Coffee brewing devices ancient and modern

[danny la rouge]

I went to Virginia Woolf’s house yesterday. (Monk’s House, not as good as Charleston, btw. But quite interesting). And saw this stovetop coffee maker belonging to her husband, Leonard, who was apparently a big coffee drinker.

I would like one.



It’s next to the scales for … scale.

 

[Epona]

I went to Virginia Woolf’s house yesterday. (Monk’s House, not as good as Charleston, btw. But quite interesting). And saw this stovetop coffee maker belonging to her husband, Leonard, who was apparently a big coffee drinker.

I would like one.

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It’s next to the scales for … scale.

I've got one a bit like that, only a more modern looking vintage Alessi one (huh, I've just looked it up and apparently it's worth a lot more than I paid for it, might see if I can sell it since I don't drink coffee)

I mean technically and at its most basic you can make coffee in a saucepan on the hob, most of the gadgets for doing it are just to make it a bit easier and more convenient.

 

[danny la rouge]

I mean technically and at its most basic you can make coffee in a saucepan on the hob,

And I have done that. Not for many years, though.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Watching Rififi and boy did they have some cool looking coffee contraptions in the 50s:

 

[gentlegreen]

Is this to actually make (good) coffee ?

 

[dessiato]

Watching Rififi and boy did they have some cool looking coffee contraptions in the 50s:

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I had one of those. It was 1920s, "new" with tags stull on. I, foolishly, gave it to a friend.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I had one of those. It was 1920s, "new" with tags stull on. I, foolishly, gave it to a friend.

Which one, the one-cup brewer, or the alchemist's flask?

 

[kalidarkone]

I use a mocha pot and an aeropress simultaneously to make two coffees. The aeropress one is mine. Mocha pot his. We require different strength coffee cus I have mine with hot milk and brown sugar and he has his black no sugar.

Also when I am going to work I make two lots - one for then and one for my work flask.

 

[dessiato]

Which one, the one-cup brewer, or the alchemist's flask?

The flask

 

[DaveCinzano]

Used to love watching the vacuum coffee maker at work

 

[SpookyFrank]

My dad's got some Japanese meth lab-looking thing but he uses it once a year to show off then goes right back to the double-wall plastic coffee jug with the screw-down lid.

 

[maomao]

I have had several coffee machines at home from cafetières and drip.machines to an aero press and a hand powered espresso machine but we have an ever-so-fancy five hundred quid bean-to-cup machine at work and I'm afraid it kicks all their arses. It is embarrassingly loud though.

 

[gentlegreen]

I have had several coffee machines at home from cafetières and drip.machines to an aero press and a hand powered espresso machine but we have an ever-so-fancy five hundred quid bean-to-cup machine at work and I'm afraid it kicks all their arses. It is embarrassingly loud though.

Perhaps they have better beans at work ?

 

[petee]

I went to Virginia Woolf’s house yesterday. (Monk’s House, not as good as Charleston, btw. But quite interesting). And saw this stovetop coffee maker belonging to her husband, Leonard, who was apparently a big coffee drinker.

I would like one.

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It’s next to the scales for … scale.

i own one, my parents'.
nyah-nyah.

 

[danny la rouge]

i own one, my parents'.
nyah-nyah.

Big like that? Cool!

 

[maomao]

Perhaps they have better beans at work ?

Not really and I'm allowing for bean quality anyway. I can knock out a decent cup with a hand grinder and an aeropress but I just have to press a button on this thing and in about a minute I have a perfect double espresso. I gave up on the hand grinder at home years ago. Not worth the bother.

 

[petee]

Big like that? Cool!

maybe not quite that tall, but the same design.

 

[ouirdeaux]

I mean technically and at its most basic you can make coffee in a saucepan on the hob

Even more basic, requiring no saucepan, is to put grounds into a mug and pour water over it. Just be very careful towards the end.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I went to Virginia Woolf’s house yesterday. (Monk’s House, not as good as Charleston, btw. But quite interesting). And saw this stovetop coffee maker belonging to her husband, Leonard, who was apparently a big coffee drinker.

I would like one.

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It’s next to the scales for … scale.

Were you afraid?

Bean to cup machines, FTW.

 

[gentlegreen]

Not really and I'm allowing for bean quality anyway. I can knock out a decent cup with a hand grinder and an aeropress but I just have to press a button on this thing and in about a minute I have a perfect double espresso. I gave up on the hand grinder at home years ago. Not worth the bother.

blimey ...
My one minute of daily grinding is part of the ritual..

I've never tried espresso -seems more like caffeine as a drug rather than a compliment to breakfast ... one step away from those capsule machines ..

 

[ouirdeaux]

Caffeine is a drug. A rare drug that tastes good.

 

[danny la rouge]

I've never tried espresso

That’s just caffè in Italian. If you asked for “un caffè”, you’d get an espresso. And quite right too. That’s the default coffee.

 

[maomao]

blimey ...
My one minute of daily grinding is part of the ritual..

I've never tried espresso -seems more like caffeine as a drug rather than a compliment to breakfast ... one step away from those capsule machines ..

Aeropress coffee is pretty similar and I take hot water in my espresso so it's probably slightly weaker.

 

[ouirdeaux]

Once upon a time there was coffee. It was a wonderful thing to drink in the morning, because it contained caffeine, and it tasted nice. Some people added a bit of sugar or milk or both to it, and they were indulged in their weakness. Some people didn't like coffee, so they drank tea, and this was also fine in its way, but need not concern us here, because we are talking about coffee.

Then along came Starbucks, the coffee for people who didn't like coffee. For whatever reason they wanted to have a reputation for drinking coffee, so designer coffee was invented. We've been going to hell in a handcart ever since.

 

[danny la rouge]

Spiced pumpkin gingerbread latte. No, a coffee, please.

 

[danski]

That’s just caffè in Italian. If you asked for “un caffè”, you’d get an espresso. And quite right too. That’s the default coffee.

An ex worked in a place that sold Lavazza coffee and they had a sign that showed how the various coffee drinks were made.
Was basically espresso, plus...

eta....

along the lines of this

 

[Saul Goodman]

Spiced pumpkin gingerbread latte. No, a coffee, please.

 

[danski]

A good coffee place should ask "how would you like your espresso?"

 

[danny la rouge]

An ex worked in a place that sold Lavazza coffee and they had a sign that showed how the various coffee drinks were made.
Was basically espresso, plus...

eta....

along the lines of this

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Red = coffee. Correct.

Green = OK coffee. Acceptable.

Blue = can be nice at times.


Affogato = a nice dessert.

 

[danski]

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I don't know him but I hate him.

Does that make me a terrible person?