Nice, but not sure it is worth the long line we had to endure.
Blue Bottle coffee we bought in San Fran.
Nice, but not sure it is worth the long line we had to endure.
Nice, but not sure it is worth the long line we had to endure.
Stumptown coffee at Little Goat- good stuff
Right now I am working from a 2 lb bag of Peerless Hawaiian Blend and a 2 lb bag of Rogers Family San Francisco Bay Fog Chaser. I have a Krups Home Cafe single serve coffee machine and I make my own 15 gram pods with a Perfect Pod Maker and Easy Pack pod filters.
This morning, Peet's Uzuri African Blend. Wonderful.
PH
PH
PH, do you like that more than Major Dickason's Blend?
Actually, I think I do. It has a lovely smokiness to it with noticeable dark fruit tones. A little less caffeinated than the Dickason's blend which is ok with me. I do wish I could find it in whole bean.
PH
PH
I buy the Major Dickason's Blend in whole bean once in a while, along with Starbucks Sumatra, when I can't get the Echo Mountain coffee from Mexico. It's been a long time, since it's not imported. I'll look for the Uzuri.
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
I buy the Major Dickason's Blend in whole bean once in a while, along with Starbucks Sumatra, when I can't get the Echo Mountain coffee from Mexico. It's been a long time, since it's not imported. I'll look for the Uzuri.
I'll look forward to your thoughts. Based on the styles you like, I'm thinking you'll like it. A lot.
PH
A piping hot cup of Starbucks Verona on the deck paired with oatmeal on this beautiful Memorial Day morning.
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Love the stuff, now a regular in the grinder !
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Also a cool this that they are only a few blocks from work
This is for Seattle locals.
To preface, I do not drink coffee. I have nothing against it, I just never picked up the habit. I much prefer tea.
However, my wife is very much a coffee connoisseur. She has tried nearly every brand imaginable. What she says is the best-hands down, is at a drive-thru stand on the Bothell-Everett Hwy, called "527", near Country Village. As far as I can tell, this is a stand-alone business, and I'm not sure where they source their coffee, but they say it is a special blend made just for them. The wife buys a couple pounds of beans, along with a latte, every time we drive by.
So, FYI.
To preface, I do not drink coffee. I have nothing against it, I just never picked up the habit. I much prefer tea.
However, my wife is very much a coffee connoisseur. She has tried nearly every brand imaginable. What she says is the best-hands down, is at a drive-thru stand on the Bothell-Everett Hwy, called "527", near Country Village. As far as I can tell, this is a stand-alone business, and I'm not sure where they source their coffee, but they say it is a special blend made just for them. The wife buys a couple pounds of beans, along with a latte, every time we drive by.
So, FYI.
I drink hot tea about twice a year...until now. My wife bought Bigelow Vanilla Chai tea and it smelled great so I tasted it. Very nice. I'd be interested to know what you tea drinkers think of it.
quote:Originally posted by mneeley490:
This is for Seattle locals.
To preface, I do not drink coffee. I have nothing against it, I just never picked up the habit. I much prefer tea.
However, my wife is very much a coffee connoisseur. She has tried nearly every brand imaginable. What she says is the best-hands down, is at a drive-thru stand on the Bothell-Everett Hwy, called "527", near Country Village. As far as I can tell, this is a stand-alone business, and I'm not sure where they source their coffee, but they say it is a special blend made just for them. The wife buys a couple pounds of beans, along with a latte, every time we drive by.
So, FYI.
Great to know, mneeley490. We're going to be in Woodinville this Saturday (for the Avennia open house) and might make a detour to try some.
Right now: Peet's Garuda blend - probably my favorite from them....although I think I'll try the Uzuri African blend next time a-la PurpleHaze.
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Great to know, mneeley490. We're going to be in Woodinville this Saturday (for the Avennia open house) and might make a detour to try some.
Might pass you on the road. I'm going to a DeLille tasting tomorrow.
I just received a 1 kilo bag of Kicking Horse Kick Ass coffee beans from British Colombia. I will be making coffee pods with it this week-end.
Starbucks Pike Place Blend
My mother in law is in town and brought home some beans. Not very good at all. So flat, uninteresting. I personally think Starbucks came out with this blend as a way to save money and use all of the beans that don't make the cut for their other roasts, but still sell it at the same cost as others. It's a serious step down from their other roasts, IMO, not that Starbucks coffee is the epitome of quality, but still...
