Anyone in Austria? Coffee machine help please!

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 Bobling 30 Aug 2020

A couple of years ago during a holiday in Austria we enjoyed delicious coffee from a machine which used round bags to make single cups of coffee. Like the pods in the UK but without the plastic.

We are trying to track down what sort of machine it might have been - we think it *may* have been a Tassimo?

Can anyone in Austria help?  Internet searching has revealed nothing.

 marsbar 30 Aug 2020
In reply to Bobling:

I've seen the same in France.  I will see if I can find anything. 

 marsbar 30 Aug 2020
In reply to Bobling:

Phillips Senseo.  

https://www.thecoffeemate.co.uk/p/senseo-coffee-pads-jacobs-douwe-egberts-l...

I know Carrefour do own brand pads, I expect others do too.  

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 marsbar 30 Aug 2020
In reply to Bobling:

I was going to get one, but got one of these instead, it has a built in filter, and no tank, so I use a spoonful of coffee and a mug of water each time, but its really not much trouble.  I suppose the coffee pads are a little easier.  

You can use the pads instead with it, but you still have to put the water in each cup.  

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/small-kitchen-appliances...

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 Jamie Wakeham 30 Aug 2020
In reply to Bobling:

In the finest traditions of UKC, I shall answer a completely different question.  Just get an Aeropress and buy coffee from your local independent coffee shop.  Costs less than £30, takes no time at all to deliver the best coffee you will ever taste, and there's zero ongoing consumable plastic waste.

 tew 30 Aug 2020
In reply to Jamie Wakeham:

I would also recommend supporting a local coffee shop over a big brand.

The one closest to me do a lovely range of coffees and are always willing to give helpful advice

In reply to Bobling:

I’ve had espresso machines previously with a “filter” for coffee bags supplied as standard, but I’m pretty sure you can just put a coffee bag into most puck filters albeit it might comprise the coffee a bit. However, if you really like your coffee, a coffee bag is a bit of a compromise anyway though not as much as instant 😉!

You can buy coffee bags off the shelf whether to use in a machine or to just into a cup if you feel there is little benefit to having a machine involved. 

Try googling DeLonghi espresso machines (“manual” not full automatic bean to cup models) as I’ve certainly had three of those in the past that could have used coffee bags. Even my current model (a Sage - yes I know with hindsight a mistake!) could use bags in the filter. I also kept a couple of the bag filters from previous machines in case I ever wanted to use bags in future!

I have actually used coffee bags in the past but found it was too much of a compromise on the quality and variety of coffee I wanted.

 NIGBEE 30 Aug 2020
In reply to Jamie Wakeham:

I can't stand coffee out of aeropress's despite 2 mates raving about them and my son in law, just taste bad no matter coffee is used

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 Aigen 31 Aug 2020
In reply to Bobling:

I live in Austria and we have a Nesspresso Machine with the round pods. 

Pods - https://www.nespresso.com/pro/au/en/order/capsules/pro

Machine - https://www.nespresso.com/pro/au/en/order/machines/pro/gemini-220-commercia...

 elliot.baker 31 Aug 2020
In reply to Jamie Wakeham:

I have an aeropress and that was all I made coffee with this year, I get coffee from North Star Roasters and it's incredible. However - in the rain and wind of Pen y Pass car park the other month someone showed me a new method of brewing coffee and it was literally the best coffee I've ever tasted! It was good coffee, but nevertheless I've now changed processes to this one:

1) put your scoop(s) of coffee into a cafetiere

2) pour in water, not quite boiling, 84 degrees c ideally,

3) DON'T stir!

4) wait 4 minutes

5) Using a spoon gently press the floating ground coffee down from the top surface of the liquid so you only see crema (not floating ground coffee)

6) carefully (ish) scoop all the crema off and just throw it away, until you have only black / clear coffee on top. Apparently the crema makes it taste more bitter, some people like that but I've realised I don't.

7) put the cafetiere plunger bit on top but only press it down about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way just to act as a filter.

8) pour, enjoy and be amazed!

This it the only way I drink coffee now. The aeropress lies dormant!

In reply to Jamie Wakeham:

> In the finest traditions of UKC, I shall answer a completely different question.  Just get an Aeropress and buy coffee from your local independent coffee shop.  Costs less than £30, takes no time at all to deliver the best coffee you will ever taste, and there's zero ongoing consumable plastic waste.

I'd happily pay a bit extra for to use our local independent store but not the 50% extra they seem to be looking for.  My partner and I use about a kilo of beans a week so i'm afraid the economics don't work out for us. 

Had pretty much every coffee device/maker going for the last 30 years and our lockdown purchase of a bean to cup machine trumps them all.  If only it was portable for camping!

One use pods should be banned. 

 Jamie Wakeham 02 Sep 2020
In reply to becauseitsthere:

I get a mixture of fairtrade Guatemalan beans, ground to my specification, from my local shop at £11 for 500g.  Sainsbury's would do a similar fairtrade coffee for something like £3.50 or £4 for 227g. So yeah, there's a price to pay for using an independent specialist - at a kilo a week, about £6 or £7 a week - but for me it's completely worth it. Buying from Sainsbury's would mean either grinding myself or putting up with the wrong grind, mixing myself, disposing of the plastic waste... and the coffee is nowhere near as good! I can really tell when we've run out and had to grab a bag from the supermarket.

Totally agree that those bloody pods should be banned.


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