On Jan 12, 5:52 pm, BJ Conner wrote:
Since we are on roff awash in coffe experts I would like to ask for
opinions on the Braun Tassimo system.
I am thinking of getting one for the saltmine. What coffee I have
tried so far is pretty good. Much better than the Mr. Coffee I threw
in the dumpster.
I may get one for home as it makes hot chocolate and some other fu-fu
drinks women like.
I also have a Starbucks french-press travel mug that I may be giving
away soon. It sounds like a great theory but so far all the coffee I
have made taste like mud. A few more trials and It's on its way to
Goodwill.
What you use and how you use it depends largely on why you do it. I
only really like espresso, because I enjoy the taste, but making it
properly so that I really enjoy it takes time and some application. I
donīt drink coffee from the "drip" machines which are ubiquitous here,
I just donīt like the taste much. This has nothing to do with
snobbery, I just donīt like it.
Making stuff like hot chocolate etc in many machines will ruin the
taste of your coffee!
I looked at some of the "coffee pad" machines, and tried the results
at various friends who have them, but the good ones, ( The Saeco
machines are popular here), are very expensive, and also a lot of
bother, as you have to keep them clean and serviced for optimum
operation. Also. you never really know what is in the pads you buy,
so the taste varies quite a lot.
For ease of use and convenience, a couple of people I know like this
machine;
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Saeco_ODEA_GO_...00205__6710036
It delivers a pretty good coffee with the right beans, ( for my tastes
anyway), although I have only tried a few cups from one machine
belonging to a friend.
The best simple small espresso machines are easy to use and service,
but they are no use if you drink a lot of coffee. If you have to mess
on with stuff every time you want a coffee, and you only get one cup
at a time, then you canīt really use stuff like this in the workplace
etc.
Trouble with a lot of this stuff is, many people drink coffee "because
itīs what they drink", and for no other specific reasons. Whatever
they use is a compromise between taste and convenience, or they donīt
much care anyway! Once you actually have gone to the trouble of
finding a good cup of coffee, ( depending on your particular tastes),
then you will be much more critical of a lot of other stuff, or even
actively eschew it.
You really have to find whatīs best for you, practically regardless of
what other people say...........................
MC