My mother in law is in town and brought home some beans. Not very good at all. So flat, uninteresting. I personally think Starbucks came out with this blend as a way to save money and use all of the beans that don't make the cut for their other roasts, but still sell it at the same cost as others. It's a serious step down from their other roasts, IMO, not that Starbucks coffee is the epitome of quality, but still...
Their pike place roast is my least favorite of their beans. It truly is bland. Much prefer cafe Verona or Komodo dragon (?).
Me: drinking bridgehead Mexican dark
Me: drinking bridgehead Mexican dark
quote:Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
This morning, Peet's Uzuri African Blend. Wonderful.
PH
First cup of this, at your recommendation. I really like it. After the first sip, the word that came to mind was, "clean." No muddy aftertaste - good depth, earth, hints of fruit?
quote:Originally posted by BRR:quote:Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
This morning, Peet's Uzuri African Blend. Wonderful.
PH
First cup of this, at your recommendation. I really like it. After the first sip, the word that came to mind was, "clean." No muddy aftertaste - good depth, earth, hints of fruit?
Definitely a noticeable, natural fruitiness. Almost a "sweetness" to the flavors, without being sweet.....if that makes sense.
PH
I haven't seen the one in the markets near me.
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
I haven't seen the one in the markets near me.
Shoot me you address at my purplehaze mail and I'll send you a pound. Of coffee.
PH
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I'm bringing some of this down to you, PH!
That's thoughtful of you, PH. I'll try some other markets. If I can't find it, I'll take you up on that when I'm able to get that Echo Mountain Mexican coffee and see what you think of it. I've been in touch with them but they don't send it directly in to the US, so when a friend of theirs goes, she gets me 5 pounds.
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
That's thoughtful of you, PH. I'll try some other markets. If I can't find it, I'll take you up on that when I'm able to get that Echo Mountain Mexican coffee and see what you think of it. I've been in touch with them but they don't send it directly in to the US, so when a friend of theirs goes, she gets me 5 pounds.
I looked all over Puerto Vallarta for that, and came up empty. Just as well I guess; the wife and I can't both have expensive beverage habits.
It's not expensive, just difficult to get. They used to have an importer in Las Vegas, but not any more.
Melita dark roast. Black.
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I'm bringing some of this down to you, PH!
PH
I paid for coffee here at the NOLA airport, but too dreadful for call coffee. 
Tim Horton's...from a can...not the same.
Tanzania Kikafu Estate.
West Java Starbucks reserve
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
I paid for coffee here at the NOLA airport, but too dreadful for call coffee.
Rue de la course was my favorite coffee shop when I lived in New Orleans. They used to have one on magazine street but its been closed and I think the only one that is left is on Carrollton av.
Kopi luwak. Enjoyed at, of all places, a remote fly-in fishing camp in northern Saskatchewan.
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a remote fly-in fishing camp in northern Saskatchewan.
Vin, I've been doing that for years, mostly in Nunavut or Manitoba. Which outfitter did you use? I usually go with Gangler.
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Which outfitter did you use? I usually go with Gangler.
No outfitter. This camp was purchased (or more accurately, the land was leased for 99 years from natives) and built in the late 70's by a friend's father. The only access is a by seaplane from the airbase in Missinipe, SK and there are only three cabins on the eight-mile long lake. Eight guys, one week a year, eating and drinking ridiculously well. And a little fishing when there's time.
quote:Originally posted by VinT:quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
Which outfitter did you use? I usually go with Gangler.
No outfitter. This camp was purchased (or more accurately, the land was leased for 99 years from natives) and built in the late 70's by a friend's father. The only access is a by seaplane from the airbase in Missinipe, SK and there are only three cabins on the eight-mile long lake. Eight guys, one week a year, eating and drinking ridiculously well. And a little fishing when there's time.
Wow. Seriously, that sounds like heaven.
We fly in to a lake with our group of 4-6 guys and have the lake to ourselves for a week. Really nice cabins with flush toilets, indoor showers, a full kitchen, and even a hotel-style ice machine. The refrigerator is stocked with a lot of good food. Love it.
(thread drift alert) Some of my fondest childhood memories are on Lac Le June in central B.C. at the crack of dawn, still a little chilly, the lake like glass, with a fine fog/mist hanging just on the water surface, hearing the Northern Loon's haunting call echo from far across the lake, and hearing the silence only broken by the occasional "swish" of our fly lines and the "plunk" of a nice trout jumping somewhere near in the fog, then turning for the cabin, smelling coffee and frying bacon drifting out across the water...