How Many Different Ways Can You Make Coffee In Your Home?
@danishcanadian (28955)
Canada
January 8, 2007 4:58pm CST
I have three coffee makers in my kitchen.
1) Standard North American 10-cup coffeemaker with cone-style filters
2) Espresso maker with small metal filter, and 2-cup pot
3) Stove-top pot with handle to brew Turkish Coffee
How many coffee-makers do you own, and how do you use them?
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61 responses
@lucalucky (1839)
• Italy
9 Jan 07
A difficult question for me that I don't like and I don't drink coffee. By the way I can make coffee at home in two different way. The first one is with the italian traditional coffee machine (moka) and with the coffee filter.
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
13 Jan 07
Thanks for the wonderful answer, even if you don't drink coffee, yourself.
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@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
19 Jan 07
Cool. Do you ever add anything interesting to your coffee, like whipped cream?
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@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
14 Apr 07
I never did go or those creamers, I like the REAL stuff. I get whipped cream in my coffee at The Second Cup, all the time. I love it!!
@butterflydawn (297)
• Canada
6 Mar 07
I've never tried whip cream in my coffee, but I sure do love French Vanilla Creamer.
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@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
19 Jan 07
Yah, me too!!! I never brew more coffee than I plan to drink.
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
9 Jan 07
Thanks for your comment! Please tell us more.
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@pearlypearl (95)
• Indonesia
15 Jan 07
I love coffee, but i don't have any coffee maker machine. I'd love to buy one actually, but i don't what kind. Which kind is the most handy and easy to use? All this time i always drinks instant coffees, but when i had the time to go out, i'd buy myself a caramel machiato, or a cup of freshly brewed cappucino...hmmm...delish
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@western_valleygirl (1363)
• United States
19 Jan 07
If you just want to make plain percolated (filtered) coffee, then, I would recommend a Black and Decker or Mr. Coffee machine, and there are different styles and sizes to suit your life, so choose wisely...if you are really good at making different types of coffee, (like espressos or lattes) go for something that has the added parts. Good luck
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@butterflydawn (297)
• Canada
6 Mar 07
I would recommend a coffee maker with the insulated carafe so you don't have to leave your pot of coffee turned on for a long time. I love the one we have.
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@Zebrochka (333)
• Brazil
14 Jan 07
I love coffee
Normally at home i make Turkish coffee on a stove, this is the way i prefer
also I have some filetrs and when i receive visitors, i make it the cheap&fast Brazilian way, meaning that they just put the paper filter with the filetr holder on top of the termic bowl (termos?) and just pour the boiling water on top of it.
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
19 Jan 07
Glad someone out there appreciates Turkish coffee. I'm getting a bit better at making it, but it's not exactly easy. LOL
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@nana1944 (1364)
• United States
15 Jan 07
First off let me welcome you to my friends list. Now on to the coffee makers. I have a four cup standard, a 20 cup standard, an old electric polyperk and a drip pot that I heat the water to boiling and then pour it thru the fresh coffe grounds. And I am sure somewhere here, maybe on the top shelf of my pantry, I have a stovetop percolater. My pantry hides all sorts of things. But please, no quotes on that. I may have given it to someone.
@my3busyboys (207)
• United States
22 Jan 07
1)Starbucks Barista
2)Gevalia drip coffee maker
3)Stovetop pot (like for camping)
@bigpinkmomma (449)
• Canada
18 Jan 07
Wow, 3 coffee makers. I thought I was fortunate to have just one standard 12- cup coffeemaker . I enjoy coffee more these days and have often thought and Espresso maker would be good to have, nice to know that they can be smaller and not really duplicate what I already have . I guess didn't really answer your second question , but your comments inspire me to put an Espresso maker on my Wish list and do some research on which a model that would be most useful to me .
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@butterflydawn (297)
• Canada
6 Mar 07
Hi danishcanadian.I've never tried Turkish Coffee. Is it a stronger type, or very different flavor?
We usually make out coffee in a 10-cup coffee maker, however I'm sure somewhere we have an older style percolator. Of course there's always the kettle and instant coffee, which I'm not overly fond of.
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@songbirdnaimh (1422)
• United States
8 Mar 07
I love, adore and cherish coffee....lol. For the most part I use my french press...which makes 2 mugs of coffee. I do not need sugar or other sweeteners in my coffee but I do need milk, not cream. I typically use skim milk, but sometimes use the fancy creamers.
I have a regular 10 cup coffee pot but only use that when I have company ...which isn't too often.
My boyfriend lives 800 miles away from me and only drinks coffee at work....never makes it at home. We were joking about making coffee when we move in together. He said he would be drinking it at home and we'd need a larger french press.
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@Vladilyich1 (1454)
• Canada
15 Jul 08
I own all three of those, plus there's always the cowboy method of boiling it in a saucepan. I've also got an old-style percolator.
There's no wrong way to make coffee.
For the boiled kind (perk or saucepan), adding eggshells will remove the bitterness.
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
15 Jul 08
You know dang well that one of the reasons why I married you is because you know how to make the perect cup of coffee.
Remember Becky gave me a French Press for my birthday so WE now have a new way in which to make coffee. Now you can start buying that coffee from Louisiana that you like.
Love
Your Favourite Wife
@Ohara_1983 (4117)
• Kuwait
19 Jan 07
well.. we don't have a coffee maker but we make it a manual. And we make 2types of coffee a normal one and cappuccino.
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@umavarma1 (926)
• India
21 Jan 07
i enjoy instant coffee.where we can directly mix hot milk,instant coffee poeder n sugar n have.this is the best!
@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
13 Jul 08
I am not that much of a coffee person. I like tea more. At home mostly I use instant coffee when I make which is rare. I have two coffee maker. One is stove-top where I can make tea and coffee both.
@MsRetro (249)
• United States
19 Jan 07
I have:
- stove top espresso pot
- 8-cup drip coffee maker with insulated carafe
I usually use the drip coffee maker, though, and take my coffee with milk and a touch of sugar.
I've been meaning to either buy or make a set-up for toddy, cold-brewed coffee. Maybe this summer.
@alkurishy (2068)
• Iraq
15 Jul 08
Hi my dear friend, I see that you have start a good discussion that you have 72 response and I will the 73rd one here.
I really dont like coffee because it hurt my stomach, but I prefer to take nescafee and I can't start my day without it.
Thank you for this discussions and have a nice day.