Thread: Java Junkies Unite!

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.

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...

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.

Originally Posted by chief

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

Same here...now that I find out it's about cofee I don't have much to say...I'm a Mormon so I don't drink the stuff.

I've been roasting my own for about nine years. I roast with a Whirley-Pop or a Poppery popcorn popper.

On weekdays, I drink cappuccino or espresso, which I make with my Pavoni PUB one-group commercial machine, which I installed at my office. I always use Malabar Gold beans.

On weekends, I drink vacuum-brewed coffee, which I make with my Hario Nouveau. I use lots of different beans, but I generally prefer coffees with lots of body and not too much acidity.

I'm a curmudgeonly coffee snob who's very set in his ways and who only drinks commercial coffee when he's traveling and needs a fix.

Okay, I walk into 7-Eleven, grab whatever pot is closest (sometimes the gold handle one, sometimes the orange) poor it into the largest cup they have, add powdered creamer, half a pound of sugar and am set all morning .

Almost as bad is that I have a Nespresso machine in the strop workshop and a gazillion of those little pods to make Espresso. I know, it's not the real thing but after two or three I can't even write my name any longer and am good to go till lunch.

Tony

Originally Posted by SteveS

I've been roasting my own for about nine years. I roast with a Whirley-Pop or a Poppery popcorn popper.

On weekdays, I drink cappuccino or espresso, which I make with my Pavoni PUB one-group commercial machine, which I installed at my office. I always use Malabar Gold beans.

On weekends, I drink vacuum-brewed coffee, which I make with my Hario Nouveau. I use lots of different beans, but I generally prefer coffees with lots of body and not too much acidity.

I'm a curmudgeonly coffee snob who's very set in his ways and who only drinks commercial coffee when he's traveling and needs a fix.

Nice set up! Malabar is good stuff!

Well now I feel totally inferior with my gaggia espresso maker and 10 tins of Illy espresso coffee (red tin) per week.

I was treating my coffee like a drug when you guys use it for more than just the hit

live and learn

PuFF

Originally Posted by WireBeard

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.

No no no no NO!
I'm trying to pare down my geekery and vices.

Although I might have to look for some Robusto.....