Coffee machine for an occasional user?

[DanceswithUnix]

It seems that coffee machines are an essential bit of IT equipment, perhaps Hexus should start reviewing them and send you some machines to try out

One would certainly make an interesting Christmas giveaway item!

[Xlucine]

It seems that coffee machines are an essential bit of IT equipment, perhaps Hexus should start reviewing them and send you some machines to try out

One would certainly make an interesting Christmas giveaway item!

It could be a fun cranble collaboration

[Saracen999]

It seems that coffee machines are an essential bit of IT equipment, perhaps Hexus should start reviewing them and send you some machines to try out

One would certainly make an interesting Christmas giveaway item!

Well, of course they're essential IT equipment.

So are pizza ovens.

What do you say, DR? New review category?

........

Oh. That's what you say. Dang.


HOLD ON A SEC. GIVE AWAY? MY (REVIEW) COFFEE MACHINE.

NFC, pal. Possession is nine tenths. Or ten tenths in this case.

But if it works, you can be the first HEXGuest (TM) invited round to test the ... erm .... output.

[kalniel]

You guys are definitely onto something. Forget the latest RGB bling, I'd love a Hexus coffee machine competition! (And if Asus et al branch into RGB coffee machines then.. well.. ARGHHH!)

[DanceswithUnix]

So Saracen, any progress on the decision?

[neonplanet40]

So Saracen, any progress on the decision?

I'm also keen to hear!

Side note - Got some coffee beans from notes coffee (based in London I believe). Not nice. Avoid

[g8ina]

Cafétiere, home ground beans.

[kalniel]

Cafétiere, home ground beans.

A man after my own heart

What beans are you on at the moment? I'm on Kenya AA from Waitrose now - superb!

[spacein_vader]

I'm expecting that after months of research and comparison he'll give up and just buy a teapot.

[DanceswithUnix]

I'm expecting that after months of research and comparison he'll give up and just buy a teapot.

lol, he could be on a professional Barista training course as part of his research, which seemed to be snowballing somewhat

[neonplanet40]

To be honest, I think he's gonna splash out about £800 on the top of the range machine he was intrigued by.

[DanceswithUnix]

To be honest, I think he's gonna splash out about £800 on the top of the range machine he was intrigued by.

I think you'll find he was up to more like £1600. I want to know what coffee tastes like from such a beast!

[g8ina]

A man after my own heart

What beans are you on at the moment? I'm on Kenya AA from Waitrose now - superb!

Sadly my own coffee now has to be decaf, so Im on Machu Pichu from Tesco, not bad, but Sally has either Asda green pack or Tesco brown pack unbranded beans.

As an occasional treat we have the Taylors Italian Blend. Rarely we get some much betterrer beans, like the kilo we brought back from malta 2 yrs ago, now that WAS nice.

[Pob255]

I do like this thread there's some good advice and great ideas kicking around, why haven't we got Hexus coffee machine reviews and giveaways?

I've been looking for an outlet for some xmas money and as gpu's are diamond crusted hen's teeth atm coffee machine would be a good alternative.

I still us an old ikea 1cup filter thing (they don't seem to sell it anymore) which I use with a travel mug for my morning commute coffee
And a basic cheap coffee machine if I'm at home and want multiple cups (I don't use it that much because it's a lot of faff for one person and my otherhalf doesn't drink coffee)

Now I've shared a house with people who've had espresso machines before and I do keep thinking I want one again but it is an expense that's hard to justify and with the cleanup added in I do find myself turning to teabags instead of coffee more often than not or even sometimes instant

That's one thing I've found, I'm a lot more picky over instant than real coffee, I find good instant coffee acceptable, I'll not drink bad instant, but bad real is still acceptable.

[kalniel]

That's one thing I've found, I'm a lot more picky over instant than real coffee, I find good instant coffee acceptable, I'll not drink bad instant, but bad real is still acceptable.

I can't drink instant. I have a pot of rocket fuel for emergencies and that's more like taking medicine than enjoying a cup!

[DanceswithUnix]

I do like this thread there's some good advice and great ideas kicking around, why haven't we got Hexus coffee machine reviews and giveaways?

I've been looking for an outlet for some xmas money and as gpu's are diamond crusted hen's teeth atm coffee machine would be a good alternative.

I still us an old ikea 1cup filter thing (they don't seem to sell it anymore) which I use with a travel mug for my morning commute coffee
And a basic cheap coffee machine if I'm at home and want multiple cups (I don't use it that much because it's a lot of faff for one person and my otherhalf doesn't drink coffee)

Now I've shared a house with people who've had espresso machines before and I do keep thinking I want one again but it is an expense that's hard to justify and with the cleanup added in I do find myself turning to teabags instead of coffee more often than not or even sometimes instant

That's one thing I've found, I'm a lot more picky over instant than real coffee, I find good instant coffee acceptable, I'll not drink bad instant, but bad real is still acceptable.

Lol, what have I started

Neonplanet's earlier link seems to no longer work, but the modern equivalent of my machine (that model is EOL) seems to be this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LB8FHJ4/

which looks very similar and had the same buttons and knobs in the same places. Cleaning is really minimal, ease of use is simple.

Edit: ao.com is 1p more for the same machine if you don't like Amazon.