Favorite coffee

eman1200 said:
it was just a funny reference to a movie line that seems to have sailed over some heads
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Warmi said:
it is sugar that is bad for you … drink your coffee with tons of typical extra sweet creamer and it is going to be as bad as Mountain Dew.
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I don't add any of that to mine. I just drink it black.
 
Since I last posted in this thread, I upgraded from whatever combo I was running (aeropress, ninja, chemex, etc plus grinder) to a Philips SuperAutomatic. They can bury me with that machine; it is that good.
 
masloki said:
Since I last posted in this thread, I upgraded from whatever combo I was running (aeropress, ninja, chemex, etc plus grinder) to a Philips SuperAutomatic. They can bury me with that machine; it is that good.
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A friend made me a cup with an aero press. It wasn’t bad and seemed to extract about as good as a french press does. Seemed like too much effort to use first thing in the morning though. ;)
 
RyanB said:
Seemed like too much effort to use first thing in the morning though. ;)
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As much as I love coffee, that is why I have to settle for second best. I just can't do all that stuff in the morning.
I had one of those coffee machines that grind the beans in the morning based on a time so it is ready when you get up. But my wife hated it because it woke her up before she was ready to be woke (no, not that kind of "woke"). So we gave it to a friend that actually appreciates it.
 
You folks are worse than wine snobs. Do you stick little umbrellas in your cups? This thread shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what coffee should be.

Here’s a typical example of how coffee is supposed to be made:

According to the book Western Words: A Dictionary of the Range, Cow Camp and Trail, published in 1945, an old-time wagon cook had this as a standard recipe: “Take two pounds of Arbuckle’s coffee, put in enough water to wet it down, boil it for two hours, then throw in a hoss shoe. If the hoss shoe sinks, she ain’t ready.”​

Personally, my favorite method is as follows: pick up a pound of ground coffee (whatever they have) from a backwoods country store in the Appalachians and toss it into your backpack. You then hike several miles into the mountains and make camp for the night. In the morning, you measure out coffee into the palm of your hand (one full palm per cup, plus one extra for the pot) and toss it into a steel pot, preferably one that’s beat up from the time you kicked it and has a few years worth of soot on it. Use water drawn from the mountain stream you camped next to. Boil it over your morning fire, settle the grounds and fish out the twigs, then sip it while watching the sun come up over the mountains.

Also good is gas station coffee, black as the devil’s heart and hot as hell, poured from an old Stanley thermos as you sit in a small boat at dawn casting bass lures. Mist rises off the lake to match the steam rising from the cup, and it’s amazing how such a hellish drink can taste so heavenly.

Or maybe you’d like the coffee on a dive boat as you head back to port in a rolling sea after a couple of morning wreck dives. You’re chilled to the bone and so desperate for warmth that you don’t mind scalding your tongue on the near-boiling brew. Taste? What’s it matter when your tongue is numb anyway?

You folks just don’t understand coffee.
 
Half Fast said:
You folks are worse than wine snobs. Do you stick little umbrellas in your cups? This thread shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what coffee should be.

Here’s a typical example of how coffee is supposed to be made:

According to the book Western Words: A Dictionary of the Range, Cow Camp and Trail, published in 1945, an old-time wagon cook had this as a standard recipe: “Take two pounds of Arbuckle’s coffee, put in enough water to wet it down, boil it for two hours, then throw in a hoss shoe. If the hoss shoe sinks, she ain’t ready.”​

Personally, my favorite method is as follows: pick up a pound of ground coffee (whatever they have) from a backwoods country store in the Appalachians and toss it into your backpack. You then hike several miles into the mountains and make camp for the night. In the morning, you measure out coffee into the palm of your hand (one full palm per cup, plus one extra for the pot) and toss it into a steel pot, preferably one that’s beat up from the time you kicked it and has a few years worth of soot on it. Use water drawn from the mountain stream you camped next to. Boil it over your morning fire, settle the grounds and fish out the twigs, then sip it while watching the sun come up over the mountains.

Also good is gas station coffee, black as the devil’s heart and hot as hell, poured from an old Stanley thermos as you sit in a small boat at dawn casting bass lures. Mist rises off the lake to match the steam rising from the cup, and it’s amazing how such a hellish drink can taste so heavenly.

Or maybe you’d like the coffee on a dive boat as you head back to port in a rolling sea after a couple of morning wreck dives. You’re chilled to the bone and so desperate for warmth that you don’t mind scalding your tongue on the near-boiling brew. Taste? What’s it matter when your tongue is numb anyway?

