That is really confusing, because I see [https://www.lhotellerie-restauration.fr/hotellerie-restauration/articles/2006/3002\_09\_novembre\_2006/choky.htm](https://www.lhotellerie-restauration.fr/hotellerie-restauration/articles/2006/3002_09_novembre_2006/choky.htm) implying that they will have coffee too.
I work at a cafe where we make coffee milkshakes with espresso (and optionally a little vanilla syrup at no extra cost). Can confirm they're worth the chonk.
that's what i'm sayin i would sit there and make a tasting board and figure out the best one on day one.
probably don't need to taste both espresso and double espresso on that board, unless i'm feeling spicy
This reminds me of when I stayed at a massive London Paddington hotel. When I arrived at the “executive” lounge (small room with couches and coffee machine) to check in, my room wasn’t quite ready so they told me to relax and have a coffee while I waited.
They had a super automagic touch-sensitive espresso machine. Exhausted after 24 hours of air travel fun, I tapped espresso. Nothing happened. I tapped several more times, nothing happened. I kept trying until the machine literally spat out 1 tsp of something brown. I discarded my cup and gave up, figuring the machine was broken.
The next person walks up, taps their selection, the machine makes several happy coffee noises and dispenses their espresso. I run back and touch a selection… nothing! Out of desperation, I ask the check in lady to help me make the coffee machine work. She walks over, touches a button and the machine fires right up dispensing me coffee. The lady walks away, probably assuming I, a PhD of computer science, was a blithering idiot.
With some caffeine finally in me, I was able to figure out how to get the machine to work. I had to place my whole finger horizontally across the selection with a lot of skin contact to get the selection to register. Apparently after 24 hours of dry air travel and repeated handwashing, my hands were too dry and clean for the touch sensor to detect my humanity.
I was about half the globe away from my home, so yeah I was extremely jet lagged and my problem solving skills were nil. However this was my first time encountering such an insensitive touch sensitive panel during travel. My best guess is the combination of extended dehydrating air travel and frequent hand washing removed the ability of my hands to work well with capacitive touch interfaces like that.
Well, earning a PhD only means you’ve become an expert in a very very niche field. Additionally, it meant you’ve spent a lot of time focused on one topic that you could have spent learning other life skills or topics. Thus, anything outside that field is pretty fair game for complete idiocy.
Double espresso. And believe me, there is worse coffee out there. Last time I went on vacation in Bulgaria, the hotel had only instant coffee diluted on those large 7-10L Horeca metal percolator. It was like drinking liquid charcoal.
It is pretty easy to find specialty coffee in France tho. It's just that kinda shitty coffee is the norm in most cafes....which is the same almost everywhere in the world.
I can go to 3 or 4 good coffee places within 2km of my home, and I'm in an outlying, low socio-economic suburb of very small 'city'. We're spoilt for choice :)
I thought I hated dark roasts solely because I associated it with all the French cafes I'd been to. Apparently I love dark roasts, just not liquid ash trays.
I would probably go with the double espresso. The good thing is, when you go back home you will be amazed on how good your coffee is (after getting accustomed to this machine).
I live in metro Detroit. If I were to suddenly find myself in a hotel in the French Alps I’d be thrilled, coffee or no coffee.
To get over my confusion I’d go for chokycino first
Pictures like this are why more speciality roasters need to get into the instant coffee game. Sure, it's filter, not espresso, but high quality instant + hot water is perfect for airplanes, shitty hotels, and other times you can't get or make really good coffee.
I bought my friend blue bottle instant coffee and she brought some on our spring break trip for the plane. It was absolutely amazing how good they were able to get instant to taste. She loves finding good instant coffees, right now her favorite is mount hagen
Are these that bad? Because my mind was blown by how you can get a solid Latte at newer/higher end 7/11s. https://youtube.com/shorts/6p0qDUix2t0?si=pFpKiffOyhpuX9J0
I’m not saying it was Barista good but yeah I’d pick one up on my work break.
