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On April 13 2011 08:17 Essentia wrote: Iced coffee is great! But only real men drink their coffee black!
Love iced coffee. If you order ice cappuchino at Tim Horton's in Canada, you get slushy mix of coffee and ice. I ordered the same thing when I moved to the states at Dunkin Donuts and I got a cold cappuchino with ice cubes. Took me ages to find out you gotta order a coffee coolatta
Then I went to Dunkin donuts in Korea and found they only have fruit flavored coolattas
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This thing makes the ultimate coffe, no exotic crap with wierd names just regular black coffe over a fire(preferably in a forest for maximum effect).
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Starbucks for heavy-duty coffee, McDonald and Timhorton coffee for the lighter coffee, great taste too.
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http://www.brucesbrew.com/
I happen to know this guy who roasts his own beans, and has made a small business selling them. Maybe its just the fact that I feel like I'm supporting "mom and pop" when I buy from him, but prefer his roasts over the mass produced stuff.
Oh yeah, I drink my all black, sometimes with a teaspoon of pure cane sugar, but nothing else.
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On April 13 2011 08:31 Kamais_Ookin wrote: Starbucks for heavy-duty coffee, McDonald and Timhorton coffee for the lighter coffee, great taste too. Yeah. Is Timhorton canadian?
In terms of McDonalds coffee I find it to be a good regular cup of coffee, but I don't like their frappucino stuff. Then again, I rarely have real starbucks. (Like once or twice in my life)
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Didn't the movie "The bucket list" already '/thread' this?
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I like my coffee how I like my women.
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Coffee is one of the finer things in life. Believe that. I'm a huge fan of Starbucks, particularly the lighter roasts. I don't like the darker roasts as much but its all good. Kona is my all time favorite but another awesome blend is Jamaican Blue Mountain. Had that once...
I don't like adding stuff to coffee because it hides the individual flavors and the sugar is bad for your teeth and makes your breath bad (worse lol). I have heard that adding cream reduces the stains you get on your teeth but it's not worth it to me.
Another thing to look for is peaberry beans. This is where each shell has two beans in it. It is pretty rare and expensive but tastes so smooth.
Also very good are Americanos (maybe only American term, I dunno). They are made from espresso and diluted with hot water. mmm.
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For some reason I just love instant. Coffee snobs will tell me I'm stupid, but I actually just enjoy the flavor.
That said I do appreciate a properly brewed coffee too, I just don't have access to a way of regularly making it.
Also very good are Americanos (maybe only American term, I dunno). They are made from espresso and diluted with hot water. mmm.
Nah you can get Americanos all the way over here in New Zealand too
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On April 13 2011 08:35 indigoawareness wrote: I like my coffee how I like my women.
Watery?
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Starbucks recently had to close quite a few stores in Melbourne due to our cafe culture not tolerating their fluff roast.
I make coffee by putting some freshly ground stuff in a little pot on the stove, then heating it to just before boil so the extraction gets going but doesn't burn the coffee; then straining it into a cup.
Coffee ftw.
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For my quick fix, I nowadays use a Nespresso machine. Even though I usually hate such proprietary systems, I have to admit that it's the only "convenience" coffee maker which produces stuff I actually like.
In regard to diamond/master league coffee, I would point you to "Turkish coffee" or "Bosnian coffee", which is basically just extremely finely ground coffee and boiling water. While it will usually be pretty sweet (and thus almost inedible) when you order it regularly at some sort of restaurant, it's actually a very decent coffee if you prepare it without sugar. When preparing it yourself, you should get specifically ground coffee powder from any Bosnian or Turkish groceries shop, and I recommend to add an egg (or more, depending on the amount) to the coffee before the water is starting to boil, because the hardening eggwhite will contain the powder, thus functioning as the equivalent of a filter for regular coffee types.
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hmmm I like to go with Nescafe canned coffee, shit is dirt cheap and tastes pretty good. I treat myself to Starbucks on few occasions too
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French press is the best way to go, for sure. Steeping fully in the beans brings out a flavor that is simply unavailable any other way.
Fresh roasted is also the other key. Unfortunately, having coffee roasted on that same day is usually impractical. Fresh grinding the beans is also important.
Jamaican Blue Mountain is probably the best I've had, followed closely by Kona. Those however, are both extremely expensive, so for a normal day, I'm good with Sumatran
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On April 13 2011 08:35 indigoawareness wrote: I like my coffee how I like my women.
Black? Sweet? Roasted?
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You could always inhale your coffee. For when you're REALLY on the go!
ok, that one is actually fake
but this one is real
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i recently became poorish and had to switch from nice hazelnut beans to maxwell ground crap. good coffee is one of the greatest things on the planet.
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I'm a big coffee geek. I spent a summer working for a local roaster that buys coffee from farmers across the world. My twin trains barista's for a living and has flown to South America to meet and learn from local coffee farmers. He also competes in barista competitions (yes they exist lol) and flies around the country working with baristas. He also does triangulation tasting: essentially coffee has terrior, just like wine, and tastes different depending on the exact cultivar of the plant, altitude, and country of origin. Basically, he can tell you in technical detail stuff I can only start to explain.
I brew french press but because I work as a teacher, I don't really have time to brew it the right way (eg. get the right bean to h2o ratio), brew at 190 for 4 mins, decant asap. French press is how I got in to coffee, so it has sentimental value for me as well.
I drink espresso often as long as it is from a reputable roaster and made by a competent barista on the right machine.
I have used the aero-press, which produces strong coffee very quickly with little clean up. I use this when I travel. Great for fast, homemade iced coffee because its strong and quick to make.
Chemex, with non bleached filters, when used with a slow pour method, can produce amazing coffee if, again, you get the right bean to water ratio. Very comparable to new japanese brewing methods (search for a nytimes article written within the last 2 months for more details on this).
I have also had amazingly good coffee brewed using a vacuum brew method, aka siphon. Popular in Sweden & Denmark from the 60's era.
Great coffee is easy: Get fresh beans from a reputable roaster (one in every major city now days), get a good grinder (consistent particle size allows you to control flavor and brew times), search the web to find out exactly how to use your preferred brewing device (it can be more specific than you think; coffeegeek.com) , get a thermometer to measure water temperature.
If you have any questions, just ask; if I can't answer, I can ask my twin, as he is actually fairly well-known in the coffee industry.
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