I had a neighbour when i lived back in blighty, and she taught me how to make coffee like they do in Paris. So strong you could slice it, So I've been spoiled for coffee..when i moved here i was quite keen on trying coffee - I knew that starbucks was bad already, so that wasn't going to be a dissapointment, i mean if you boil coffee, its gonna taste rotten. But since december we've only found a couple of places that actually made a good cup of coffee that didn't taste like dishwater. And i'm not all cut up about not finding strong coffee, i make that at home, its coffee that tastes, smells and feels good that would be nice.
Anybody have any good coffee stories or are you still tea drinkers? Or does caffine not do it for you at all?
(Wired on coffee at moment.....grrrrr) shock
I can get Blue Mountain and Kona beans without any trouble. Grind them yourself and use quality water. You'll get great coffee every time.
/MIL still likes Folgers - what can you do? neutral
When we were in Italy this summer, I learned about coffee Italian style. They have coffee bars all over and you might stop in for a coffee which will only cost half a Euro or so. A standard coffee is what we know as an espresso. When people make this at home they use a device called a "Moka" which I know you're all familiar with. Basically it's a glorified jug which sits on the burner. The bottom portion contains water, the middle part the ground coffee and the top part is where it collects after it has boiled up through. Works really well. I bought one of those devices back with me and I grind beans that I got on the internet from a company that gives good prices to poor farmers. Lovely grin
I import my coffee from the UK via my MIL. Sainsbury's continental blend. It's the biz. American coffee is awful imo -especially the "flavoured" ones -if the coffee's so good, why do you want it flaoured with vanilla, hazelnut and a hint of cinnamon and covered in the sort of froth that's called pollution when you see it on a lake?
American coffee is awful imo -especially the "flavoured" ones -if the coffee's so good, why do you want it flaoured with vanilla, hazelnut and a hint of cinnamon and covered in the sort of froth that's called pollution when you see it on a lake?
That's because Joe American thinks a cup of hotplate Folgers is perfectly good coffee. It wakes you up but it tastes like a bandsaw on the tongue.
On the other hand, you can find great coffee by the bean if you take the time to search for it. And it tastes a million times better for the same damn price.
/coffee freak me
//wouldn't pour Starbucks on a burning man
Coffee doesn't do it for me. not even a huge tea drinker, a couple of mugs in the mornings is about all for me.
I don't seem to react to caffiene that I've ever noticed.
We did make coffee wine once as students. It was actually pretty good. Alcohol with a kick of caffeine. Not only were we pissed as farts, but we didn't pass out either.... shock
I had a neighbour when i lived back in blighty, and she taught me how to make coffee like they do in Paris. So strong you could slice it
So are you willing to share this principle with us?
Please!!!
You fill the filter up then moisten it under the tap, or sprinkly thingy, then top it off with more coffee. Coffee has to be fine ground, then it tastes as dense as it looks. We use a perculator on the stove top to acheive the same results Mrs Servalan doesn't go for that european flavour so I make two seperate pots. We grind our own most times, thats the best way. Mrs S imported a Salter grinder thats big and lumpy and cast iron and is a good work out too grin
We have a thang for the Ethiopian coffee beans that Costco is doing now. They have a short life span and it's rich and dark. Other than that, I used to love Columbian, but I worry about all the spraying for drugs down there.
i think one of the reasons we moved here was the accessibility of coffee beans at a decent price.
We have the old French jug thingy, a drip machine, an esspresso maker and an antique we use for Greek coffee.
I love my early morning coffee, tea just doesn't work for me in the morning.
Must admit that I'm a bigger tea drinker than I am a coffee drinker - coffee tends to make me nuts, which is ace for being creative and having bursts of inventive thought and ranting and raving - but i was brought up on a cup of tea will set the world to rights. And i like that - life here tends to be of the instant gratification type of existence which gets up my nose at times, to be honest. I'd rather take time out to make a cuppa and have time to think whilst the kettles boiling. I like walking places, cycling too, I'm a medative sort really and I find it hard to do either of these things here - walking especially - around the apartment complex, alongside of the highway. In this part of the world you have to get in the car, drive somewhere and then get out and walk.
Put the kettle on, smoke me a kipper and i'll be back in time for breakfast grin
Oh woe is me, one of my favorite coffees is Starbucks and now I'm told it's crap. In fact, one poster knew it was crap before he tasted it roll I didn't know there was an objective way to decide. mrgreen I haven't had coffee at Starbucks but I buy their beans.
The strong coffee of Paris is to be drunk from a demitasse not a mug, it is a different drink. You didn't say if the lady added sugar., Turkish coffeee is very similar but that is drunk sweet.
I lost my taste for tea when I was in the Royal Engineers. The cooks used to do the things that could be done early, first to get them out of the way. So boiling water was poured on a great amount of tea, and a great amount of sugar and allowed to steep for a few minutes, and then milk was added. All this in an insulated urn so that it could sit and wait while the meal was cooked. By the time we got it, the tea was bright orange and would eat a metal spoon if you left it there. Well after 40 years later, I am beginning to drink the occassional cup of rosy. But right now, I have to go and grind some beans and make a mug of coffee.
I suppose I'm one of those people that think coffee is coffee is coffee. Don't drink it much though. Don't even have it in the house.
Oh woe is me, one of my favorite coffees is Starbucks and now I'm told it's crap. In fact, one poster knew it was crap before he tasted it :roll:
Man, Starbucks is so over-rated. Take the time and effort to search out beans and it's amazing what you can find.
Of course I live in a decent city that has stuff like this just lying around. If you're in Hen's Teeth, Indiana it might be that Starbucks is the best you can get.
Starbucks is still better than Folger's though. Colonic irrigation is better than Folgers.
Oh woe is me, one of my favorite coffees is Starbucks and now I'm told it's crap. In fact, one poster knew it was crap before he tasted it :roll: I didn't know there was an objective way to decide. :mrgreen: I haven't had coffee at Starbucks but I buy their beans.
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Me too. I've tasted a good few coffees and I think Starbucks is pretty good.
Now, is it 'bad' as in actually tastes bad, or 'bad' in a kind of anti-establishment, anti-corporation 'must be bad because its produced by capitalist fascists/fcuk the establishment' kind of way? :shock: