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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:14:09 PM EDT
[#1]
Coffee sucks.
Water is your friend in the morning. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:15:16 PM EDT
[#2]
Drive west untill you can buy Community Dark Roast. You ought to find it just before the Louisiana stateline.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:16:16 PM EDT
[#3]
Please elaborate.... |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:18:27 PM EDT
[#4]
I never drink the cheap coffee at fast food restaurants, I use to stop at McDonalds' on long road trips to take a break and get some coffee, but noticed their coffee is very weak, I like a fresh ground rich coffee flavor with good aroma, so I usually stop at Starbuck's, they have a decent cup of coffee.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:22:57 PM EDT
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None of that crap is coffee.
None of it. Not even Staryucks. Find a place that has Jamacian Blue. That's f'n coffee. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:23:11 PM EDT
[#6]
Cafe Roma
I've mail/web ordered from them for about 5 years. Best I've tried, and I've tried a LOT. -hanko |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:23:41 PM EDT
[#7]
Connoisseur not. But I grind mine from beans lately and I notice a difference. Latest brand is the 8 o'clock columbian.
Me love my morning coffee. Danny |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:29:26 PM EDT
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That is the drink of James Bond 007, at $50/lb is pretty expensive stuff when you can find it. Trader Joes used to sell a cousin to the Blue Mountain coffee and it was like $15 back 10 years ago, others including the Hawaii Kona coffee was selling for somehting like $8/lb. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:31:16 PM EDT
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when you wake up you have been 8 hours (hopefully) without the intake of any fluids rehydrate with a big glass of water |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:32:38 PM EDT
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Gevalia mail order is freakin good. For cheap shit, I like Community Dark Roast. And Duhh, get beans and grind them fresh. Pre ground coffee sucks thy anus.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:35:26 PM EDT
[#11]
For a treat , this stuff kicks ass !!!!!!!!!!!!!
killer beans |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:37:53 PM EDT
[#12]
Big +1. There may be more "artsy fartsy" coffees out there. But for an everyday coffee, nothing beats Community Coffee Dark Roast. I get 1lb of it at my local Wally World for about $3.50. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 4:38:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/7/2004 5:05:52 PM EDT
[#14]
Well, from what I've read, they say since coffee is water based, that your body does indeed absorb the water that is contained within it. Also, they really have not proven that coffee dehydrates you. They do claim that it is a diuretic, but then again so is water... |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 5:10:30 PM EDT
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I'm a common sewer of fine coffees. Presently my favorite is a fine fresh brewed large cup from the BP station. Actually it's quite good, Community Medium Roast. Although I'm from Louisiana, I cannot stand coffee and chicory. The only reason chicory was added was due o coffee shortages during the War of 1812 and Civil war.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 5:38:03 PM EDT
[#16]
Don't hate me . . . I enjoy French Roast.
I don't usually get ready-made coffee because it's too expensive. Starbucks has good coffee, but I spend about five times as much as if I made it at home. I usually get Millstone. Good quality and price. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 5:43:17 PM EDT
[#17]
Make it at home! It's like 1/10th the price, and you can do your own sugar/cream ratio. I bought a really high quality insulated steel travel mug from starbucks and I tote my own "home brew" around with me on weekends... I make it in my own pot on my desk in the office. If you make it fresh, anything fresh ground [NOT from a can] will tast really good.
Oh - I drink at least a pot of half regular/half decaf a day.... and yes, I sleep GREAT at night. (Just don't ask how much alcohol I put down to get to sleep...)  ummm.... just kidding about the alcohol thing... |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 5:56:09 PM EDT
[#18]
I find that I love good coffee. I get mine from here:
www.mayorgaimports.com/content/coffees.htm It's a business in Rockville MD, but they're getting pretty popular. I make a road trip every few months just to stock up...their prices are alot cheaper in the shop than via mailorder. I really like the Jamaica Blue Mountain/Kenya AA blend, and the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, but some of the others are pretty good too. After drinking these varities, it makes me realize what swill most restaurants serve. 
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Posted: 9/7/2004 6:05:13 PM EDT
[#19]
Ahhhh, the power of suggestion. I read this post and HAD to make a pot of coffee....
Happened the other day too. Saw the Arby's commercial for 2 roast beef + chedder cheese + bacon for $3. Just HAD to go get a couple. Didn't taste anywhere near as good as it sounded though. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 6:13:07 PM EDT
[#20]
+1 I've been grinding my own for the last two months. The Eight-O-Clock Colombian is my recent favorite. Great in the morning. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 6:29:58 PM EDT
[#21]
Amatuers.....
