Coffee - Your Current Brew
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Yup, different brand but same thing with a stainless steel pot. Aluminum is no good. Roasting coffee is easy and saves you a lot of money. Try it if you don’t already.
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Need to order more decaff. I was going though about 10 lbs a year of Italian dark roast whole bean but lowered my caffeine limits and cut back on the straight stuff.
eBay King of Coffee is the seller. It's one up a bit and about 50% more than the regular. Use to be about the same price.
eBay King of Coffee is the seller. It's one up a bit and about 50% more than the regular. Use to be about the same price.
Not mine, but a co-worker decided to be adventurous. No thanks.
What's that smell?
It happens.
Oh you are brewing coffee!
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Chock Full Of Nuts decaf compostable kpods.
Cameron's breakfast blend. Was buying Tim Horton's for the longest time but needed a change. Idk seams as if it was getting bitter or maybe just me. Need to get some Caribou next, it was always good when traveling out West.
Amazon for Cameron's and wallyworld for Caribou
I have had some of the coffees on here that get raves. I have had many coffees my son has made over many years. He has big bucks and has had at least 3 top shelf coffee/expresso machines He has roasted his own coffees from who knows how many different suppliers.
Many of us fancy ourselves as connoisseurs. Or we just know what WE like even though others may not. I really don't know where I fit in. But I do know that of all the coffees I have drunk over 65+ years..the overwhelming number are so-so. I can say for certainty the coffee I have had at Hotel Hershey-Circular Dining Room (In Hershey PA) was the best I ever drank. I knew the brand at the time, bought some and made in in multiple coffee makers (using non chlorinated water). Non hold a candle to the way THEY brew it.
So now I have a large cup of McDonalds in the morning. Its good and very consistent.
I do have to say there is a coffee shop in town that has been around for 10+ years. The owner knows what he is doing. The coffee is Non GMO and comes in 50# (?) bags. His roster is gigantic. It doesn't rival Hershey but is better than Mcdonalds. I'll go there tomorrow and get pics....or maybe I'll go to McDonaldes. I get a large cup for 99cents with my app lol.
Many of us fancy ourselves as connoisseurs. Or we just know what WE like even though others may not. I really don't know where I fit in. But I do know that of all the coffees I have drunk over 65+ years..the overwhelming number are so-so. I can say for certainty the coffee I have had at Hotel Hershey-Circular Dining Room (In Hershey PA) was the best I ever drank. I knew the brand at the time, bought some and made in in multiple coffee makers (using non chlorinated water). Non hold a candle to the way THEY brew it.
So now I have a large cup of McDonalds in the morning. Its good and very consistent.
I do have to say there is a coffee shop in town that has been around for 10+ years. The owner knows what he is doing. The coffee is Non GMO and comes in 50# (?) bags. His roster is gigantic. It doesn't rival Hershey but is better than Mcdonalds. I'll go there tomorrow and get pics....or maybe I'll go to McDonaldes. I get a large cup for 99cents with my app lol.
What's in your cabinet?
You guys seem to have pretty good taste... One of you guys, I forget who, posted that the Eight 'o Clock Colombian was pretty good, so I picked some up today. It's pretty good - not my favorite, but definitely drinkable. Kinda has what seems to me to be a "vintage" or "old-fashioned" flavor - like, what I expect the average cup 'o joe tasted like from a diner or something, back in the '60s. Kinda a sharp, "bright" edge to it.
Anyway, here's my stash. Had to put my favorite mug in there, ha ha
breakast blend dollar general brandI use the local guys: http://www.blanchardscoffee.com/
Currently going through my bag of Malwai Estate Washed AA
Otherwise I can't recommend them highly enough. Tiny operation, US owned, and they go way past Fair Trade: http://www.blanchardscoffee.com/2/post/2013/08/straight-talk-about-sustainability.html
I use an electric kettle, Chemex, and my grinder is a radial burr 1/2 horsepower behemoth from a convenience store. MSRP of these things are $800 new, this one works great and I snagged it for $60. Some think conical burr is better- but I've seen a few tests where they analyzed the grinds and the radial had fewer fines and more consistent sizing. For drip coffee, it's truly hard to beat. For espresso, go burr or go home.
We've been drinking lots of this at work lately. One of my coworkers buys beans in bulk and we grind it in the office.
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Currently churning through a small batch of a dry processed/home roasted Yemen. Not my absolute favorite Yemen, but pretty decent. On a scale of 1-10 it gives me intense ristretto extractions I'd rate at 7.75... End result was along the lines of 20W-50 viscosity.
It certainly looks it; nice demitasse BTW.
Some of the strongest coffee I ever drank was in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf war. The stuff looked like Arco graphite, but it was very smooth WITH sweetener. 
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Yep thanks... I push pretty much every green coffee right to the very beginning of Full City range to pick up some roast notes as well as maintaining the inherent notes each coffee has to offer. Then heavy on dose, finer range of grinding, tamp pressure on lighter side and end up with my sought after viscosity.
That type of demitasse is by far the best I've came across and the only type I will use. Sweet Maria's did brand them with their logo and I snagged a few. Then when ordering more green a few yrs ago saw they were gonna discontinue them, so snagged 4 more. Perfect in size (less than 2 oz. capacity) and very heavy wall construction, weighing 6 oz. empty.
