two coffees a day max and no tea I'm trying to achieve an English size cup of coffee.
I can't even recall what coffee I buy I just recognise the packet (red & gold old brand been about for ages) but I think it's the measuring I'm getting wrong.Posted 2 years ago # -
Depends on how much you want in it I guess! - I certainly don't do it full, that'd be too much for my liking. I have a 3 cup one which does one normal sized mug for me, it gets 1.5 to 2 rounded spoons of coffee in the holder which fills the holder about 1/2 to 2/3 full.
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I just use a cafetiere and use enough coffee to wake a graveyard.
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+1 for the Cafetiere. Quick and easy, and you're not tied in to the razor blade pricing model of being locked in to buying manufacturer-specific pouches of coffee.
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Got those Italian ones in lots of sizes, but only large cafetieres so I might try a small one.
Was given a John Lewis all signing and dancing thing but I've never ever used it JF6000 or something.Posted 2 years ago # -
old school italian one filled level. perfecto!
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Stovetop FT (singlecup) W.
I've got enough clutter in the kitchen without adding more electrical appliances, and the coffee isn't any better. A decent sized mug of espresso will sort you right out
That said, I'll happily get through a 1litre french press by myself of a sunday morning while reading the paper.
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One of these KF6000JL
might have a look at it tonight
Fugly innit, partly why it's gathering dust, and £100?Posted 2 years ago # -
Looks like a standard filter machine - 2 scoops (the scooper normally comes with the machine) + 2 "cups" worth of water makes 1 mug full of decent coffee.
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how do you make espresso with a filter machine?
You need high pressure so you can't.How much of a faff are those Handpresso machines? Looks quite tempting.
I have a Krups espresso machine but TBH it's a PITA to use and the coffee is pretty average.
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I'm a wee bit of a coffee snob have owned and used various espresso makers in the past,currently just own various sized Bialetti type cafetieres. However I was absolutely blown away by the coffee made by a Magimix (?) Nespresso machine. It's one of those pod type machines so probably costs quite a bit on a per cup basis but it does make very nice coffee and is pretty simple to use.
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I've not ever been massively impressed by any home espresso machines. Stove top mocha comes about as close as I need though. Cafetieres are ok but can produce weedy coffee though, nothing to do with taste but quality of brew
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For quick and simple one person coffee I've got this and its excellent. Quicker and easier to clean than a mini cafetiere
I've got an espresso machine as well but its just such a faff, especially in the mornings, that it is increasingly gathering dust.
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handpressos aren't a faff
pump about 30 times, water in the dome, pod on top, screw on lid and push button
wish i'd bought mine years ago
and i know you can't make espressos with a filter machine, i was being arsey
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I don't like cafetiere coffee much, too much grindyness gets through.
And no, you can't make espresso with a filter machine, you make filter coffee. Espresso is not the only coffee!
My experience of coffee from the pod machines is that they can taste a bit synthetic, particularly the Nescafe pod latte / cappucinos.
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It depends on the type of coffee you want as some have said above.
Its always about the beans in my experience, buy from an artisan roaster such as happy donkey (though there are others), get a grinder (simple blade grinder for French presse or a filter machine and a more complex burr grinder for an espresso machine, stove top) and grind only what you need at that time.
It works believe me.
I too have a Gaggia Classic espresso machine and a burr grinder, and like most great things in life can be as complicated as you like.
For espresso machine if you can get them in Argos then read Halfords of the coffee world.
Its all about the pressure constancy, weight of the basket and pump delivery........oh and don't forget a good tamper, see I told you it was geeky.
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AeroPress as mentioned earlier. Tough enough for my colleague to use it daily when in Afghanistan for 6 months, cleaner than any filter machine, no grounds in the coffee, compact, cheap to buy, cheap to run and my daily 2 cups of superb coffee. I drink the coffee from this more than from any other method of making and I'll now not be without one. Far less spiffy than the Handpresso but excellent coffee with less faff.
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I don't like cafetiere coffee much, too much grindyness gets through.
I like that
Handpresso fails for me by needing "pods" yuk
I want to grind fresh beans.
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+1 lactic
thats what I use - with fresh ground, quality beans (from hasbean)
makes a lovely mug of coffee with no fuss, and no need to buy an expensive machine
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Cafettieres are boring. This is my new fetish:
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I bought an insulated mug from Wittards that acts as a combined mug/cafetiere for one. Works for me, use it when we're away in the caravan. Cost - can't remember, wasn't too much, sub £10 IIRC.
At home though we have a Senseo, works out quick & easy to use, agree not £300 machine quality, but not plasticy either.
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