What coffee are you drinking?

Blue Moon Kona Coffee, 100% Kona coffee

Grown and roasted by good friends of mine.

www.bluemoonkonacoffee.com

quote:

Originally posted by Pippin:
Blue Moon Kona Coffee, 100% Kona coffee

Grown and roasted by good friends of mine.

www.bluemoonkonacoffee.com

They have a "friends and family" deal for us??

PH

quote:

Originally posted by Gigond Ass:
Very fresh Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from a local coffee roaster.

GA, I am partial to the coffees of eastern Africa and I find the typical citrus notes play well against baked goods as a pairing.

quote:

Originally posted by Mimik:

quote:

Originally posted by Wine Canuck:
Today it's grocery store brand west coast dark roast in a french press.

If the store brand is president's choice, I would agree it is an excellent coffee for something from the grocery store.

Yes it is, and it's not bad value at all especially when the 2lb bag is on sale for $12.99. Tastes great when freshly burr ground and french pressed.

quote:

Originally posted by kingofcool:
What's a good, affordable burr grinder?

I use a Cuisinart and it does a good job for about $50.

quote:

Originally posted by bman:
Ummm, Guatemalan

I have a friend who has said the same and is working on importing some to Ontario. What is the nature of your business in Guatemala?

Today is Starbucks Christmas blend. I really like it this year, reminiscent of my favourite; French Roast.

quote:

Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

Try Peet's Sumatra if you can find it in your market. We're working on a bag now and it's very good.

PH

I've enjoyed their Major Dickason's Blend.

quote:

Originally posted by Board-O:

quote:

Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

Try Peet's Sumatra if you can find it in your market. We're working on a bag now and it's very good.

PH

I've enjoyed their Major Dickason's Blend.

Same here. It's a regular in our coffee rotation.

PH

quote:

Originally posted by khmark7:
Picked up a coffee maker with a built-in burr grinder and love the new brew! Been buying coffee from some local shops that roast their own beans and trying some Central American beans (other than Colombia).

Curious as to which shops and what your favorites are, if you don't mind sharing. Medium-bold is what I'd be interested in. Four Beans or Arcedium?

I'm a big fan of east African and Yemeni coffee and roast my own (in a mini-roaster). Unroasted beans, properly stored, can keep a long time, so I can have a selection and switch types each batch. I roast about once a week.

Favorites include Bugisu Sipi, Harrar, Yirgacheffe, Mokka.

I'm happy with my Capresso burr grinder.

Here's an excellent site for roasted beans and many other culinary goodies: http://www.smallspecialtiesgourmet.com/shop/

A great site for green beans and roasting info: http://www.sweetmarias.com/index.php (And they have a few roasted beans available at any time, plus a roasted beans of the week subscription option. Haven't tried either.)

quote:

Originally posted by yhn:
I'm happy with my Capresso burr grinder.

I had one for about 4 years and loved it. Then one day it just died. No rhyme or reason.
Replaced it with a Rancio Silvia Rocky Burr Grinder.

Starbucks Christmas blend.

Double espresso

Maravonda french roast coffee.

Today was a first:

Sea salt iced coffee.

Cappuccino from some of the beans TPEwindrinker sent to me for Christmas.

Paradiso from Second Cup

In my Keurig, Roger's San Francisco Bay Fog Chaser and Rain Forest Blend One-cups, simply becuase I support their attempt to break the K-Cup monopoly that Keurig/Green Mountain has on coffee products for the Keurig brewer.

For my Senseo and Krups Home Cafe machines I make my own coffee pods. Currently I have Tully's French roast pods made up and a few Ambience Italian roast pods in the bottom of the jar from last week.

Peets Mocha Java is my favorite for the last 20 or so years.

I love a good Mocha Java blend, but have never seen Peet's version. Must find.

PH

Peets has a great sampler offer now with a pound each of Sumatra Blue Batak, New Guinea Highlands, and Sulawesi-Kalosi. I really like the Blue batak and new guinea. Check peets.com

Starbucks Sumatra, ground and brewed at home. Very nice and smooth for an extra dark.

It's one of my favorites, after the coffee I get shipped to me from Mexico.

Double espresso using Starbuck's Komodo Dragon.

You could smell cinnamon as I was grinding the beans, and there are also hints of cinnamon on the palate. A spicy and nice shot this morning.

