Coffee question

[dcyrilc]

We have a french press we keep in the motorhome for when we're camping. Works well for that as it doesn't require power and is easy to clean. At home, I go down to the coffee shop to get a cup, visit with the girls, and watch the morning news before work.

 

[Chuck52]

Wine snobs, beer snobs, now coffee snobs. I drink a lot of coffee, and it seems to me that the main thing is freshness. I'm not about to roast my own, and the local places that do are fairly proud of their product. Some are justified. However, I can buy a brand of bulk whole bean, called Biffs (out of Jacksonville, apparently) at my local discount grocery for $6.99/lb. At that price, it turns over rapidly. The beans are always nice and oily looking. I grind enough for a couple of days at a time for use in a French press. I make it at about coffee shop strength and it is never bitter. I have no idea if the Columbian is 100% Columbian, and I don't find it all that much different from the House and Breakfast blends. They all come out good to my taste. I do have a friend who makes coffee at work and is into different blends. I can taste the difference, but again, if the beans are fresh and the roast is to my liking, the coffee is good. I do prefer the press to a drip, and I don't even mind the grounds at the bottom of the pot!

Chuck

 

[SPIKER]

Come over to my place and I might treat you to a cup of Kopi Luwak coffee. It's the world's most rare and expensive coffee at $400 a pound. The USA allotment is 50 pounds per year.

Is that the stuff that was in the movie "Bucket List" with Jack Nickelson drinking it? until he was told he was drinking "$H@T" that came out of / from force fed cats?

lol

I like coffee of just about any kind as long as it is not burnt or over powering. hate "crap-o-chino" and the fancy french press stuff usually just tastes black & burnt to me...

Mark

 

[tallyho8]

Coffee with chicory (aka New Orleans Blend) has always been the top selling blend in Southeast Louisiana. Many different companies make it and French Market Coffee is my usual brand.

With the advent of Starbucks and other large national franchises, less people are drinking coffee with chicory than before but it will still be a standard in New Orleans for years to come.

 

[RobertN]

I like Mocha's; make one every morning at home. But, that is because I am a chocoholic. The espresso is just a side benefit. Not big on the rest of the fancy coffee though.

I have and use a small French press. If the coffee from one tastes black and burnt, it is the type of roast and volume of ground coffee used. You could use Maxwell House in one, or any of the vast varieties of other beans and roasts.

I like coffee of just about any kind as long as it is not burnt or over powering. hate "crap-o-chino" and the fancy french press stuff usually just tastes black & burnt to me...

Mark

 

[bp fick]

Coffee with chicory (aka New Orleans Blend) has always been the top selling blend in Southeast Louisiana. Many different companies make it and French Market Coffee is my usual brand.

With the advent of Starbucks and other large national franchises, less people are drinking coffee with chicory than before but it will still be a standard in New Orleans for years to come.

French Market, CDM, Louisianne, Union....Ah.... I can smell the coffee roasting, early in the morning near the Industrial Canal. But, what's a coffee without a beignet. And don't scrimp on the powered sugar.

 

[czechsonofagun]

I have this machine right side coffee, left side presso. I used it for 4 years, never touched the left side till the percolator stopped working. I took it apart and behind the cover "No customer serviceable parts" was a small ball valve in a tubing with the ball glued shut. I know how it happened, I dumped ground coffee in the water tank at least once in some brain fart.

Anyway, I fixed the machine and decided to try the espresso side for a while. 4 cups of espresso make one nice big mug of strong coffee - I guess I will use the left side exclusively for 4 years now

My coffee of choice is German Tschibo - different roast than the American one and it really agrees with me, let me tell you. Coffee is a great part of life, I even gave it up for lent this year and it was tough.

 

[dcyrilc]

Just saw on the news night before last that a guy here in the Seattle area is growing coffee.

Meet the 'Juan Valdez' of Western Washington | KING5.com | Seattle Business and Technology News

 

[milkman]

I got hooked on Tim Horton's when I was running to Canada from '97 to '02 and have been drinking it ever since. My wife orders it by the case, the fine grind, but I also regrind about half a pound at a time as I need it. I've tried the press for a couple of months and liked it ok till the glass got cracked and went back to the Mr Coffee maker. Now I just need to find a source for their multi grain bagel and cream cheese. Not necessarily a coffee snob, but I found what I like and I'm sticking with it.

 

[outinthetalgrass]

Coffee with chicory (aka New Orleans Blend) has always been the top selling blend in Southeast Louisiana. Many different companies make it and French Market Coffee is my usual brand.

With the advent of Starbucks and other large national franchises, less people are drinking coffee with chicory than before but it will still be a standard in New Orleans for years to come.

Go to your local Flying J truck stop... they serve coffee with chicory... let me tell you after a hour on the warmer that sh#$ can get out of the pot and walk itself over to your cup. ( but it will wake you up in the am):thumbsup:

I am a coffee *****.. fresh coffee, anytime any way, doesnt matter the roast or blend, if its fresh I drink it all day, all night (even iced coffee instead of iced tea in the summer).
There are guys that I work with that won't touch it after 10am or they cant sleep at night.