Went strolling yesterday at Cornmarket street. It was one of the 'brighter' days of the gloomy winter season which is slowly creeping yet again. With all the complaints about the weather, I still love Oxford for its bustling and lively ambiance. Oxford's coffee shops provide a refreshing break from those (hardly) long study sessions. Any excuse to have a break. I'm still pondering whether I should get this stovetop espresso maker.. I don't drink espresso, but I'm planning to use it as my coffee maker.
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No.... if you do not drink expresso, then it is not a really good idea to use this as a main coffee making machine. let me try to explain.
Remember bucks, remember my coffee, that was done in a normal, cheap coffee mcahine. that if i remember right was at the limit of tolerable. The saving grace was i used good quality coffee, fine ground.
A stovetop expresso/mocha machine, produces coffee stronger than what we used to drink. to make it work you need very fine ground coffee and good quality stuff, none of the cheap american crap...... In any case if you can stand drinking large quantities of expresso strength cofee, then buy it by all means.
However if you still drik lots of instant and american coffee, i would think twice about it, think of a coffee maker instead.
thanks for the detailed insight. i just had this slight infatuation with the stove-top espresso maker for a few days because it's different from the traditional coffee maker and the steely look of the small
'jug' is simply adorable. the salesman at whittard (a coffee place) also told me that it's not recommended to make coffee out of the stovetop espresso maker, as it will produce watery coffee.. and not simply light coffee.
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