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Perkins restaurants has a good cup of Joe. The manager would sell me a handful of foil bags for a few bucks.
https://www.perkinsrestaurants.com/coffeeathome/
McDonalds Coffee
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My mom and dad would have McDonald's for breakfast when on road trips. They always mentioned how good McD's coffee was. This was before the McCafe thing.
BTW, I went thru a McD's drive thru a few weeks ago. The dang ice cream machine was working! I nearly died.
True devil coffee is at the Donut Wheel in Livermore, around 2AM (when they used to be 24/7). I think the coffee is what you'd expect from a diner in the 1950's; Farmer Brothers re-roasted, high octane. The excellent donuts made up for the coffee. Come to think of it, this place might have been around in the 50's.
BTW, I went thru a McD's drive thru a few weeks ago. The dang ice cream machine was working! I nearly died.
True devil coffee is at the Donut Wheel in Livermore, around 2AM (when they used to be 24/7). I think the coffee is what you'd expect from a diner in the 1950's; Farmer Brothers re-roasted, high octane. The excellent donuts made up for the coffee. Come to think of it, this place might have been around in the 50's.
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My problem with mcdonalds coffee is their bad habit when theyre in a hurry of putting a cup under the drip for a couple of people then everyone else gets water. that and theyre paper cups at least for a while had a serious leak problem where it would meet the lid
yes!!! wth is with that leaking???!
In rush hour they either forgot putting cream or forgot putting sugar. Or forgot both lol
I'm thinking McDonald's coffee of the 70s was probably whatever was available from regional coffee roasters and could vary depending on the source. I also remember this one McDonald's near the courthouse where I did jury duty. They had a real hand-operated espresso machine. Nice copper one with an eagle on top. This was well before McCafe and just something the local operator chose to have.
I guess there could be stuff like percolator coffee. Coffee generally shouldn't be boiled. It does tend to overextract where it pulls out just way too much of the bitter stuff. I went to a cowboy cookout once where we had cowboy coffee. It was just boiled in blue enamel campware coffee pots and they relied on gravity to keep the grounds at the bottom of the pot. I ended up spitting out a lot of grounds.
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Perc coffee ftmfw
If I travel by car, there is probably a bag with already ground coffee, my electric kettle and my French press
Your mother I’m sure is an excellent person, but she is wrong. Coffee should be consumed once every two waking hours to keep things right here in ‘Merica.
That is a serious commitment right there! I applaud your effort!If I travel by car, there is probably a bag with already ground coffee, my electric kettle and my French press
We buy whole bean and grind ourselves.
For years we bought Gold Coffee Company Reserve but the price REALLY started to go up and well, all I can say after years of liking this coffee I cheaped out once it hit now over $10. a pound. I wont say that I will never buy it again but we found something that makes us just as happy after struggling for a while of tasting other coffees. The price increase over the years has been massive. It was going up with every order. Just rubbing me the wrong way on how much it has gone up/every order.
We love a STRONG brew (me even more strong) I liken it to Starbucks strong but its been YEARS since I have bought a Starbucks coffee, ex. when my brother is here, he adds water to our coffee, like one quarter + of water.
Anyway, just two months ago stumbled onto Costco "Costa Rica" whole beans. 6lbs for $37.99 is a good price @ 6.33 lb at Costco.com You need to buy in 6 lb quantities online. The low price and good taste and well, I look at it as an inflation fighter equal to Gold Coffee Company previous love. I wont say that this coffee is the end all of all good things. I still look to the above Gold Coffee as the standard. But this below has made the price of the Gold hard to swallow. (maybe) time will tell. Just finished up 6 lbs of it and now on the next new order of 6lbs. So far so good.
Solid point. My number was an absolute minimum.Every two?
Lightweight…
I've tasted what I believe is more than a few 'augmented flavorings' in many a food product.
Would any fast food joint serve such altered food products?
Hint: They're known for overly preserved "pink slime" hamburgers
Let me put it to you more gently: Does a diner owner sugar a wooden cantaloupe?
Also, since some of you are flyers I must tell you about a "Golden Winger" (in flight engineer) pal of mine.
He traveled with his own instant coffee because he wanted consistency and ease.
At first, I was appalled, then maturity showed me how invaluable consistency is.
If I travel by car, there is probably a bag with already ground coffee, my electric kettle and my French press
I've got a hand cranked burr grinder.
