How do you DRINK your coffee?

Discussion in 'The Good Life' started by gorgo2, Apr 6, 2012.

  1. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    So what should I ask for? I just picked up a part time job (something to do on weekends) at a store that has a Starbucks in the lobby but I've never cared for their usual brew. I like The Major, do they have something on tap that's comparable?
     
  2. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Not really. It has quite a different aroma while roasting. Now let it rest a couple of days (called gasing. The roasted beans give off CO2, thus the need to rest in a bag with a one way valve - CO2 out, no air in) then grind it!
     
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  3. HolyRollah

    HolyRollah BaconLord

    Caffe Verona— a darker roast, like the Major Dickenson from Peets, but not too dark and lightly sweet. It seems to hit the right chord with folks who are wary of Starbuck's darker roasts.

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  4. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    Hmmm...will try it! I seriously never go to Starbucks, so is this something I can ask for and they probably got it brewing?
     
  5. SharptoothC

    SharptoothC I bite..........

    Almost always black, fresh ground, and preferably Ethiopian.

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  6. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    I drink coffee with my mouth.

    Thus ended the thread.
     
  7. ColtJustice

    ColtJustice Well-Known Member

    I like to home roast my own coffee. I can roast it to my tastes, and there is nothing fresher than fresh roasted, fresh ground coffee. It beats any gourmet coffee you can buy in a store.
    But I can't drink it black. I like a little bit of sugar and a splash of Irish Creme. Drinking it black gives me heartburn.
     
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  8. MR41

    MR41 Well-Known Member

    Maxwell house with whole milk:) I feel so unsophisticated :eatdrink013:
     
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  9. HolyRollah

    HolyRollah BaconLord

    Home-roasting is the best if one wants the freshest beans at their finest in flavor and bloom! :happy088:
     
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  10. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    I'm lazy and cheap, but that said I do grid my (store bought) beans in a 1930's Alexanderwerk coffee grinder. I throw those grinds in my Mr Coffee and enjoy my brew with a little 2% milf and sugar. If I'm short on coffee, I mix me some Nescafe an sit down to some fine coffee! :eatdrink013: Life's grand with some Nescafe!
     
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  11. ColtJustice

    ColtJustice Well-Known Member

    Absolutely! I used home roast every day and drank a pot all by myself at work. I would put it in a large thermos and take that. But I can't afford it like I used to, so I just do it once in a while as a treat. I'll roast a batch or two to last a week or so, then wait awhile to do it again. I had gotten out of it for a few years, but have since gotten back in.
     
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  12. ColtJustice

    ColtJustice Well-Known Member

    :happy097::happy102::happy108:
     
  13. ColtJustice

    ColtJustice Well-Known Member

    I'm not a fan of Charbucks overroasted coffee. I can drink it, but for the price, I can think of a lot better coffees I'd rather drink for less money. Like home roasted coffee. Sometimes they cost as much but taste a whole lot better. Just my opinion.
     
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  14. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    The air in Starbucks smells burnt.
     
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  15. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    Been using Harris Teeter's Kona beans (no idea who makes it for them but I'd like to), grind it at work in my Black and Decker unit, and it makes some really good coffee. The bag is so OILY when I open it and the aroma...wow.
     
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  16. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    I really didn't think I'd get a Keurig coffee machine, but I did. It's very convenient to make one cup servings, a lot fresher that way. Especially when using the coffee ground filter for the beans I grind. And if I'm in a hurry, K-cups by Great Value, Walmart, are pretty cheap. Already tried a couple, not bad really. Cool night light also...........

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  17. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    I drink my coffee naked (under all my clothes).:D
     
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  18. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    I go to Walmart and buy Community Coffee, it's in a red package so it might be communist. :signs002:
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  19. Shaver X

    Shaver X Well-Known Member

    Cappuccino for me, made with Indian Mysore coffee and raw milk. Sure beats drinking it black like I did before.
     
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  20. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    I wish I saw this years ago, I have been doing all wrong.

    Espresso or espresso macchiato made with dark dark roasted beans.
     
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