Java Junkies Unite!

I read the title and assumed it was a geek thread about a programming language! :o

I use an espresso roast and make machiattos with a machine at home. Love that small shot, but find I need to smooth it out with just a little foam on top.

The espressos in Italy are mighty smooth on their own though. Those huge barrista machines do it every time. :tu The locals over there have an interesting way of drinking espresso. They walk up to the bar, order "Un café normale", they get served up a half glass of water which they gulp down before knocking back the shot of extremely dark coffee. Slpa the change onto the bar top and walk out. 30 seconds from entering to leaving.

It's a real contrast to the Starbuck's way of drinking coffee!

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Originally Posted by scarface

I get miy coffee at Monarch Mountain Coffee.

Quoting from their website,

At Monarch Mountain Coffee, we use a fluid air bed roaster. This unique roasting process draws in vast amounts of heated fresh air into the bottom of the roast chamber. The beans actually roast as they tumble in mid-air. This method of roasting has two significant advantages. The first is that the coffee is roasted to an unparalleled evenness. The second is that efficiency of the fluid air bed allows for a much shorter roasting time thus allowing the coffee to retain more of its original flavor characteristics.

So, yeah.....fluid air bed roaster.....I knew that....can't believe I forgot for just a minute!...


....silly me!

-whatever

-Lou

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Cool! It's like a big airpopper...keeps the beans from burning. Congrats on the weight drop too!!! You'll have to post before and after pics!
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Greg

I guess I'm just a nose pikin working grunt. While I won't say it's the best, it was certainly welcome. Gentlemen, I give you drill rig coffee!!

While supervising a drill rig in the desert SW we would take an old coffee can with water of some sort, add a handful of some sort of coffee and place it on the chimney of a salamander ( basically a big bucket of sand soaked in diesel with a chimney. we used it to keep warm sort of)

It was considered finished when we could float a Buck knife in it and not disolve the blade. :w

Ahhh memories, the subtle tang of diesel on a cold morning after having spent the last 24+ hours awake. Now that was truly nectar to the gods. :tu

I use the Cafe Gene roaster. It does a great job and you can custom roast the way you like and change time and temp on the fly. I usually keep the beans at a full city + depending on which beans I roast. I get my green beans from Sweet Maria's in California. The great thing with roasting your own is you can experiment with blending different coffee's together to get some interesting results.

I'm afraid I'm a purist, no sissy coffee for me.

I haven't jumped on the roasting wagon, as I was traveling a lot for work. But I am pretty well stocked for other java equipment:

Tranquillo grinder
Quickmill Anita Espresso Machine
Chemex Drip
Melitta Drip
Bialetti stove top espresso
Neapolitan flip stove top
New, Antique and NOS vacuum pots, (stove top and alcohol burner)
Turkish stove top
Porcelain French drip
La Pavoni Europiccola

I'll get my fresh roast downtown at Crowfoot Valley roasters...their espresso blend is Brazilian and Columbian...nice bite, nutty finish, and thick crema....mmmmmm.

I've been thinking about picking up a used popcorn maker at a garage sale and roasting my own beans with that. One more exentric thing to drive the missus crazy.

I have returned to the french press after revisiting proper technique.
Another transferable str8 skill.

I now boil some water then I start grinding the beans and use the freshly 'ground' beans within seconds, add the just coming off boiling water and stir with a wooden stick to produce a bloom and mix the product and then wait a Monty python 4 not 3 and not 5 but four minutes and then plunge and pour myself a cuppa.

I use fair trade when I can and prefer the dark side.

Beauty

I feel like the dog in the Farside cartoon:
blah blah blah blah GINGER blah blah blah

You guys are hardcore, I'm officially a lightweight.

I get some flavour of organic bean in the darkest roast I can find.
Grind it, and then it's the magic of the Bialetti. Usually I make an Americano, but sometimes "espresso".

My only complaint about the Bialetti is that I can't get a nice crema.


The dark bean is demanding mistress...

I was a consultant for 10 years and worked at different places.
As long as it is black, made from coffee beans and it has caffeine, I'll drink it no questions asked.

Now I am an employee and the coffee is pretty good despite coming out of a machine.

The best coffee I ever drank was at tech-ed barcelona last year. It is a Microsoft developers event, and that coffee could be described as divine.
I don't liek espresso though. too strong for me. I'd rather drink coffee in mugs in quantity.

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Originally Posted by BrianP

I feel like the dog in the Farside cartoon:
blah blah blah blah GINGER blah blah blah

You guys are hardcore, I'm officially a lightweight.

I get some flavour of organic bean in the darkest roast I can find.
Grind it, and then it's the magic of the Bialetti. Usually I make an Americano, but sometimes "espresso".

My only complaint about the Bialetti is that I can't get a nice crema.


The dark bean is demanding mistress...

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:roflmao:roflmao:roflmao

I love that cartoon...my critters are like that too!

It will be hard to get a nice crema with a stove top unless you up the percentage of Robusto (which is very oily and makes nice crema, but isn't that wonderful for flavor, thus it is part of a blend). You can also look at a small pump machine (do not get a pressure machine unless it is a Lapavoni lever.).

Check out coffeegeek.com for recommendations and such...it is the SRP for coffee freaks.

I thought this was going to be a topic about computer programming :)

Coffee, it's something I really want to like, but I don't.