Coffee ...Wow !

[Depmandog]

I personally am not much of a coffee person. My older brother, is a heavy coffee drinker - and swears by his Bunn maker.

http://www.bunnathome.com/products/velocity-brew/velocity-brew-bx

I don't know if this is his exact model, but he spent quite a bit on it several years ago - and swears the Bunn can make cheap grounds taste great.

We have a Mr Coffee for those times we serve coffee...and my brother says it makes a terrible cup compared to his maker.

 

[RobertN]

Some time back there were a few people on TBN that roasted their own coffee. Maybe they'll chime in... It was interesting reading those threads about how they roasted ect.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Many years ago, I had a cup of coffee at the home of a man and his wife who had immigrated from Indonesia. They had a pour-over coffee pot; you had to boil the water and pour it over the coffee, which was then filtered through a ceramic filter. It was excellent. We now use a Bunn, and have for probably 30 years. It makes excellent coffee and is worth the $100+ price you have to pay...besides, it only takes about 3 to 5 minutes to make a pot. I put on the coffee, let the dogs out and by the time they are ready to come back in, the coffee is ready.

 

[EddieWalker]

I was at a B&B a few years ago and really liked the coffee. I asked what they used and the owner brought out a packet for me to have. It was made by Maxwell House and he said they just put the packet in the coffee maker.


When I got home, I tried it and was very disapointed in the results. I used the same amount of water that he told me to use, but it just didn't have anywhere near the same taste.

Now I think that I have bad water for coffee, and the wrong coffee pot. I've been waiting for it to die ever since then, but so far, it just keep on working.

Eddie

 

[powerpace]

Even the Starbucks fanbase in Seattle is moving toward the smaller coffee roasters. They seem have a better grip on what people want.
Here in southern Oregon we have Dutch Bros. they are consistantly good with all they do. We also have The Whitehorse Restaurant in Sutherlin that won the Statewide small roaster First Place. That stuff is good.
On the west coast there are coffee driveups on every corner it seems. A few years back we were traveling across the country. When we got to Texas we spotted a drive-up shack, and I do mean shack. Pulled in, asked for a brew and it a was Catfish house.

 

[Cpjlube]

If you just buy coffee you may get a blend of different kinds. I usually buy the columbian coffee. It seems to be the most consistent between different brands. But I'm still a bargain coffee buyer so I'll leave this discussion to more knowledgable posters. Haha


Chuck

 

[wdchyd]

It's Dunkin Donuts coffee for me all the way........I don't even want to know what secret ingredient they use......:licking:

 

[Jstpssng]

We tried an $80 Cuisinart coffee maker; first one was replaced under warranty, and I threw the second one in the garbage after its warranty expired. We now use a less than $20 Black & Decker coffee maker that works at least as well, if not better. And we use cheap coffee, Master Chef, from Walmart. It's as good as most coffee I've drank elsewhere, but if I ever find out what coffee and coffee maker were on the old Braniff Airlines planes, I'll pay extra for it; best tasting coffee I ever drank.

I like my coffee hot, so finally broke down and bought a stove top percolator. It's especially nice when I fill my thermos, which stays hot a long time.

My favorite brand is whatever's on sale.

 

[Cat_Driver]

Yep it's all about HOT. I bought several units from low to high and the first thing I do is put a digital thermometer under the water coming out. If it doesn't get close to 200 degrees t goes back.

I have a 15 year old $20 coffee maker that I have yet to find a better one. Like someone else said we haul our coffee, water, coffee maker and buy real 1/ 2 & 1/2 when we arrive.

I have never ever had a good cup of coffee on the road. EVER!. Nothing worse than that fake cream or powdered cream.

I know I can't get a good cup of coffee on the road and I usually tell the server her tip depends on me always getting HOT coffee.

If I don't get a good cup in the morning my whole day is thrown off.

 

[Willl]

Decaf ?,,,, that ain't coffee. Real coffee has CAFFEINE.