Still have yet to find anything that is better than locally fresh roasted espresso beans for my Rancilio Silvia. Close second was a fresh roast from the Green Beanery but, in a side by side, I still like the local bean better. My reco for a burr grinder is the Baratza Virtuoso. Not exactly cheap, but less than the Rancilio Rocky, and it seems to be holding up great after three years of use.

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
Double espresso using Starbuck's Komodo Dragon.

You could smell cinnamon as I was grinding the beans, and there are also hints of cinnamon on the palate. A spicy and nice shot this morning.

One of my favorites.

quote:

Originally posted by TPEwinedrinker:

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
Double espresso using Starbuck's Komodo Dragon.

You could smell cinnamon as I was grinding the beans, and there are also hints of cinnamon on the palate. A spicy and nice shot this morning.

One of my favorites.

Well, since you were kind enough to share this coffee with me...

Recently tried the Train Wreck espresso blend from Detour and i have to say it's excellent. Not a big fan of thier Punch Buggy and Dark Horse blends as they're too acidic and don't work that well in my Giotto Premium.

Picked up some fresh roast Cuban Serrano Superior yesterday specifically for americano's and it is excellent.

Picked up some arabica coffee beans (Kilimanjaro brand) from Tanzania while travelling on business in Dar es Salaam.

I hope this fits into the elitist coffee thread well, but does anyone else use a Keurig and have a favorite K-cup?

Having the Starbucks Sumatra Dark now, went through a box super fast.

I considered it but think I can make better coffee on my own. I realize the K-cups are easy, but I grind my own beans the way I want and make the coffee the strength I want, plus the beans I like best may not be available in K-cups.

quote:

Originally posted by NolanE:
I hope this fits into the elitist coffee thread well, but does anyone else use a Keurig and have a favorite K-cup?

Having the Starbucks Sumatra Dark now, went through a box super fast.

I'm far from a coffee elitist, but I've never had anything from a K-cup that was much better than mediocre.

PH

Some of the dark roast k-cups are okay. Wife loves it, me not so much. Mainly because I have to have three per day and at the price, I might as well just go to a coffee shop. Not to mention the amount of unnecessary waste my three kcup per day habit produces. I've got my eye out for a burr grinder and will just use my french press.

quote:

Originally posted by kingofcool:
a burr grinder and will just use my french press.

Makes a GREAT cup, and sooooo easy.

PH

+2

I generally use my burr grinder and a drip coffee pot daily since I have up to 3 people drinking from it. However, every so often I'll use the French Press, usually when it is just me drinking. Man, what a difference and the drip I have does a good job!

You could always get a bigger french press, wiml!

I actually have the big Bodum french press on my short list of things to add to the kitchen for situations just like yours.

PH

Are French Presses very labor/time intensive?

quote:

Originally posted by NolanE:
Are French Presses very labor/time intensive?

Not at all. Well......maybe compared to a K-cup but pretty quick and easy. And given the quality of the cup, well worth it. If you're OK with coffee solely as a caffiene delivery system, it's probably not for you. I can't imagine a wine lover with a decent palate not "getting" the difference.

PH

quote:

Originally posted by NolanE:
Are French Presses very labor/time intensive?

I love a cup of coffee freshly pressed off a Bodum, but cleaning it is a bit of a hassle. Also at breakfast for the family, mine just yields about two cups.

I can have my french press cleaned and ready to reload in a minute. Here's the drill. Do it right after you brew. This way the grounds are wet and loose and everything cleans easier. The coffee is hot as hell anyway, so by the time you're done cleaning your coffee is perfect.

Sink. Hot water. Spin the 3 parts off the stem of the plunger and hand wash quick. Rinse top of plunger and blast hot water into the carafe. Dump grounds and re-rinse to clean. Wipe everything down with paper towel. Donesky.....

PH

How can you super-tasters drink Starbucks? I'm let down

Blue Bottle!!!

Thank God you can ship coffee to Utah!

My neighbor showed me how to roast my own beans about a year ago, and ever since then nothing else compares. I love Intelligentsia (also roasted locally), and Major Dickason's Blend from Peet's, but anything I roasted yesterday is the best thing I could taste today. Drip in the mornings, French press on the weekends (and some afternoons).