Coffee!

I like a dark roast, black, hot and strong. I used to grind my own beans but my grinder burned up.

Hi, Greg.

Hello, R2.

I order freshly roasted coffee from a specialty importer/roaster in Madison WI. They do not believe in dark roasts because they obscure the individual characteristics of the coffees. I use an espresso machine even though the coffee is not roasted dark.

I like Capitalist. The aroma makes me weak in the knees.

$35 per pound for coffee described simply as “Colombian?” Sign me up!

I use Bustelo pre ground coffee for my moka pot and Lavazza beans for my espresso machine.

I prefer dark roasted beans but I have been thinking about trying out some lighter blends that would work well with steamed milk.

She'll cream you!

I like Stone Cold Jo coffee beans and I use a French press and water heated to no more than 200°.

I like my coffee strong and black.

Here it is.

I’m going to try a different Jo coffee—medium roast .

Black

Cafe Bustello, French press, tiny bit of torani syrup and a splash of half and half.

For you, Rescue Chick:

Compostable, organic, mesh k-cups from San Fran Coffee Co or similar from Amazon.

I’ve always been partial to Peet’s. I was raised around one in the Bay Area and then moonlit as a barista over 20 years ago when I first moved to New England.

Major Dickason’s Blend is an adequate entry point, but I always liked the dark, cocoa notes of Garuda. In the recent years they’ve released an Organic line, of which I really enjoy Gaia Blend.

Borosilicate glasses are very brittle. They always break.

Bustelo.

Sure keep exploiting the oppressed peasants you damn lazy gringos

Ahem

French Press Enema

R16, I’ve always like Peet’s.

When I’m out, given the option I would stop for coffee at Peet’s rather than Starbucks.

Shameless plug for Dean’s Beans.

Greg takes his coffee the way he takes his men. Hot, strong, and black.

Any coffee in a percolator taken black. There are a few brands that suck, but for the most part what is on sale works as long as the grind isn’t fine.

French Market in the white can. It's a chicory coffee blend with a chocolatey flavor. I make it in a moka pot. I only use one tablespoon per cup of water. I notice with other coffees I have to use at least 3 to get it dark enough. I add a dash of cold milk to cool it down. It pretty much tastes like unsweetened chocolate milk.

Trader Joe's Fair Trade Sumatra. I like it because it's not too acidic.

I get the whole bean and grind before brewing, and drink it black.

Unfortunately, due to blood pressure issues, I limit myself to only 1 cup a day.

For K cups, I like Starbucks Veranda. Caribou also makes some good pods.

If I’m making fresh ground, Broad Porch, especially the Winter Pyjamas roast, is my favorite.

For iced, I like the nitro cans from High Brew but I also have to limit caffeine due to blood pressure.

[quote] Greg takes his coffee the way he takes his men. Hot, strong, and black.

That’s right.

My store brands, either Lidl or Shoprite, work well for me because I cold brew my coffee for 13 hours.

Illy for me please.

I recently got a coffee maker for my bathroom so I can have coffee in bed or while getting ready, without going downstairs.

I use a Keurig and buy whatever’s cheapest at the grocery store / CVS / Costco / wherever I happen to be when I remember I’m out of Keurig cups. It generally always tastes more or less identical to a $6 Americano from the most self-important purple-hair barista shop in Tribeca.

Not a coffee snob at all, but like you Greg, I keep my coffee maker plugged in right beside the shitter.

[quote] Not a coffee snob at all, but like you Greg, I keep my coffee maker plugged in right beside the shitter.

It’s very pleasant.

Starbucks morning blend with hints of brown sugar and orange or something or other flavor, Keurig. Splash of sugar and plain non-dairy creamer. In a mug.

[quote] Cafe Bustello, French press, tiny bit of torani syrup and a splash of half and half.

Cafe Bustelo is ground so fine, I can't see using it in a French press.

Balthazar beans in a Bialetti Moka Express.

r36, I worried about that but haven't had a problem or single stray ground in my coffee. I have 4 filters on the press

This shit. Yeah, it’s expensive but the flavor is absolutely incredible..

This shit. With my cake doughnuts (frosted, mais bien sur!).

I dine home with a friend. Sanka.

My grandfather drank Postum.

It’s ghastly.

R32, Ah, yes! The percolator popping in the opening scene of MD is worth endless repeat watches. Black coffee and your face palmed in ice cubes. Now that's how to wake up.

I agree, R43.

When I was a child, I read my mother’s “Mommie Dearest” paperback. I was taken by JC’s morning ice cubes and witch hazel plunge and started doing it myself.