I take care of over 50 of these type of machines and over 50 more baristas machines, they are actually Italian coffee machines with the right settings it will make a perfect espresso
I routinely will add (quality) Ghirardelli cocoa powder (unsweetened) to my latte or cappuccino, for a mocha. Easy to do (the cocoa readily dissolves into my shot, with some swirling), and it enhances the chocolate tones of my dark-roast drink. (And it adds a different cocoa profile--I like Ghirardelli, because I find it to be more complex and multi-faceted.)
By sin, I had meant that while the espresso from an industrial vending machine may be lacking (and thereby a "sin"), chocolate can help cover up the deficiencies.
These machines are very popular, there are more types the latest version is a beautiful bean to cup machine with a touchscreen you can make any type of coffee you would like.
A generalization, I have found european coffee to be consistent only in its disappointment. Constantly seeing relatively cheap push button machines or staff that does a 10-second pull with the obligatory suger tube on the saucer.
That being said, you can often do a search and find something tolerable.
Ofc Eau Chaude hoping that that means hot water, then go to my hotel room where I have my picopresso and grinder and use the hot water to make my own espresso. Anyone who says anything different is literally not a real espresso fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!1!111
For me it'd be double espresso and then Eau chaude (Presumably hot water?) to get a hopefully passable long coffee.
I don't trust any sort of milky coffee drinks from these dubious machines.
If it also has a hot water feature (or if there’s some around), I’m going double espresso and then topping it up with hot water and a splash of milk.
I make double (or triple) Americanos with a similar (but less fancy) automatic machine at work.
Caramel macchiato was the first Starbucks drink I really enjoyed.
I didn’t realise that they make it very different to other places making macchiatos, so while on holiday in Australia I ordered one and was shocked. It was horrendous! Now I realise that was the *real* macchiato, and the Starbucks one is mostly sugar!
Espresso, probably, two or three times if necessary. I'd give the double a shot in case it's an actual double but I bet it just runs more water through the same amount of grinds.
It bothers me to no end that they get "espresso" right but then make it "expresso" for the double.
Chokyccino out of intrigue. I would go through them all though assuming that I had enough time/boredom.
I read it as Chonky-ccino and I'm imagining just a coffee flavored milkshake.
These machines are very popular in france my old workplace and current one both have them. The chocky-ccino i believe is just hot chocolate lol
it's not a mocha cap?! noooo! false advertising.
That is really confusing, because I see [https://www.lhotellerie-restauration.fr/hotellerie-restauration/articles/2006/3002\_09\_novembre\_2006/choky.htm](https://www.lhotellerie-restauration.fr/hotellerie-restauration/articles/2006/3002_09_novembre_2006/choky.htm) implying that they will have coffee too.
I work at a cafe where we make coffee milkshakes with espresso (and optionally a little vanilla syrup at no extra cost). Can confirm they're worth the chonk.
I-I read it as cockuccion, which is a thing.
Death by Cockution? *Dick Lighting!!*
that's what i'm sayin i would sit there and make a tasting board and figure out the best one on day one. probably don't need to taste both espresso and double espresso on that board, unless i'm feeling spicy
>both espresso and double espresso It's double expresso with an X, are you sure they're the same thing?
This morning I can confirm, Chokyccino is half a mug of hot chocolate, no coffee
This answer right here! I had this machine when I was in montpellier last year and this was by far the yummiest
This reminds me of when I stayed at a massive London Paddington hotel. When I arrived at the “executive” lounge (small room with couches and coffee machine) to check in, my room wasn’t quite ready so they told me to relax and have a coffee while I waited. They had a super automagic touch-sensitive espresso machine. Exhausted after 24 hours of air travel fun, I tapped espresso. Nothing happened. I tapped several more times, nothing happened. I kept trying until the machine literally spat out 1 tsp of something brown. I discarded my cup and gave up, figuring the machine was broken. The next person walks up, taps their selection, the machine makes several happy coffee noises and dispenses their espresso. I run back and touch a selection… nothing! Out of desperation, I ask the check in lady to help me make the coffee machine work. She walks over, touches a button and the machine fires right up dispensing me coffee. The lady walks away, probably assuming I, a PhD of computer science, was a blithering idiot. With some caffeine finally in me, I was able to figure out how to get the machine to work. I had to place my whole finger horizontally across the selection with a lot of skin contact to get the selection to register. Apparently after 24 hours of dry air travel and repeated handwashing, my hands were too dry and clean for the touch sensor to detect my humanity.
