Filter coffee, why did we forsake this?

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On holiday and very much preferring the old school drip coffee machine in the villa as opposed to the Nespresso.

Considering a return to it back home and wondering why it went out of fashion!

That's almost cheaper than at home. I use a filter machine ( or cafetiere) - a strength 4 or 5 - perhaps a 1/5th bag. I like a plain coffee with cold milk, nothing fancy. I can ask for that in pretty much any European language and all is well. My son loves his pod machine - too weak for me.

(I will say that I don't like nespresso either...)

I use a V60 and have an occasional delivery from Pact.

The crema.

That's all I have to say about that.

Filter coffee is so retro it is fashionable again, but in specialist coffee circles they call it drip coffee or pour-over, and use Hario V60 filter papers in one-cup holders. It's big in Japan, and you can get lovely ceramic filter holders (eg Toast had some expensive artisanal hand-made ones last year).

OP.. I love your user name!😈😇

Surely it's only insipid if you use too little coffee and/or too much water? I make myself a very strong coffee in a one-cup cafetiere every morning. The strength is entirely down to how much coffee I put in (and which coffee I use). The grounds go in the food caddy.

I'm sure one reason so many more people are overweight now is because of the trend for huge, sweet drinks, e.g. massive lattes with weird syrups added. An old school filter or cafetiere coffee with a dash of milk has hardly any calories in it.

No, I think there is something (for me) inherently insipid about it, regardless of strength. As I said, it's a question of individual taste: I think what I'm describing is the same thing as a couple of PPs saying that they find filter coffee 'smoother', so it's not a universally bad thing, I just don't like it.

I love a punch you in the face caffeine hit 🥰

I’m still using my lovely cafetière I’ve had for 40 odd years. It’s had two replacement glass insides - ( thank you Pro Cook!) but the first one lasted over 30 years. I grind the beans and make it quite strong. I do also have a pod machine but it is gathering dust at the moment.

Yes I use a coffee cone that sits on the cup

I have a cafetière and my own coffee I pack for every holiday. Even a night away in the uk.

Love my filter machine. Have always had them. We have a thermos jug not glass. The sound and smell of filter coffee brewing is my childhood.

DH loves his ninja coffee machine but I am team mocha pot! Half of my friends drink pour-over as well.

Well Nespresso is crap so filter coffee will be better

I love my filter coffee machine. It blends the beans so the coffee is super fresh, has a timer so I can wake up to fresh coffee and automatically turns off after 40 mins brewing. Before I got it I used a cafetiere, never got the hype for pods. I like being able to experiment with different beans as well.

If you search for a third wave coffee shop many of them will have V60 and/or chemex coffee in addition to espresso. I used to be loyal to my V60 at home but now my clever dripper has taken over because it’s so much easier.

Nespresso is awful.

We grind out own beans and use a coffee machine.

Nespresso is the worst coffee.

Never done away with the filter machine. I'm one of these people that either actively dislike flavoured coffees and can't be bothered with cappuccino etc ( and always burns her tongue on the Nespresso coffee at the hairdressers!)

I still use filter coffee with a reusable filter, Starbucks whole bean which I grind each morning. It's a really nice start to the day. I'm guessing the Nespresso took over because of the messiness of getting rid of the grounds?

My cheap Ninja broke and they don't do replacements. DH has palpitations every time I suggest one of the expensive current ones. He has a point as, apart from plain drip filter, we never used any of the functions on previous fancy machines.

I had a Melitta one for years and now got John Lewis. I like the coffee and how you just put the filter paper of grounds in the compost, so not messy

I didn't. I still use my trusty cafetiere, bought when I was at college.

It had a new glass when last boyfriend, who didn't want to get his fingers dirty cleaning it, took it out in the garden and shook it hard to get rid of the grounds. Then looked a bit surprised when the glass flew across the lawn and smashed. 😂 Otherwise as good as new. I can make it as strong as I wish.

We have cafetière coffee every morning and it is so much nicer than instant. We have a bean grinder with a hopper, so just a couple of buttons to press and an insulated or at least double lined cafetière. We still have the odd sachet coffee in the afternoon but not that often. I really like good coffee but only have one a day, so I want it to be something I really enjoy ☕️

Filter coffee with unbleached papers. Lidl bellarom strength 4 beans, ground up using an ancient starbucks grinder.
The pods are just stupid and espresso is made badly by the coffee shops.