If you don’t drink coffee, what do you have at home for guests?

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Not really having a clue we have tended to buy in some kind of premium instant (is that an oxymoron?) but been wondering if we should upgrade to a cafetière or a machine.
We don’t often have guests but got a few things coming up in the next couple of months and we usually host Christmas.

Instant.

I'm not buying a coffee machine for the odd occasion we have a coffee drinking guest.

I suppose if you have the budget and space then you could get a guest coffee machine though!

A nice instant

I would get a stovetop coffee maker - make sure you get a bigger size if you're only going to use it for guests, and learn how to use it first! They are really reasonable, much cheaper than a machine.

I have a filter coffee machine as my DM likes it when she comes to stay but tbh it rarely gets used. I steal sachets from any hotels I stay in and use those. 😂 or buy a small tub of instant.

I would get a reasonably priced filter machine and some mid-range coffee (ground). That's good enough for guests IMO and won't be too expensive for something you won't use any other time.

Stove top is a good option too. I'd avoid cafetiere, personally, as some people don't like coffee made that way.

I would get a cafetiere - not expensive and easy to store

I’d buy a jar of instant

Jar of instant.
I love the smell of coffee.. don't like the taste .
I only drink decaff tea.

Ask your visitors to bring their own coffee? Do a morning coffee shop run when they visit? M&S do coffee bags (like a tea bag) which I use for camping.

No need for you to be buying machines, and few people I know who like coffee would like being offered a cup of instant coffee.

Coffee bags are good. I use them for work and they are much better than instant.

I'm a coffee drinker and love a real coffee but I wouldn't expect a non-coffee drinker to have that available just for me. I'd be very happy with Azeera ('nice instant') or a normal freeze dried instant. Not a sachet coffee though. Those are horrible! I wouldn't say that to them though and would get on and drink it.

Good instant is absolutely fine.

I dislike going to people’s houses who only have filter coffee paraphernalia. I don’t want to create all that faff in someone else’s home but do want a hot drink! (Friends with small children / family where making drinks as a guest is okay!)

I’ve got a coffee machine for guests because we have quite a lot of guests and none of them drink instant. So it gets used quite a lot.

I’m thinking of guests who are staying, so don’t want to be doing multiple coffee runs.

I will investigate stove top ones. Would need one that works with an induction hob.

Not much of a consensus so far!

I would get a premium instant, one of those in small tins for about £3.50 on offer

I have a cafetiere and coffee for it in the freezer. I also have coffee bags. Most people seem to like real coffee. But one boyfriend preferred having strong instant.

Taylors coffee bags are nice (like teabags but with coffee in) and easy to use and store. Also won't go off. If you buy ground/filter coffee it won't keep so not ideal for occasional guests imo.
As an avid coffee drinker, decent instant (like azera) would be absolutely fine as well though.

I'd get a cafetière.

If you get coffee making stuff, you will have to store it somewhere and still buy coffee as the ground stuff goes off a lot quicker when opened

Small jar of good instant.
Not Tesco but there is no need to go to an Italian deli, any decent brand currently on offer will be fine.

The stove top ones are for making expresso aren't they? They seem to have a very small capacity in the standard size. I'd opt for a cafetiere as you can get a few cups out of it.

Or if I wanted something a bit fancier, an aeropress. As these are small and cheap and make good coffee.

Disclaimer, not a coffee drinker, but live with one and have made many cups of coffee.

I'm a coffee drinker and do have a machine. When we go away I take Azera instant and it's the best one I've found.

Oh I'd totally forgotten about the coffee filter mug-top things! Don't know what they're called...buy those. Best option I think as you can just get them in when people are visiting.

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