# Coffee ☕ **URL:** \ **Category:** General Chat\ **Created:** [10 June 2017 21:35 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353 "2017-06-10T21:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jzw95](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/jzw95/32/5896_2.png) [@jzw95](https://community.monzo.com/u/jzw95)\ **Post date:** [18 June 2017 19:01 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/21 "2017-06-18T19:01:35Z")
> [@richyb](#): > > no grinder yet though The [Feldgrind](http://www.madebyknock.com/feldgrind.html) by _Made by Knock_ was recently recommended to me by someone at my amazing [local coffee & doughnut shop](http://www.bababudan.coffee). Haven’t bought or tried it yet, but I like that it’s portable so I could take it when travelling. ---
**Author:** ![anon55926182](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@anon55926182](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon55926182)\ **Post date:** [19 June 2017 13:14 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/22 "2017-06-19T13:14:38Z")
You could consider joining and buying coffee from Revolver, a UK co-op importer [https://www.revolverworld.com](https://www.revolverworld.com) ---
**Author:** ![jzw95](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/jzw95/32/5896_2.png) [@jzw95](https://community.monzo.com/u/jzw95)\ **Post date:** [19 June 2017 20:31 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/23 "2017-06-19T20:31:01Z")
Thanks for the link, they look great! I’m going to have a more in-depth look tomorrow. 👀☕ ---
**Author:** ![evangelskies](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/evangelskies/32/48755_2.png) [@evangelskies](https://community.monzo.com/u/evangelskies)\ **Post date:** [20 June 2017 15:48 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/24 "2017-06-20T15:48:33Z")
I don’t have a coffee machine, but I recently got “Bean Bags” from Raw Bean: Proper Coffee- ie coffee in a tea bag and it actually tastes great! It came in a monthly snack subscription box, [degustabox.com](http://degustabox.com) ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/monzo/original/2X/b/babacb7fca3e6be86cf2384e047e9f71b6bc4ef4.JPG) Wasn’t expecting much but it tastes so much better than the burnt taste I always grab at convenient coffee places 😂 I’m taking it with me to Amsterdam, used to make do with instant coffee but this is much better ☕👌🏼 ---
**Author:** ![adam.williams](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/adam.williams/32/99333_2.png) [@adam.williams](https://community.monzo.com/u/adam.williams)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2017 14:04 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/25 "2017-07-01T14:04:35Z")
Recently managed to melt my AeroPress, so bought a coffee siphon to try. Whilst the instructions are a bit challenging to comprehend, it makes surprisingly good coffee and it’s pretty cool to watch the pressure difference make the water travel between the two beakers! > **AeroPress aftermath** > > ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/monzo/original/2X/9/9ec9f8c668630822e76d1e8e5bda9901f2f37d3a.jpg) Instructions, in Engrish below. Not sure why there’s a Lieutenant General involved. ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/monzo/original/2X/8/88ed8499b6136424dd79c17049264220197c58c5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![simonb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/simonb/32/78198_2.png) [@simonb](https://community.monzo.com/u/simonb)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 03:02 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/26 "2018-02-24T03:02:26Z")
Let’s talk coffee! What do you drink? How often? I use this Tassimo machine with several types of pods including ones from Costa, Kenco, L’Or and others. This is a step up from the instant coffee that I used to drink, but I expect probably anathema to coffee “purists”. Convenience wins the day for me, so this is perfect for me 😀 ![coffee](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/monzo/original/2X/b/bf61ba66c34a5d8a703836cf25b67c866b0027bf.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![anon44204028](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@anon44204028](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon44204028)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 03:11 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/27 "2018-02-24T03:11:53Z")
I love all coffee, percolator, filter (drip), Nespresso™, cafetiere, or Turkish, etc. With milk or cream or black or Irish 😉 I drink coffee all day long and need it to relax and to help me sleep. Just the other day I went to the local pub and had six large double expressos (much to the shock of the Italian gentleman in the bar). I also love Hopjees coffee flavour sweets from the Nederlands, coffee cake, coffee flavour chocolate, basically I just live for the stuff 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/chad/32/15497_2.png) [@Chad](https://community.monzo.com/u/Chad)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 06:56 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/29 "2018-02-24T06:56:26Z")
I have a bean to cup machine made by Krups Love it to bits and always look forward to that first cup of coffee when I come home from being away Very interesting trying out various coffee bean varieties in the UK 🤷🏻‍♂️ Best cup came from coffee beans that I brought back from Germany ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_R](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/dan_r/32/13897_2.png) [@Dan\_R](https://community.monzo.com/u/Dan_R)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 08:32 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/30 "2018-02-24T08:32:46Z")
I dont drink coffee… ☹ only tea… but I have to say… I LOVE that cup! So see through 🙈🤣 ---
**Author:** ![tomsr](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/tomsr/32/44861_2.png) [@tomsr](https://community.monzo.com/u/tomsr)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 09:34 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/31 "2018-02-24T09:34:49Z")
We’ve got a Tassimo at work, and I have to say it’s rather good. Very much not purist, but convenient and tastes decent. ---