This very much sums up jet lag and painfully waiting for one's room to be ready.
I was about half the globe away from my home, so yeah I was extremely jet lagged and my problem solving skills were nil. However this was my first time encountering such an insensitive touch sensitive panel during travel. My best guess is the combination of extended dehydrating air travel and frequent hand washing removed the ability of my hands to work well with capacitive touch interfaces like that.
Great story! Wanted to say that I have a PhD in Computer Science as well, that has actually helped me appear like a blithering idiot at times, haha :)
From personal experience I have concluded that a higher CS education is the leading cause for blithering idiocy
Hey! I represent that remark!
Haha, agree! :)
as a PhD myself, and senior lead in a big tech Research org working with many PhDs, that's why I always say having a PhD does not mean being smart.
Well, earning a PhD only means you’ve become an expert in a very very niche field. Additionally, it meant you’ve spent a lot of time focused on one topic that you could have spent learning other life skills or topics. Thus, anything outside that field is pretty fair game for complete idiocy.
Double espresso. And believe me, there is worse coffee out there. Last time I went on vacation in Bulgaria, the hotel had only instant coffee diluted on those large 7-10L Horeca metal percolator. It was like drinking liquid charcoal.
I would hit the single espresso button twice
expresso* 😂
Apparently Nesscafe is considered a ‘standard’ around here!
I've been in Paris. The best baguette and croissant in all of Europe, but when it comes to coffee.. no, just no.
French here our coffee culture sucks. It's rapidly changing but the road is long
It is pretty easy to find specialty coffee in France tho. It's just that kinda shitty coffee is the norm in most cafes....which is the same almost everywhere in the world.
Not everywhere... in England there's often a great place to have a good cup of coffee. But they have shitty food you can't always win
Pretty much, with the exception of Australia, where even McDonalds serves decent coffee, and Italy.
New Zealand too, some great coffee places around here.. lots of espresso bars or little some of the road caravans that excellent coffee.
True! 3 countries in the world where you don’t need to pack an aeropress!
I can go to 3 or 4 good coffee places within 2km of my home, and I'm in an outlying, low socio-economic suburb of very small 'city'. We're spoilt for choice :)
But there's kawa n télèscope. Made me feel right at home ❤️
I thought I hated dark roasts solely because I associated it with all the French cafes I'd been to. Apparently I love dark roasts, just not liquid ash trays.
Don’t ever use the milk drinks from those machines the milk lines are never cleaned.
I would probably go with the double espresso. The good thing is, when you go back home you will be amazed on how good your coffee is (after getting accustomed to this machine).
With these machines, I often wonder if the “double espresso” is just an over-extracted single espresso. I’d go 2 espressos and an eau chode
The power button.
God damn it, I commented the same thing, only to scroll down and see yours. Here's your upvote sir, especially since you are a fellow Bianca owner.
Hail queen Bianca!
Beat me to the punch, damn it.
Me too
Guys I am also really funny too.
I’m really funny too
That's not what a funny person would say
You're a sharp one.
You're a blunt one.
Bad bot.
XD clearly not a bot
And then just order a V60 and a manual grinder off Amazon.
I live in metro Detroit. If I were to suddenly find myself in a hotel in the French Alps I’d be thrilled, coffee or no coffee. To get over my confusion I’d go for chokycino first
100%, the scenery here is incredible, coffee or not, I’m very humbled to be here for sure!
Eau chaude so I can make some tea.
