Thread: How do you prefer your coffee?

Originally Posted by simon c

Can I be a spelling nazi and a coffee snob at the same time and point out that the word is ESPRESSO with an S which is based on the Italian word for pressure as it is preesure that is used in an espresso machine to get the coffee out of the beans and not EXPRESSO with an X which doesn't mean anything in Italian at all.
Simon

I agree it's about 4th on my language annoyances list. Behind Wimbelton, Yous and anything anding in Z i.e Phonez.

Owatafuliyam

mmmmmm cooooofffffeeeeeeeeee yuuuuuuum

i am a true coffee geek, snob, nut case whatever you want to call me.
I love coffee so much that i spent well over $3k to make that perfect coffee at home.
Sitting proudly in my Kitchen are the following 2 items.

1: Coffee Machine ECM Giotto Premium


2: Mazzer Mini Grinder


Now who's up for a nice cup of coffee, cheapest place in Melbourne...
well i do have to pay it off somehow and get the wife to stop nagging me about buying such a machine

Que bella machina!

Originally Posted by LineLefty

I agree it's about 4th on my language annoyances list. Behind Wimbelton, Yous and anything anding in Z i.e Phonez.

Owatafuliyam

es·pres·so (-sprs, -sprs) also ex·pres·so (k-sprs, k-)
n. pl. es·pres·sos

A strong coffee brewed by forcing steam under pressure through darkly roasted, powdered coffee beans.



Top of my list of language annoyances is people who insist on sticking to the original pronunciation of foreign words. It's just a common word in Italian, nothing special, so why do people switch to an Italian accent when they say it? It's so fake and pretentious.

In fact that's why I hesitated to use 'espresso' and wrote 'expresso' instead.

Bunch of latte sippers.

Johna,

Good grief ! :eek: :eek:

And I felt guilty paying $400 for a Krups

Craig

Originally Posted by silentC

Top of my list of language annoyances is people who insist on sticking to the original pronunciation of foreign words.
It's so fake and pretentious.
Bunch of latte sippers.

You mean like the way "Chile" used to be called "Chilly" but is now "Cheelay", or "Latte" used to be called "coffee made on milk"?


ciao!


P (Who drinks coffee made on milk out of a glass wrapped in a paper towel!)

Yeah, it's like people are afraid to be Aussie - like they think people will look down on you if you drink a tinnie, go swimming in your cosies, or refer to a bunch of your mates in the second person as 'youse'. I blame the government. When Bob Hawke was Priminister, it would never have been allowed to happen. Blokes were blokes and sheilas were sheilas. These days, nobody knows who is what and we're all running around trying to impress everyone with how cultured, left wing, sensitive and liberal minded we are. Snooty bloody north shore latte sipping snobs: that's what we're turning into. The country is going to the dogs and it's left it's form guide at home. Strewth!!!

I've always wondered if Krups is any corporate relation to the Krups steel firm in nazi germany..............................google search coming up

Google search done, I was wrong, Krupp was the german armaments company, Krups is a wholly owned sub of Gillette, in France.

sorry! you can enjoy your coffee in peace.

Originally Posted by craigb

Johna,

Good grief ! :eek: :eek:

And I felt guilty paying $400 for a Krups

Craig

My previous machine was a saeco magic deluxe, made a good coffee but i felt you could get alot better so the next logical step was to get a semi commercial unit. I was looking at a full commercial unit but it could only be connected direct to the plumbing which i didn't want to do in this house as we shall be moving shortly. With the ECM i have the option of direct plumbing or using the 4 ltr water container.

Yes i love my coffee, and yes i am mad, but just like our woodworking tools which cost us alot of money this machine will also give great results and last a very long time.

Originally Posted by SilentC

or refer to a bunch of your mates in the second person as 'youse'

Now to be fair, I thought that's what Kiwi's called a bunch of sheilas.


Cheers,
P

My previous machine was a silver plated scooping implement made in England. You deftly inserted it into the jar of instant coffee, and provided it wasn't the morning after the night before, transfered the scooped granules into a mug. It was also handy for agitating the mixture after the water was added.

I have now graduated to a highly sophisticated $12.00 plunger from KMart, and spent the leftover $1500 bucks on woodworking machinery.

Originally Posted by Termite

My previous machine was a silver plated scooping implement made in England. You deftly inserted it into the jar of instant coffee, and provided it wasn't the morning after the night before, transfered the scooped granules into a mug. It was also handy for agitating the mixture after the water was added.

Originally Posted by SilentC

Yeah, it's like people are afraid to be Aussie - like they think people will look down on you if you drink a tinnie, go swimming in your cosies, or.........

.....USE A TEASPOON to stir your COFFEE!!!


:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!

P

Gday all, we (the bride & I) lashed out on a Saeco Via Venezia about a year ago, about $500 I think, use it every day for at least a couple of cups.

Considered the cheaper machines but glad we went for the Saeco. Excellent quality, only the basic features, no electronics, but makes a great cuppa and plenty of steam for cappaccinos (sp?).

Coffee beans - recommend Sumatran Mandehling beans from Coffea coffee merchants (top of Elizabeth St Melbourne) - the ducks guts.

We felt guilty forking out this sort of dough on just a coffee machine but one year on don't regret it one bit, wouldn't be without it and would buy the same again no probs.

Cheers.................jittery Sean

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

.....USE A TEASPOON to stir your COFFEE!!!


:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!

P

What do you use? A piece of marble from Mt Altissima sculptured into the shape of a miniature Venus di Milo?

Or a paddlepop stick?