Coffee

[Kullervo]

I like Starbucks coffee from the supermarket. I don't usually drink coffee — I much prefer tea.

[Haffner]

Brooks Brand Caffeine pills 200mg

Does the trick, especially if I'm shredding all over the place for practice. 3 of them are the gateway to hysteria, however!

[head-case]

No one here drinks Peets?  The premium coffee companies mostly sell the same coffee, freshness and control of the roasting process is what differentiates the various vendors.  If you order from the Peets web site they will send coffee that has been roasted with the previous 24 hours.  It makes a difference.  Much better then something that has been sitting on a store shelf for who knows how many months.

[Kullervo]

No one here drinks Peets?  The premium coffee companies mostly sell the same coffee, freshness and control of the roasting process is what differentiates the various vendors.  If you order from the Peets web site they will send coffee that has been roasted with the previous 24 hours.  It makes a difference.  Much better then something that has been sitting on a store shelf for who knows how many months.

When I lived in Boston there was a Peet's across from the Tower Records where I was working. I went there often... good stuff.

[BachQ]

No one here drinks Peets?  The premium coffee companies mostly sell the same coffee, freshness and control of the roasting process is what differentiates the various vendors.  If you order from the Peets web site they will send coffee that has been roasted with the previous 24 hours.  It makes a difference.  Much better then something that has been sitting on a store shelf for who knows how many months.

This looks interesting (from peets.com website):

Panama Esmeralda Gesha ($24.95/lb)

"On May 29th, 2007 just ten sacks of Panama Esmeralda were sold for the highest price ever paid at an international coffee auction, an astounding $130 per pound wholesale. Characterized by an unforgettable jasmine-like fragrance and pristine citrus clarity, this coffee has garnered 10 first place awards in the last 4 years. As the first, and still the primary buyer of this extraordinary coffee, Peet's is able to sell it at the same price as last year. Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy this rare and expensive masterpiece."

[BachQ]

Brooks Brand Caffeine pills 200mg

You're such a romantic, Haffy ....... 

[BachQ]

Finnish coffee is typically very light roasted and tastes different from southern Europe coffee. This is my favorite brand:


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Well, I prefer dark, bold coffees with adventurous bite.  Can Finnish coffee accommodate that palate?

[BachQ]

what really matters in the end is how you brew it 

Do tell .......

[bhodges]

Peet's is fantastic coffee.  I haven't had any in awhile, but it is well worth it...this thread is a good reminder to check their website, which I think I'll probably do...right now. 

Lately I've been in a rush at the store and grabbed some Cafe La Semeuse, off the shelf, already ground and packaged in those vacuum-locked "bricks."  It's excellent...might be even too smooth for some.  (I like very, very strong coffee.)



I also buy Café du Monde's coffee with chicory occasionally, to remind me of New Orleans.  It is almost black when brewed (i.e., that is a good thing  ).



--Bruce

[orbital]

Do tell .......

I think drip machines are a disgrace  You can never get the full flavor of the coffee from drips of water.

For long coffee, the French press method where you apply quite a lot of pressure draining almost all of coffee's flavor is my favorite way. Just press slowly.

For short coffee, Greek/Turkish/Lebanese coffee cannot be matched IMO. The way to do it is to purchase double (even triple) roasted strong coffee and have it ground to a powder thin consistency. Most home coffee mills cannot get that precise. Then you put 1.5 teaspoons of coffee and 1 espresso cup of water, and sugar according to taste into the coffee pot. Leave that on very low heat constantly stirring it in the process. When the coffee is about to boil raise the pot away from the heat pour the foam on top into the coffee cup. Repeat that process again, and finally pour the rest of the coffee and enjoy 
For full enjoyment you may need a cigarette with your coffee 

[BachQ]

Peet's is fantastic coffee.  I haven't had any in awhile, but it is well worth it...this thread is a good reminder to check their website, which I think I'll probably do...right now. 

Tell us what you order, Bruce! 

[BachQ]

I think drip machines are a disgrace  You can never get the full flavor of the coffee from drips of water.

For long coffee, the French press method where you apply quite a lot of pressure draining almost all of coffee's flavor is my favorite way. Just press slowly.

For short coffee, Greek/Turkish/Lebanese coffee cannot be matched IMO. The way to do it is to purchase double (even triple) roasted strong coffee and have it ground to a powder thin consistency. Most home coffee mills cannot get that precise. Then you put 1.5 teaspoons of coffee and 1 espresso cup of water, and sugar according to taste into the coffee pot. Leave that on very low heat constantly stirring it in the process. When the coffee is about to boil raise the pot away from the heat pour the foam on top into the coffee cup. Repeat that process again, and finally pour the rest of the coffee and enjoy 
For full enjoyment you may need a cigarette with your coffee 

Clearly there is an art to making great coffee ........ 

[Steve]

yum...

[karlhenning]

For full enjoyment you may need a cigarette with your coffee

If only smokers enjoyed unimpaired taste-buds . . . .

[Scriptavolant]

For full enjoyment you may need a cigarette with your coffee 

Yeah, a coffee without cigarette is like a day without sunshine..

[Steve]

If only smokers enjoyed unimpaired taste-buds . . . .

Not to mention olfaction. Aroma is everything. 

[karlhenning]

Not to mention olfaction. Aroma is everything. 

Indeed, with many a pot of coffee, aroma is more than the tasting 

[Szykneij]

I have 3 or 4 of these babies a day. I love drive-thru windows.

[Steve]

I have 3 or 4 of these babies a day. I love drive-thru windows.

I live near a drive-through Starbucks. Much better. 

[Szykneij]

I live near a drive-through Starbucks. Much better. 

I wish there was one near me. Then I could vist both during the day ... and have a heart rate of 400 beats per minute!