What coffee are you drinking?

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Originally posted by winosaur:
How can you super-tasters drink Starbucks? I'm let down

Blue Bottle!!!

Thank God you can ship coffee to Utah!

Blue Bottle is the most overrated coffee out there. If you are gonna knock Starbucks, at least choose a quality coffee like Intelligentsia or Verve.

i drink fodgers crystals

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Originally posted by TPEwinedrinker:


coffee like Intelligentsia

An absolutely must when in Chicago.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by TPEwinedrinker:


coffee like Intelligentsia

An absolutely must when in Chicago.

A whole bunch of cafes even way out in the far suburbs are now brewing Intelligentsia. It's nice to see people leaning towards fuller flavors.

I almost exclusive drink home roasted Kona that I buy the green beans from two of my favorite plantations in Hawaii (Lions Gate and Makapueo Farms).

Espresso Corretto alla Sambuca

Wonderful after diner as a digestif.

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Originally posted by Ron Natalie:
I almost exclusive drink home roasted Kona that I buy the green beans from two of my favorite plantations in Hawaii (Lions Gate and Makapueo Farms).

Try Kona Mountain next time and let me know what you think.

I've never been a big fan of Lions Gate. Always came across to me as the Folgers of the Islands.

My favorite is Bong Brothers but I can't get them to answer the phone any longer.

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Originally posted by billhike:
A whole bunch of cafes even way out in the far suburbs are now brewing Intelligentsia. It's nice to see people leaning towards fuller flavors.

There are quite a few in the LA area as well.

My standard brew, when I have the time and the beans, is Intelligentsia El Diablo Dark Roast done in an espresso grind and brewed in my Saeco. Sometimes I'll do the Americano thing by adding the boiling water and on other occasions I'll just drink straight up. Another favorite coffee is (was) Leelanau Espresso Blend from Leelanau Coffee Roasting Company. I say "was" because I bought some this past summer while in Glen Arbor and the quality wasn't there as it had been. The Italian Roast was much richer. No sightings of Mario Batali in Glen Arbor though I've seen him there before.

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Originally posted by wineismylife:
My favorite is Bong Brothers but I can't get them to answer the phone any longer.

They're too busy doing bongs.

au bon pain kawfee

took a while when i first moved to NY to find good coffee but i now have 3 places where i buy from for home and/or get a latte in the morning
La Colombe http://lacolombe.com/
Ninth Street Espresso http://www.ninthstreetespresso...spresso/Welcome.html
Joe the Art of Coffee http://www.joetheartofcoffee.com/

Eoin, I've heard that Stumptown is the place to go in NYC.

This afternoon I have fallen completely in love with a new coffee. Roasted locally in SW Ontario by the aforementioned Detour coffee roasters (PatrickinKW) it's the Buf Cafe Red Bourbon. Beautiful orangey citrus notes, with sharp acidity make it a great match for food. As mentioned previously, freshness from roasting and grinding is key.

My beautiful daughter bought me a Coffee of the Month subscription for Christmas this year. I was a little nervous, since although she's an accomplished cook and a wine lover with a good little palate, she does not drink coffee. So I was prepared for some Vanilla Strawberry Pizza flavored decaf or something. Nope. Great coffee!!

This past week I've been drinking (and LOVING) the Huehuetenango in the first shipment I received. Next week, from the same box: Yirgacheffe. Should be a good month.

PH

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
Great coffee!!

This past week I've been drinking (and LOVING) the Huehuetenango in the first shipment I received. PH

The Huehuetenango; grown in the Cuchumatanes mountains Guatemala no? I am sure bman has had quite a few cups of this one.

BTW, just this weekend I had my first cup of Intelligentsia off a french press. I was really looking forward to it, but when I got it was a watered down catastrophe thanks to the good fellows at Founding Farmers in Potomac. What a waste!!!!

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Originally posted by RightBankFan:
The Huehuetenango....mountains of Guatemala no?

That's the stuff. Really wonderful coffee. Medium bodied with some floral and fruity notes. I have enjoyed getting into more nuanced and medium roasted coffees over the past few years. Althought I still enjoy the occasionial very dark roasted coffee, I'm finding that many of these overroasted coffees are the Aussie Shiraz of the coffee world.

PH

The original Cafe du Monde from New Orleans is a good one that we drink on occasion.

We also have friends that send us this coffee from the Houston Area: http://www.fotw.org/main/minis...ssions/provision.asp

Good coffee with a great mission behind it.

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Originally posted by TPEwinedrinker:

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Originally posted by winosaur:
How can you super-tasters drink Starbucks? I'm let down

Blue Bottle!!!

Thank God you can ship coffee to Utah!

Blue Bottle is the most overrated coffee out there. If you are gonna knock Starbucks, at least choose a quality coffee like Intelligentsia or Verve.

Not knocking it, just looking for more interesting tasting notes, considering this is a board where some people can identify forest and bedroom floors.
Will try Intelligentsia, was actually looking for good recommendations, ordered some today. But won't indulge the comment that BB isn't "quality", my opinion.

Gevalia French Roast.

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Originally posted by winosaur:


Not knocking it,

NO, you were knocking it, then suggested a white Zin was better.

Just received my 2nd installment of my coffees of the month from my brilliant eldest child. Tomorrow, either:

Mantilla (Costa Rica)
Campesina (Columbia)

PH

I want to find the thread where someone said they can taste bedroom floor.