Coffee - gween tea

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I like the way red eyes taste (no milk or sugar).
 
Douwe Egberts is the only coffee brand I absolutely love. Their normal coffee is my absolute favorite and their iced coffees are like Starbucks for people that actually enjoy coffee. Especially the cans they used to do were amazing.
They even have cafes of their own and they're fucking fantastic, both in the drinks and the food departments.
 
dt_oid said:
I hate to say it kiwisisters but I'm turning into a coffee snob. I went to a local roaster/Cafe recently and sampled some different beans and holy shit I've been missing out. If you haven't tried natural process beans, I recommend it.

I had an espresso made from Colombian natural process light roast and if I was blindfolded I wouldn't have guessed it was coffee. I'm a convert.
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What prep method was it, filter, espresso?
I love naturally processed beans for pourover (African beans especially, Kenya, Ethiopia), for years it's been my favorite kind of coffee. Espresso is good when it's good but this stuff tastes like a delicious fruity tea with just a hint of roasted coffee aroma. Really worth spending the extra couple buckaroos, especially since you'd be hard pressed to find this stuff at a coffee shop even, and it tends to be priced out the ass.
 
CHARizard said:
Im a huge coffee snob, I only drink one brand, and I have 4 cups black every workday. Its delicious and a bit expensive but I wouldnt trade it for anything.

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I'm not a big fan of K-Cups, they're a neat concept on paper but you end up with a lot of waste. With traditional basket/cone coffee brewers you can just chuck remainder into the green bin or a composter but with K-Cups you either just chuck the used pods into the trash or you have to through a cumbersome 3-step method (peel back the foil, take out the filter and grinds, and chuck each into their corresponding bin) to be compliant with your area's waste laws.

In my case, I bought a combination carafe/K-Cup brewer and while the K-Cup side was neat it eventually started to not pump correctly and (thus leading to poorly brewed coffee) I eventually had to ditch brewing with it. Thankfully the carafe side is a separate system I can still brew with it.

As far as Caribou Coffee's concerned I've never had it but I know it's available in both standard coffee bags and K-Cups.
 
Cutting back on my coffee intake lately. I got used to drinking a whole pot of drip coffee every morning and I think it's not good for my heart on top of all the stress I have in my daily life right now. For the first time in my life I have raised blood pressure. So I've been drinking 1 cup of drip coffee a day in the morning and then decaf instant the rest of the day (I am addicted to drinking something that's hot and tastes somewhat like coffee). May try to wean myself off caffeine entirely, we'll see.
 
ReasonablyRetarded said:
Douwe Egberts is the only coffee brand I absolutely love. Their normal coffee is my absolute favorite and their iced coffees are like Starbucks for people that actually enjoy coffee. Especially the cans they used to do were amazing.
They even have cafes of their own and they're fucking fantastic, both in the drinks and the food departments.
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Agreed.
First time I had DE, I was astounded. The cafe owner showed my the machine and the 'frozen blocks' that the coffee comes in.
However, there is some kind of maintenance that the machine requires - quality will drop if not cleaned.
 
WTBOnlineFather said:
What prep method was it, filter, espresso?
I love naturally processed beans for pourover (African beans especially, Kenya, Ethiopia), for years it's been my favorite kind of coffee. Espresso is good when it's good but this stuff tastes like a delicious fruity tea with just a hint of roasted coffee aroma. Really worth spending the extra couple buckaroos, especially since you'd be hard pressed to find this stuff at a coffee shop even, and it tends to be priced out the ass.
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I got a pour-over and an espresso to sip whilst waiting for my pour-over
(Sounds retarded but I went in to sample something new and wanted to taste different styles)

It's really surprising how fruity coffee can taste! Fruity tea is a good way to describe it. I'm hooked! 30 bucks a bag is steep though.
 
