Funny to read this; this morning there was an email survey at work about the ---- they drink which is a Calderon branded coffee. I stopped drinking that thing years ago. In response, Calderon is sending their sales reps with samples of different coffees. As the company put it, they want to serve good coffee to the employees. Let's see what the caffeine addicts at work will end up with.
Horrible cup of coffee rant
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Gary, you mean "sweet" ??!!
Yes, miscue there on the brain:finger interaction there.
I hope that she doesn't read this ..it could be 3 years until she lets it go ..eh, she'll find something else to criticize by then, probably
I like real Kona (my dog's name!) and Blue Mouuntian, but have to say I stopped chasing fancy coffee after 8 'o Clock Colombian. I actually did not like the red bag, but there is another, "Bokar Blend" that's good. I have to say, if someone does like fancy, look for Malita "Estate". They own actual estates at or next to Konda and Blue Mountian or whatever, maybe the BEST coffee I ever had and its' priced normally. Watch out for "Kona Blend" or anything not 100% whatever it's supposed to be. It's like paying for Mobil 1 and getting G-III.
Yuk- I hear Folger's and I gag. Everyone at the plant here drinks that stuff. I call it 'prison coffee' because it's only good for inmates. I bring in my own grounds from home and brew a different pot for me. I still throw a few bucks in the 'coffee fund' for our parties though
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I'll bet they didn't change the grounds and filter, but just ran a new batch of water through the old stuff.
I actually roast my own coffee from green coffee. It costs me about $5 a pound, which yields probably 12oz of finished coffee after roasting. Not bad for coffee bought at auction from sustainable farms - most of it certified organic. The complexity of aromas blows away anything you can buy on the shelf. Coffee peaks in flavor 24-72 hours after it is roasted. To me, my home roasted coffee starts to taste flat at about 2 weeks (about what the commercial coffee tastes like to me).
It's amazing to me how different coffees from different regions of the world can taste. I am really into Guatemalan region right now. They makes some really good stuff down there.
If you google home coffee roasting you should be able to find more information on it. There is a company in Northern California I buy from on the Internet that is very reputable. They have a wealth of information on the subject as well.
It's amazing to me how different coffees from different regions of the world can taste. I am really into Guatemalan region right now. They makes some really good stuff down there.
If you google home coffee roasting you should be able to find more information on it. There is a company in Northern California I buy from on the Internet that is very reputable. They have a wealth of information on the subject as well.
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That's disgusting. There are places that will recycle tea bags.
I was on a Mexicana flight yesterday and they "recycled" the used coffee "pod" (coffee and filter in a tea bag like format) as an air freshener in the toilet. Must be company policy because it was being used on 2 different airplanes.
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Coffee grounds keep your garbage disposal from smelling lame. I did it ..my wife, by nature - since it was something that I did that she could whine about, whined. I stopped ..she then whined that it was my fault that the disposal stank since I stopped disposing of the grounds there.
It's par for the course.....
I've never "recycled" grounds ..but, in being lazy, have put fresh coffee over grounds and brewed. I actually enjoyed the product. I think it's due to the lame distribution of the hot water to the basket. There appears to be a "hole" that forms in the grounds from where the water enters the basket from above. I end up piling the coffee to where the hole is to compensate.
Yes, I'm too cheap to get another space saver to replace it.
It's par for the course.....
I've never "recycled" grounds ..but, in being lazy, have put fresh coffee over grounds and brewed. I actually enjoyed the product. I think it's due to the lame distribution of the hot water to the basket. There appears to be a "hole" that forms in the grounds from where the water enters the basket from above. I end up piling the coffee to where the hole is to compensate.
Yes, I'm too cheap to get another space saver to replace it.
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Has anyone tried Dunkin Donuts brand unground. It has just appeared in my area. $5.99 for 12 oz of beans. Several varieties
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Cherry hill coffee is a local brand, wow that is good stuff.
Anyways, for a good cup of coffee.. one must have a proper coffee maker.
Clean it once a month with vinegar to remove mineral deposits for maximum brewing pleasure
Anyways,
I'm a dark roast kind of guy. I grind my own beans, extra fine.. how about you guys?
Anyways, for a good cup of coffee.. one must have a proper coffee maker.
Clean it once a month with vinegar to remove mineral deposits for maximum brewing pleasure
Anyways,
I'm a dark roast kind of guy. I grind my own beans, extra fine.. how about you guys?
Here's one of my local roasters. My usuals are Jindebah Special Organic, Timor Organic, or Mexican Organic. Click Coffee Range & Ordering, Our range.
http://www.jindebah.com.au/contents/index.htm
http://www.jindebah.com.au/contents/index.htm
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I hear you. Folgers and most of the store bought brands are nasty once you are introduced to the 'good stuff'. As much as I love coffee, I cant drink Folgers or the likes at all anymore. My personal favorites are:
1) Tim Horton's fine grind (The BEST IMO
2) Eight O'Clock brown bag
3) Jamaican Blue Mountain
4) Some of the unflavored Gevalia stuff is good.
Joel
OT, but I just bought a tea brewer. It sprays the hot water over the bags from above, no soaking or seeping or whatever. DEFINATELY makes the tea taste better. I only dring green hot, but make regular tea for iced tea.
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Can we swap this to a volume thread?
Up to two 12 cup pots a day. My coffee cup leaves very little after 3 cups. That is, 3.25+/- cups to the pot. I switch to some artificially colored and flavored soft drink when I'm caffeine'd out. That, I'll consume a gallon's worth by bedtime.
Volume, baby!!
Up to two 12 cup pots a day. My coffee cup leaves very little after 3 cups. That is, 3.25+/- cups to the pot. I switch to some artificially colored and flavored soft drink when I'm caffeine'd out. That, I'll consume a gallon's worth by bedtime.
Volume, baby!!
I dont fret too much over what brand Marina buys. If its whole beans I grind it fine. i like strong coffee, heaping measures. No cream, no sugar to muck up my fix. If we are all set with the pot, I shut off the warmer so it doesnt burn. Hours later, I will finish it off cold. All the shee-shee things they do to coffee, just gimme a small, black.
Got 3 large bags in the freezer right now. When A&P (former owners of the 8 O'Clock brand) have a BOGO sale I pick up 4 bags. Friends and relatives rave about my coffee. I need 20 oz of it every morning as my caffine fix for the day.
Life is too short for lousy coffee.
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Has anyone tried Dunkin Donuts brand unground. It has just appeared in my area. $5.99 for 12 oz of beans. Several varieties.
Yes, DD coffee is good. My wife asks me to pick it up for her from time to time. I get it right from the DD shop.
Lemme guess: Denver, CO? I used to live there, and even big coffee drinkers in CO were clueless about the REAL stuff: coffee with chicory! You could buy it in the grocery stores, the NO French Market Blend, but that was it.
One day I brought some chicory coffee to work to treat everybody, and put it in the coffee maker. An hour later I heard someone complaining to the receptionist, "I think something's wrong with the coffee machine." I never wasted my $5.50/13 oz. can coffee on those losers again.
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