11 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I'm not down with those coffee pods. The pod is made of aluminum or plastic, both of which I'd like to avoid as much ad possible.

Was recently back in Blighty, popped in to Morrisons, and was surprised to see that they offer coffee pod recycling:

"We've partnered with coffee pod recycling scheme 'Podback' - Morrisons Blog"

https://my.morrisons.com/blog/community/podback/

Have to say that I've never once enjoyed coffee from a coffee pod.

You can buy reusable aluminium coffee pods on Temu.

Just flush the coffee business into the toilet.

Switch to tea, your brain and stomach will thank you.

17 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I don't like the fiddliness of paper filtres and their disposal.

Cowboy coffee is much easier and no need for filters.

Pods are for noobs, glad i moved away years ago

58 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I'm not down with those coffee pods. The pod is made of aluminum or plastic, both of which I'd like to avoid as much ad possible.

39 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

You can buy reusable aluminium coffee pods on Temu.

They do sell 304 stainless steel pods. No need to use plastic or aluminum, nor fill up the landfills.

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

They do sell 304 stainless steel pods. No need to use plastic or aluminum, nor fill up the landfills.

I stand corrected. The ones I saw are ss. I was showing them to an Aussie guy I was working with in Sabah. He's a Starbucks espresso pod fan and was running out of the (bloody expensive) ones he had brought from home.

He also brought a Nanopresso that worked well with the fine ground Suzuki coffee I brought from Makro. He was oohing and aahing over the crema and aroma

I'm old school cafetiere style coffee sucker and could count the number of espressos I've had in my long life on one hand. Too much faff for a teeny weeny cup IMHO.

Edited July 11Jul 11 by NanLaew

My clever dripper is plastic.

I don't understand why that's seen as bad as the coffee and water go through the paper filter whatever the dripper is made of.

After buying the clever dripper I bought a Moka Pot to add some variety to my coffee making. Turns out I use it less than 10 percent of the time as I like the Clever Dripper so much.

33 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

I stand corrected. The ones I saw are ss. I was showing them to an Aussie guy I was working with in Sabah. He's a Starbucks espresso pod fan and was running out of the (bloody expensive) ones he had brought from home.

He also brought a Nanopresso that worked well with the fine ground Suzuki coffee I brought from Makro. He was oohing and aahing over the crema and aroma

I'm old school cafetiere style coffee sucker and could count the number of espressos I've had in my long life on one hand. Too much faff for a teeny weeny cup IMHO.

Yea 50 or 100ml serving is not for me either. My morning cup is 425ml, so pods are out.

8 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I'm not down with those coffee pods. The pod is made of aluminum or plastic, both of which I'd like to avoid as much ad possible.

Nope

6 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Yea 50 or 100ml serving is not for me either. My morning cup is 425ml, so pods are out.

6 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Yea 50 or 100ml serving is not for me either. My morning cup is 425ml, so pods are out.

Portion for my Moka isn't an issue as I bought a large sized one.

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Portion for my Moka isn't an issue as I bought a large sized one.

My French Press is 600ml, and think the Moka is 450ml. If you have an aluminum Moka, you might want to switch over to Stainless Steel.

After I did, I could notice a slight metalic taste with the aluminum. Used this little Moka set up when O&A.

Edited July 11Jul 11 by KhunLA

The Moka output is closer to espresso, so I find a somewhat lesser volume than my dripper to be about equivalent. But as I said for some reason I'm strongly favoring the dripper.