COFFEEEEEEEE

I decided that to be able to survive Le Tour once I am on annual leave, I needed a way to make coffee at home that isn't instant as tea wan't going to cut it. After seeking some advice from some people in the know, yes cyclists, I decided to get a Moka pot and then to get some freshly ground beans to try and its great!

After following some links from some people, I stumbled across this thread and then from that one I found this one and it is GREAT! Although this is only my second ever time using a Moka so my opinion may not count for much, but the coffee is Great! I made one batch of sacrificial coffee just to break it in... no need if it is needed, but it felt like a good idea at the time.

Basically, as the second link above suggested, I boiled my kettle and filled up the water reservoir of the Moka with the hot water from the kettle. I then put the coffee filter bit in with the coffee in it assembled it all and then put it over a low - medium heat and waited until the coffee started to come out and switched the gas off.

Not all the water came out, so I may have switched it off a couple of seconds too soon - I will have to experiment, but the coffee was great with some milk I had pre-heated in the microwave.

I wanted to make another one, but I knew I shouldn't have two coffees so I didn't, but I really want to use it again!

Last night was the first night of Le Tour and it saw Valverde come first and Cadel Evans came in 6th only 1 second behind which is a great start for him. The next few days at work are going to be tough until I go on annual leave as of COB Thursday, but I am sure I will manage.... somehow... pitty I can't take my new Moka Pot to work!