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I started with a 'real' espresso machine and bean grinder. The process for making a cappuccino in the morning was as follows: 1. Turn on the espresso boiler an
by sxates 8y ago
I started with a 'real' espresso machine and bean grinder. The process for making a cappuccino in the morning was as follows:
1. Turn on the espresso boiler and allow it to warm up for 20-30 minutes.
2. Grind beans at the correct setting, then tamp them into the wand with just the right amount of pressure
3. Insert wand into machine, turn it on, and perfectly time the pour
4. Dispose of hot coffee grinds, rinse, brush and clean the wand.
5. Pour milk into frothing cup and steam for 60+ seconds or until optimal temperature is reached while ensuring that the steam properly turns the milk to achieve desired froth.
6. Combine milk and espresso in cup
7. Clean espresso shot cup, clean milk frothing cup, clean up errant coffee grounds, remember to turn off machines.
The process for making a cappuccino with the Nespresso machine:
1. Pour milk into frother, press button.
2. Insert pod, press button. It will finish within about 20 seconds, and a few seconds after that the milk will also be done.
3. Pour frothed milk into the cup that the espresso was dispensed into.
4. Rinse milk frother.
I had time for the full machine routine on a Saturday morning, but not before work.
- ams6110 8y agoA Jura machine will do everything automatically with no waste other than the coffee grounds. They are expensive though. https://us.jura.com/en https://us.jura.com/en
- ldiracdelta 8y agoI love my DeLonghi Magnifica at half the price. I'm not a fancy coffee drinker though. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N2YKQ0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N2YKQ0/ref=oh_aui_sear...
- drb91 8y agoHow does a reusable cup not address this? If the issue is a single serving coffee maker that seems orthogonal to recyclability.
- PascLeRasc 8y agoHave you tried the Aeropress? It's incredibly easy to use and takes about a minute of work every morning - great coffee too.
- ddavis 8y agoIf someone prefers their coffee as an espresso with steamed milk, then Aeropress won't be the substitution they're looking for. I enjoy both, but one certainly doesn't scratch the itch for the other.
- peterwwillis 8y agoAs long as you get your cappuccino in 30 seconds every morning, what's a little ecological damage?
- undersuit 8y agoCappuccino is important. You wouldn't want to start the day with just some drip coffee.
- pohl 8y agoIt's tragic that we live in a world where those are the only two ways to make coffee.
- smileybarry 8y agoOr maybe they were just comparing the current subject of cappuccino to the other expected kind of household coffee, rather than every single type of coffee out there.
- chocolatebunny 8y agoYou can say the same about driving a car to work. Or anything we do in our daily lives. As long as I can comment on hacker news, what's a little ecological damage (from wasting electricity supplied from some unknown source in an office room with florescent lights). Everything around me has caused some sort of ecological damage but I'll be damned if I have to go back to being a caveman.
- meesles 8y agoThis comes of pretty judge-y. Take a moment to consider all the waste you also produce each day. Not to mention you're making the problem worse by making people defensive about their decisions, which just makes them go deeper and be unwilling to compromise. Try to solve the problem instead grand-standing.
- emj 8y ago
- ceejayoz 8y agoI've got a Breville espresso maker (one of their "Barista Express" models) and the boilers warm up in about 20-30 seconds (i.e. by the time you grind and tamp, it's ready to go). It has an integrated grinder (which, once you find the right grind setting, never needs further adjusting), the pour time is programmed, it'll shut off the machine on its own after a bit of inactivity, and the rest of your steps take a couple seconds at most. I think you're dramatically exaggerating the effort involved in DIYing it, and (done properly) you get a substantially tastier result from the real machine too.
- abecode 8y agoseconded: Barista Express is fast and way better than Keurig. Compared to Nespresso, it's cheaper long run and you can use it for hot water (I'm going to try it as pour over b/c the convenient espresso is making me OD on caffeine).
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- Emma_Goldman 8y agoJust use a Moka pot or Aeropress, surely?
- Doxin 8y agoYou should definitely give a percolator a try. They sell em at ikea last time I checked, both single-cup and two-cup sizes. You put water in, You put coffee in, You stick it on the stove. When it starts making spluttering noises it's done and you pour it out. The only trash generated is the coffee used. Bonus points for grinding your own coffee fresh, my preferred method is one of those hand-crank grinders for mounting on the wall.