Good to see you Sunjester!
Good beer too! 🍺
Are you on a meet and greet tour :D
No, a delivering painted lead tour! ;D
Most people use the post office for deliveries, not the pub :D
Not that I disapprove, mind!
The pub is so more civilised!
It was good to catch up and thanks again for the painting.
Darn right. Closest I've got to that is making Sandinista a coffee in collection :D
A very nice coffee it was as well
cheers
Ian
Our espresso machine is in the repair shop. No small hardship, though I can get by for a few days on Turkish if I must.
I used to prefer Lebanese
Cheers
Ian
OK, tell us. How do they brew it there?
Quote from: FierceKitty on 18 October 2017, 12:40:30 AM
Our espresso machine is in the repair shop. No small hardship, though I can get by for a few days on Turkish if I must.
I think our kettle has just decided it doesn't want to play properly anymore.....Don't imagine that'll be worth repairing.
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Sandinista on 18 October 2017, 04:55:26 AM
I used to prefer Lebanese
Cheers
Ian
I've drunk Turkish coffee in a Turkish restaurant, Lebanese coffee in a Lebanese restaurant and Syrian Coffee in a Syrian cafe. They were all good and all tasted pretty much the same.
https://youtu.be/Rfp7eWDl12c
Quote from: FierceKitty on 18 October 2017, 05:38:44 AM
OK, tell us. How do they brew it there?
Stove top in a pan, just like everyone else! But just differently enough that saying "that's just like *insert other ethnicity here*" will get you anything from a glare to thrown out the restaurant...
I do like my coffee done that way, but I just don't have time. And the other half would probably kill me for the all pervading coffee flavoured house!
Instant only, time and conveinace
Bleee.
Try a V60, gives lovely coffee that tastes of actual coffee :D
Quote from: toxicpixie on 18 October 2017, 08:14:31 AM
Stove top in a pan, just like everyone else! But just differently enough that saying "that's just like *insert other ethnicity here*" will get you anything from a glare to thrown out the restaurant...
I do like my coffee done that way, but I just don't have time. And the other half would probably kill me for the all pervading coffee flavoured house!
Have you tried the Areopress? http://www.aeropress.co.uk/
As quick as instant, easy to clean up and makes very good coffee. I've had one for about 18 months now and very impressed. It's my go-to when I can't be bothered/haven't time to switch on the espresso machine or boil a pan on the stove.
I think my approach to coffee is the same as my approach to wargaming, I have an electric espresso machine, an Italian stove-top espresso pot, 2 different sizes of Turkish stove-top pots and 2 different sizes of cafetieres and the areopress!
I have a Tassimo, a cafetiere and a jar of instant of which only the instant gets used regularly.
Mate of mine has an Aeropress, reckons it's superb. Too expensive for my tastes, I have a steel filter with a mesh insert (a V60 with a built in filter so you don't have to use paper ones). Brews a cracking cup in @2-3 mins!
Over the years I've had various filter machines, several cafetieres, paper filters, at least a couple of stove top espresso jobs. But simplicity and speed wins with the current one, as it produces (no-espresso) coffee as good or better than any of the others and a lot quicker and easier :D
Quote from: toxicpixie on 18 October 2017, 09:44:32 AM
Mate of mine has an Aeropress, reckons it's superb. Too expensive for my tastes, I have a steel filter with a mesh insert (a V60 with a built in filter so you don't have to use paper ones). Brews a cracking cup in @2-3 mins!
Over the years I've had various filter machines, several cafetieres, paper filters, at least a couple of stove top espresso jobs. But simplicity and speed wins with the current one, as it produces (no-espresso) coffee as good or better than any of the others and a lot quicker and easier :D
I can't take drip or squash filter stuff any more - love in a canoe coffee. :P
What in the seven hells is a canoe coffee? Sounds like it should be on http://wewantplates.com/ (http://wewantplates.com/) :D
How have you got a beer thread onto coffee....
Every time I see the subject, I think ooh beer, good. Then see its about coffee.
Is that a "thread creep too far" :D
Rep, it's stepped over the line in Seven League Boots!
Here is another step.
I thought a V60 was a version of a Volvo, does it make coffee as well?
I am mainly a tea drinker, can you tell?
Volvo's do everything except be fun to drive....
Tea and Beer. Now those are proper drinks.
Quote from: toxicpixie on 18 October 2017, 11:41:31 AM
What in the seven hells is a canoe coffee? Sounds like it should be on http://wewantplates.com/ (http://wewantplates.com/) :D
Love in a canoe - XXXXing close to water.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 18 October 2017, 02:22:57 PM
Love in a canoe - XXXXing close to water.
OIC!
Tsk, might as well drink instant :D
Eh, never been overly fond of tea though I do like it black with a hint of lemon, or green. Either way strong enough to make your teeth cringe, please.
And beer. Pretty much any beer :D
V60 - it's the "posh brand name" one of https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B017P2Q1M6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B017P2Q1M6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1), only it uses disposable paper filters which means more hassle. I like mine better :D
Tea makes me vomit, litrally ! :(
Quote from: fred. on 18 October 2017, 11:58:22 AM
How have you got a beer thread onto coffee....
Every time I see the subject, I think ooh beer, good. Then see its about coffee.
Just for Fred, we were drinking Rebellion IPA. ;)
And it were good!
Pretty much teetotal myself but without coffee I'd end up decapitating someone by lunch. Quite partial to rough coffee.
Lemmy
Your going to have to be a bit careful - Keep on meeting strange men in pubs after they have given you money :). You might get an even worse reputation.? Or Mrs Lemmy might start to ask some awkward questions .
:-bd
Quote from: Matt J on 18 October 2017, 06:29:29 PM
Pretty much teetotal myself but without coffee I'd end up decapitating someone by lunch. Quite partial to rough coffee.
Rebellion IPA is a good brew.
Has anyone tried Daisy Gold or Wild Orchid from Brightwater Brewery in Surrey? They also have what is probably the smallest pub in the UK www.brightbrew.co.uk (http://www.brightbrew.co.uk)
Cheers
Ian
Really enjoyed a Black Wytch this evening - Hobgoblins stout offering. Lovely rich dark beer! Also very partial to Lidl's porter - Purple Panther. Their bottled ale is very good, each one a fine example of the type.
The pint of indifferent Brew XI at the club was less stunning mind, but it was wet and tasted of beer so I won't complain too hard. Sadly we're about to lose the bar due to being the only people who drink there :/
Quote from: toxicpixie on 19 October 2017, 12:30:23 AM
Really enjoyed a Black Wytch this evening - Hobgoblins stout offering. Lovely rich dark beer! Also very partial to Lidl's porter - Purple Panther. Their bottled ale is very good, each one a fine example of the type.
The pint of indifferent Brew XI at the club was less stunning mind, but it was wet and tasted of beer so I won't complain too hard. Sadly we're about to lose the bar due to being the only people who drink there :/
I admit I'm quite partial to Aldi's Purple Panther as well. I agree that all their bottled ales are fine and very reasonably priced! The winter ale they have done for the past couple of years is very good and I hope they start stocking it again soon.
I try to slip a bottle in when I go past :) Fortunately the other half likes their chocolate (and their chips are good, and wheat free!), so I'm in reasonably often :D
If she likes chocolate get her to try Downton's Chocolate Orange Delight one of the few chocolate beers that actually taste like it
Cheers
Ian
Unless it's gluten free that's a no go! Celia do a very nice dark lager that she enjoys occasionally mind.