| Author | Message | ||
     Ezblast |
LOL - I've been grinding coffee most my life, learned in collage, french press, but dislike french roast. A dark Sumatra, a medium Kona, a Dark columbian, etc, their flavors are all different and good, the blends are even better. Muddy Waters, Farleys, Any of the Beanery Blends (- SF's best!) - just love coffee - my current pot is a Krupps Burr-grind and serve with gold basket, looking to move on to a Cuisenart burr-grind and SS carafe that holds the temp. for 12 hours. - lol EZ | ||
| Whatever |
Time to make a second cup... finally can see the end in sight for the pre trip insanity. Internet is down. Typing with one finger from my Windows phone!!! | ||
| Buellish |
I use a manual burr grinder (I can't afford a quality electric) and an AeroPress. http://aerobie.com/products/aeropress.htm | ||
| Prof_stack |
Coffee is also a ritual in our house. I use a manual hand lever espresso machine as well as an old German hand (burr) grinder. 16g of good beans makes a great double shot. The beans I usually buy green and roast here at home. Full control.  | ||
| Fahren |
Prof_Stack, that is a beautiful set of machines you have there (grinder and Gaggia maker). The word "ritual" is noted: aptly used. Any insights on roast-at-home, for newbies? | ||
| Whatever |
Wow... I should really make a trip to Seattle !!! | ||
| Prof_stack |
Home roasting of coffee beans is ridiculously easy. But to get really good the learning curve will take a little time. Do a web search for green coffee beans and order some. Or go to an Ethiopian or similar market and get some green beans. Some local roasters might sell you some. Start with an air corn popper which has the vents on the sides. Use 90g or so depending on the popper's power ability. If you want to spend more money, a great value is the Behmor 1600 roaster. Only $300 will get you a great roaster that can do up to a pound at a time. A site that sells the roaster and the beans is www.sweetmarias.com But be careful. Roasting coffee can become an addiction. See www.coffeegeek.com for more learning. | ||
| Blake |
What are the benefits of home-roasting? | ||
| Forerunner |
You can control the level of your roast. Dark, city, medium, etc. All affects the taste.  Nels | ||
| Blake |
One of the things I like about Community Coffee; they offer a bunch of roasts. I like the "In-Between." It's between dark and medium. | ||
| Fahren |
How about using a heat gun? http://www.ineedcoffee.com/04/heatgun/ | ||
| Cowboy |
Yes Blake 50,000 coon asses cant be wrong. | ||
| Crusty |
How many Frenchmen can't be wrong? | ||
| Road_thing |
No Frenchmen can't be wrong...  rt | ||
| Whatever |
I can hardly believe it!!! A quick board thread that has stayed on topic!!! Now post your most memorable coffee experience.. Mine was the first time I tried espresso... from a vending machine in an Italian pension... it was super acidic and tasted like shit... but I was hooked... Your turn !!! | ||
| Spdrxb |
While I was in high school and college I used to hate coffee,the smell,taste, everything. Then I started working long hours and found it a very effective energy boost. Now that I am older and wiser I seem to like everything about it,smells awesome tastes awesome! Only Problem is I need more to get the energy boost.  | ||
| Reepicheep |
One was while I was still in college, in the middle of an epic road trip. We had drug ourselves out of bed, jammed a 1981 Honda Prelude with all sorts of ski gear, and were on our way to Killington, VT. My first "real" ski destination. We had probably been on the road since 5am or so, and we stopped at a McD for breakfast and to get a coffee. An hour earlier, I had come around a blind corner to find a moose standing in the middle of the road. Fantastic trip... | ||
| Prof_stack |
In 1984 my wife and I were in Italy for the first time. They had these little shops that featured strong coffee called espresso. I wondered if that type of thing might work in the USA... | ||
| Blake |
My first notice of good coffee was in Brazil. Enjoying a week off in between two four week stints on an offshore drilling rig, espresso in Rio while overlooking the beach. Best though is most every morning preparing coffee for myself and Michele. | ||
| Buellish |
An old friend who used to fly around the world for work,brought me the burr grinder that I still use and a Melitta #4 cone filter. He started me on the path to coffee worship. Life is too short for bad coffee! | ||
| Crusty |
In May of 1980, I woke up one morning with a massive hangover. I decided to quit my job and fly to Nairobi to visit my best friend and his wife. So the next night I was on a 747 to London (where the coffee sucked), then I boarded a jet to Nairobi. I arrived there the next morning, and instantly fell in love with the locally grown coffee. Thirty + years later, I still love it. | ||
| Spdrxb |
I have heard that Dunkin Donuts lines there cups with "stuff" to make the coffee taste better. I think that is a bunch of doo doo. However enough people have said it to make make me ask here? Anybody? | ||
| Court |
The trick is getting the doo-doo to adhere to the inside of the cup. I'm loving this thread . . I confess I am an addict. . . I drink coffee throughout the day from 4:30am when I get up until I go to bed. Took a while but during the last year we have successfully introduced a coffee maker into the Buell household . . Everybody's getting on board! | ||
| 86129squids |
OK Char... When I was still at UT Knoxville, had 5 classes back to back, starting about 8am- I started my habit with instant coffee (YUCK now), moved to a 2 cup Krups, did well with it for a long time. One day I got the bright idea to try hot tea in the morning instead of coffee- got narcoleptic about 3/4 thru the first class, then stayed that way all day... had to tape-record every lecture while I drooled on the desks...  | ||
| Blake |
Brad, The WORST were the after lunch classes. I surely must have DNA from some culture that highly valued the siesta. | ||
| Blake |
Where the heck is the Aussie, who I suspect is responsible, at least in part, for the new coffee-brewing apparatus in the Buell homestead. The man comes to your home, sees a need, and he's gittin'er done... lion statue, demolition, booze, coffee-maker, whatever you need. | ||
| Court |
He's trouble . . pure trouble. He and Vickie had a morning routine . . . they'd get up early and sneak down the road a mile or so and bring back a carrier full of coffee. The extra one always quickly disappeared so . . .eventually the inevitable occurred. The lion story got told again the other day when the Mini-Grizz was here . . that was the doings of the whole gang of ya' and we still laugh over that one. Booze? . . yep, the Aussie EXCELS at booze. He's fully recovered, healthy as a rat and operating at full speed. He's also the one . . in concert with all the "furrin' Buellers" who complains vociferously about the "stuff Americans call coffee". Yep . pure trouble. . . him and Erik together are DOUBLE TROUBLE. Fortunately they have the benefit of my moral compass and wise counsel. Buying . . ANY of this? | ||
| Blake |
I remember his penchant for strong coffee, so you seem on reliable ground. I recall he kept the bartender at your wedding reception busy brewing double espressos. | ||
| 86129squids |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Coffee_Man One of my favorite comic characters... | ||
| Ezblast |
lol - who knew? http://tmcm.com/comics/webcomics/tmcm060123 Definitely! EZ |
