TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 We have a booze and tobacco thread, time for a coffee thread. I'm more of a tea person myself, but recently I've decided to give coffee another shot. My mother's a coffee-every-morning type, but I have never seemed to handle intense bursts of caffeine all that well - I boost for about an hour, get super jittery, and then crash exhausted. When I was up North recently though, my friends were drinking a lot of coffee and so I had quite a bit throughout the week and noted that it didn't seem to affect me as adversely as it used to. This morning, on my way home, I grabbed a cup from this tiny new cafe - they have 'Blue Bottle' coffee, which I guess is some really good coffee, really popular in the area, but I have no idea. Any huge coffee people here? Ramble on about said caffeinated toasty (or iced/slushed) beverages now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Im a barista. the first thing ill do when i get to work is get 4 shots of espresso. Ill drink that with a bit of milk and sugar. then i drink another 4 shots at lunchtime. i also drink coffee every morning when i dont work. i love espresso. It reminds me of the days i used to do coke. Except less seedy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slithy toves Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 i'm both a coffee and tea fan. i prefer my coffee black and i can get pretty picky but if i need a jolt of caffeine i'll really drink whatever. if i'm doing espresso i like a cappuccino light on the milk and big on the foam. when i was traveling this summer for work the hotel served seattle's best coffee, which isn't very present in new england, and that was like the best coffee i've ever had. i woke up early to read and get my own carafe before my coworkers came down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Ha. I work at sbc. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 I mostly have Tea. I have a box of Early Grey n English Breakfast. And every now n then I'll steal a bag of my housemates Green Tea. We had some Redbush once which was nice. As for Coffee, I jsut drink instant. My dad is a hug coffee drinker n has Nescafe. Tastes like shit watered down n heated to 100 degrees. I have Kenco in the Red or Blue capped jars. Dunno what flavour that is. I think Classic and Smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slithy toves Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Ha. I work at sbc. Weird. you should bring me some coffee. cos it's really hard to find in new england. all we have are dunkin donutses and starbucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 I love coffee more than any other drink. I used to have at least one largish coffee a day, whether it was made in my french press, stovetop coffeemaker, at Starbucks, at Caribou, at SBC, or anywhere else. But a couple years ago I noticed that it was wrecking my digestive tract. So now I only have a ittle on rare and treasured occasions. Moral of the story: Be careful not to overdo it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Wurg. Apparently I still can't handle that much caffeine. Body is still quaking at the moment, and not in a good way. Back to tea for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Caffeine has absolutely no effect on me except making me need to go to the toilet. I wish I could get a buzz off it as I love to drink it and that would totally be an extra bonus. I generally go for a cappuccino without sugar, but I do like the fancy ones as a treat every now and again, e.g. I had a frozen mint coffee which was surprisingly completely gorgeous. I used to roast my own coffee, and while I could taste the difference between that and store bought, I don't know that it actually tasted better so pretty much gave it us as it is not that easy to get green beans around where I live. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 You just reminded me to get round 2 of coffee. I generally make it myself. Grind it quickly and have coffee in about 10 minutes. Yum yum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 I generally either have Cuban, Colombian, or Brazilian coffee. All of them as dark as possible. My brother-in-law likes French vanilla which is more evidence that he is a fabulous faggot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 I just drink regular instant brand coffee called grandos. I do like it so I will start getting into better stuff and if you don't like that....then.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 French roast, baby. I like my coffee like i like my women: dark and bitter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slatz_grobnik Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Ha. I work at sbc. Weird. you should bring me some coffee. cos it's really hard to find in new england. all we have are dunkin donutses and starbucks. DD's coffee is pretty good, all things considered. Better than SB. Of course, the problem with any franchise as regards something as temperamental as coffee is that quality is going to vary between sites depending on how much the staff care or don't care. I used to roast for a small shop in Chicago. Nowadays, I most order my beans from a place in Milwaukee, which always confuses the hell out of me. I shouldn't have to resort to getting coffee from Milwaukee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshi Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 I have tons of coffee during midterms. If starbucks had peppermint white chocolate mochas year round instead of around christmas, I'd probably have more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 I love most kinds of