Thread: Coffee reviews

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I sometimes buy a pound of Pike Place Roast here in South FL. Sometimes their 'House Blend.' Always beans and I grind them myself. I like both of those blends well enough. I also buy Peets House Blend, or Major Dickinson's Blend. All of these are 'alright' but not really favorites in the true sense of the word. They are what works, at a price I can afford, rather that coffees I'd highly recommend.

Thirty years ago I was living in Montclair NJ and there was a place on Church St, or was it Avenue ....... called 'Beans,' where some upscale shops were. I fell in love with a blend called Mocha Java, which has nothing to do with chocolate BTW. I'm sometimes able to find MJ around here, always beans, I never buy ground coffee, but it doesn't seem to taste as good as I remember it back in the '80s.

As far as Starbucks modifying their blends to suit regional tastes ....... I find that difficult to believe. It seems to me that it would require more diversity in sorting it all out than it would be worth. I could see them pushing specific flavors, varieties in one local as opposed to another, but not varieties of the same blend, such as Pike Peak, from one region to another. Just IMHO.

Pike's is one of my favorites....I sometimes pick up a box or two for the Keurig or some grounds for my favorite way to make coffee....strong and in the percolator!

Originally Posted by Phrank

Pike's is one of my favorites....I sometimes pick up a box or two for the Keurig or some grounds for my favorite way to make coffee....strong and in the percolator!

I have an old Revereware copper bottom stovetop percolator that I bring out when I'm in the mood for that flavor. What I grew up with as a kid, before the Melitta type pour overs became dominant. Good stuff.

Columbus, Ohio has some great roasters. A place called Stauf's roasts beans from all over the world. I'm not a discerning coffee drinker, but at the same time if I don't have to drink it from a gas station I wont. But then sometimes you find a gem of a gas station that has a guy who brews a better bean so to speak. But recently I have found my self becoming more susceptible to caffeine. A small cup here and there is fine, but if I drink it two or three days in a row (still one small cup) I find the effects of caffeine start to get intensified and drag on through the day. My mood changes. So I try to abstain from caffeinated drinks. I have found that cold brewing seems to give a coffee you may drink all the time a slightly sweeter taste, but with almost none of the jitters. I do heat it up though. Never was a fan of iced coffee.

I have to say when caffeine started to get to me I took a hard look around me. We as a society are obsessed with caffeine laden beverages. You can't turn a corner without seeing an ad for an energy drink, or half the people in line at the gas station or grocery store have a caffeinated drink in their hands. I know people are entitled to ingest what they want, but why do you need a Monster or Redbull to work in an office? I better stop. I'm already ten steps off track.

Any good Sumatra dark , 5 shot espresso WAWAWAWAWAWA I love my caffeine but then again I think it's the lifestyle in my line of work to always be wired tight. But I do like the super strong blend that Ted Nugent was selling , I only had one cup , but would like to get my own bag, tc

Local importer and roaster: Headland Roasting Company He always has some great central american coffees. His bourbon variety is an excellent base bean, he has a sumatra that is wonderful and he has the green beans for when I feel like roasting my own. My favorite prep method is an old vacuum coffee maker I found at a flea market. Usually, though, I just grind enough for the K-cup maker.

One of my favorites is The Roasterie's Kansas City Blend. I toured the factory in Kansas City last summer and got to do a cupping.

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