**Author:** ![Chad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/chad/32/15497_2.png) [@Chad](https://community.monzo.com/u/Chad)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 11:23 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/32 "2018-02-24T11:23:12Z")
I’ve just been offered coffee cake with chocolate. I was asked if I wanted a freshly baked coffee cake today whilst reading this thread 😁 So coffee and coffee cake for me 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![adam.williams](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/adam.williams/32/99333_2.png) [@adam.williams](https://community.monzo.com/u/adam.williams)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 11:32 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/33 "2018-02-24T11:32:28Z")
We have a Tassimo machine in the office at work… it’s not awful if you want something quick. Not a fan of all the packaging required for small amounts of coffee though. I know there’s a recycling scheme of sorts but it still feels better to buy the beans and work from there. ---
**Author:** ![anon44204028](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@anon44204028](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon44204028)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 11:44 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/34 "2018-02-24T11:44:20Z")
Went to a different pub today and they have a new coffee machine so they have free refills this weekend only. Been here hours 😉 Getting my buzz on. ---
**Author:** ![Jkb114](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/jkb114/32/1385_2.png) [@Jkb114](https://community.monzo.com/u/Jkb114)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 12:06 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/35 "2018-02-24T12:06:51Z")
So I’d consider myself a bit of a coffee snob so to speak. Probably comes from my time working in an independent coffee shop. There’s four places I get my coffee from Cielo (place I used to work) [http://www.cielouk.com](http://www.cielouk.com) Darkwoods [www.darkwoodscoffee.co.uk](http://www.darkwoodscoffee.co.uk) North star [www.northstarroast.com](http://www.northstarroast.com) And finally for convenience pact coffee [www.pactcoffee.com](http://www.pactcoffee.com) (ps use this for some money off [http://www.pactcoffee.com/sign-up?voucher=JOSHUA-GG1YRG](http://www.pactcoffee.com/sign-up?voucher=JOSHUA-GG1YRG)) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_R](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/peter_r/32/26102_2.png) [@Peter\_R](https://community.monzo.com/u/Peter_R)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 12:32 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/36 "2018-02-24T12:32:14Z")
I love coffee… I’ve increasingly become a pretentious coffee hipster and “normal” coffees are now beneath me 😭 ---
**Author:** ![anon44204028](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@anon44204028](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon44204028)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 12:40 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/37 "2018-02-24T12:40:48Z")
My biggest grumble about coffee is not having enough of it. While in most places they do larger sizes of cappuccino and latte, they normally only do flat white in a regular size ☹ and espressos in dolls house size cups…I’d like mine in a big mug please 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tomsr](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/tomsr/32/44861_2.png) [@tomsr](https://community.monzo.com/u/tomsr)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 13:34 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/38 "2018-02-24T13:34:08Z")
Yes I’d like a mug of flat white, but by design they are meant to be short drinks. Must be something to do with H&S 😂 ---
**Author:** ![jzw95](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/jzw95/32/5896_2.png) [@jzw95](https://community.monzo.com/u/jzw95)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 19:59 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/39 "2018-02-24T19:59:20Z")
I use Pact coffee (ground for a cafetière) at work too, it’s convenient and their coffee is good. Pretty slick system for managing your order(s), too. (If anyone needs another referral code, send me a direct message). At home (which covers more of my coffee drinking than work), I often use Artisan Roast, a local coffee roaster here in Edinburgh. Also sometimes Steampunk Coffee, and sometimes various other ‘hipster’ roasters beans from around the UK or Europe that are available in shops and cafes here. Always buy beans and grind them with a second-hand Italian hand grinder before drinking. Switch between a cafetière and stovetop percolator. When out for coffee, Artisan Roast, Filament Coffee, Cult Espresso, Peter’s Yard, and Baba Budan are all _excellent_. The last one makes amazing doughnuts too. There are a lot of great cafes here with excellent coffee, so can’t list them all. Any coffee lover living or visiting here owes it to themselves to download the free [_Scotland Coffee Lovers_ app](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/scotland-coffee-lovers/id971211715?mt=8). This is an incredibly useful resource, even for the local in an unfamiliar part of town. I generally have the equivalent of 2-4 mugs of coffee a day, but really don’t like drinking coffee out of large mugs, so have it as several small mugs (insulated cafetière is great for this). I’m the opposite when drinking tea – love a large mug then! ---
**Author:** ![evangelskies](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/evangelskies/32/48755_2.png) [@evangelskies](https://community.monzo.com/u/evangelskies)\ **Post date:** [25 February 2018 00:44 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/40 "2018-02-25T00:44:26Z")
I generally drink coffee on the go when travelling since it is usually the cheapest thing you can get to sit down somewhere. I also buy it to sit in cute coffee places and cafés for the “aesthetic” (I need a good pic for Instagram!) though I often get chai, matcha, or flat whites. Cappuccinos and mochas are alright. Caffeine doesn’t give me energy so this meme is 100% accurate for me: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/original/2X/f/fc644e3c6ecdbb3a60787b21d939da354acde550.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jasonyau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jasonyau](https://community.monzo.com/u/jasonyau)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2018 22:06 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353/41 "2018-07-06T22:06:28Z")
Reviving this thread to ask for recommendations on a fast simple way of brewing coffee in the office without a kettle just a boiling water tap. French press my best bet? I would ideally want something less messy. [Previous page](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.monzo.com/t/coffee/10353.md?page=3)