You folks just don’t understand coffee.
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So you like hot and angry brown sludge, when not at home? Got it. Don’t disagree except the gas station coffee machine that was last cleaned when Nixon was in office. I can make my own sludge in that instance tyvm. You also missed that diner coffee at 2 AM when you are out with friends and don’t want to go home yet. When at home though…it’s quite nice when coffee has flavors as imparted by the beans of things like chocolate, cherry, cinnamon, etc.
 
Caffeine, along with nicotine should be regulated like all the other addictive drugs... :stirpot:

Remember when people used to get together and discuss their problems over coffee and cigarettes.??

Now coffee and cigarettes are the problem...
 
masloki said:
So you like hot and angry brown sludge, when not at home? Got it. Don’t disagree except the gas station coffee machine that was last cleaned when Nixon was in office. I can make my own sludge in that instance tyvm. You also missed that diner coffee at 2 AM when you are out with friends and don’t want to go home yet. When at home though…it’s quite nice when coffee has flavors as imparted by the beans of things like chocolate, cherry, cinnamon, etc.
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My favorite diner coffee is at the pre-dawn breakfast when you and your buddy are going hunting. Get a to-go cup when you leave so you’ll wake up enough that you don’t shoot your buddy.
 
scottfromboston said:
wrbix said:
Yessir ....IMHO, brewing in a TechniVorm Moccamaster steps up any coffee a notch or two.
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Probably. But my favorite methods lately are generally simpler (French press, Moka pot). You can’t go wrong with a pour-over or an Aeropress either, as long as your water temps are right.
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Domenick said:
Hand grind with a burr grinder immediately before using my Technivorm Moccamaster.
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You lousy bums.

I was a Bialetti person for years. I recently took the plunge and got a Flair Pro 2 and a Kingrinder k6, and they have become my daily driver.

Spousal unit recently picked up a Moccamaster on sale, and now we've been getting that dialed in.
 
Maxwell House or Folgers, but, I brew it strong enough to keep most people awake for 4 days
 
I travel a lot, and occasionally to some pretty remote places. Given my obsession I wanted to be able to make espresso anywhere, anytime; so I got a Picopresso and enough kit to carry, grind, heat, and brew anywhere that has fresh water (bottled or tap). The camera coffee bag carries the press, an immersion heater (campfire will work too), hand grinder, aeropress, vacuum container for beans, and a couple of espresso cups. It's been around the world (literally) with me, saved lives, and made friends. I still have not met my goal of being able to pull a shot while crossing the International Date Line, but I have pulled a few in a hut in the woods in Indonesia and other out of the way places.

Nauga,
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So there I was… cruising at 360, my copilot sez, want some espresso?

Now he has my attention… uh, YA.

Whips out Cera. 3 minutes later I have a piping hot proper espresso. Not quite the set up Nauga has there, but gets the job done!!

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I’m staring at him like a dog watching TV, he turns to me and says “we’re not animals”! 16E2CB10-706A-483D-BFEE-7304CC964AD4.jpeg

I got mine in a cool designer green color. Here it is in Brodhead.
 
Flyingfanatic said:
What's your favorite coffee for home?

I'm looking for suggestions as I'm switching coffee at home. Not doing Starbucks. I've tried Black Rifle, which is good, but they sell 12 ounce and 5 lb. Looking for a 2-2.5 pound bag, if possible.

So what do you drink?
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Gotta me straight from the pot!
 
Folger’s says it is good to the last drop. Have you tried Folgers? Or maybe that is Maxwell House
 
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Good ol' Folgers and Maxwell House are my main coffee choices. I also Like Community Coffee - from Baton Rouge, LA, but that's not as easy to find. I am also a fan of K-Kup pods in a Keurig - because I only do one cup at a time.

Other than that, I'll take hot-free any day of the week.
 
texasclouds said:
Folger’s says it is good to the last drop. Have you tried Folgers? Or maybe that is Maxwell House
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Folgers Black Silk is actually drinkable, better than the regular at least.
 
Almost 150 post later, and I am still saying that best coffee is free and hot...
 
JOhnH said:
That's what I would like to do with most restaurant coffee, and the coffee I am subjected to at a few friends houses.
That coffee looks like it pours like water. I like my coffee to pour like syrup.
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Quality coffee can float a horseshoe
 
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