And why I love my Nespresso machine and nobody can talk me out of it (unless you know something I don't know, in which case I can be talked out of it, maybe)
This was fascinating! And dangerous. Because it’s almost 10pm and now I want coffee. Quite often, as I’m falling asleep, I’ll smile to myself thinking, ‘Just a few hours until coffee’. You will, however, have to tear my bialetti from my cold dead hands.
Drink the 10pm coffee! My dad is a night owl, which he passed on to me (thanks, dad). He would regularly wake up in the middle of the night with insomnia, get up, make an espresso on his bialetti, watch some European sport on the tele, then go back to bed. I haven't resorted to the middle-of-the-night espresso yet...
I went to Melbourne for my friend's wedding about ten years ago and had THE BEST coffee of my life, not just once but every day on that trip. So I will believe what a Melbourne gal has to say about beans!
(also, I have a Nespresso machine...a little easy one that my kid could use as a toddler. I aim to have the real thing one day but my life is just too unfixed at the moment :) )
Coffee is one of the things I can't give up. A day without it is unthinkable, unless one is bedridden and nauseous, as I was after vaccinations. I drink 2 large cups a day, usually a strong latte made in my bialetti with milk boiled in a pan. Italian blend. If drinking out I might vary it with a cap or lately a flat white. Your espresso with sugar would send me into orbit so best avoided. No sugar, no fancy flavouring. My husband once tried a flavoured one in a coffee shop. I just watched as his face contract with horror. He never made that mistake again.
Ha! I used to drink soy lattes, lattes with hazelnut syrup, vanilla syrup. That's what a year in the US will do to you! I have turned off milk coffees though as they make me too full. But I used to love a good soy latte!
This was fascinating! And dangerous. Because it’s almost 10pm and now I want coffee. Quite often, as I’m falling asleep, I’ll smile to myself thinking, ‘Just a few hours until coffee’. You will, however, have to tear my bialetti from my cold dead hands.
Drink the 10pm coffee! My dad is a night owl, which he passed on to me (thanks, dad). He would regularly wake up in the middle of the night with insomnia, get up, make an espresso on his bialetti, watch some European sport on the tele, then go back to bed. I haven't resorted to the middle-of-the-night espresso yet...
I went to Melbourne for my friend's wedding about ten years ago and had THE BEST coffee of my life, not just once but every day on that trip. So I will believe what a Melbourne gal has to say about beans!
(also, I have a Nespresso machine...a little easy one that my kid could use as a toddler. I aim to have the real thing one day but my life is just too unfixed at the moment :) )
I'm sure we have great coffee but it just hits the back and sides of my tongue in the wrong way! Where did you go for coffee in Melbourne?
I cannot remember!! :)
Is it called 'in the lanes'? Those alleys with all the spots to get coffee and avocado toast? Divine.
The city's a lot of fun in terms of food and drink.
Coffee is one of the things I can't give up. A day without it is unthinkable, unless one is bedridden and nauseous, as I was after vaccinations. I drink 2 large cups a day, usually a strong latte made in my bialetti with milk boiled in a pan. Italian blend. If drinking out I might vary it with a cap or lately a flat white. Your espresso with sugar would send me into orbit so best avoided. No sugar, no fancy flavouring. My husband once tried a flavoured one in a coffee shop. I just watched as his face contract with horror. He never made that mistake again.
I find many of the coffee drinks on offer at Starbucks to be quite horrifying.
The trick is to not think of them as coffee. They are cooling/warming sweet drinks.
I'll second that.
Ha! I used to drink soy lattes, lattes with hazelnut syrup, vanilla syrup. That's what a year in the US will do to you! I have turned off milk coffees though as they make me too full. But I used to love a good soy latte!
I’m with you on this.
That pleases me. Obviously I only want people around who agree with me.