If
coffee beans are nice and shiny like these then they are loaded with the
aromatic oils that will infuse your cuppa. If they look dry and stale then they
probably are. A
cafetière is the simplest kind of brewing device you will find. Add ground
coffee and hot water. Job done. Keep
your ground coffee in an airtight container and it will stay fresh for longer. A bean grinder
is essential equipment for converting your beans into grounds. This one is a
simple top-loader with no fancy feeding hoppers or chutes. Whittard of
Chelsea sell some high quality coffee. Coffee scoops
are designed to do one job in life. Scoop coffee. Some have short handles, some
have long handles. For more information visit a specialist web site. Nobody should
have milk in their coffee but for those cappucino lovers a battery-operated
frother will help aerate the milk and make it float on top of the coffee. If you
don't have a milk-steaming nozzle then microwave it. If you don't have a
microwave then get one. A stove-top
espresso maker makes a mighty fine Italian-style, strong, black coffee. An
'exploded' view of the coffee maker. You put your coffee in the funnel ( bottom
left ) and fill the base with water up to the inside fill-level marker ( bottom
right ). Screw together tightly, light the touch paper, and retire. A view
of the filter and seal. Coffee is pushed up by the hot water and steam through
the filter into the top jug. The pride and
joy of my coffee fleet. A Bugatti coffee maker in Ferrari red. Zero to Brew
Temperature in 120 seconds. Just look at that magnificent temperature dial !
Obviously designed by blokes for blokes. Grind up the
coffee and fill the holder. This one makes 2 cups which means it just about does
1 cup. After the
coffee is made the grounds should drop out in a hard plug which means you had
the correct size of grounds, temperature and pressure. If it is all loose then
something went badly wrong and your coffee probably resembles pond water. Look, no milk.
If you get a nice thick crema covering the coffee then it is likely to (a) smell
good and (b) taste good. Take a bow. Well done. My very own
coffee plant. Total crop to date : zero beans. The slightly brown leaves could
mean the coffee juice is oozing out without bean formation or that the plant is
about to die. I'm spurred on by the fact that you don't get a crop for 5 years.
Please let my plant last for 5 years. And yes, I do water it. Now and again.
Perhaps it needs a frost ? I could put it in the freezer. Make sure
you dress up for the best occasions.
If
coffee beans are nice and shiny like these then they are loaded with the
aromatic oils that will infuse your cuppa. If they look dry and stale then they
probably are.
A
cafetière is the simplest kind of brewing device you will find. Add ground
coffee and hot water. Job done.
Keep
your ground coffee in an airtight container and it will stay fresh for longer.
A bean grinder
is essential equipment for converting your beans into grounds. This one is a
simple top-loader with no fancy feeding hoppers or chutes.
Whittard of
Chelsea sell some high quality coffee.
Coffee scoops
are designed to do one job in life. Scoop coffee. Some have short handles, some
have long handles. For more information visit a specialist web site.
Nobody should
have milk in their coffee but for those cappucino lovers a battery-operated
frother will help aerate the milk and make it float on top of the coffee. If you
don't have a milk-steaming nozzle then microwave it. If you don't have a
microwave then get one.
A stove-top
espresso maker makes a mighty fine Italian-style, strong, black coffee.
An
'exploded' view of the coffee maker. You put your coffee in the funnel ( bottom
left ) and fill the base with water up to the inside fill-level marker ( bottom
right ). Screw together tightly, light the touch paper, and retire.
A view
of the filter and seal. Coffee is pushed up by the hot water and steam through
the filter into the top jug.
The pride and
joy of my coffee fleet. A Bugatti coffee maker in Ferrari red. Zero to Brew
Temperature in 120 seconds. Just look at that magnificent temperature dial !
Obviously designed by blokes for blokes.
Grind up the
coffee and fill the holder. This one makes 2 cups which means it just about does
1 cup.
After the
coffee is made the grounds should drop out in a hard plug which means you had
the correct size of grounds, temperature and pressure. If it is all loose then
something went badly wrong and your coffee probably resembles pond water.
Look, no milk.
If you get a nice thick crema covering the coffee then it is likely to (a) smell
good and (b) taste good. Take a bow. Well done.
My very own
coffee plant. Total crop to date : zero beans. The slightly brown leaves could
mean the coffee juice is oozing out without bean formation or that the plant is
about to die. I'm spurred on by the fact that you don't get a crop for 5 years.
Please let my plant last for 5 years. And yes, I do water it. Now and again.
Perhaps it needs a frost ? I could put it in the freezer.
Make sure
you dress up for the best occasions.