Just wondering how all coffee lovers out there make Cafe style coffee's at home?
do you use coffee machines or milk frothers or any home tricks you could share (someone said keep stirring coffee powder and little bit of water for a few minutes until you get a bit of froth and then add milk to make your fake cappuccino)?
if using machines how expensive are they and are they easy to clean ? ……
Does anyone know in sydney where to get roasted coffee at a reasonable price?? Looking around $25 for 1 kg. Considering you can buy supermarket beans for around $15 for 1kg when on special. Everywhere seems to be $35+ for 1 kg.
Price very much depends on what you want to drink. Forsyth coffee in Naremburn has reasonable prices for whatever quantity you want. They're quite fine with selling you 200g at a time, if you want to pop in twice a week to make sure you are getting it fresh and like variety. Their physical store seems to have better selection than the online store, including cheaper beans.
Or you can search OzBargain for past deals, then check out those vendors. I bought coffee from Manna Beans before and was happy with the service and the beans. The only downside was that I had to get quite a large quantity at once to get the "deal". I prefer my beans fresh, in the 3-7 day window, although some beans, when roasted lightly, will be good for up to 2 weeks.
Supermarket beans are rubbish. When pressed, I would probably settle for whole Illy beans - those are about $17.50 for 250g - way overpriced for what they are.
One more vote for Forsyth coffee!
The magic formula is 1 shot of coffee, 100ml of warm milk, 500ml of Hazel nut syrup. It will taste exactly like your cafe coffee with 500ml of hazel nut syrup.
You might as well just have Ipecac syrup. :-D
diabetes right there.
500ml of syrup to 130ml coffee.. surely a typo lol
get a rocket
Boil water. Grab a packet of 3-in-1. Tear off and pour contents to a cup. Pour boiling water while stirring, with a wooden stirrer for extra fun. Lick the wooden stirrer then set aside. Sit back and enjoy the easiest and best 2-minute coffee. Easy as cafe coffee at home (and at work)
I've had my eye on this kit for a while
http://espressounplugged.com.au/rok-porlex-coffee-special
I think i just like the idea of pressing the handles down to force the water through the coffee.
Just my two cents… if you want to make a cap… don't use milk frothers… the froth is done terribly…
Get a cheap espresso machine like others have said. I think you can score one new for about $150. If you want a better machine get the dual boiler systems if budget allows as they allow for different temperature for the water and steam.
At home today and just made one… https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zkqizvpkth4z62/photo%2018-03-2015…
I have a Rancilio Silvia (second hand for $400) and a Breville Smart Grinder Pro (new for $199 from Myer).
I use decent fresh beans from specials on OzBargain and once I get the grind and tamp right, I can serve a decent coffee… sometimes better than what I've had from cafes!
Yes, I can get a coffee like that out of mine too. I'm quite good at the milk, I'm still learning how to grind the coffee just right for the best result.
i'd love to learn the leaf like that. well done. I've pretty much mastered the extraction now, and can sometimes do a rosetta, but nothing like the leaf. did you do a course to learn that design?
No course - just YouTube and practice. :)
I did a course with Barista Basics. A good starting point.
Here is my methods
I use a french press to froth the milk
I use cheap moka pot from ikea for the coffee
and i use a hand grinder for the coffee beans
I also use my atomic coffee machine for guest
This makes great coffee with minimal cost and time .
My Setup. Its a bit of overkill but I've come too far to go back now! Expobar Megacrem compact Double group head commercial, but runs off 10A so perfect for home use. only has a 6L boiler too so heat up time is less than 10 minutes. I don't have access to plumb into mains since I live in a small unit, so I rigged up a standalone setup using an Ikea kitchen cabinet, and plumbed using an external on-demand Flojet pump, water purifier and a neverfail waterbottle.
http://i.imgur.com/HN6FZ3H.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IZpCv8Y.jpg
Got it all for a bargain as a guy was closing down his small cafe.
That's awesome mate!
i drank dat instant kawfee moccona
My current method is ground coffee in a small stove top percolator/Moka Pot with frothed milk from an Aldi frother.
For grinding, I actually use my NUTRIBULLET w/ the milling blade. (https://www.nutribullet.com/what-you-get.html). This has been giving me a reasonably decent grind!!
For me, it is all about the beans. Having lived in Fitzroy for the past 6 years, I notice the difference in tastes of coffee and I pay particular attention to which beans the cafes use.
I recommend buying directly from a coffee dealer online or go to their outlets rather than buying coffee from supermarkets
My favourite are:
http://www.camposcoffee.com/
http://www.jaspercoffee.com/outlets.jsp
Myer has coffee machines and presumably grinders on sale this weekend only! http://www.myer.com.au/shop/mystore/home/coffee-machines/man…
The Lavazza A modo Mio Seems like a pretty nice deal for the cash. Plus, I love the taste of that coffee. You might pushed me into buying one :)
Don't bother. Just buy your coffee out. You won't get the picture of the bear on the frothy milk right.
my setup
Rocket Giotto v3 and baratza preciso (not too happy with the grinder, can't hold a grind setting for long, planning on eventual upgrade)
At work i used to use an elcheapo kambrook expresso machine that I bought for $15 from ebay. I'd fill it up with boiling water (from the ZIP tap). and then preheat my milk before frothing it.
the key was to always have good fresh coffee beans - I got mine from Alans expresso on George St Bris (around the corner from work).
if the coffee I bought from Alans was a 10 the my self made was a 8.
then got lazy when the office bought a pod machine.
You sir, would do McGuyver proud!