Coffee

[Stephen Coates]

Update on coffee.

I have been drinking Marks and Spencer's coffee for the last couple of years. Also had some Waitrose coffee. Both are lovely. I tend to have the Italian blend from M&S. With a little bit of sugar.

But, I have recently changed. I decided to get M&S' decaffeinated Columbian coffee. I wasn't sure what I would think of it, but it is really nice. Can't drink it with any sugar though.

I changed to decaffeinated coffee as I think I was drinking too much caffeine. It sometimes made my stomach feel funny and made me go to the toilet too much. I don't seem to be getting any withdrawal symptoms, but drinking decaffeinated coffee certainly feels 'different' to drinking normal coffee.

[Harrison]

For instant coffee I've recently been drinking Kenco Costa Rican and it has become my favourite. For peculated I often go for Waitrose also, but like to explore different makes from various regions. We did try some that was reduced in Home Scene recently from Italy and that was horrible.

[Buleste]

I never drink instant. One of teh few joys I have in my life is drinking good real coffee from here. They aren't the cheapest or the fastest to deliver but their Mocha Sidamo is pure heaven. Couldn't survive the day without it.

[Demon Cleaner]

I got a Nespresso coffee machine about one year ago (remember the commercial with Clooney?), and I have to admit that all of their coffees (espressos) taste really fine. Sometimes they have a limited edition for 3 months, which also was always good so far. Not drinking coffee every day though.

[Stephen Coates]

My grandparents got a Nespresso machine a few years back. The coffee was lovely , but it never worked properly. The coffee grounds would come through into the cup. The manufacturer took it back to check it out and sent a courtesy machine, but that did the same thing. They then got their machine back and it still did it. I was never sure why but after they had wasted a load of coffee on it, they sent it back for a refund.

[Demon Cleaner]

Strange, I never had these problems. Did they use the original coffee capsules? Because I once tried some from another brand, and it was a bit pain to get them out of the machine again, quite similar looking, but not exactly the same shape as the original.

[Stephen Coates]

Yep, they were the original Nespresso capsules. It is a shame they had the problem as the coffee was lovely.

[Puni/Void]

Got capsules at the office now. It is soon 2015, so I guess we are lagging behind.

[Harrison]

I've been enjoying a couple of really nice instant coffees lately.

Nescafe Barista style - a blend of instant and ground beans.

Kenko Millicano - if you like strong dark roast.

[Stephen Coates]

What capsules do you have Puni?

I'm still on the Marks and Spencers Italian blend. I did try and change to decaffinated a few years ago, but that didn't work out. I just try and drink the regular coffee a bit less these days.

I don't have instant at home (no point really), but my Dad has had some of that stuff where they mix some regular coffee with instant. Can't remember the particular type that he had, but he did once mis-pronounce it as 'al jazeera'. That was quite good.