Coffee what's your fav?

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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    http://stumptowncoffee.com/ is what I normally drink at home and at work.

    Usually go here http://extractocoffeehouse.com/ when I go out for a coffee. The owner Chris Brady used to be in the Old Sub-Pop band, Pond.
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  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,518
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    Horos, are you saying that espresso is not coffee?
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but that was the impression you gave me.
    Also, I gotta agree with you. I like my coffee strong!
    I wasn't saying it's not coffee, obviously it's made from coffee beans, but it's still not the same as coffee. Espresso delivers the caffine in an oil form and it enters the bloodstream more quickly and gives you that jolt. It takes longer for the body to absorb the caffine from a brewed cup, that is what I was talking about.
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  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,518
    I like to use a French Press. Not really a coffee maker though. Basically it's the same way professional tasters make the cups they are sampling.
    #FHP
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    This thread makes me cringe at being a coffee snob. The banter is annoyingly elitist, but I can't resist. My absolute favorite coffee (so far) is Hair Bender from Stumptown Coffee in Portland, OR. Here's their website:

    http://stumptowncoffee.com/

    It's a blend from three regions and has a strong aroma and hint of spiciness I love. You can actually use it for drip coffee or espresso.

    I have to admit though that a very close second for the best cup of coffee I had in my life was in at a lounge the Amsterdam Airport. It actually came from one of those machines and grinds and brews it right there for you. It may have been in one of the VIP type lounges because I was traveling with Am Ex Platinum card holders that had access to various airport VIP lounges, but my God it was unbelievably good coffee.

    Edit: I just saw the above post talking about Stumptown Coffee. I swear I'd move to Portland for that reason alone.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    I'm not a huge fan of coffee but I do drink it.

    If anyone can recommend me a good, fairtrade coffee, I would be very grateful! :D

    http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/18/1-coffee/

    Stuff White People Like
    #1 - Coffee

    There is no doubt that white people love coffee. Yes, it’s true that asians like iced coffee and people of all races enjoy it. But I promise you that the first person at your school to drink coffee was a white person. You could kind of tell they didn’t enjoy it, but they did it anyways until they liked it - like cigarettes.

    White people all need Starbucks, Second Cup or Coffee Bean. They are also fond of saying “you do NOT want to see me before I get my morning coffee.” White guys will also call it anything but coffee: “rocket fuel,” “java,” “joe,” “black gold,” and so forth. It’s pretty garbage all around.

    If you want to go for extra points - white people really love FAIR TRADE coffee, because paying the extra $2 means they are making a difference.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    gabers wrote:
    I have to admit though that a very close second for the best cup of coffee I had in my life was in at a lounge the Amsterdam Airport. It actually came from one of those machines and grinds and brews it right there for you. It may have been in one of the VIP type lounges because I was traveling with Am Ex Platinum card holders that had access to various airport VIP lounges, but my God it was unbelievably good coffee.
    Somehow this post made me remember an experience I had several years ago. While driving from Texas to Michigan my husband and I were really tired and stopped at a highway dept. rest stop in Illinois. There was a coffee vending machine and we were SO desperate for some caffeine for the final part of the drive that we decided to break down and get coffee from it, fully expecting it to be awful. We were shocked to hear the machine grinding coffee beans then brewing it fresh. Instead of getting something that tasted worse than cat shit we were treated to a delicious cup of coffee. Who'd have guessed from a vending machine? Just to make sure it wasn't a fluke we tried it out at a different rest stop on the way back with the same results. That was about 15 years ago so I don't know what it's like if you go driving through Illinois now.
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  • Red Mosquito75
    Red Mosquito75 Moline IL Posts: 1,038
    shade grown mexican from any brand
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Just a regular from Dunkin Donuts does it for me.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    gabers wrote:
    This thread makes me cringe at being a coffee snob. The banter is annoyingly elitist, but I can't resist. My absolute favorite coffee (so far) is Hair Bender from Stumptown Coffee in Portland, OR. Here's their website:

    http://stumptowncoffee.com/

    It's a blend from three regions and has a strong aroma and hint of spiciness I love. You can actually use it for drip coffee or espresso.

    I have to admit though that a very close second for the best cup of coffee I had in my life was in at a lounge the Amsterdam Airport. It actually came from one of those machines and grinds and brews it right there for you. It may have been in one of the VIP type lounges because I was traveling with Am Ex Platinum card holders that had access to various airport VIP lounges, but my God it was unbelievably good coffee.

    Edit: I just saw the above post talking about Stumptown Coffee. I swear I'd move to Portland for that reason alone.

    The Hair Bender is good. I had some this morning. :)
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  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    Looking at the stumptown site has convinced me to get a french press, instead of a new coffee maker.

