someone around here will get something that will change his life forever.

[shoota]

Lawd! that's a scary thought

[D_A]

He may actually have to change batteries mid call.

[[XC] leviathan18]

I think he has a cord phone, you know he is from before the ice age...

[D_A]

I was referring to the system batteries at the telephone exchange.

[retro77]

God I hate the coffee most people in US drinks, I can't stand it, and starbucks is elevated for no reason it tastes the same as Mc Donnalds coffee. A creamy black coffee is something everyone should have at least once in their life time.

You must do the french press, right? I have the Starbucks 35th Anniversary french press, beautiful piece. [The link is my set I uploaded ahwile back]

I can't drink Starbucks drinks too much. I have a local place I go to that makes some great coffees that aren't overloaded with sugar.

[D_A]

He's talking about Espresso, not french press. It's different again. Espresso is made by forcing heated water through a coffee puck at high pressure but low volume. A "shot" of espresso is only 30mL. (You turn that into an "Americano" by filling the rest of the cup with hot water. A "long black" is a mug of hot water with a shot of espresso on top. It's a subtle difference, but one that matters to the truly obsessed). A French press (still better than generic "brew it till it dies" stuff, don't get me wrong) is really just a pot with a moving strainer that pushes the grounds to the bottom and holds them there. How the coffee is roasted and blended has to match the extraction method to get the best out of each variation, so the grind/blend that makes a french press coffee taste wonderful (and the right one will) won't work as well in an Espresso machine and v/v.
I have an Espresso machine (my baby!), French press, drip-filter machine and peculator in the house. The only one that gets any use these days is the Espresso machine.

[D_A]

I dont want to sound like a jackass.

You pretty much achieved that when you recommended the tele-marketer advertised coffee press, poor quality but stylish grinder and pre-digested beans. The style-over-function iNespresso just secured the position.

I expect like every fanboi there will be a ranting challenge about how you know everything about x and it's the best of all n things. Feel free to create a show and welcome to my ignore list..

[[XC] leviathan18]

Da fuq happened here...

Anyway D_A what espresso machine are you using?

[Vinas]

[Johnmark]

I hope the delivery guy hurries up, I just can say that person is almost in Canada

Almost in Canada, with that accent !!! LOL Heck no, not a single yea has been spoken by him

That is VERY nice of you to be so considerate as to think of Dave and then go ahead and make it happen!
Just shows what kind of person you are, darn decent one !!!!

[[XC] Oj101]

I was referring to the system batteries at the telephone exchange.

Made my day

[Bobsama]

Spoke to Dear Old yesterday. Apparently, Movieman nodded off by 9PM!

[[XC] leviathan18]

I'm expecting some action shots LOL

[[XC] serlv]

That does it, i might have to visit him know. I can just see it. Him and me after 3 or 4 espressos. We'd talk all night and half the next! LOL

[[XC] serlv]

Though I love espresso, I can't afford a quality machine. So, when I want a good cup of coffee I use one of the French presses around here. When coffee is being judged by the "experts", my understanding is that is what is used. I tend to use it only on weekends, or road trips.
I'm a lazy "blankety-blank" so my Krupps drip machine gets most of the daily use.

DA, you sound like you are well versed in things coffee.

[[XC] leviathan18]

serlv, I've had expensive machines, cheap machines and right now I'm using the same delonghi I sent to Dave is a very very cheap espresso machine that amazingly does a darn fine job. Why I'm using a cheap espresso machine? some idiot at customs in Venezuela decided the box where my La Pavoni was stored was a fine stool to sit or perhaps they played football with it, I don't know in the end the machine was in several pieces and right now I can't afford a $ 3k machine.

So if you like a espresso and have little cash to throw away, that little machine is a nice little thing to have around. I had a nice krups for espresso, but after I broke the water tank from excessive use I got the La Pavoni as they are industrial grade espresso machines (we consume like 20 or 30 espresso a day in my house) yet they are not idiot proof...

[Movieman]

LOl at this thread..
Now we were planning to break it in today but had a housefull of people for her birthday and one of them brought some coffee from Belgium..
Levi's coffee I think DID go to Canada!

[[XC] leviathan18]

I think they sent it using UPS donkeys not trucks... and they charged me like $10 shipping those b******

[Dave's Mom]

Hi Guys,
When that package arrived, you guys should have seen the expression on his face. TOUGH Dave looked like he was going to cry. He was that moved by a lad's generosity. No, I have never tasted espresso or cappochino (spelling??) before either. We are unsophisticated Yankees, but open to try some real soon. Thanks, Leviathan, you really pleased him. (sniff, sniff)
Jo

[[XC] leviathan18]

Never is too late, to have a good cup of coffee either espresso or capuccino or whatever you guys decide over there. I promised Dave in 2007 that if I had the opportunity I would send him Venezuelan coffee for all the support he gave me. It took me longer than expected, but in the end I managed to do it.

When I was over there I saw the dripping machine, which in total honesty I hate with all my heart, so decided that that coffee deserved better.

Hope you enjoy also the Belgium coffee and that you had a nice birthday

[OldChap]

Never is too late, to have a good cup of coffee either espresso or capuccino or whatever you guys decide over there. I promised Dave in 2007 that if I had the opportunity I would send him Venezuelan coffee for all the support he gave me. It took me longer than expected, but in the end I managed to do it.

When I was over there I saw the dripping machine, which in total honesty I hate with all my heart, so decided that that coffee deserved better.

Hope you enjoy also the Belgium coffee and that you had a nice birthday

Stay away from the UK then because for the most part they are a nation of Instant coffee drinkers. Then there are the Starbucks/Costa crowd. To get a good coffee here require some detective work.

In a sea of instant coffee you would be surprised how good a filter coffer can be

[Jaco]

Coffee from Belgium ? Didn't know we had that
Belgian beers on the other hand are highly recommended .

[[XC] leviathan18]

Stay away from the UK then because for the most part they are a nation of Instant coffee drinkers. Then there are the Starbucks/Costa crowd. To get a good coffee here require some detective work.

In a sea of instant coffee you would be surprised how good a filter coffer can be

Oh don't make me remember my time at England, I lived in Poole in a tiny town called Bournemouth, also I lived in Birmingham somewhat better as I lived near the bullring and it has a Selfridges where they had some decent coffee at outrageous prices...

I guess I'm spoiled, I live in a place where coffee is cheap and excellent and my family is Italian so they are used to good coffee

[Duh]

what a nice thread. lovin´it