Making a good espresso at home

Ever wonder if you can make a good cup of coffee at home, without having to mortgage the house?

Nothing beats hanging out in a cool café with wonderful people....BUT...sometimes it's nice to start the day with good cup of coffee, coming right at you from your own kitchen.

Now, I use one of these!  --->

I have tried the aluminium espresso makers too, but this one just seems smoother and makes a lovely cup of coffee.

But how to make that perfect cup of coffee?

I took my Espresso maker down to Coffee Collective and wacked it on the counter and asked Kim, "How on earth do I get the best out of this?"

And Kim sent me a link to The Stumptown Coffee Roasters' (from "over there") blog with the perfect instructions to making an espresso on a Moka Espresso Maker. I will thus share it with you guys:  ≧◔◡◔≦ 

Guide to making a good espresso at home

Kim says to boil the water before brewing the coffee.  This makes the water boil quicker and gives a more stable extraction which means a less bitter coffee.  Remember to wash the pot in warm water, and not use vinegar.

Last but not least, go out there and get your favourite beans to go!

Where to find the Espresso Maker??

In my hunt to do so (on a tight budget) (remember, I am spending ALL my money buying coffee at café´s in Copenhagen), I came by Kontra Coffee.

Now, I did actually try to find the 4 cup Bialetti Venus Espresso maker elsewhere in town, but was told that these are impossible to find in Copenhagen and that there is a 7 month waiting list in order to find them. So if this is the espresso maker you are looking for, hurry on down to Kontra, because there were plenty for sale there.

Kontra also has loads of  parts and other nifty little coffee instruments on hand, so if it's not this one you want, you may just find what you're looking for anyway.

Find Kontra Coffee here:

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Røde Roses - Kids welcome

Ever get the feeling that someone broke all the rules and got away with it? That's what happened here at Røde Roses café. The furniture doesn't match, the coffee comes in some kind of yellow ceramic blob of a cup and there are gossip magazines on the tables instead of the predictable Vogue and Design magazines.

In fact this feels like someone's living room, rather than a café in Copenhagen.  There are toys, on shelves, lamps on stands instead of hanging from the ceiling....and a certain atmosphere of...caos.

Children are welcome here.  In fact the café used to be a kindergarden that was threatened to be closed. The owners of the café bought it up and continued with the kindergarden while using the café to earn money to pay for the rent.  The children meet each morning at the café and drive off to a forrest or some other place for the day, and meet back at the café in the afternoon.

But the real question is, how is the coffee? Well the coffee is quite good.  Here they use Kontra beans and have experienced staff at hand.  Not all are trained  baristas, but they do know a deal about coffee.

The café is situated way back in the city burbs at the north side.  You need to go a little out of the way to find it, but once you do, you will find that it was way worth the trip.  It is located in a charming little oasis on a cobblestone street.  Here you can see some of the old Copenhagen and experience a young and artistic café scene.

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