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10/04/2008, 16:02 Ian Joined on 04/07/2007 Posts 377 The very best coffee I like a cup of coffee.  OK, OK  I LOVE a cup of coffee - for me this is an espresso. In fact I'm something of an espresso anorak (I can drone on about brewing temperature, tamping pressure, extraction pressure, best grinds etc til your ears bleed). While it is great to pull an espresso, sometimes a cup of instant is all that's called for. What is the best (money no object - we are talking a couple of euros either way) instant coffee you can get in regular French supermarkets? Holiday and Property Guide for Nice and the Cote d'Azur    Report

10/04/2008, 16:26 Chas Joined on 23/08/2004 Mortagne sur Gironde, 17 Posts 311 Re: The very best coffee It's a personal taste thing isn't it but we think Carte Noire. Chas 17    Report

10/04/2008, 16:42 Pierre ZFP Joined on 12/11/2004 PdC(62)/Luxembourg Posts 1,649 Re: The very best coffee OK it's not in France but does coffee at 50 quid a cup rock your boat? http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7340005.stm   Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me Fool me 3 times and you can see a statistical tendency    Report

10/04/2008, 16:48 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 6,275 Re: The very best coffee I never buy it, make it or drink it. When I worked in the UK , I had a small cafetière (French press type) and I would make some fresh coffee when everyone else had instant... illy or Lavazza for me please Clair, a Real Virtual French Person La vérité est si obscurcie en ce temps et le mensonge si établi, qu'à moins d'aimer la vérité, on ne saurait la reconnaître. (Blaise Pascal)    Report

10/04/2008, 17:26 Morse98 Joined on 15/11/2005 Dept61 (for now) Posts 173 Re: The very best coffee I have to agree with Chas,  if it's instant it has to be Carte Noire 'Lancia' saved from the butcher!! and 'Lewis' saved from the streets and starvation!    Report

10/04/2008, 17:33 powerdesal Joined on 07/01/2006 Sharjah U.A.E Posts 2,024 Re: The very best coffee  Pierre ZFP wrote: OK it's not in France but does coffee at 50 quid a cup rock your boat? http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7340005.stm   That is sick! Its got to be almost as bad as Maxwell House. edit:  Or any decaff of any description Steve Sharjah + 50 (in France) ........................................................................... Roll on death.....Demob is too far away.    Report

10/04/2008, 18:01 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,688 Re: The very best coffee The taste that gets you started? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMoDW_cMMgg Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

10/04/2008, 19:01 Ian Joined on 04/07/2007 Posts 377 Re: The very best coffee Nescafé make an instant "espresso".  Tastes nothing like a good real shot but it's pretty good for an instant.  Got to say I quite like Carte Noire too! Kopi Luwak is one of several "animal-poo" coffees: it "stars" in the current Jack Nicholson film "Sans Plus Attendre" - Nicholson loves it in reallife too apparently.  Any more votes? Holiday and Property Guide for Nice and the Cote d'Azur    Report

10/04/2008, 19:19 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,361 Re: The very best coffee I never touch the stuff normally, but somebody gave me a cup of Super U's own which wasn't bad at all, given what it was.  That was in Marseille and I can't find it in S/Us round here. Healthcare Issues Site    Report

10/04/2008, 19:54 RicandJo Joined on 24/09/2007 Carcassonne / Milano Posts 133 Re: The very best coffee I'm with Clair on this one - Lavazza Gold has the vote.    Report

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