Hi.
Well, it might be a pod machine, but I don't have the time every morning to hand grind my coffee, we also have one of those Tassimo machines in the office so if you are on brake, you can fix yourself something to drink real quick.

Greetings Moritz.

Maybe it's a Canadian thing, or maybe it's the fact that I grew up with them in an Asian family, so it's never been something I did anything but take for granted. Like I said, they're definitely around... amazon.ca and amazon.com both have tons of them. I think it just isn't as common of a household item. In my house we have both an electric ketle and what essentially amounts to a hot water dispenser, which boils the water like an electric kettle and then keeps it hot as long as it's plugged in.

If you will see a kettle of any kind in an American home, it will be one that you remove the lid, poor in the water, replace the lid, set it on the stove, at one of the smallest burners and boil the water that way, I've never in my life been in someone's home and they've had an electric kettle. We do have electric grittles, crockpots, though I think the Brits might call them slow cookers. We have toasters and toaster ovens, but no kettles. Not saying you couldn't easily procure one, its just not common to find one in the home of an american. The aforementioned type of kettle is fairly common I would say in the homes of the older generation, I wouldn't say that millennials would have them, but then again, its not like I go around to many of their homes. But you'd expect your mother or grandmother to have this type of, I guess manual kettle. We call them tea kettles, but we drink our tea ice cold lol. Of course there are Americans who are tea connoisseurs who have all they need to make hot tea. I drink iced tea by the gallon, but to drink hot tea, I couldn't even fathom it.

I don't think heating a kettle of water on the stove in Britain has been common since the 1950's .

I think the term "tea kettle" came from the days when people would use a small kettle to heat water for tea directly over a fire, but these days the electric kettle is just referred to as a kettle and is used pretty much anytime you need boiling water, for example I use one when making pasta, there are even a number of instant foods from cupper soup to  hot chocolate to the dreaded pot noodles which just go on the principle of simply adding water, albeit most of  these tend to be fairly crappy .

People do still use tea pots, but  these are a completely different thing to a kettle, and generally you only need one if your making more than one cup of tea at a time.
Usually I just stick the teabags in the cup, or if I'm using ground tea leaves or gunpouder tea I have a handy little defuser.

It actually gets rather funny when my parents visit and I'm boiling the kettle and then using the water for a hole bunch of different things, bog standard English breakfast tea brewed strong for my dad, very horrible instant coffee made with loads of milk for my mum, a cafetiere full of tea for me and some fruit tea with sweetener for my lady .

I will agree with you that lack of an electric kettle makes a coffee maker a more convenient option as I found in the states, however for me the coffee maker just wouldn't produce the same quality coffee in the end, or at least none of the ones I've tried have.

I freely admit, I am a coffee snob .

I have an electric kettle here, as well. I am also a canadian though.
It's interesting that in america they aren't as common, my family has had one for as long as I can remember, and we aren't even tea drinkers.
I haven't gotten to the point of wanting a manual coffee grinder yet as my electric one seems to do the trick nicely, I am however referred to as a coffee snob by my friends, family and acquaintances. I'll be able to get the deathwish coffee in a week or so, so will update the topic with my opinion then!

hi.
You know, I really don't care how elaborate the coffee I am drinking has been made, if it tastes good, it tastes good in my opinion and if the way to make it is convinient and quick, like those Tassimo machines, I'll stick with it and don't go the way of grinding coffee, heating water and so on.

Greetings Moritz.

I find certain types of cookies go very well with coffee, and of course chocolate... dark chocolate, specifically. And as for the manual grinder, it definitely isn't something I intend to use regularly... I will likely just stick to my electric grinder and load the manual one from the hopper when I need to take it on a trip, or whatnot.
@Simba, fair enough, as Dark said... but don't knock it til you've tried it! Of course taste is subjective, and if you don't care that much, then you don't. There are just a few of us here who do care about how our coffee is made, as well as noticing the difference in taste between different methods.

Yeah, I used to not drink coffee simply because it was bitter, I had to add sugar to make it drinkable. Eventually I decided to try a variety of brands and styles to see if bitterness was just the way coffee was or if you could actually get coffee that tastes good. I eventually settled on Folgers Black Silk, a ground coffee that is quite strong and tastes good from an automatic drip coffee maker. I got my parents some as a Christmas present because they were still drinking that bitter swill, and now they too use the Black Silk coffee.

While searching for Death Wish, I discovered that it is available in both whole beans and preground, so when I need to buy more coffee, I'll get some to try out.

Well, the first batch of cold brew with a french press is a success! At least, for me it is... I have yet to have people taste it. Definitely brings out the chocolate aromas of the particular beans I'm using, and may be a little strong for some, but would be perfect with a bit of milk. We'll see what others say...

Get ready for a long Post.

I have a Capresso Infinity Burr Grinder that I use to grind my Beans with. It has 16 different settings. Four Sections of Settings and Four Clicks in each Section. The First Section is Course Grind for French Presses, The Second Section is for Drip Pots and Percolators, The Third Section is for Espresso, And the Last Setting is for Turkish Coffee. I normally use The French Press Method to make my Coffee. I Grind the Beans, pour  them in the Press, Fill the Kettle with water and put it on the Stove, Wait for it to come to a boil, pour the water in the Press over the Beans, Stir the Water and Grinds with a Straw or Stir stick, and then put the Lid Plunger over it to let it sit for five Minutes. Then I press the Plunger to the bottom. Then I pour the coffee into my Cup or Mug. Now Sometimes I like to put a bit of 100 Percent Natural Maple Syrup in the Bottom of my Cup before pouring the Coffee. I usually use Dark Roast Beans. So the Maple Flavor with the Coffee is a nice Combination. But most of the Time, I drink it Black with nothing in it. And an Andes Mint or some sort of Mint Chocolate or a Cookie or Something Baked that is Sweet with my Dark Coffee is very Heavenly! I'm not into putting Loads of Sugar and Cream in my Coffee. To me, that just defeats the Purpose of having Coffee in the first place. And that Half and Half is Disgusting! We also have a Restaurant called The Cheesecake Factory here in Florida. I'll have a Nice Dinner and then afterword, I will have a Slice of Cheesecake with Double Shot of Espresso. Very Dark Espresso. But it goes wonderfully with there Cheesecake. I also have a 15 Bar Pump Espresso Machine at my place that Makes Single or Double Shot Espressos. Sometimes I use the Second section of my Grinder for Percolation to bring some Coffee into work for people to make. And often times, people tell me that the coffee that I bring in tastes better than the stuff they use at my Work Place. I stay far away from those Coffee Pods! God only knows what Chemicals they put in Those!

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