Coffee People. Talk to me.

[Tiwi]

if the hand grinding gets tedious it's easy to use a cordless drill in place of the hand crank.

Thanks for the advice, I'll try it tonight

[Chuck Naill]

I use an old electric grinder and a 32 oz press. I go with Peets or Starbucks depending on the deal of the week. I prefer coffee oil to filtered.

[guyy]

I used to roast my own, but i no longer have the space to do it. These days i get my coffee from Driftaway in Brooklyn or Nicoletti, also in Brooklyn but closer to me. Back in the days when we travelled to faraway places like Bleeker St., i’d get some from Porto Rico, an old time Greenwich Village place. All of those places do mail order.

[Dreck]

My wife is a New Orleans girl, so I've been sold on CDM coffee and chicory for the past few decades. If it's done in a french press, the oils can be a bit much for those with more delicate palates. I prefer mine out of a good old-fashioned percolator, or the drip machine in my classroom.
Since I'm a theologian, I prefer my coffee Hamartologically Orthodox: hot as Hell, black as sin, strong as death, and bitter as iniquity.

[FredRydr]

Chicory...that I cannot abide! When I would stay with my brother who lived in the Quarter, he tried to sway me, but I remain unconvinced.

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[jar]

I tend to enjoy coffee with chicory but only as an occasional aside from the varietals.

[Chrissy]

I tend to enjoy coffee with chicory but only as an occasional aside from the varietals.

I remember a liquid coffee made with chicory called Camp that I always used to drink when I was younger, but never buy anymore. I suppose it's a good store cupboard ingredient if you need to add liquid coffee flavour to something.

[guyy]

How about cardamom in your coffee? I always add it to turkish.

I’m drinking turkish coffee this week because we’re on a camping trip & it’s best for camping.

[Kaputnik]

How about cardamom in your coffee? I always add it to turkish.

I’m drinking turkish coffee this week because we’re on a camping trip & it’s best for camping.

I've tried that when making Turkish coffee. Didn't spoil it, didn't improve it as far as I was concerned.

Some time I'm going to have to try chicory in my coffee and instead of coffee, just out of curiosity. If I hate it, I hate it.

[FredRydr]

The local coffee places offer all sorts of flavored coffees. The only flavor I'm looking for when I want coffee is...coffee.

[jar]

And I want shot, small, medium or large.

[CrayonAngelss]

The local coffee places offer all sorts of flavored coffees. The only flavor I'm looking for when I want coffee is...coffee.

When I was a coffee drinker, I could never do the flavored coffees/creamers. To each their own, but I just wanted regular coffee and half n half.

[FredRydr]

Then there's expresso ice cream from Leo's.

[FredRydr]

The Moka coffee pot is in trouble! "Get one while you can."

[Igraine]

I had been using Krupps mini expresso machines for several years, would just make myself a big mug of expresso every morning. The first Krupps machine I got lasted a long time, the 2nd and 3rd seemed to be less quality, and stopped working after a year each. I went back to old fashioned stove top percolator coffee - then decided on one of those overpriced Fellow pour over systems. A big, clunky, clumsy thing to use. The very thin glass carafe broke the second day. Since that day, I’ve been using the metal cone filter that came with the Fellow. I just put it in a mason jar, put some coffee in, and pour over that way. Works really good. So now I’m thinking of just buying a simple pour over set, preferably one where I don’t need a paper filter. I could keep using the Fellow filter and mason jar, it works great, bu I’d like something a little more pleasurable to use.

[NumberSix]

Can I share something that will probably get me banned? I like instant coffee.



Historically, I have been a mild coffee snob. Nothing major, but just "not-Folger's". That sort of thing. But then I started watching a terrific youtube channel called SteveMRE1989, where the dude samples military meals as old as WW2 and further back. He is so in love with "Coffee Instant, Type 2". One day, I got curious and bought some Taster's Choice instant packets.

It has its own flavor, to be sure. But I found I liked it. And what's more, I liked the convenience of it. I already had a machine that looks like a tiny coffee maker which will quick-boil a mug's-worth of water. I used it for making tea, but obviously it works just as well for a cuppa instant.

That was maybe two years ago. Instant coffee is now in my regular rotation, so that I only make a full pot half the time instead of daily.

[NumberSix]

Oh, and thanks to the early months of COVID when we were all unsure of grocery availability and ordering in bulk, I started ordering buckets of Maxwell House, Folger's, and Yuban. Those are now my go-to coffee grounds. I like them, and I like the value price of them compared to the Starbucks, Seattle's Best, etc that I used to buy. (though I do have a container of Dunkin Donuts grounds happening right now)

In order of flavor preference, I would probably go:
1. Yuban
2. Maxwell House
3. Folger's



What's next in my fall from snobbery? Am I going to start drinking Coor's Light? (hehe, this is not a joke on you guys - it's a joke on me)

[TSherbs]

Snobbery over coffee is stupid. If you like it, drink it. We drink what we like, and what we can afford. Billions can't afford or have access to coffee at all.

[NumberSix]

Snobbery over coffee is stupid. If you like it, drink it. We drink what we like, and what we can afford. Billions can't afford or have access to coffee at all.

I agree. Drink what you like and can afford.

I just laugh at myself for being a self-described coffee snob and then realizing I actually like the "cheap stuff". No shade meant towards anyone who doesn't agree.

[TSherbs]

And just so we're clear, I buy roasted whole beans from a local roaster whom I consider the best in the area. I grind it only when I brew it, and I prefer it to be less than two weeks from when it was roasted.

But I am 60+ years old and can finally indulge my tastes more. But for 40 years prior I would never have considered buying anything but cheaper stuff in cans. I don't buy cheap beer anymore, either, but I also drink way way less. But I will drink a Bud without complaint. Usually.