I love coffee. Caffè macchiato is probably my favourite out and about fix. I hate the soullessness of the big chain coffee places but luckily a few miles away is the most brilliant independent coffee shop that beats any costa or starbucks. I have pretty much every machine and every conceivable grinder and hob coffee maker available.
Some of my family live mostly in Italy so until recently my favourite coffee was made on the gas hob in an Italian Moka pot. Their local equivalent supermarket to say Asda has this incredible ground medium roast ground fresh coffee for about £!.40 a bag they bring me about ten bags back whenever they come over.
The Italians obviously take their coffee very seriously it is intrinsic to their culture. I once ordered a cappuccino after 10am in a coffee bar in Italy with some friends THE HORROR -it is seen as extremely wrong..if you order a cappuccino or similar after lunch you may as well have just shat on an Italians shoe..they are totally disgusted..something to do with digestion.
I have nothing against instant coffee but there are only very few I like..unless it's 'hospital coffee' made by my ex nurse 90 year old Gran with hot milk and nescafe!
But this bloody Turkish/Greek coffee is proving a nightmare to make...I shall await the proper pan thingy a briki? which should aid the foam on the top and the settlement of the coffee sediment....Oh yes I take coffee very seriously indeed.