How do you define being a Snob!

Yes bags, definitely a coffee snob, prefer Guatemalan myself! However, surprised myself this morning when a friend made me a cup of instant and I 'ectuerly' finished it!

My middle brother lives in the US and only drinks fresh coffee. He says he loves having instant Nescafe when he's visiting our mum in Lancashire. Says he kind of misses it over there.

Malongo - La Tierra - Bio. - Arabica - Fab.

Only have one mug in the morning, so make sure it's a great one.

I agree kittylester. I am absolutely sure we've all been guilty of some sort of snobbery in our time!

Love the aroma of coffee, but it decided long ago that it didn't like me. So sad!

I drink gallons of real coffee. Got one of those magic machines that you put beans in the top and coffee comes out of the bottom. Love it.

My sister is a coffee snob. When she's in this country, nothing is good enough. Of course, everything in NZ is perfect.....

yoda I wondered about one of those. Have a delonghi espresso machine but can't get on with it. Do the work?

My machine is a Delongi Magnifica, very easy to use but my only grumble is that it could make the coffee a bit hotter.

I do drink instant coffee - but the coffee in NZ in cafes is very good. You have to be prepared to wait for it to be freshly made.

Greatnan - agree with you on NZ coffee, you may have to wait, but they do bring it to your table for you which is good

A far cry from the bottles of chicory we had when I was a child.

We used to have a cappucino maker (also Delonghi, I think) but it needed a replacement washer and the manufacturers wouldn't tell me how to do it or send me the right tool so I'm boycotting them. Now I make the coffee in a jug, put a plastic tub lid on top while I warm the milk, give it a stir, and pour it through a tea strainer. Works fine! (so I'm not that much of a coffee snob! ).

I remember chicory at my gran's hous. A sort of oblongish bottle with a picture on it?

Yes, square oblong rather than round oblong.

Camp Coffee? Picture of an Indian gentleman?

Camp coffee? Does it still exist?

Oh I remember my Gran having Camp coffee - in liquid form I seem to remember?

That's it! I think it was mainly chicory!

You can still buy it now.

I'm going to show my complete and utter ignorance now! My sister-in-law has given me her 1960's coffee percolator, which she never used. It's the sort (Sona?) that you put on the cooker and you put the ground coffee in the bit at the top (see what I mean - I've led a very sheltered life)! Anyway - I've brought some lovely coffee back from one of those great supermarkets in France and I don't know how to make it! How many spoonfuls do I put in the top bit, and how much water in the bottom bit? How long do I let it boil/percolate for?

How big is it? How much coffee do you want? How strong?

I've just measured the capacity, jeni, and I think it would take about a litre and half. I would probably only want to make less than half of that though. I like quite strong coffee.

I work on about 1 tbsp per espresso cup. I like it strong. Let it boil then simmer for about 10mins at a guess. I think it's trial and error with those!

Would that be for about half-a-litre of water, jeni?