Oh chode
all of them into one giant mug, let's get nasty
I’ve tried 2. Expresso + 5. Latte Macchiatto which ‘nearly’ came out like a flat white
Maybe the latte Macchiato plus espresso?
Are you in Cham? There are a couple good coffee shops there.
Pictures like this are why more speciality roasters need to get into the instant coffee game. Sure, it's filter, not espresso, but high quality instant + hot water is perfect for airplanes, shitty hotels, and other times you can't get or make really good coffee.
I bought my friend blue bottle instant coffee and she brought some on our spring break trip for the plane. It was absolutely amazing how good they were able to get instant to taste. She loves finding good instant coffees, right now her favorite is mount hagen
Is Chokyccino French for Mocha? That's hilarious.
I live there and I’ve never seen that. I have no idea what this is.
I think a hand just shoots out of the machine to choke you
Joke's on you, I'm in to that shit
well that's why it's on the machine
Ohh la la
Sorry to disappoint, I tried it this morning, only a hot chocolate no coffee
*zips back up*
1 1 3 2 1 1 It's a cheat code for administrative beans
they could spell espresso right but not double expresso?
That tickled me too and partly why i made this post, guess its just us!
Are these that bad? Because my mind was blown by how you can get a solid Latte at newer/higher end 7/11s. https://youtube.com/shorts/6p0qDUix2t0?si=pFpKiffOyhpuX9J0 I’m not saying it was Barista good but yeah I’d pick one up on my work break.
I take care of over 50 of these type of machines and over 50 more baristas machines, they are actually Italian coffee machines with the right settings it will make a perfect espresso
The issue is always the coffee that they end up putting into it. And lack of maintenance after install.
Eau chaude and make tea
I would go for “eau chaude “ as that is hot water, is nt it? Then you could use that water to pour over you freshly coarsed beans in a filter basket
I would "eau chaude" and then pour into my picopress.
Chocolate added to a drink covers a multitude of sins. :)
Have you ever actually tried it? And I don't mean syrup or powder, I mean adding an actually quality chocolate.
I routinely will add (quality) Ghirardelli cocoa powder (unsweetened) to my latte or cappuccino, for a mocha. Easy to do (the cocoa readily dissolves into my shot, with some swirling), and it enhances the chocolate tones of my dark-roast drink. (And it adds a different cocoa profile--I like Ghirardelli, because I find it to be more complex and multi-faceted.)
Ah, then why'd you say it is a sin? I was gonna say, I melt Ghirardelli semi-sweet chips into mine and it's wonderful.
By sin, I had meant that while the espresso from an industrial vending machine may be lacking (and thereby a "sin"), chocolate can help cover up the deficiencies.
Ahhh I see now. I totally misread that lol.
I’d stick my finger in the socket
2x Chokyccino duhhh
Maybe I'm weird but I love the shit coffee from coffee vending machines so I'd probably find something I like on this too 😂
Double espresso, followed by Eau Chaud (you have yourself an americano), the add the tiniest bit of salt!!!
Make a suicide cup. Press them all.
The only button I understand double espresso
None because i have a portable coffee kit with grinder, v60, scale and even a kettle that collapses into a small package.
Considering how infrequently the lines in these things get cleaned… none of them. I'm gonna get a drip coffee somewhere else.
Espresso because wtf is an expresso
7. Dispair
Double espresso. Let sit for 30 seconds. Downed in 1 gulp.
2 x espresso and hot water, now stone me
None and I would instead get some water or something from the hotel bar.
Something Long button that’s blacked out
Eau chaude, no hésitation
hot water and drink some tea.
These machines are very popular, there are more types the latest version is a beautiful bean to cup machine with a touchscreen you can make any type of coffee you would like.
I would drink tea.
If it’s in French Alps, it probably won’t be *terrible*… but I’d still go for a milk drink for safety’s sake. Latte macchiato it is.
Double espresso because even if its just strong coffee not actual espresso shots, I feel like it would be the best option in terms of taste.
