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

I like my espresso made at home with my cheepo pump bought off fleebay, and modified with a non pressurized porto-filter. I grind my beans at home on a burr grinder right befor I brew. Buy my beans from a local coffee house (zocalo's). If I don't wake up in time, I have no problem stopping at 7-11 for sixteen ounces of go juice, doll'd up with four 'nella creams, and a good portion of sugar.
It is funny though, and true for me, that after you have good espresso, most coffee served taste like....well, it's not too good after that.

That's the problem with being a coffeegeek: it ruins you for most coffee outside your home. Occasionally you can luck out. I found a new coffee shop near the job site in Huntley Illinois that served up a good shot, but it's still a rare thing to find a cafe that is up to snuff.




Wayne