well it can actually

1.30 is real long, man. How much milk are we talking about?

If that's fridge-cold and going in a flask, it's probably twice what you'd put in a single cup? I'd say bring that down to 1m, see how you go, and adjust accordingly.

Skin ruins coffee, fact.

My coffee setup currently comprises Kenwood Filter machine and Krups grinder.

I have a moka pot that hasn't been used for a while, mainly because I have always preferred filter coffee to espresso, however I am beginning to come around to the idea of more caffeine and less fluid as my bladder ages, so quite tempted by the £100ish Gaggia that has been mentioned a few times here.

Unlikely wrote:

I like the lemon and ginger stuff. 

PS I can't help you.  You're welcome.

Me too - like that ginger edge - had a cup of it just yesterday - brightened up the meeting that had data protection act and insurance as just two fascinating items on the agenda.....Oh God.....

Turns out freshly ground Illy beans make a truly epic espresso (as you'd expect really), looks like I'll be paying too much for fancy tins for the foreseeable future. 

The remaining monsoon malabar beans will get coarse ground for my cafetiere at work so it's all good.

The scale will be due to the hard water, have the same trouble with mine. I have to descale the filter and give the pot and base a good wipe down every now and then.

The oily stuff's probably just coffee residue that's come back through the filter basket and any dust that's stuck to it. I wouldn't worry too much.

That's definitely a coffee.

In a glass cup.

From the '70s

Do you have a special machine or

You should get a pot for that.



g.man

The only answer I can give unfortunately is 'drink less during the week'.

Caffeine re-wires the way your brain works, reducing the amount of oxygen it needs, and hence blood flow. When you come off caffeine, blood returns to the brain, hence the "coffee headache".

The only way to avoid getting these headaches is to either a) drink less coffee/caffeinated drinks during the week so your brain gets used to a higher rate of blood flow or b) drink something caffeinated when you get the headaches. Sorry.

I understand it's hard, though. I was down to one cup a day before returning home, but to cope with jet lag and make sure I was awake when I want to be, I'm now back up to three or four.

If you really want to worry yourself, check out "caffeine psychosis". PDF link.

acemuzzy wrote:

Anyone got tips for avoiding caffeine detox headaches (apart from 'drink coffee')?! I tend to OD during the week (nespresso machine at work / young family) then detox at the weekend (wife doesn't drink coffee, so no way to make owt but instant), leading to headaches most Sundays... Would like to drink less during the week really, but that never seems to easy at the time!

Headaches on Sunday are lack of caffeine? Sure it's not the booze from the night before?

You could try headache tablets, the 'plus' strength ones have caffeine in them.

Just have an instant coffee seems like the obvious solution here. Drinking less of the stuff would be a good idea, but doing it by going cold turkey over the weekend isn't the way to do it.

Blue Swirl wrote:

Caffeine re-wires the way your brain works, reducing the amount of oxygen it needs, and hence blood flow. When you come off caffeine, blood returns to the brain, hence the "coffee headache".

This is very bad science.

Unlikely wrote:

Blue Swirl wrote:

Caffeine re-wires the way your brain works, reducing the amount of oxygen it needs, and hence blood flow. When you come off caffeine, blood returns to the brain, hence the "coffee headache".

This is very bad science.

This is also why you're likely to make bad decisions on caffeine.

I'll go further. It's utter nonsense.  Just so there's no misunderstanding.