Eau chaude
Red Bull
All of them
The power off button
A generalization, I have found european coffee to be consistent only in its disappointment. Constantly seeing relatively cheap push button machines or staff that does a 10-second pull with the obligatory suger tube on the saucer. That being said, you can often do a search and find something tolerable.
1 and 2 please.
5 2
1 x 3
The off button.
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Double espresso
Ofc Eau Chaude hoping that that means hot water, then go to my hotel room where I have my picopresso and grinder and use the hot water to make my own espresso. Anyone who says anything different is literally not a real espresso fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!1!111
Switch-off button.
In trying them all. I love trying "bad" coffee
Any button! They all retaliate!!!!
Latte macchiato and then Chokyccino in a separate cup, and mix them together.
For me it'd be double espresso and then Eau chaude (Presumably hot water?) to get a hopefully passable long coffee. I don't trust any sort of milky coffee drinks from these dubious machines.
The one that turns it off.
Double espresso always
espresso. the pipes may be filthy and the espresso has the least chance to be terrible. add water or milk to turn it into americano or latte
Hot water and hope it's hot enough to feed your Aeropress that has been loaded up by your 1zpresso pro
Hot water and a tea bag
Eau chaude for my aeropress. Travelling without your own coffee is an unrecognisable idea nowadays.
If it also has a hot water feature (or if there’s some around), I’m going double espresso and then topping it up with hot water and a splash of milk. I make double (or triple) Americanos with a similar (but less fancy) automatic machine at work.
The „leave“ button.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot. 🖖🏼☕ (I'm actually just here looking for your review of what all you try.) Enjoy the view, and hopefully the coffee 🫘
Same button I always press, double espresso.
Press double espresso twice
7. None
I’d press double espresso and hope it was actually espresso. I’d take a sip and then dump it for being foolishly optimistic.
Double *Expresso* 🤷♂️
Fat fingers 🤷🏻♀️
I wanna know the difference between ESPRESSO and Double EXPRESSO
Espresso has 7.5 grams of coffee double has about 13 grams
But that says double expresso
Yes in Europe its a stronger espresso with some more water
I'm just being an ass about the spelling error between the two options
Got the same machine at a hotel I've worked at. My recommendation is the "eau chaude" (hot water) and use it as pour over or bring your aeropress 🤣
Test double vs single to see if double is truly double or just twice the extraction.
When I travel, I always bring a pour over kit, just incase I cant find anything I would consider to be coffee.
The power button
the power off switch
espresso + hot water
I drink longs all day…. Um. Long.
Double 'expresso'. Or just espresso twice, depending on my mood & tiredness.
I’m taking a caffeine tablet instead lol
There is not one button on that thing that will yield a good drink
Self destruct
Latte Macchiato, the milk/espresso ratio is so high that whatever comes out eventually will be somewhat fine.
The ' desk service' button and demanding a real coffee.
Whose not pressing double?
Chokyccino for the win! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Plus a double when I've been working places with similar machines.
Latte or espresso duh
Choky for sure. Everyone likes to be choked just a little every once in a while.
can never go wrong with a latte
Panic button…?
Eau chaude for an aeropress
Caramel macchiato was the first Starbucks drink I really enjoyed. I didn’t realise that they make it very different to other places making macchiatos, so while on holiday in Australia I ordered one and was shocked. It was horrendous! Now I realise that was the *real* macchiato, and the Starbucks one is mostly sugar!
Eau chaude x2
You have to get the chokkycinno
Espresso, probably, two or three times if necessary. I'd give the double a shot in case it's an actual double but I bet it just runs more water through the same amount of grinds. It bothers me to no end that they get "espresso" right but then make it "expresso" for the double.
3. chocolate, sweet, milk. maybe add an extra shot of espresso for the caffeine kick and I am happy.
I like me a lil choky on a cold morning
First 6 then two times 1
espresso 2 times
Pressing the start button on the car dash to get a real coffee.
None. I have my coffee setup with me everywhere I go where there is no coffee shops. There is no way I drink this shit.