Coffee or tea?

[Cairnie]

I don't think I ever had a full on machine that does the grinding and everything, but then I don't feel the need to and I just have pod coffee instead most of the time. I've got an old dolce gusto and I've got a nespresso compatible machine that does the job.

[Hunchman801]

Well as of today I'm still drinking instant coffee so I guess that would be a nice upgrade.

[Steo]

Instant coffee is basically what I used to always drink.

[Hunchman801]

Let's be honest anyway, it does the job.

[Steo]

It's easier to make too if you're feeling lazy. I used to make it so lazily I'd just pour it from the jar instead of even bothering with a spoon.

[The Jonster]

My parents actually do that too on occasion.

All I have at home these days is instant coffee or matcha green tea powder for matcha lattes. Of the two coffee machines I got at home, i still favor using the traditional one rather than using the one that uses those coffee cups.

[Steo]

I just buy what they likely call black tea elsewhere, but here we just call it tea.

[PluMGMK]

Lyons or Barry's?

[Steo]

I like Barry's.

I like both to be fair, and all teas taste different to me, even though some people seem to think they're all the same. I find the Lyons ones weaker despite having those pyramid bags to make the tea leaves have more room.

[The Jonster]

I remember when I saw a container of pyramid shaped bags of tea in the kitchen cupboard. I didn’t understand at the time why they were shaped that way but it looked cool

Sounds like you guys have different tea brands than ones I know of.

[PluMGMK]

I drink Barry's too, and agree about Lyons being weaker!

[Henchman1000]

*Reads thread title*
I'm a coffee person and coffee is my juice to start the day; without coffee, I'm an useless, lazy robot. Coffee is love, coffee is life.
I also drink tea, but prefer coffee over it.

[Hunchman801]

It's easier to make too if you're feeling lazy. I used to make it so lazily I'd just pour it from the jar instead of even bothering with a spoon.

I'm pretty sure I saw my dad do the exact same thing a few days ago.

[Steo]

It's easier to make too if you're feeling lazy. I used to make it so lazily I'd just pour it from the jar instead of even bothering with a spoon.

I'm pretty sure I saw my dad do the exact same thing a few days ago.

I learned it from mine.

[Cairnie]

Oh the pyramid shaped ones might be PG tips, one of the UK favourites. I think being pyramid shaped lets the tea flow a bit more when it's diffusing with the hot water thus bringing more flavour out but IDK, we only had those for 20-30 years.

[Steo]

Lyons do that too over here, but for some reason the likes of Tetley or Barry's seems to be stronger anyway. Saying that, Lyons do have a Gold Blend version which I don't remember trying.

[The Jonster]

I need to buy a proper coffee machine, but I want it to grind the beans for me and do everything automatically because I'm obviously too lazy. Gotta look into options.

Did you ever find such a machine?
I would like to have a coffee grinder myself for any bags I get that have whole beans. Well ones that aren't from Starbucks anyways, since for those I can just go to one of the locations and ask them to grind them (my cousin gave me this tip one day)

My favourite tea would be a chai tea latte and my favourite coffee would be a frappucino of sorts.

Hmmm, my preferences for tea would now be either a chai tea latte or a thai tea. My coffee preference would be a cold mocha without ice. I still like both but lately I've been drinking more tea.

Speaking of coffee, a year ago I tried this trend of dalgona coffee after seeing it on Tasty and I thought it was interesting how coffee could be whipped up into a lighter shade by just using hot water, sugar, and instant coffee. It was alright when I tasted it but I almost always ended up making too much that I couldn't place it all on top of my milk.

[Steo]

Ah well things have changed a lot in 3 years lol. I love drinking coffee nowadays, which is ironically an extremely Swedish thing.

I drink either Gevalia or Löfbergs over here. Both are really nice. In Ireland the coffees are actually very different.

[Hunchman801]

Did you ever find such a machine?
I would like to have a coffee grinder myself for any bags I get that have whole beans. Well ones that aren't from Starbucks anyways, since for those I can just go to one of the locations and ask them to grind them (my cousin gave me this tip one day)

Yes I did! I got one for Christmas that year and I'm really happy about it. I'm not at home right now and I don't know the model but the brand is Krups.

[The Jonster]

I'm glad you were able to find the coffee machine that you wanted!.

Ah well things have changed a lot in 3 years lol. I love drinking coffee nowadays, which is ironically an extremely Swedish thing.

I drink either Gevalia or Löfbergs over here. Both are really nice. In Ireland the coffees are actually very different.

I've heard of Gevalia but not the other one. If there was a kind of coffee I'd like to give a try it's Kona coffee.