Delonghi and Nespresso are the heavyweight champions of the home coffee machine market but is one better than the other and how do you decide whether it’s Nespresso or Delonghi that get the privilege of pride of place on your work surface? You probably know at least one person that has either a Nespresso…
Only about 30% of the ground coffee that goes into your portafilter will end up in your cup so perfecting the coffee extraction process is crucial to achieving a delicious tasting cup of coffee. Perfect coffee extraction requires a whole range of things to come together such as the time it takes to deliver…
If black coffee without milk is too strong for you but you like a good strong coffee then a Cortado with an equal amount of milk to espresso is a great way to enjoy coffee without taking a lot of the flavour away with milk. A Cortado is a coffee drink with 100ml of…
If you are tired of paying a fortune for a latte in a coffee shop then you can easily learn how to make a latte at home without using a coffee machine and it will taste as good but will cost a fraction of the price you normally pay. When you order a coffee…
Coffee made with an espresso machine using more water than you would for espresso turns it into a lungo coffee. Lungo in Italian means “long” and it tends to be served black so when you order a Lungo coffee you are asking for a long black coffee. In the UK Lungo refers mainly to…
Because coffee is a fruit that grows on a tree, coffee is vegan as long as you drink it black on its own or with sugar. Lots of people drink coffee with milk and so if you are vegan or perhaps currently vegetarian and considering becoming vegan then you cannot drink coffee with dairy…
If you are looking for a coffee that is a bit different from the norm, super easy to make and absolutely delicious then Vietnamese egg coffee is going to be right up your street. All you need is 2 eggs, ground coffee and condensed milk and 5 minutes later you will have transformed your…
SEE AMAZON PRICE If there is one reason alone to love this book then it would be because it could be described as a coffee table book about coffee! I would say that a “coffee table” book could be described as a book that is on display for anyone to pick up and have a…
SEE AMAZON PRICE If you are into coffee and you want to start to move your coffee making skills towards perfection then a set of coffee scales are an essential part of the kit you need to fine-tune things. The Accuweight Digital pocket scales are incredible value for money and are perfect for checking both…