Thread: Which method makes the best coffee?

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Well, we are discussing what may be the best coffee fix and this could be argued forever...like beer , but theres really no argument there.

OK you coffee afficianados , what is the worst method , what is the worst coffee , what should I avoid?

American Coffee franchises.

We had a machine at home, gave up on it in the end, could never get the taste just right and 50% of the time it would simply fail to prime no matter what you did. Chucked it away on the end.

Tried a pod machine at work, better than instant not a patch on a press, got a bit addicted to it though and found within a week or two I was allergic to whatever the hell they put in the pods! I started getting a slight rash which got worse and worse to the point that within 5 minutes of having a pod coffee it would flare, which is when I realized it was the pods causing it! Took about 2-3 weeks to go away when I stopped the pods.

So, we bought a decent grinder, an electric milk frother (noever could be bothered with the steam wand) and one of these:-

ROK

The Rok is awesome! Makes way better coffee than the old electric espresso machine ever did and it's portable enough to take camping with you if so inclined. Love it.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Well, we are discussing what may be the best coffee fix and this could be argued forever...like beer , but theres really no argument there.

OK you coffee afficianados , what is the worst method , what is the worst coffee , what should I avoid?

Instant anything, but international roast takes the cake IMO

The ROK looks good , I followed the links but blowed if I can find where to actually buy one.

I hate being given only option of online purchase. This is fine for milennial finger poking and sliding mobile phone users , but I like to scratch and sniff in a shop where my money maintains and boosts a local economy.

Originally Posted by SSmith

Instant anything, but international roast takes the cake IMO

hahaha, yes international roast ....takes me back to my military days when we had that and an orange juice we all called rocket fuel.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

The ROK looks good , I followed the links but blowed if I can find where to actually buy one.

I hate being given only option of online purchase. This is fine for milennial finger poking and sliding mobile phone users , but I like to scratch and sniff in a shop where my money maintains and boosts a local economy.

Luckily I got to try one before hand as a guy in my old office brought one to work.

Got mine off eBay a few years ago from an importer, there's a few online coffee equipment shops that sell them now.

If it helps I can tell you it's a high quality, heavy, well built piece of kit.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

The ROK looks good , I followed the links but blowed if I can find where to actually buy one.

I hate being given only option of online purchase. This is fine for milennial finger poking and sliding mobile phone users , but I like to scratch and sniff in a shop where my money maintains and boosts a local economy.

A lot of the speciality coffee suppliers also sell gear. Try a couple in your local area, or the one in Mareeba as discussed earlier

The hiking maker that i use (and a few other options) is on the shelf at Rays and most other large camping stores

I buy fresh gound coffee,keep it in the fridge and use one of these Swissgold drippers at home, work and camping. Easy to cleaner, simple to use.

Swiss Gold Filters - Why are they so good?

FYI if your are a subscriber Choice have a review of coffee machines hear Home espresso coffee machine reviews - CHOICE