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Yes, these straws are suitable for hot and cold drinks. Do bear in mind that stainless steel conducts heat, so in a hot drink the straw quickly feels warm. That is why you should let a freshly made tea or coffee cool down a little before you use the straw.

Yes. The Gina Caffè Crema is suitable for both semi-automatic and fully automatic coffee machines and the Gina Wiener Kaffee is excellently suited to bean to cup machines.

Because these are whole beans, you can also grind them yourself for a filter machine or espresso machine. In that case choose the right grind size: filter grind for a pour-over and espresso grind for an espresso machine.

The beans come from Brazil and Central America, including Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The blend is UTZ certified and is roasted in the Viennese coffee house tradition. Julius Meinl has been roasting coffee in Austria since 1862.

Ground coffee loses its aroma mainly through air, light, moisture and heat. Seal the bag properly after use, roll it up tightly or tip the coffee into an airtight tin, and keep it somewhere dark in the cupboard.

Do not store coffee in the fridge: there it takes on moisture and the smells of other food. Unopened, the coffee keeps until the date on the packaging. Once opened, it tastes best within two to four weeks.

The usual dose for filter coffee is 6 to 7 grams per 125 ml cup, about one level measuring spoon. That gives you roughly 70 to 80 cups from 500 grams, or around ten full jugs.

Because Naturmild is a soft blend, some people use a slightly more generous dose. If you find the coffee too weak, add a gram or two per cup rather than running more water through the same amount of coffee.

Landhaus Entkoffeiniert has a filter grind, which makes it ideal for the classic filter coffee machine and for percolators. Simply spoon the coffee into a paper or permanent filter and let the machine do the rest.

It is too coarse for an espresso machine: the water runs through too quickly and the coffee ends up thin and sour. It does work in a cafetière (French press), but because the grind is relatively fine you will get more sediment in your cup. In that case, brew it for a little less time and pour carefully.

The usual dose for filter coffee is 6 to 7 grams per 125 ml cup, about one level measuring spoon. That gives you roughly 70 to 80 cups from 500 grams, or around ten full jugs.

If you find the coffee too weak, add a gram or two extra per cup rather than running more water through the same amount of coffee. That last approach makes the cup thinner, not stronger.

There are 56 pods in a bag. For an ordinary cup of coffee you use one pod in the 1-cup holder. If you want two cups at once, or one large mug, use two pods in the 2-cup holder.

Making two cups at a time, a bag will therefore last you 28 rounds. If you drink a couple of cups a day at home, that works out at roughly two to four weeks.

In almost every case the pod is not the problem: it is the machine or the setting. If you are using one pod, place it in the 1-cup pod holder. In the 2-cup holder, too much water passes through a single pod.

Also select the smallest cup size. The more water that goes through the same pod, the thinner the coffee becomes. Lay the pod flat in the centre of the holder and press the coffee down lightly, so the water cannot run around the edge.

If the coffee still tastes weak, descale your machine. A machine full of limescale lets the water run through too quickly, so the coffee has too little time to release its flavour.

For an ordinary cup of coffee you use one pod in the 1-cup holder. For two cups at once, or one large mug, use two pods in the 2-cup holder.

If you drink two cups a day at home, 108 pods will last you nearly two months. At three cups a day you are looking at around five weeks. For an office or meeting room where the machine runs all day, this size is mainly intended as a bulk pack.

In espresso mode you weigh your dose into the portafilter and then your shot into the cup, with the time and flow rate on screen so you can steer towards the ratio you want. Pour-over mode is all about the total water weight and an even pour, with the timer running from the first drop.

Manual mode is there for everything else: weighing out beans, filling a cafetière or simply weighing something in the kitchen. The scale starts automatically and tares itself as soon as you put weight on it, and thanks to the memory function it will still be in the mode you last chose the following morning.

We think this Sumatra is at its best as slow coffee from the Chemex, the French press or the filter. You can also use it for espresso and cappuccino, although it then becomes a little bolder and the acidity comes out more. Make sure you use the right grind for your machine: whole beans for a bean to cup machine, filter grind for a pour over filter and espresso grind for an espresso machine. Filter grind and espresso grind are not interchangeable.

The 600 ml version is meant for one to two people or for anyone who drinks cold brew now and then. If several people in the house drink cold brew every day, the 1000 ml Mizudashi is more practical.

Both sizes work in exactly the same way and have the same built-in mesh filter. The 600 ml also fits upright in most fridge doors.

The cartridge filters about 50 litres of water. That is the equivalent of around 400 cups of coffee or 1000 cups of espresso.

We recommend replacing the filter every 2 months in any case, even if you have not yet reached those 50 litres. If your machine asks for a new filter sooner, follow that message and your machine's manual.

Vanille is the mildest of the three: creamy, with a hint of vanilla over a base of black and green tea. A nice start if you do not know chai well yet.

Rich Spice has more body and tastes spicier and warmer. East Indian Spice is the most pronounced variant, with black tea and Indian spices including cinnamon, cloves and cardamom, and a full, creamy chai flavour.