@Sarahsaver - Ground Coffee

HappyIdiotTalk

Just read this from one of your posts in the Posh Nosh thread:

Sarahsaver wrote:

I only drink ground coffee which people think is so posh but actually it's cheaper than the instant cack.

How are you making this? And do you need any special equipment as I'm contemplating doing this myself! Amazon have a coffee grinder for about £20 that I'm looking at getting with my voucher I'll be getting from them for having their credit card. What else would I need?

Becles

HappyIdiotTalk wrote:

What else would I need?

Coffee beans

And something to brew the coffee in, such as a cafetiere, percolator or filter coffee machine.

HappyIdiotTalk

Becles wrote:

Coffee beans

And something to brew the coffee in, such as a cafetiere, percolator or filter coffee machine.

LOL. Thanks!

I think I actually have a cafetiere stashed away somewhere that never gets used. For some reason it never occurred to me that I could use it for home ground beans. How stupid!! :embarasse :whistle: I'd got it in my head that you had to use cafetiere coffee for cafetiere's.

I've never bought beans before. Do they need roasting or can they simply be ground and used as is?

Cheers!

thriftlady_2

We only have ground coffee too. Just buy a bag of ground coffee(no need for beans and a grinder) and a cafetiere style jug (the glass kind with a plunger) available in most supermarkets. You put a tbsp of coffee per person in the jug. Pour on just boiled water and leave to brew for 4 mins. Push the plunger down slowly and pour. Easy peasy HTH

Toxic_Lemon

I always grind my own as you get a stronger, nicer flavour and need less coffee, IMO. Nothing beats it!

Topher

Grind our own as needed (whole beans tend to keep a little longer & better than ground) Bought a charity shop electric grinder which holds enough beans for a four cup cafetiere. Beans we buy are the Starbucks blend from Costco (Kirkland) for just around £7 per bag. I also take some fresh ground to work in a plunger cup (insulated) which has a cafetiere style mesh plunger.
We're taking our coffee seriously here.
T

Sarahsaver

ready ground - less than a quid a bag.
Good quality stuff from Sainsburys (own brand), Morissons own brand, the lyons or dowe egberts stuff from poundland, and a cafetiere to brew it in.
Just had some actually

Gaia

Funnily enough, Ikea do a nice ground coffee too. They do both medium and dark roast - the dark roast is quite nice.

Penny-Pincher!!

We really only drink fresh coffee now. We buy the beans, grind them then put in a perculator. We store any left over ground coffee in the freezer.

PP
xx

JoeyEmma

A large cafetiere in Asda- £12
A perculator in Asda (plug in the wall thing that keeps the coffee warm) -£7
You can also buy large tins of lovely tasting freshly groung coffee for use in perculators for less than £5 in Costco. They contain at least the equivalent of 5 bags of coffee

liz545

HappyIdiotTalk wrote:

I'd got it in my head that you had to use cafetiere coffee for cafetiere's.

The difference between 'cafetiere' coffee and 'filter/percolator' coffee is the size of the grounds. Cafetiere grind is usually coarser, and filter is finer, as filter coffee is usually brewed through a paper or nylon filter, while cafetieres have a wire mesh, with bigger holes. Nothing terrible will happen if you don't use the 'correct' grind, but if you're using a finer grind in a cafetiere, you won't need to brew it for quite so long (and vice-versa with percolators). Whatever you do, though, don't use espresso or turkish grind, as this is so fine (almost powder) that it will clog the mechanism, and when you go to plunge it will splash back all over you; you'll also end up with a very bitter coffee with bits in!

FWIW, I use a small burr grinder (from Whittards) with a $tarbucks filter machine, and I buy beans from Monmouth or Union Roasters. Hardly moneysaving, but good coffee is my weakness!