Arbuckle's Coffee is the HEAT! Been around for about 150 years. They were making good coffee before the others were even born. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 6:37:56 PM EDT
[#22]
Anything I buy from convenience stores sucks. Only thing that comes anywhere to being decent is Quik Trip or Dunkin Donuts.
I drink 3 mugs, which is actually 6 cups in the coffee maker, of whole bean coffee that I grind myself, regular Publix brand or whatever, Maxwell House or Foldgers as long as it's whole bean. Normally I just get the cheapest stuff because of how much I drink. I use 1 heaping table spoon for each cup, e.g. six table spoons for each pot of coffee I make in the morning. Sometimes I go for 7, 8 if I'm daring for a 6 cup serving. I can drink it every way there is excpet black with sugar, yuck! If I don't have creamer, then no sugar goes in my coffee. But I prefer my coffee they way I prefer my women, strong, but sweet & creamy! 
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Posted: 9/7/2004 6:40:10 PM EDT
[#23]
Best damn ice coffee is Morinaga, but you won't find that here in the states. Use to drink it in Okinawa, Japan.
I have never been able to brew my own ice coffee. Something about it just doesn't taste right when I make it. 
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Posted: 9/7/2004 6:50:20 PM EDT
[#24]
Getcha a bag of Starbucks Breakfast Blend!
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Posted: 9/7/2004 7:00:51 PM EDT
[#25]
Check the Blue Mountain Coffee website. They've got the good stuff for $28/lb+shipping.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 7:02:56 PM EDT
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I drank Black Tea(Earl Grey,Darjiling, ect.) for the last 3 or 4 years then for some reason about 3 months ago I went back to coffee. I like flavored coffee and drink 2, 24oz cups every morning. Of course about 2oz of that is milk so it's just 22oz of coffee with 2oz of milk to cool it down. I also use brown sugar in my coffee. I don't think that refined suger is all that healthy for you, brown sugar is less refined and better for you. JMHO
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Posted: 9/7/2004 7:05:04 PM EDT
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My coworker Mike has brought the same brew in a miner's thermos for us two to drink during the day for the past two years since I've worked there: store-bought instant coffee with powdered creamer. It's not the brand of coffee, anon, but the fellowship derived from the drinking of the coffee. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 7:05:39 PM EDT
[#28]
Do NOT, repeat, DO NOT drink that wimpy coffee. Expresso is the way to go......Ask for 6 shots of expresso and 3 pumps of the White Mocha at Starbucks.......fantastic stuff. A few sips of THAT mixture and you feel like you're immortal...... Don't try it until you're a seasoned coffee drinker....caused a female friend of mine some problems.....had to visit the restroom for a while..... plus, if you have heart problems, it might not be a good idea..... after a while it causes my heart to go into arrhythmia...but man, is it worth it!
Another coffee drink to try is one called the "Jumpstart". Made in a little coffee shop in Frederick, MD it consists of 2 shots of expresso, and 2 pumps of Godiva choclate syrup, blended with ICE, and a mountain of whiped cream on the top.... You either love it our you hate it........ AoD |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 8:46:52 PM EDT
[#29]
It's probably been a year since we've had a coffee thread -
I've cut back to about 2/3 of a pot per day; just plain ol' Folgers 100% Columbian, brewed dark, dark as Diane Feinstein's soul. I can't stand the harsh, thin coffees grown at low altitude, make mine Columbian every time. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 9:42:30 PM EDT
[#30]
Maybe that's why I make it by the pot...? Use a full carafe of water (the usual coffee maker is 12 cups?) and 3 of those "coffee scoops". If I don't have one of those, I'm screwed and it's no good!  Edited: I just noticed that you said "ice coffee"! umm... nevermind! |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 9:49:45 PM EDT
[#31]
I purchase green beans and roast them myself to desired darkness. Then I grind them immediately before brewing in a press pot.