    I'll order some of that Hair Bender too, sounds good.
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  • brother123
    brother123 Posts: 792
    I'm getting to be a big coffee drinker.

    I have at least 3 cups of Dunkin Donuts coffee every day.

    I love that shit
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  • Corso
    Corso so poor I can't afford to comment on the PJ forum Posts: 201
    fav coffee? black, medium roast, temp around 130 F, drip, french press or stove top, toddy, espresso, it is all good. has anyone tasted jamaican blue mountain?
  • Whizbang
    Whizbang Posts: 1,314
    Iced hazelnut....year round......
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  • Jwmcc
    Jwmcc Posts: 451
    STUMPTOWNCOFFEE IS INVADING NYC!! :)

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/04022009/en ... 162415.htm


    "YOU can't run a city that never sleeps without copious amounts of caffeine -- so it makes sense that some of the nation's top coffee purveyors are looking to get in on the action. Garnering some of the biggest buzz is Stumptown Coffee. The Portland, Ore., company is opening a Red Hook roastery at 219 Van Brunt St. and a cafe in Chelsea's Ace Hotel this spring. Until then, Stumptown beans are available at a growing roster of local cafes and restaurants, as are cult brews from Chicago's Intelligentsia, San Francisco's Blue Bottle and Durham, NC's, Counter Culture.

    But will they make inroads in a city where -- in the words of Stumptown owner Duane Sorenson -- "diner coffee is big"?"
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    I'm not a huge fan of coffee but I do drink it.

    I will only buy fairtrade (normally supermarkets own) and I take it white with 1 sugar. Although, I have tried Jamaican Blue Mountain in the past... t'was nice! :geek:

    If anyone can recommend me a good, fairtrade coffee, I would be very grateful! :D


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  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    Corso wrote:
    fav coffee? black, medium roast, temp around 130 F, drip, french press or stove top, toddy, espresso, it is all good. has anyone tasted jamaican blue mountain?

    yeah that stuff is good but damn expensive
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    I really need to ween off of coffee and go back to just hot tea.
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  • dawng
    dawng Posts: 644
    I am really enjoying toddy (cold brewed coffee). You can use any arabica blend, brew up a pound at a time and let it sit in the fridge for up to a week (as if it would last that long!) It has much less acid than hot brewed coffee or espresso and is way easier on my stomach.

    One of the Stewart brothers (creators of Seattle's Best Coffee) told my sister about it, who told me about it, and I really enjoy it more than regular brewed. It's stronger than coffee - so to drink it like a cup of coffee you add hot water. I also use it as shots in cold/steamed milk & chocolate for an iced/hot mocha - and with a little hot water, baileys, and grand mariner for a nice after dinner drink 8-)

    Here's an example of the toddy brewer we have - I think it was $40...but the above mentioned sister got it for me so I don't know for sure!
    http://www.toddycafe.com/
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  • Hinn
    Hinn Posts: 1,517
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    I'm not a huge fan of coffee but I do drink it.

    I will only buy fairtrade (normally supermarkets own) and I take it white with 1 sugar. Although, I have tried Jamaican Blue Mountain in the past... t'was nice! :geek:

    If anyone can recommend me a good, fairtrade coffee, I would be very grateful! :D
    I've picked out a couple of places in London for my coffee stocks, at the Armadillo cafe in Notting Hill and Flat White in Soho. The range is great, though I'm not sure they take online orders. If you want, I can pick up some for the next time I'm around them places- just let me know if you want grounded or beans and I can pick something out.

    I don't do chains. I would like my money back from the times I had coffee at Dunkin Donuts and Tim Hortons.

    Drinking coffee in America is like having piss water. No one can do a macchiato that hits the right spot like they do in Italian, Aussie and Kiwi cafes, and this is from trying a tonne of places in Seattle, your supposed coffee capital. I'd rather drink, ugh, Bud.

    If there's no brown sugar, I'd rather not take any.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Hinn wrote:
    I've picked out a couple of places in London for my coffee stocks, at the Armadillo cafe in Notting Hill and Flat White in Soho. The range is great, though I'm not sure they take online orders. If you want, I can pick up some for the next time I'm around them places- just let me know if you want grounded or beans and I can pick something out.

    I don't do chains. I would like my money back from the times I had coffee at Dunkin Donuts and Tim Hortons.

    Drinking coffee in America is like having piss water. No one can do a macchiato that hits the right spot like they do in Italian, Aussie and Kiwi cafes, and this is from trying a tonne of places in Seattle, your supposed coffee capital. I'd rather drink, ugh, Bud.

    If there's no brown sugar, I'd rather not take any.

    Oh Good Lord. Turn off your Mac & get over yourself. One of your Kiwi cafes could put Dunkin Donuts' coffee in a cup and you would think it was perfectly fine unless someone told you what it was.
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