Lidl's coffee

We've got a tassimo coffee machine but it only gets occasional use. Much prefer our cafetiere coffee, co-op Colombian in use at the moment, good taste and good price. We sometimes use coffee bags when on the move, share one between us....no expense spared. 

We gave our Tassimo to Grand daughter when she went to Uni

We have a Tassimo machine, in fact we now have 5 of them, though 2 now reside at DD's house so we can get decent coffee when there.

We have a big very old one, about 13 years old, but it could not  cope with some of the newer pods and started "exploding" them...... makes a terrible mess.........so we bought a small 2 cup one on offer in Lidl in Dingwall.    We then started taking it in the van when we went away as it is very lightweight.  We also have a cafetiere in the van for when we get visitors, or when on the move.

Then we bought a similar one in a sale at Currys, to keep at DD's house as it was otherwise not very great instant coffee.  She does have a cafetiere, as do we, but that is a bit of a bind for only 2 cups at lunchtime.

Then Tassimo started a "subscription service" which came with your choice of machine for only £1, so we got a bigger machine that lets you  select strength, size and hotness, and now keep the little machine in the caravan all the time.

In the second year of our subscription, we got a second fancy machine that now resides at DD's house.......they are now hooked on lattes, and Callum loves the hot chocolate.    Their small machine will be moving along to their office once they get it revamped, as DD will be working from home permanently.

The pods are getting rather expensive these days, we get the expensive Latte ones on the fixed price subscription, which we share with DD, and supplement those with special offers at various supermarkets.  I have never seen other than genuine Tassimo ones, but no doubt they do exist somewhere.

Apparently the original Nespresso machines were developed for planes on long haul flights as it was a more convenient way of producing coffee on board. 

We had a Dolce Gusto machine as a present some years ago but it now sits in a cupboard, unused. We only have two cups of coffee a day and we generally manage with a good instant coffee, further complicated because I have been told to drink decaffeinated, which I mainly ignore when out of the house!!! On the rare occasion a decent coffee is require we use the Cafetière. Be interesting to work out the relative economics viz a viz ground coffee and capsules?

David

Well you can call me a philistine, but I've never taken to "posh" coffee, whether percolated,  cafetiere or pods! But I do drink a lot of the instant stuff and whenever we go out walking it's always with 2 flasks of hot water and those Nescafe instant cappuccinos and lattes - particularly the flavoured ones, cinnamon bun or toffee nut. Sadly they appear to have stopped producing the gingerbread variety now, but at £1.50 for a box of 8 I reckon they're a great alternative. 

No contest I would think David, the ground coffee is much cheaper.

We use the Tassimo when it is only us, purely for convenience.  There is a good choice of different coffees available, so interesting to try various types.

Also handy when on a non-serviced pitch on a site without a dish wash area.......getting the cafetiere properly clean in the van is not easy, uses a lot of water!

We usually have a cup at lunch time, and sometimes a latte before bed time.

In our house it's called "proper" coffee.... 

We also drink "proper" tea as tea bags aren't as recyclable as they appear to be, don't get me on that one.  

Our tassimo pods are so difficult to re-cycle that we chouldn't really use them at all....

We sometimes use coffee bags when on the move,

We have also taken to using the coffee bags when in the van. Quite like those from Taylors, both the Italian blend and for something a bit stronger the hot lava Java. Last time we were in France we found bags fairly easy to get there and a fair bit cheaper than here. Oh there’s no way I’m sharing one,😂 I like my coffee on the strong side.

Tried goodness knows how many coffee makers over the years until settling on the bialetti moka pot about 10 years ago. I have various sizes at home and one permanently in the van. 95% of the time this is used with Lavazza coffee, 250g at about £3. Great coffee every time at a bargain price.

Colin

We like nice instant coffee as well. Being “up North” we have a lovely Ringtons van call at our house every fortnight. Very nice instant, and of course they sell all sorts of other tea, coffee and hot chocolate as well. Not to mention delicious biscuits, and other nice things. You Southern based types aren’t left out, you can order online 😁👍

https://www.ringtons.co.uk/