My poor parents.

Peet's Major Dickinson's Blend, cone filter drip, splash of half and half. If I'm out of coffee or in an extreme hurry, it's a teaspoon of Medaglia d'Oro instant espresso in a tiny espresso cup, black.

Weekends: Peet's filter drip in a glass Irish Coffee mug + shot of Bailey's + shot of Whiskey. If I have whipped cream on hand, it's a real SF Irish Coffee = dark roast plus one sugar cube plus a shot (or two) of Jameson's, topped with whipped cream. The mug must be pre-heated with hot water. Served with two Marlboro Red's.

I buy a local organic light roast whole beans and then ground them. It is divine but unfortunately $20 a pound. It makes most other coffees taste like shit mixed with dirt.

Starbucks Blonde Roast. In a large container usually found in a cooler with the juices. If I want it hot I nuke it.

I like donut shop style coffee. Or breakfast blend. In K cups if I’m making it.

I use cream, light cream, or half and half.

Another vote for Peet’s - here in SF. Grind the beans then do a pour over. At the moment I’m enjoying the Guatemalan San Sebastian blend. Add frothed milk, brew the coffee strong 💪🏻

What’s the difference between instant, espresso and instant coffee?

probably, nothing

Right I’ll use evaporated, and some kind of sweetener that’s not straight up white sugar. We have maple syrup from northern Flyoverstan and some of that brown sugar that’s really the unprocessed granulated kind.

No love for Brazilian coffee? Pity.

3 Corações for me, strong, sweet no milk.

(easy to find in Queens/NYC)

R53 I feel like I’d need to make a heart out of latte art to get the full experience

i don’t see anything wrong with granulated whit sugar in coffee. not everybody wants maple syrup flavor in coffee.

My former long-distance partner, now huzbear, is from Boston. We spent years commuting between SFO-BOS. I used to take early morning flights there and back. You could tell which passengers were from Boston because they had iced coffees at 6am in the middle of Winter. It's peculiar to me. When he makes the coffee, he'll make a large, strong pot and put half of it in the fridge to make iced coffee later.

Another weird Boston coffee thing is "Dunk's". There's one, sometimes three, on every corner. I go in, it's freezing outside, and I order a coffee. The say, "regulah?" and I say "Yes," thinking that I'll get a small, hot coffee. Instead, it comes with cream and tons of sugar. Almost spit it out. Maybe it's a COVID thing, but you have to ask them what to put (or not) into your coffee in advance - you can't do it on your own. A mitigating factor is the widespread availability of Apple Cider Donuts, which we don't have in California.

It’s nit a Covid thing.

Not, dammit.

[quote]You could tell which passengers were from Boston because they had iced coffees at 6am in the middle of Winter

I knew someone from Quincy. She brewed extra coffee in the morning for her husband so she could make herself an iced coffee later in the day.

Trader Joe’s coffee and I pour a single cup through a thingy with a filter.

[quote] Served with two Marlboro Red's.

Oh, dear.

[quote] I knew someone from Quincy. She brewed extra coffee in the morning for her husband so she could make herself an iced coffee later in the day.

How forward thinking.

I like a woman who plans ahead.

Even if she is from Quincy.

Coffee is my newest thing. I went 55 years without drinking morning coffee and what a dumb ass I was. I look forward to it the minute my eyes open. The caffeine is what gets me moving. Otherwise I might crawl back into bed and sleep all day. I work for myself and need all the motivation I can get. I have a Keurig and a French press and a drip coffee machine but typically fill my refillable pods with a local grind. My next step is to buy a grinder and start buying the beans. How many cups a day do most of your drink?

Partner prefers a darker roast.....we do Intelligensia Black Cat Espresso, whole bean.

R63 I guess I've never seen a Keurig, I don't understand how pods can be reusable? (Not a bitchy statement, genuinely curious)

Tesoro from Philz Coffee. Pretty much any flavor is very good!

You put your own ground coffee into a permanent pod which you then clean out and reload. At that point, why use a Keurig at all?

Thanks R66. I didn't know there were reusable versions.

64 replies and not a single mention of Starbucks?

I buy coffee at my local starbucks and have them grind it in store to my specification. For a lighter blend, I like the Guatemala Antigua. For a dark roast I prefer the Komodo Dragon blend.

I loathe Starbucks coffee. Almost as much as I loathe Dunkin' coffee.

I fill it to the rim, with BRIM!

[quote] 64 replies and not a single mention of Starbucks?

See R22, R28, R35 and R47.

