Coffee

[bwv 1080]

got one of these at work so I dont have to drink the swill there.  Works great if you have an instant hot water source:



http://www.amazon.com/AeroPress-Coffee-Espresso-Maker-Filters/dp/B001HBCVX0/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1404142187&sr=1-3

[torut]

got one of these at work so I dont have to drink the swill there.  Works great if you have an instant hot water source:

http://www.amazon.com/AeroPress-Coffee-Espresso-Maker-Filters/dp/B001HBCVX0/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1404142187&sr=1-3

I have been using it for a long time and it is the only coffee maker I have now. Cheap, easy to use and to clean. I always make a cup of Americano. I think it is much better than ordinary coffee makers.

[EigenUser]

Ugh, currently drinking hotel-room coffee. An otherwise nice hotel that can't seem to provide good coffee. I'm not picky about coffee, either. I guess I'm spoiled, though, because the last hotel I stayed in was the Quebec City Loews where my room had a Keurig!

Fortunately, there's a really outstanding coffee/tea shop down the street.

[Bogey]

The other day my friend made coffee like this.  Just a paper filter with ground coffee and then poured hot water over it.  Some of the best coffee I have ever had.

[Brahmsian]

The other day my friend made coffee like this.  Just a paper filter with ground coffee and then poured hot water over it.  Some of the best coffee I have ever had.

+1.   

[71 dB]

The other day my friend made coffee like this.  Just a paper filter with ground coffee and then poured hot water over it.  Some of the best coffee I have ever had.

The optimal temperature of water in coffee filtering is 92°C (~197°F). Boiling water is too hot. In most (cheap) coffee makers the water isn't hot enough, only about 80-85°C (175-185°F).

[Bogey]

The optimal temperature of water in coffee filtering is 92°C (~197°F). Boiling water is too hot. In most (cheap) coffee makers the water isn't hot enough, only about 80-85°C (175-185°F).

Yup.  195-205.

[Jay F]

The other day my friend made coffee like this.  Just a paper filter with ground coffee and then poured hot water over it.  Some of the best coffee I have ever had.

It's what I use. I have a black plastic Melitta. I wonder if it would make a difference to use the porcelain one.

[Brahmsian]

Yup.  195-205.

  My Keurig only goes up to 192.  Inferior beast! 

[Henk]

Time for another cup.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Not a frequent coffee drinker, myself, but whenever (or nearly whenever) I do, I must say I really do enjoy the stuff and wonder why I don't drink more of it.  A Starbucks latte would be nice right now.  I esp. enjoy coffee cold as in Vietnamese Coffee:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_iced_coffee - if you have never experienced this - it is an experience, tasting partly of coffee and partly of chocolate, it is a must to try.  I love these coffee mugs ("If you're not shaking, you need another cup!")

http://www.retroplanet.com/PROD/33565?gclid=Cj0KEQjwlv6dBRDC7rGfrvidmJgBEiQAjd3hMHSAlcj90MKcI-n7mVbaIdQWReK10nzSFzm0PRXfeCoaAmEx8P8HAQ

Tea is my typical fare - five to six cups a day.  I like the Numi organic Darjeeling.  The India-packaged Lipton Darjeeling* is quite strong and good and for some reason no longer avail. in these parts.  Skip most tea bags - that's not tea it's sawdust.   

* Back in stock, yippeee!  And I see I forgot to mention - full disclosure - my dark (dark indeed) chocolate-covered espresso bean problem. 

[EigenUser]

I've been going to this local Starbucks some mornings when I have time to work on whatever music thing I am doing at the time. Each time I go, something odd happens. It hasn't failed.

Day 1.
The first day I go, there is this weird guy sitting outside that looked furious with me as I walked in. A bit terrifying, but not so much since others were around.

Day 2.
The same guy is inside and keeps going to the bathroom every five minutes. He asks this lady next to him if she needs a highlighter (for no apparent reason). She politely declines.

Day 3.
I'm writing music and this guy walks in with furiously waving a newspaper as if he is trying to cool off (it wasn't hot outside or inside). I figure he maybe got back from a run? He sits down and does this for the remaining time that I am there (maybe an hour or so).

Day 4.
Day 4 was the most entertaining day. Two (perfectly normal looking) people are having a conversation at a normal voice level. I didn't hear it, but one of them used profanity. This guy at another table flipped out and started telling them that this was a public place and he shouldn't have to hear the "F-word". He wasn't even with a young child, which would make his behavior somewhat understandable. They kindly apologized to him, but he kept getting more agitated and he kept carrying on, saying that "I can't open-carry because it offends people, and you can't use profanity in public because it offends people (blah, blah, blah)". I'm not sure what happened, but he eventually stopped after a couple of minutes. Ten minutes later he left, and the remainder of us had a good laugh.

Day 5 (today).
Everything seems normal for once (well, aside from that weirdo with his laptop trying to arrange Messiaen's Bryce Canyons... for solo piano ). Then this sad-looking lady comes in. I get the impression that she knows one of the employees and she asked someone to call her on the Starbucks phone, so the employee gives her the phone. Later, she asks me if there is a shuttle to Delaware Park (a nearby casino). I have no idea, but I look it up on my computer. The employee/barista that she seems to know gets upset with her and sternly says "Look, we're trying to help you, but this is a multi-billion dollar corporation and it isn't professional for us to allow you to disturb other customers, etc." She apologizes. When I saw the newspaper-waver come in I had enough and went back home.

[Karl Henning]

Try Peet's

[snyprrr]

coffee makes me craaaa-----zzzzzeeeeee if you haven't noticed. It's just TOO delicious.... better than food..... oh if one could just smoke and drink and drink and smoke.... (sounds like my ex )

the mere taste of coffee on my lips is all it takes

[Ken B]

And I see I forgot to mention - full disclosure - my dark (dark indeed) chocolate-covered espresso bean problem.

Oh dear god Z7, be careful! Discussing more ways to get caffeine? Snyprrr reads this thread.

[Jay F]

I've gone to Starbucks every day this week, and they're playing both Linda Ronstadt songs, including ones like "Under African Skies" and "In My Hour of Darkness," in which she sings background, as well as original versions of songs Linda covered over the years, such as "For a Dancer," by Jackson Browne, "Hey, Mister That's Me upon the Jukebox," by James Taylor, "Tumbling Dice," by the Stones, and a couple of Warren Zevon's songs.

It's so seldom you hear anything out in public besides "You're No Good," I sat and listened much longer than I intended.

[Bogey]

I've gone to Starbucks every day this week, and they're playing both Linda Ronstadt songs, including ones like "Under African Skies" and "In My Hour of Darkness," in which she sings background, but also original versions of songs Linda covered over the years, such as "For a Dancer," by Jackson Browne, "Hey, Mister That's Me upon the Jukebox," by James Taylor, "Tumbling Dice," by the Stones, and a couple of Warren Zevon's songs.

It's so seldom you hear anything out in public besides "You're No Good," I sat and listened much longer than I intended.

Coolness, Jay.

[Karl Henning]

Now it can be revealed:  Whenever I hear that song, I fancy she's singing, "I'm no good, I'm no good, I'm no good; Baby, I'm no good . . . ."

[jochanaan]

More arguments in favor of locally-owned coffee shops!  You meet characters there, but the cool factor is definitely higher.

*they-didnt-pay-me-to-say-this category* If GMG readers come to Denver, I highly recommend the Gypsy House.  Excellent coffee, wonderful folks there, plus some very unusual performances in a space that looks and feels like a classic hippie pad.

[Karl Henning]

Denver:  I must at some point.  We should play together!