I got through loads of coffee machines before deciding on a Nesspresso and picked that one because it used ordinary milk and not pods that included sweetened milk.

I am happy with a filter machine although most shops have stopped selling them. If I want just one quick cup I use coffee bags.

I am not fussy about my coffee in fact my favourite is that type served by American diners, just straight out of a pot.

One more point

you don't need a coffee machine.

you need a life

(says he who spends 5 hours a day on internet) .......whilst drinking instant coffee

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (03 May 2023 8.56am)

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

I've had pod machines but I got fed up with having to descale them. You can't beat a coffee made with proper ground beans in a cafetiere, press or mokka pot. Or indeed a filter machine as per Badger.

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

I have around 20 cups of tea a day. I could do with Mrs Doyle.

Red and Blue Army!

We have a Siemens built-in, bean to cup machine at home which produces a reasonable cup of coffee, but our daughter has a Lavazza pod machine and her coffee is much better.

Talking of coffee beans being roasted, does anyone remember the place, I think near East Croydon station, maybe a Kenco coffee shop where the smell of fresh ground coffee pervaded the street? Wonderful.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.