How do you define being a Snob!

I made my coffee the way jeni directed and it was lovely! I HAD to boil it, jingl, because it wouldn't go up the tube thing otherwise - don't think I got any nasties .

yoga!!! DH is always saying "careful! that mug will break", and I say "as if!"

My older cousin used to buy fake leg tan and then draw a seam , very carefully, with an eyebrow pencil. She also fuzzed up her hair by back-combing, long before it became fashionable in the 60's. (She was arrested for soliciting American sailors at Manchester docks! ) My sisters and I used to sit on her bed to watch her getting ready to go out. Not the best role model, but we were very ignorant of such things - and so were my mother and aunt. They were very impressed by how kind the men were to buy her silk stockings and perfume.

Bluebadge, my mum and aunt used gravy browning to make their legs brown during the war. Surprised the cat didn't lick it off.

That has relieved my mind! I thought it was just me!

PS jeni DH used to work at Frizzells/LV and I am certain that no matter where you are in Bournemouth, all roads actually do lead to County Gates/Frizzells roundabout.

Gosh this thread has moved around a bit - meandered even! I have read through it and been tempted to add my penn'orth but then the topic has moved slightly one way or t'other and my response doesn't seem relevant any more even if I could remember it.
However, I do laugh at "coffee snobbery" (especially my own.) When we had scaffolders here last summer I offered them a cup of tea - one said he would rather have coffee. All I had was decaf real so I said so and he pulled a face and said he would rather have tea. I didn't give in to the temptation to say I only had Lapsang Souchong
We have a Gaggia which DH bought when he was working in Bournemouth and I can't get past the second paragraph of the instruction book, so it's the cafetiere for me. DD has a Nespresso of the George Clooney variety and loves it (hint, hint)

I hope I am doing this correctly - new to this site etc. The mention of Camp coffee takes me back to my childhood during the war - girls used it to colour their legs as stockings, no nylons then, were difficult to get. I bought a bottle recently for baking, but have decided I like it better thhan coffee!!

Hey jingle - i used to have one of those but one day I pressed down on the top of it and the cup underneath broke. Scalding coffee all over the work top and me, I was so annoyed with it that i threw it in the bin

BTW - I use Camp coffee when I make coffee cake

this is the best coffee maker around.

Greenmossgiel never boil coffee! You will get all the nasties.

Glass cafetières are allergic to me. Mr Bags has one but I don't touch it.

Maniac I'll try that; I have yet to find an instant coffee that I like, but it would be so convenient. I do love ground coffee.

I've had every sort of coffee machine, but now just use cafetieres of different types. I have a "smartcup" which is an insulated mug with a cafetier type plunger, which makes an excellent one cup of whatever strength you want. OK, it's brown and plastic but I'm rather fond of it. When I post at 4.00 a.m. It is from that I am drinking.

I prefer carte noir!

Try Nescafe's Alta Rica -the best instant coffee I've had.Even conned my SIL whose a real coffee snob.I do have a small cafetiere kept for him and get freshly ground beans from my local P.O.when he comes for a weekend visit so that he can make his own coffee
I can't be bothered and don't have the space for a coffee machine

Ah - I've got you! I'll try using 2 tbs for my small mug! I'll not make it tonight, or I'll never sleep! Thanks, jeni!

No way! 1/2 litre is a pint. I would use 2-3 for that!

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

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!

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.

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

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?

You can still buy it now.

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

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

Camp coffee? Does it still exist?