Coffee machine on EHU?

[Vanman]

Hi - I wondered if there are any coffee machines for MH use (not cafetieres, jugs or kettles ) that are compact, easy to set up / clean and will run off an unassisted EHU - at the same time as a couple of laptops, an electric compressor fridge and the interior LEDs? I'm not too bothered about cost or flavour for now, so long as it's better than instant!

Before you start, there is no Inverter, generator, solar panel or fusion reactor allowed in the answer

Thanks

 

[sewinlynne2]

Anyone know what this is?.........................

 

[The Old Man]

Vanman, coffee pod machines like Bread Makers, get marketed as what every kitchen top needs. I suspect many are bought at Christmas, for Birthdays, Wedding presents and other times when 'givers' can't think of the appropriate personal present. Glitz over thoughtfulness and after a few weeks decorating a worktop they are returned to the box.

 

[sewinlynne2]

mornin' with the coffee pot above, we use Jamaican blue mountain coffee beans, freshly ground. which is then gently 'cooked' for 15 mins in the pot (cowboy style) try it, it is wonderful. Flat out refuse to drink anything else now.

 

[jnn]

does the fresh grind remove the 'been stewed a bit too long' chemically taste of preground coffee when done like that?

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[sewinlynne2]

It doesn't have any sort of a chemical taste. We half fill the pot with cold water, put in enough fresh ground beans to your taste(trial and error) and gently heat on gas stove top. You have to watch it after a few minutes as the grounds will want to froth up somewhat and all you do is then stir it for a few moments to allow it to settle(it won't froth up again unless boiled) and leave it to 'brew' for around ten minutes. We usually sieve through filter paper to remove sediment when pouring (and sometimes not) the best tasting coffee ever!

 

[The Old Man]

The fresher the beans and the grind, the less the beans 'dry out' a lose the flavours from the oils released.

Also for any type of coffee, don't use boiling water, it 'burns' the coffee.

Try different blends and countries, they are so different.

Just like wine tasting, a coffee tasting session with your store's Coffee Master is an education.

 

[jnn]

hmm may have to try that again with fresh beans, a coffee pot would be a nice addition to the van

One of the benefits of academia is folk travelling and moving here from far afield, an eclectic mixture of folk and coffee

 

[Ven]

We paid £39.99 for ours new from Argus. They normally go on offer before Christmas. You can also register it online with Tassimo and you got 2 x £25 money off vouchers on 2 orders I think over a 6 month period (with a minimum spend).

They do a large range of coffees and other drinks and I have to say I love some as much as any I've tasted. Cafe creme intenso is our favourite, we do love strong coffee though. Our absolute favourite is Hot Lava Java from Taylor's when we buy filter coffee for off hook up in our Italian espresso percolator.

 

[Ven]

As an aside we bought ours last November after my Dad had got his and we tasted the coffee and loved it. My sister also got one and we all still use them, it's one gadget that was worth it's money and I would not want to be without now. Dave and I are not huge coffee drinkers but when we do fancy a cup I like it to be a good one and have never found an instant we like (and we've tried a lot).

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[Vanman]

Do these machines make full size mugs/cups or small 'after dinner' cups, and if both how do the pots cope with that?

 

[Spidey]

We have a tassimo for the van and one for the house. Great coffee . We do have a special shelf in our hymer for a coffee machine so it seemed rude not to use

We buy multi packs of the pods from costco on special offer.

 

[Ven]

Different types of pods are different sizes from tiny expresso to a small cup (intenso) to a mug (Americano grande), so it's up to you. As a rule of thumb though the smaller ones are the stronger blends.

 

[Spidey]

Also you can add more water to the smaller ones by pressing the button

 

[gerry mcg]

I would have to recommend an Aero press. £28. doesn't require 240v and makes great coffee
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[jdk62]

For nice easy to remember / calculate figures, take 1A as 250W

My old rule of thumb is 4Amps per kilowatt

 

[DanielFord]

We have Dolce Gusto MiniMe in the van, 1400w, so uses 6(ish) on hookup, and around 170amps on the inverter. Makes bloody good coffee too!
Used it all around Europe, and never 'popped' a hookup, and the pods are universally available, in factin Italy you can buy packs of 36, which we cant here!

 

[ceejayt]

Hi

Sorry, being a coffee snob, only bean to cup will do - and certainly no more expensive than restocking on those pods all the time.

We have a Jura Ena which is only 900 watts - just been having a quick look on the web and our model has been superseded and looks like some of them are 1450 watts but probably worth searching out a lower wattage machine. Will set you back £500+ but worth it if you want a REAL cup of coffee with your own choice of beans. (head now above parapet I bet )

Can highly recommend Jura as being really long lasting - we have a bigger one in our kitchen at home which is around 10 years old now and the one in the van has been dropped from a height twice - takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

 

[ceejayt]

I forgot to mention that these machines have an energy saver mode so if you are on EHU you can just leave it on - it only pulls the current when you want a cup of coffee. We run ours on the generator as well, in fact, it is the most use the generator gets when we are not on EHU - 5 minutes first thing in the morning to make the coffee (and another 5 minutes if we are being lazy a little later on)!

 

[Bailey58]

We have Dolce Gusto MiniMe in the van, 1400w, so uses 6(ish) on hookup, and around 170amps on the inverter. Makes bloody good coffee too!
Used it all around Europe, and never 'popped' a hookup, and the pods are universally available, in factin Italy you can buy packs of 36, which we cant here!

Still digressing from the OP but what thread doesn't? There are two or three of the packs you can get on the DC website in boxes of 30 which I've bought when I've had a voucher to use. Get my normal packs from Amazon at 15% off on Subscribe and Save.

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[Andrew gill151]

We have a Tasimo too, in France earlier this year in one of the supermarkets they were on offer at 15 euros so bought 2