What's the best coffee machine?

[barry_abs]

heh! i remember at uni replacing an inch of a flatmate's Listerine with p1ss!

needless to say, the next morning after gargling his face was a picture!!

couldn't stand him, obviously..

[Gibbon]

You sad deluded gadget freaks, brain-washed by the media.
The best coffee comes from either a simple Bodum press or one of those metal thingies the Italians use on a cooker.
Sad what happens when the working class comes into a bit of money - good taste flies out the window

Ahhhhhh, nearly the whole of Italia has fallen for this then. However, my favourite gadget coffee machine is in the Cafe Santa Chiara on the Via di Santa Chiara. Lovely expressos, I breakfast there when in Rome.

[The Lone Gunman]

I have a nice built in coffee machine in my new kitchen.

Water goes in one end coffee beans in the other. Press the button and there's the coffee. Steam nossle for capucino and latte machiato etc.
Sagfredo, Lavazza or Illy beans delivered from an online supplier.

Cant beat it.

[chicane]

Cant beat it.

I bet you'll be beating it when it breaks, just like I'm dreading the day my integrated fridge freezer goes tits up.

[The Lone Gunman]

I bet you'll be beating it when it breaks, just like I'm dreading the day my integrated fridge freezer goes tits up.

I am a contractor dear boy.
I will just build a new kitchen around the new coffee machine.
Last machine I bought was a free standing one in 99 and that is still going strong. Donated to a friend when I got the new one.

[Methuselah]

for me the cafetiere, closely followed by the stove expresso pot.. i had a nice italian machine before - once the novelty wore off it became needless hassle..

Cafetière is good for a long coffee. Stove-top pot was invented for Italians who didn't have an espresso machine at home, not really necessary now that you can have a decent machine at home (it's a good substitute but can be a bit bitter).

Need to try machines for personal preference I'm afraid, I have a Gaggia that I bought in Italy, and my partner has a much cheaper baby Krups: hers makes better espresso than mine.

[gingerjedi]

You lot are all wannabe continentals... I drink Earls Grey whilst reminiscing nostalgically about the great British empire.

[Methuselah]

You lot are all wannabe continentals... I drink Earls Grey whilst reminiscing nostalgically about the great British empire.

Mediocre tea with a nice initial smell....

[sasguru]

Mediocre tea with a nice initial smell....

I agree. Earl Grey is for wannabee aristos. The real upper class drink cheap Tetleys. And re-use the tea bag at least 3 times.

[Red 7]

Stove-top espresso and a Lucky strike (or Marlboro Red if I can't get any LS) is the best breakfast you can have.

Oh and pet hate... people who pronounce espresso with an 'x' that one really gets on my breasts.