[Magdalen] coffee

[Sally Davies]

I would so love to drink coffee with an American list mate, any kind or
anywhere!!

Last month (before I spent my annual bonus on the puppy!) I was pricing up
espresso machines as I'd like to buy my sister one for her practice. The
prices vary hugely...manual machines are cheaper but one has to develop a
certain level of skill to get good coffee out of it.

I recently went to a coffee morning, the hostess had a wonderful De Longhi
espresso maker that ground the beans, frothed the milk and made the
espresso. Those are out of our price range but you can get some reasonable
ones that do the milk frothing and the espresso with ready-ground beans.

Even cheaper, the Nescafe machines that use the little pods, not sure if
that's the same as the K-cup US listsibs are talking about. i hadn't
thought of the environmental aspect but in any case don't like the idea of
being tied to their brand of coffee, I'd like to experiment with different
brands and blends.

I'm still planning to save up for it...there are quite a few different
makes on the market but I like the de Longhi machines, they're very
elegant.

Sally D

On Sunday, 4 January 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, Jim, I am never drinking coffee at your house! Instant with powdered
> hazelnut? Um, thanks, but no thanks.
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 9:50 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > Not sure what takes 25 seconds since it takes longer than that to boil
> > water in my hot shot, Jim, but it sounds like you've got you a winner!
> Hold
> > on to it.
> >
> > I put the water in the hotshot (still working after about thirty years of
> > almost daily use), spoon out the coffee, the flavored S&S cream powder
> > (usually hazelnut, but sometimes vanilla) and a dollop of sugar, and by
> the
> > time that's done, the water is just about finished heating up. Done.
> >
> > That Keirrigh thing our accompanist has takes a couple minutes and is
> just
> > a royal pain all around.  I am trying to think of a nice way to trash it.
> > Think I'll try to find a real hotshot for my friend. The trouble is, the
> > hotshot isn't made anymore. They had a simple freestanding pot you put
> > water in, pushed a button, and the water heated up in a short time, and
> you
> > pushed another lever to dispense it.
> > However, the jerks running the hotshot company said, "Hey, we've got us a
> > real winner. What'll we do?"  and the entire boardroom in unison shouted,
> > "Let's TOY with it!!"
> > So they have fiddled and faddled, and you can't get a hotshot except
> with a
> > bunch of bells and whistles you don't need.
> > Maybe I can get a hotshot on ebay.....
> >
> > Hm. Just took a look on the web, and apparently Sunbeam has a new
> > boardroom.  They are now selling a hotshot again.  I'm happy!
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *"If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> better
> > for people coming behind you, and you don't do it, you're wasting your
> time
> > on this Earth."  -- *Roberto Clemente
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:01 AM, James Handsfield <
> jhandsfield at icloud.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Takes about 25 seconds. There are lots of varieties of coffee. I like
> > > Newman's Own bold medium roast.
> > >
> > > Jim Handsfield
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > > > On Jan 3, 2015, at 11:53 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Actually, it's longer than ten minutes.  I think it takes about three
> > > > minutes for each single cup.
> > >
> >
>