Think I'll do that right now.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 9:52:02 PM EDT
[#32]
While Stateside I have a dam 5 latte a day habit. Downrange I prefer Sello Rojo, but end up drinking instant most of the time. Imagine that, drinking instant in Colombia, but its the truth.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 9:57:43 PM EDT
[#33]
Folger's Columbian for everyday inexpensive. Kona when I want something really good. Try a Kona "blend" it's cheaper and usually pretty good.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 9:59:18 PM EDT
[#34]
You can get better coffee and save money by bying your beans whole, grinding them, and brewing your own. I grind my own and use a coffe press
 you can try all kinds of regional coffees and find which ones you like. I like Central/South American coffees (Honduras is my favorite). The coffee press lets you have all those good natural oils and stuff that a paper filter blocks, plus it's easy to brew just the amount you want. I don't like "flavored" beans that have flavorings added to them, the flavor of the coffee should come from the bean (type and region) and it's roasting, not adjuncts. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 9:59:36 PM EDT
[#35]
Ugh, that's a crime! Juan Valdez and his donkey will be so sad. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 10:02:54 PM EDT
[#36]
I never got into the coffee thing, I normally just drink a soda or something. I saw someone snort Folgers instant once.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 10:04:32 PM EDT
[#37]
They export all the good stuff, ive re-imported Colombian coffee at times. Its the good time of year and Starbucks has Panamanian coffee. I drink alot of it and wonder if any of it is from the plants on the finca I once owned. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 10:18:07 PM EDT
[#38]
Try letting the roasted beans sit four an hour or two before you grind them... they outgas some of the oil and it makes the coffee a little smoother. I like to make 'blends' with the same type of bean roasted to different stages, part a light roast and part well past the second crack, it results in a very full coffee. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 10:23:43 PM EDT
[#39]
Actually I let them go at least 24 hours before brewing, sometimes more. As long as you use them within a week or so, they're fine. I do the same thing with roasting times though, blending different roasts of the same bean. Plus usually I grind 2 or 3 different bean types together per batch. Gloftoe does not understand my coffee fixation. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 10:30:00 PM EDT
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I'm sorry for both you and he! Did you roast your first batch in the oven??? I did and had to leave all the windows open for a week, about when my wife let me back inside... I've since bought a small roaster and wait for good weather when the garage door can be open. Who would have thought coffee could smell so bad. |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 10:33:15 PM EDT
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Actually, the funny thing is that I started out roasting on the porch, and the smell would seep into the house. I started roasting under our big range hood with the exhaust fan, and there's barely any smell in the house when I do. But woe is me, my Freshroast broke on Sunday night as I was about to go on a spree roasting a bunch of beans for some concentrate so's I can make iced coffee. My fan's not working anymore. I need to call them tomorrow and find out what's up. I'm sorely tempted to try the heat gun & dogbowl method, but the thought of the chaff everywhere deters me.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 10:39:17 PM EDT
[#42]
You put white eech in your expresso and then sip it?
What, are you  ?You drink expresso with nothing else in it, and you drink it like a shot of tequilla.
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Posted: 9/7/2004 11:09:04 PM EDT
[#43]
Mix your own bean and grind fresth is the only way to go and if you really are good roast your own.
BTW, BigDaddy here on ARFCOM makes some damn good coffee. Tj |
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Posted: 9/7/2004 11:35:24 PM EDT
[#44]
Yeah, don't try it... and don't try the hot air popcorn maker either. Gloftoe will be chasing chaff for weeks and you will be done roasting. It may be that the death of your freshroast is a sign that he needs to buy you a small roaster drum. If so, tell me how much you like it, so I can start whining, er, asking for one myself. |
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Posted: 9/8/2004 4:57:50 AM EDT
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personal favorite: Jacobs. I haven't been able to find it here in the US, but while stationed in Germany, I went through a lot....great mixer with rum, great wake up juice. Very rich and no bitterness. Mmmmmmm.....Jacobs......
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Posted: 9/8/2004 5:04:49 AM EDT
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The actual Luzianne website appears to be down, but this is what we drink at home(w/chicory)... but I really prefer a nice espresso from my machine..... usually just 1 a day. Got hooked courtesy of Uncle Sam who thoughtfully stationed me in Italy for 2.5 years
Luzianne |
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Posted: 9/8/2004 6:27:55 AM EDT
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Grinding your own anything is much better than any pre-ground stuff. If I have to use pre-ground I will use about 2 scoops per cup of water.
I once tried a bag of Starbucks beans but ended up throwing away about half of it... they burn their damn beans and I just couldn't take that burnt taste. Folgers, Millstone, Eight o'clock, they all taste about the same to me so generally I try to buy whatever's cheapest. I am occasionally in the mood for the Community chicory & coffee blend, but like most things hyped up by my friends from Louisiana, it ain't all that. |
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Posted: 9/8/2004 10:19:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/8/2004 10:26:08 AM EDT
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tagged
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Posted: 9/8/2004 10:31:29 AM EDT
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Try Cafe Britte, it is a very good coffe from Costa Rica, they have very good coffee down there. They have a web-site, cost about the same as Starbucks.
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