I am getting ready to order some coffee. Lets see your thoughts or reviews of your favorite cofee
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I am getting ready to order some coffee. Lets see your thoughts or reviews of your favorite cofee
Local roaster. Collectivo. Used to be Alterra
Interesting....We have a single cup brewer made by the Mars Company called Flavia, and the coffee is Alterra. All of their brew varieties are terrific.Quote:
Originally Posted by JTmke
I come from Naples (city of coffe maker in Italy) among many brand i prefer Passalacqua, very good. 2nd place for Illy that alternate with Passalacqua
I know reviewing a Starbucks product in a "coffee" thread would be darn near sacrilegious, so I will not. But I will point out something I found out in my local KS Starbucks that floored me... and if true, might be worth mentioning here.
I was in Seattle - went to the "original" Starbucks - had their Pike Place Roast - loved it.
Came back to KS - went to the billionth Starbucks - had their Pike Place Roast - hated it.
I expressed my feelings to the barista claiming that maybe it was nothing more than the ambiance of the original Starbucks that make the roast taste good. She claimed that they modified roasts as per regional tastes.
As a marketer - that floored me.
Just throwing it out there. Not sure if other roasters do that as well or not.
Well, apparently you need to move to Seattle since you have Pacific Northwest tastebuds. As for me, I shun Starbucks with a religious fervor. I know they may have modified their over roasted flavor some but I just find them, while fueling the desire for good coffee, determined to want to be the old USSR of coffee/tea and anything else they can put their brand on. And yes, products are adjusted for regional tastes. Years ago I was driving cross country and had a breakdown and stayed at a motel for several days. Had a long discussion with a prepared meats salesman. He told me of all the different varieties of a single brand hot dog adjusted for the different areas of the country. A New York dog served at a ball park in some parts of the South would most likely have more "heat" to it than one in a Northern state.Quote:
Originally Posted by earcutter
I buy my coffee beans from a small coffee place. I use an antique Spong No 1 grinder. I grind enough for my K cup coffee maker. I will never go back to ground coffee. I tried the Beans at a local Large grocery store. They smelled great but NO FLAVOR! I also have a Lavaza small coffee pot. Need a bigger one. I think its for expresso.
If the coffee actually tasted "bad" it was probably stale. They do not put roast dates on their product.Quote:
Originally Posted by earcutter
One big negative moving from the Twin Cities to Racine was not having a Dunn Bros. shop nearby. All Dunn Bros. coffees sold were less than four days old. A coffee needs about three days to "outgas" and be drinkable.
I have found a local roaster here (Wilson's) and their products have been good to very good so I am a happier camper to date.
I sometimes get a Alterra/Collectivo product called "Black and Tan" which does mean light and dark roasts. It makes a good espresso and also drip coffee.
Dave
Nothing would make me more happy :). I love Seattle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorfeld
I order mine green and roast them myself. I started this a little over 10 years ago and still look forward to my roasting day. Roasting my coffee is one of my relaxation things. Just focus on getting a good roast and all the other things go away.
John
How long does it take to roast? What are you using to roast them?Quote:
Originally Posted by jsuiters
I like my coffee like I like my woman. tan and weak. I actually like a super dark roasted bean. I know nothing about how they roast but i love the flavour,.
I like Bowtruss (definite favorite), Intelligentsia, and Metropolis espresso roasted beans.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by earcutter
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. :beer2:
Depends on the bean. I get most of my beans from Sweet Maria's.Quote:
Originally Posted by nicknbleeding
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Maxwell house works great for me since I finally took some time to research proper brewing technique.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
My current fav is Dark Matter. And like Twisted Oak, my second choice is Inteligentsia.
My hands down favorite is Jamacian blue mountain that stuff is awesome! And always whole bean!
I've become lazy over the years. It's k-cups for me. The Coffee People used to make some damn fine brews before being bought out by Green Mountain Growers. Now I have to brew it on the smallest setting, just to get any flavor :(
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
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.
The Roasterie Coffee and Tea : The Roasterie – Air Roasted Coffee
i haven't written that i drink only espresso coffeeQuote:
Originally Posted by kratos86
I've only had Dark Matter once in drip coffee style at Do-Rite Donuts. Do they have a good espresso?Quote:
Originally Posted by OCDshaver
I like it. I buy their Unicorn Blood espresso beans all the time. Give 'em a shot. Or, rather, let them pull you a shot. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by TwistedOak
I use a mail order roaster out of LA, West Coast Roasting. He has a limited selection that changes regularly, but usually there is an excellent Ethiopian(my preference) in there.
I used good coffee today but made one of the worst pots of coffee I've had my whole life. I guess I needed a cup of coffee before I made my coffee.
Just recvd an order from Happy Mug coffee. I ordered several but this morning I made a pot with the French press with a new one " Costa Rica La Minita" Very very nice
You guys should buy a home roaster and do it yourself. The money you save will pay for the roaster in a year or two depending on how much you drink. By changing the roasting times and temps you can get drastically different results from the same bean.
A guy I know uses a converted pop corn popper to roast. I don't remember the details but he got started with it reading coffee forums and buying from Sweet Maria's. Been roasting for years now, and once in awhile I get a jar or two of mocha java from him. Thought about doing the same but haven't taken the plunge yet. With the price of coffee going sky high, like everything else except wages, I just might go for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
I brought home a couple pounds of BM from a business trip to Jamaica years ago. I still remember sitting in my living room with the last cup thinking, "I may never taste coffee this good again". I was right. On several trips back there I bought BM again and again, but it was always 'ho hum' stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBPilot
I found out the Japanese buy up most of the BM and the shops there sell some other crap with a BM able for the tourist.
I have since settled on French Market out of New Orleans with Chicory. It's not BM, but it works for me.
Ahhh, chicory coffee. I was given a can from Cafe Du Monde and couldn't stand it at first. It grew on me and I ended up missing it when it the can was empty.
Blue Mtn and Kona are two examples of how hype drives market and price. In reality a very small percentage of Kona and a tiny percentage of BM is good stuff. The rest ranges from mediocre to terrible. Personally I've always thought even the good Kona was kind of bland tasting. Sweet Maria's never offers Blue Mountain and on rare occasions has Kona usually in limited quantities and very expensive.
My thoughts exactly. I'm much more into Ethiopian and the Gesha varieties from Central America.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
I agree about the Kona. I've tried several brands and didn't care for any of them at least for what they cost. I've had some BM that was pretty good but not AMAZING and then I've had some that was so who knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
My hands down favorite is kona from Dunn brothers when I can get it. Right now I have a costa Rica San pedro from dunn brothers in the kitchen
For the last couple of years I have been enjoying the Nespresso coffees at home... admittedly I've had many that tasted way better, but I like the convenience, and save my better coffees for when I go out for coffee, half a dozen times per week. I guess I'm the DE coffee drinker at home, rather than the Mastro Livi coffee drinker. I wouldn't say I'm the cartridge razor coffee drinker, as I would align that to instant coffee. When I get a proper coffee, I guess Merlo would be my go-to brand.