^you know you still have to pay

I like to sip High Point Coffee in my Arby's holiday glasses!

[quote] You put your own ground coffee into a permanent pod which you then clean out and reload. At that point, why use a Keurig at all?

We’ve used a Keurig for a while and have 20 hard plastic reusable cups that we fill and use. At first, cleaning and refilling them felt like a total hassle, but you get used to it.. The Keurig is convenient, especially when working from home.

We’re now using a French press, but have a Keurig in the bathroom.

I also drink coffee from a Madison roaster called Just Coffee, r4. Costco in Madison actually carries their Bike Fuel medium blend in two pound bags.

So funny how we change as we age. I used to have Sumatra dark roast French press with milk and sugar. I did Nespresso lungos black for a while, now I do whole bean light roasts from my local hipster coffee place in my Moccamaster.

[quote] Greg takes his coffee the way he takes his men. Hot, strong, and black.

And, in the shittter, according to R33.

It is unclear, R77, whether R33 has a coffee maker in his bathroom or a toilet in his kitchen.

R63 I didn’t start drinking coffee until 43. The only downsides are that it is a major headache if I don’t get it on time in the am and it has made my teeth more yellow.

I'll add a vote for the Major Dickason's Blend (my spelling may b incorrect). It's expensive, but comes in an 18 oz bag, so I justify it.

Way upthread, there was a post for Dean's Beans... man if THAT isn't local to Massachusetts and the western part of the state. For wMA coffee, I'd go with Fogbuster (what used to be Pierce Brothers). Fogbuster blend is the best.

Drink fine Franklin County Coffee

International Coffee, a flowered sofa and a caftan please.

And our waiter — Jean-Luc!

Pete's Coffee. The Italian blend. Not the Major Dickhead you get at Costco. Their special blend sucks. Stick with Italian or French. Something about that flavor, smooth dark roast, not burnt or bitter like Starsucks.

I like Peet's Cafe Domingo, but it's almost always sold out. I started buying Santo Domingo, which might be even better.

Coffee remains my one vice. I don't smoke, I rarely drink, I don't gamble, I confine my gossip to Datalounge, but coffee, I cannot live without coffee.

Is coffee really a Vice though? I prefer to think of it as a health food beverage I happen to be addicted to.

My go-to for years has been Ceremony.

La Colombe.

A vice? Why?

Not being American I do wonder why on earth creamer is popular. What is it about it you enjoy? TIA

A vice because it's addictive

Not very addictive and not harmful. Not a vice.

Coffee is hardy a vice by today's standards. Many studies say 1 or 2 cups is good for you, and has proven to temporarily sharpen mental acuity. But we knew that.

I find it interesting that the adults of generations past who drank coffee all day did so because it was WEAK. Like 4 Tbsp. for an entire pot. If you google what is the standard for today, it will say 1 scoop per cup or 12 per pot!!

I don’t think coffee is a vice, but the two times I had to go through coffee withdrawal were terrible experiences so I do think it is very addictive.

It's a god damn vice!

Heresy.

Chicory Coffee with steamed milk - an addictive New Orleans favorite.

They just mixed in chicory to save money, you know. Cheap bastards.

r99 it tastes good though. And allows me to drink more coffee without getting the jitters.

Chicory is not actually coffee. Coffee is from the coffee bean not some common herb root.

Call it what you like but coffee is indeed addictive. Have horrible headaches when I don’t have it.

I use pods (Nespresso, , Starbucks). Love coffee but don’t have the patience for longer preparations.

I take it like the bitch you are.

How long do the horrible headaches last? I’d guess no more than a day or two. You’d get over it without 12 steps.

Three and a half days for me.

Cheap brand. Coffee is just a vehicle for caffeine for me to wake me up for work.

Well, on the bright side, the only reason to quit drinking coffee is a medical condition and you’ll only have to quit once, so meanwhile—drink up.

Or catastrophic weather event. (Coffee withdrawal # 1) so consider buying bottled coffee before a big Hurricane.

Good tip. Perhaps I’ll add some to my doomsday kit.

Yes. If I'm worried about freezing weather and possible burst pipes, I keep bottled coffee on hand. I was making coffee with bottled water after one winter storm. The bigger problem was that I could not wash dishes for a long period and ran out of clean coffee mugs (which I would have told you was impossible).

Lifeboost Coffee. It's organic, single sourced and low-acidic which is great for those are concerned with upset stomach and inflammation, which can be a side-effect of coffee for some. It also tastes amazing.

MMMMmmmmm, Cat Poop Coffee!!

Civets aren’t cats.