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making espresso at home
There is an irony to spending ages making a coffee in a format originally designed (or at least popularised) as a mass production / fast food.
Just to contain the controversy in one post I'm going to share two discoveries that may make some readers cry;
- Fortnum & Mason breakfast blend. I know that blended coffee is now equivalent to putting ice in claret, but it has probably given me the most around pleasurable cup of coffee I've had since drinking coffee in CR and Colombia via those baggy stand filter things. Not sure you can get it outside of a hamper.
- Kenco Americano. Great for having in the house to give to other people, but also... 1tsp of coffee, 1tsp of sugar, boiling water, splash of milk and you've got the coffee equivalent of a McDonald's cheese burger.
- Fortnum & Mason breakfast blend. I know that blended coffee is now equivalent to putting ice in claret, but it has probably given me the most around pleasurable cup of coffee I've had since drinking coffee in CR and Colombia via those baggy stand filter things. Not sure you can get it outside of a hamper.
hugo7-
There is an irony to spending ages making a coffee in a format originally designed (or at least popularised) as a mass production / fast food
Nicely put. That’s my problem with it, but I totally get being drawn into it as a hobby, especially if nice espresso isn’t available close to home.
Nothing wrong with blends, good ones are greater than the sum of their parts and should deliver consistency, predictability and ease of brewing. Fortnums buy good coffee, you sure pay for the branding though.
Kenco Americano, yeah, nah that can fuck off.
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claret
Which in itself is a blend of (typically) Cab Sauv, Merlot and Cab Franc
Stevethecoffee
danb
Do they? Fine grind 20g/60ml/60secs beats the hell out of making espresso at home for me.