coffee but generally like what's known as 'South Indian Filter Coffee'. It's basically a coffee (80%) and chicory (20%) mix that's more potent than your average Drip Coffee and it's preparation is done in steel tumblers (yeah it gets hot, but hey they do the 1 mile tea/chai there as well). The coffee used there is usually an Arabica Robusta blend and one of the more popular brands that you could probably find in an 'ethnic' store would be Bru. It's pretty good and has a better after-taste. As a preference I do like more Arabica stronger blends. I wish I still knew my Roastmaster acquaintance. I'm not particularly fond of most cafes in London. When it comes totea it really really depends on where it comes from. The taste of the soil is much more evident in tea than in coffee. I like Nilgiri tea (mostly due to upbringing and location proximity at one point) and Darjeeling tea if it's the real deal (Roughly one out of four so-called Darjeeling teas isn't the real thing. Exports are greater than produce so there's definitely lots of fishiness in that business). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Has anyone seen/used/owned a K-Cup machine? Those things are awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slatz_grobnik Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 When it comes totea it really really depends on where it comes from. The taste of the soil is much more evident in tea than in coffee. I disagree with that. I see where you're coming from, but I find that local differences shine through pretty bright and clean when it comes to different regions or areas. The beans, however, are only the first step, and you need someone who's going to respect and work with those differences. Additionally, the emphasis on blends will mean that frequently people aren't going in a direction to make those differences evident, as opposed to come up with a composite that's ideally greater than the whole. A problem you will run into is undistinguished coffee. There's a weird place where slacktivism, post-colonialism, and elitism collide when it comes to coffee. The top producing coffee regions are generally that way for a good reason. On more than one occasion, I've drank something with a truly unusual history, which someone took great lengths to procure and develop, that was anything but unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 REVIVAL So this morning I had some coffee that I made from beans from a local roaster that sells at a Saturday Farmers Market. For one medium roast (He called it "Red Head" and the dark roast "Brunette"), he suggested to add some honey to it. I looked at him confused when I bought it since honey usually doesn't work with coffee or at least all the ones I heard of. Well, today I finally tried it. I pressed the coffee with some extra grounds to make sure it wouldn't come out weak. I added just honey to my main cup and another with whole milk and brown sugar as a control. It fucking works. Night and day between the two. Granted, the control had more of the bottom liquid than the main but the taste don't lie. The honey complimented the flavors from the coffee really well. I feel that it cannot have cream or milk to it. So yeah, I had coffee with honey (Citrus flower from a local bee keeper. Best honeys I can get, hands down.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 I've seen coffee with honey flavor notes so it's not too ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 My wife puts maple syrup in her coffee. Bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Now that actually is pretty bizarre... agave nectar I can see in terms of something similar, but not straight up maple syrup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I just came to the realization of the amount of coffee I have been drinking... and it is not good. For my health and wallet. I need to stop thinking it is a waste to not fill my french press all the way. It also might explain why I've been feeling like shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I used to be the same way! Mine makes 3 cups but now it's broken. Kind of want to get one of those single cup Aereo (sp?) things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 In case I haven't posted before, allow me to introduce the sludge that will keep you awake all night: http://www.ednascoffee.com/ Only use the regular, as everything else is weak, like a regular cup of coffee. Now, the instructions on this are relatively correct. However, there are some modifications you want to make, as the instructions are not quite clear. I will translate these into how they should be from the original posted on the website. Dump one teaspoon (becareful not to level or measure, just lift and pour without thinking) of Edna's coffee into a "coffee pot", like the one shown way below. This is going directly onto the stove top, so it should be in this fashion. Add one teaspoon of sugar. Again, no measuring. Get a small coffee cup, about 3 to 4 ounces. Fill with water and dump into the pot. Add just a smidge more water, like a half an ounce or less. Put on the stove on high. Watch it. The second it starts to bubble up, turn off the heat and remove quickly. It will boil over and make a mess. Pour back into the small cup with a saucer on the bottom, as you will fill the cup all the way to the rim (to do it properly). Let sit for a minute or two, as the sludge/grounds will rest at the bottom of the cup, in addition to cooling. Sip or drink slowly. Do not finish all the way, as the sludge at the bottom is not good eats. Enjoy your Turkish coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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