What coffee are you drinking?

Peet's Major Dickason's blend.

Aldo's Blend from 1000 Faces Coffee from snipes neck of the woods.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Aldo's Blend from 1000 Faces Coffee from snipes neck of the woods.

Interesting. I had to look them up. I'm giving Counter Culture out of NC a try right now. Similar roasted to order type of operation.

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Originally posted by snipes:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Aldo's Blend from 1000 Faces Coffee from snipes neck of the woods.

Interesting. I had to look them up. I'm giving Counter Culture out of NC a try right now. Similar roasted to order type of operation.

Give them a try, snipes.

On a side note, I love Athens... A mini Austin.

Kona, Perry Estate. For those who have the good fortune of living nearby a starbucks with a clover machine, I highly recommend it. Another favorite of mine is the Ethiopia Sun Dried Yirgacheffe.

Purchased a Chemex today based on a recommendation- anybody else using this or a similar device? Turns brewing into a bit of an art form, though I expect I'll use this only on weekends given the effort.

Have a new bag of Dark Matter Columbia to try out sometime over the weekend.

Flat white this morning at the local hipster coffee bar. A proper flat white crushes a cappuccino or a latte in my book.

Papa Nicholas - Family Reserve - Kona Baru Blend

Not at all affordable (for a grocery brand); big freaking dissapointment.

Intelligentsia House Blend from my new Chemex.

Chemex is basically a cumbersome pour over technique, but the results are tough to argue with- characteristics of the coffee shine and bitterness removed as advertised (a result of the Chemex filters).

The process is kind of cool too if you're a huge coffee nerd, especially the bloom.

Highly recommended for those with a little patience- think of this as your weekend coffee maker when you have a bit of extra time to brew.

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Originally posted by GlennK:
Flat white this morning at the local hipster coffee bar. A proper flat white crushes a cappuccino or a latte in my book.

Glenn,
I finally got around to looking up the difference. I'm curious how often you order it this way and how often does it come out differently than a latte? I'm tempted to give it a go next time I order out.

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Originally posted by snipes:

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Originally posted by GlennK:
Flat white this morning at the local hipster coffee bar. A proper flat white crushes a cappuccino or a latte in my book.

Glenn,
I finally got around to looking up the difference. I'm curious how often you order it this way and how often does it come out differently than a latte? I'm tempted to give it a go next time I order out.

Never knew it had a name, but that's how I like my coffee the best.
I usually have one of those as my second cup of the morning. Triple shot latte is first, need some volume to last me the trip into work in the traffic!
There's a local shop that pulls really nice shots and he makes me one that resembles this description I'll ask him.

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Originally posted by snipes:

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Originally posted by GlennK:
Flat white this morning at the local hipster coffee bar. A proper flat white crushes a cappuccino or a latte in my book.

Glenn,
I finally got around to looking up the difference. I'm curious how often you order it this way and how often does it come out differently than a latte? I'm tempted to give it a go next time I order out.

There are only 2 places around me that I know of that do it right. I don't think you would have much luck at a Starbucks. If you have a real hardcore coffee bar near you that would be your best bet.

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Originally posted by GlennK:

I don't think you would have much luck at a Starbucks.

I'm not sure what that means?

I did not know the origin of the flat white until I read about it in a Starbucks years ago.

Intelligentsia - El Mago Decaffinated

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by GlennK:

I don't think you would have much luck at a Starbucks.

I'm not sure what that means?

I did not know the origin of the flat white until I read about it in a Starbucks years ago.

I've tried to get a flat white at Starbucks multiple times. Half the time they don't know what I'm talking about and the other half they pretend to know and a latte shows up. I gave up after a while, not to mention there a better options around me than Starbucks now.

I've always preferred Seattle's Best coffee than Starbucks but they are rare in the Eastern part of North America.

Received from our son as an anniversary gift- St. Helena Green Tipped Bourbon beans from Coffee & Tea Ltd- $89 a pound- made a cup this morning. As good a coffee as I've ever had, but I'd never pay a third the cost for it

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Originally posted by Board-O:
Received from our son as an anniversary gift- St. Helena Green Tipped Bourbon beans from Coffee & Tea Ltd- $89 a pound- made a cup this morning. As good a coffee as I've ever had, but I'd never pay a third the cost for it

Freaking 1%'ers!

Saint Basil Midnight Dark Roast (Fair Trade Organic)- From a group of 300 small growers in Columbia in the Sierra Nevada region and shade grown at 3500-4500 ft. Enjoying it.

VM

Was out at breakfast over the weekend. Overheard this at the next table:

Customer: Waitress, this coffee tastes like mud!
Waitress: It was just ground this morning.

Ba dum dum.

Dark Matter El Salvador Santa Elena Farm, brewed with Chemex.

Counter Culture - Organic Rustico Expresso

Peet's French Roast

Going through another pound of Toarco Toraja from Sulawesi. Dangerously addictive stuff.

Maui Kona.

Peet's Café Domingo. Nice medium roast.

PH

Columbia River El Salvador Dark Roast.

Motherlode Coffee Roasting Company Decaffeinated

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Peet's Café Domingo. Nice medium roast.

PH

Haven't tried that one, yet. You were spot on with the Uzuri African, so I'll give it a shot. Means a trip to the Peet's, thought, which is now a bit out of the way. I figure that, since it's something I consume every day, going out of the way to get something good is worth it.

Right now: Peet's Italian Roast.

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Dumerso from Forty-Ninth Parallel. Even when punished by our lowly basket filter drip coffee maker, this is outstanding.

Blue mountain Jamaican coffee I grind for espresso.

The last of a bag of Starbucks Kenya.

Kopi Luwak- a gift from a colleague who recently went to Bali...brewing in the Chemex at the moment.

2 year old just used his little toilet for the first time- turning out to be a real "shi**y" mornng!!

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Originally posted by EB Wine:
2 year old just used his little toilet for the first time- turning out to be a real "shi**y" mornng!!

Similar aromas?

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Originally posted by snipes:

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Originally posted by EB Wine:
2 year old just used his little toilet for the first time- turning out to be a real "shi**y" mornng!!

Similar aromas?

Both rewarding in their own way.

Counter Culture Equilibrium. Equal parts Kenya, Ethiopia and Guatemala. Floral and clean.

From small local roaster Buen Café, espresso from dark Ethiopian Sidamo.

Roasted yesterday, these guys-- a father and son from Central America-- do very small batches in a tiny storefront. I like supporting businesses like these, though I don't know how long they can last.

Inteligentsia El Diablo dark roast, ground and brewed at home. Unfortunately, I could tell as soon as I opened the bag that the beans had lost their freshness. The flavor met my low expectations.

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Originally posted by billhike:
Inteligentsia El Diablo dark roast, ground and brewed at home. Unfortunately, I could tell as soon as I opened the bag that the beans had lost their freshness. The flavor met my low expectations.

Take it back, that stuff is expensive.