Thread: Java Junkies Unite!

While a fine shave with a well-stropped str8 is a key feature of our mornings, for me, the other joy is a fresh brewed cup 'o Joe.

What are the preferences of our java-swilling, caffeine-absorbing members? After all, there's nothing like a slice of coffee in the morning!



Favorite Beans:
Rwandan Nkomo
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe
Anything from Sumatra

Roast:
French or darker

Grind:
Medium-fine to fine

Method:
1. Vacuum
2. Chemex drip

I roast and grind my own. I usually use a technivorm drip but also use a vacuum when I have the time.

Nothing like a cup of El Caucho, Colombian cup of excellence

Favorite Beans:
Sumatra Mandheling

Roast:
French

Grind:
Medium-fine

Method:
Aero-Press


(.....heaven.....I'm in heaven....)

-whatever

-Lou

What kind of roaster do you use?

I like the Mandheling...I get citrus notes when nursing a cup.

Here in Castle Rock, we have Crowfoot Valley roaster, so you can get freshly roasted beans from all over. When I was working in the Bay area, I used to go to Barefoot Coffee Roasters...also a great place.

I am a frequenter of CoffeeGeek.com...it is the SRP for coffee.



Greg

I'll also go with Sumatra, dark roasts and ultra-fine grind for Turkish.

Originally Posted by WireBeard

What kind of roaster do you use?....


Greg

I get mine at the local coffee roaster.... I have no idea what kind of roaster they use....



....it's big....

........it's green......

...............and it gets really hot....

other than that, well, I'm pretty much out of my league..... they make good coffee, though!

-whatever

-Lou

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

Favorite Beans:
Columbian Supremo
Kenyan Peaberry

Roast:
French / Dark

Grind:
Course

Method:
French Press (Cafetiere)

My drip coffee varies from Sumatran, Guatemalan, Yemen, Colombian or Brazilian. My usual espresso blends are either Sweet Maria's Monkey Blend or a post roast blend of 50% Brazilian, 40% Yemen, and 10% monsooned robusta. I just got a Gene Cafe roaster that I'm very happy with so far.


Wayne

I've gone to the dark side and I'm not sure I'll ever be back. I don't drink anything but espresso or, occasionally, espresso based drinks these days. I've got a doserless Rancilio Rockey Grinder with 55 steps and have never had to go below 7 for any espresso. I cheaped out on the Espresso maker with the Francis-Francis X3, which was the smallest good quality espresso maker I could find because counter space was an issue. But it's got a good brass boiler achieves a good, consistent and proper temperature and makes great java in the small cup.

My two favorite espressos are the Intelligentsia Black Cat blend and the Vivace Dolce blend. The latter gives an astounding crema and, perhaps a more complex flavor with citrus and cedar while the former is easier to pull just right and has a deep richness with nice cherry and chocolate notes.