What's the best way to make good decaff coffee?

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I don't like instant coffee much, although will sometimes drink barista style instant.

I only drink decaff. I find it messy cleaning out a cafetiere, the grounds go everywhere. I'm terrified the stove top espresso machines will explode ( I suffer with anxiety, I'm aware it's a bit over the top). I tend to froth up heated milk and make a cappuccino but don't know how to get the best espresso to go in it.

I've used Tassimo and Nespresso but dislike that they are so wasteful and also expensive plus there's very little choice in decaff.

What's the best way to make it? I can't afford a £300 machine.

I buy lavazza decaf beans on amazon prime, we have a delonghi coffee machine.

We use an aeropress if one of us wants coffee, or a V60 filter for more than one (it's just a simple drip filter). Freshly ground beans - usually from Atkinson's in Lancaster (they sell on the internet), they do good decaf beans.

I don’t know...

But I do know that the best way to make coffee is with a shot of amaretto, so maybe that would work for you too?

Yes, it fits perfectly :-)

Hello

For those of you who grind your beans and use them in a drip filter...which grinder would you recommend? I have a couple of bags of beans I have bought by mistake and no way to grind them. I use a filter.

For grinding I have a little wet and dry blade grinder - it's not as even as the burr grinder I had before, but it also hasn't broken yet.

However... I don't grind beans that often, I mostly use ready ground. I also don't keep it in the fridge or freezer. The difference you get in flavour is really minimal if you're using decent coffee and water at 95-98 degrees - and not letting it stew

We've got a burr grinder, I can't remember what brand it is because DH bought it. He's more of a coffee conoisseur than me, but as we've got it I use it too, the smell as the beans grind is lovely.

Thank you. Year ago I used to have an electric krups grinder that did the job, no idea what happened to it. I will investigate wet and dry blade grinders and burr grinders. Thank you.

After a succession of blade grinders broke (the interlock mechanisms are often flimsy) DH got a really good Wilfa burr grinder. We also have a small Rhinowares hand burr grinder. If we didn't use whole beans regularity I'd probably get a blade grinder that could be used for herbs etc too though.

I didn't get on with the aeropress at all and ended up sending it back. I have weak wrists and just couldn't press it down. I'm back to using my old nespresso for now, but will probably use a cafetiere as I can't afford a coffee shop style Gaggia or similar and can't find anything else that seems suitable.

I make lovely decaff coffee using these beans, ground in a Krupps burr grinder then filtered in a fairly bog standard filter machine.

I dislike cafetiere coffee. The way the water mingles with the coffee grounds gives the coffee a bitter edge that I don't like. I much much prefer filter coffee (in the absence of a proper espresso machine).