Which petrol stations make the best coffee? (BP Wild Bean, Z, Caltex etc)

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#3145822 12-Oct-2023 16:26

quickymart:
I don't drink coffee at all...does that mean I'm a bad person? 🙁

(sidenote, I will - rarely - have a hot chocolate, however).

Coffee is a drink nothing more, nothing less. It's not compulsory to drink it. Sometimes I drink coffee, sometimes tea but mostly I drink filtered water.
I drink tea or coffee without milk. Tea with milk is gross as far as I am concerned, my wife drinks tea with milk but she is crazy.

The worst places I have experienced coffee are, petrol outlets, McDonalds, Starbucks and Coffee Club.

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#3146934 12-Oct-2023 19:54

BP Wild Bean. While it may not be the best coffee, nothing much else is open in the very early hours of the morning while working.

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#3146945 12-Oct-2023 21:41

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Then what are you doing here in the thread with petrol station coffee? 😆

There lies the point. Wild bean in NZ is fairly well made with reasonably good quality beans. It’s significantly better than something vile like Costa or most Starbucks blends. It’s not made by pressing a button on a fully automatic machine.

Take a look next time you grab a coffee from BP.

their machines are pretty much nowdays "load the tamper", "hold the cup for effect", "press the button", "wait until it stops filling the preset program", do some fancy stuff like add milk for the non purists and slap the lid on and ding that bell.

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#3146946 12-Oct-2023 21:47

Goosey:

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There lies the point. Wild bean in NZ is fairly well made with reasonably good quality beans. It’s significantly better than something vile like Costa or most Starbucks blends. It’s not made by pressing a button on a fully automatic machine.

Take a look next time you grab a coffee from BP.

their machines are pretty much nowdays "load the tamper", "hold the cup for effect", "press the button", "wait until it stops filling the preset program", do some fancy stuff like add milk for the non purists and slap the lid on and ding that bell.

To be fair that describes the work flow I have at home with a high end semi-automatic machine. I use a scale rather than time but the concept is the same. Grind fixed amount of beans, load the portafilter (that's what holds the coffee), use the WDT, tamp and pull the lever. I can f around with flow control but don't bother and cafes sure don't.

I'll take a another look in March, that'll be the next chance I have to try Wild Bean in NZ. I'll give French coffee another try tomorrow though ;)

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#3146947 12-Oct-2023 22:16

Give Wild bean France a go? Bit more of an Apple to Apple comparison than the comment about European coffee vs servo.

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#3146963 12-Oct-2023 22:28

rscole86:
Give Wild bean France a go? Bit more of an Apple to Apple comparison than the comment about European coffee vs servo.

I’m not going to be in a car at all.

I’m in and out of Paris for the weekend and won’t be going near a car if I can avoid it.

I did drive past a wild bean in Slovenia a few weeks ago but I wasn’t at all tempted to buy a coffee. The one I had in Turkey over summer was terrible though.

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#3147183 13-Oct-2023 12:55

NPD servos usually make a good coffee (and good fried chicken).

BP would be my choice in the North Island, although on a recent unplanned road trip to Timaru, I had truly dreadful coffee from a BP there.

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#3147671 15-Oct-2023 11:07

In my hood, the one time I had Z coffee, I noted their coffee machine was just an automatic machine - press some buttons and hey presto.

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#3155210 3-Nov-2023 07:15

I did have to laugh this week. We have had friend staying after she’s had 7 weeks in Europe. One of the first things she mentioned about the trip was how good the food was and was how bad the coffee was while she was there…

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#3155270 3-Nov-2023 08:49

We have just finished a 2 week Canada and 4 week USA road trip. There were a few nice coffees in Canada but in the US we really only had three that we enjoyed. Sort of enjoyed.

The best fuel stop coffee was from Buc-ees in Texas and second best from Loves. The rest were awful. I think one of the issues for us is they use those wee full cream or half and half capsules rather than real milk.

Here in NZ I have good a few good coffees from BP and Z but sadly there doesn’t seem to be any consistency.

On a side note we stopped at Maccas in Oamaru yesterday, two coffees the same from the same machine made by the same guy. Mine was ok but my wife’s was undrinkable. It was so bitter. Sigh.

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#3155285 3-Nov-2023 10:24

Z Andy Bay, Dunedin is normally pretty good. BUT, apart from really good and proper coffee shops (Mazzagran for example where I buy my beans), it is like russian roulette, it just never quite know what you will get!!!

I was in Melbourne recently, and they do very very good coffee. Get back to NZ chch airport, and ah crap shite coffee again.

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#3273204 18-Aug-2024 11:56

Noticed this on Mojo's website hence thought this thread would be worth a revisit:

Not sure how new this is, has been a while since I tried Z coffee but anyone noticed a difference who does use it?

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#3273208 18-Aug-2024 12:17

i wish i could drink coffee but i swear i must have the gene that makes it taste terrible, i love the smell of it but as soon as i take a sip i want to spit it straight out again and feel sick for a while afterwards.

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#3273249 18-Aug-2024 15:57

Rikkitic:

Handle9:

So you’re just trolling then.

You didn't answer my question.

I think I may have actually had BP coffee once. I was with someone and it would have been churlish to refuse. It was drinkable but I didn't find it anything special. I prefer good coffee from real cafés.

I am from a generation that patronised what were then known as service stations for things like petrol, oil and accessories related to motoring. If I approach a petrol pusher, I want petrol, not bread or milk or coffee or a supermarket experience. That is what supermarkets are for.

FWIW where ever possible, I avoid petrol stations for coffee. I'd rather patronise an independent coffee shop and get a real coffee in a real cup. But a lot of coffee places shut down after about 2PM so if you're travelling, you don't have much choice.

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#3273260 18-Aug-2024 16:39

vexxxboy:

i wish i could drink coffee but i swear i must have the gene that makes it taste terrible, i love the smell of it but as soon as i take a sip i want to spit it straight out again and feel sick for a while afterwards.

Be grateful - that aversion is saving you $5.50 a day if not more!

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