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Chinese-made Royal Coffee Makers

PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:49 pm
by davidbondy
Any good? Every since I saw the movie Bucket List I have wanted one.

They are on fleabay for around a hundred quid ... anyone know if they're worth the money?

AtDhVaAnNkCsE <= thanks in advance!

David

RE: Chinese-made Royal Coffee Makers

PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 8:03 pm
by CakeBoy
Not seen one, have you got a link to one on ebay please as I'm not entirely sure what I'm searching for ..... I know, it's my age :oops: :P

RE: Chinese-made Royal Coffee Makers

PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:57 pm
by davidbondy

RE: Chinese-made Royal Coffee Makers

PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:05 am
by GeorgeW
That's interesting.....now if we can only persuade someone to buy one and post the results.

RE: Chinese-made Royal Coffee Makers

PostPosted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:43 pm
by CakeBoy
Ah, thanks David. That was the one I found whilst searching, but I really had no idea what type of machine it was. I agree with George, very intersting piece of kit :)

RE: Chinese-made Royal Coffee Makers

PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:48 pm
by tap
Teme had one. hard to clean was it?

RE: Chinese-made Royal Coffee Makers

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:29 am
by bruceb
"Too much form, too little function" says the spoil sport. :wink:

RE: Chinese-made Royal Coffee Makers

PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:59 am
by alwrjp
They can produce very good results.

I've had coffee from them a few times in China. The best was in Kunming, which is the coffee growing province of China, hence a greater awareness of fresh coffee. Here they actually did it twice, because the first time the brew was too fast -- the head "barista" grimaced, made a few adjustments, brewed again so that it steeped for a bit over a minute, and came out with a very nice coffee. The last one I had was at a Russian restaurant in Harbin, quite a spectacle but appalling coffee!

The owner of one of our best local coffee shops imported one. Unfortunately I missed this opportunity to try one with really good coffee because he liked it so much that he took it home ...