My experience with naturals has been hit or miss. They're prone to fermenty flavors, and don't always brew right, but to this date, the sweetest cup of coffee I ever had was as natural Ethiopia. When things came together, it was liquid cherry. I don't know why, but most of the time, it was a fermented mess.
 
dt_oid said:
I got a pour-over and an espresso to sip whilst waiting for my pour-over
(Sounds retarded but I went in to sample something new and wanted to taste different styles)

It's really surprising how fruity coffee can taste! Fruity tea is a good way to describe it. I'm hooked! 30 bucks a bag is steep though.
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I had a pour over of some fancy Ethiopian shit (it was 6 fucking dollars) and the guy was like "it's got hints of blueberry". I scoffed and plunked down my 6 dollars but you know -- that fucking coffee did have hints of blueberry. I was impressed. Not something I'd buy as an everyday morning pickmeup but as a pre workout treat on the weekend yea, nice.
 
I'm a big fan of the Aeropress because the time it takes per cup is minimal, and making each cup fresh has cut down on the amount I drink. To the poster who mentioned being locked in to their filters, I just put the bottom piece against a normal paper filter and use that to cut out the right size; I get four from a regular cone and sixteen from a Chemex-style one. I did try the metal filters but even the fine mesh one left too much sediment for my taste - using both the coarse and the fine together gave good results but means more fussy cleanup.

I really miss my Bialetti Moka that makes something more like true espresso, but haven't been able to find a replacement silicon filter since Covid supply chain madness started.

I do like to add a tiny bit of salt, especially if I'm buying cheaper beans from Costco. My usual go-to is locally roasted, and during the warmer part of the year I roast my own outside on the patio. It's a little more time and effort, but relaxing and fun, and the results are more than worth it.
 
JoseRaulChupacabra said:
I don't know why, but most of the time, it was a fermented mess.
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Grind size makes a massive difference and isn't just a meme like coffee redditors make it sound sometimes. I've discovered that with a lot of beans my grinder can't hit the exact sweet spot, it ends up either too weak and acidic (underextracted) or tastes like you describe, a fermented mess that's very aromatic for sure but ends up tasting too "thick" and hard to make out any specific flavors. Maybe I'm pouring it wrong but so far I haven't been able to make it consistent.

At any rate it still brightens up my every morning. ❤️
 
Fabio Socialist said:
I'm a big fan of the Aeropress because the time it takes per cup is minimal, and making each cup fresh has cut down on the amount I drink. To the poster who mentioned being locked in to their filters, I just put the bottom piece against a normal paper filter and use that to cut out the right size; I get four from a regular cone and sixteen from a Chemex-style one. I did try the metal filters but even the fine mesh one left too much sediment for my taste - using both the coarse and the fine together gave good results but means more fussy cleanup.

I really miss my Bialetti Moka that makes something more like true espresso, but haven't been able to find a replacement silicon filter since Covid supply chain madness started.

I do like to add a tiny bit of salt, especially if I'm buying cheaper beans from Costco. My usual go-to is locally roasted, and during the warmer part of the year I roast my own outside on the patio. It's a little more time and effort, but relaxing and fun, and the results are more than worth it.
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I fell into Aeropress, 'before it was cool' .
TL;DR - I needed a coffee kit cuz work coffee was the worst ever.

Be me, 18 years ago. Huge promotion for good-sized company
Front office has a ridiculously old coffee machine. Like it fell out of the 1960s.
(but it spat out pure ambrosia - the best 'American style' coffee I ever tasted. I would drink 5-6 cups a day minimum)
Corporate is undergoing a complete rebranding - including rehab of the office. Some ladies in the office took an intense dislike/hatred towards the old machine. Sometimes the coffee would miss the cup. Grandpa would dribble...
Machine goes in dumpster. :(
New kitchenette is installed - with Starbucks drip-pot delivery service.
(ogod, no)
The ladies are bursting with pride, flaunting their free Starbucks around all day.
It was the same, familiar 'burnt mess' that defines Starbucks - but worse. Like they knew 'these aren't real customers, burn the shitty beans'.
I was in hell.
I was browsing for a portable coffee solution, love my Aeropress ever since.
 
After getting tired of K cups and a Keurig, I've "graduated" to a French press. As much as I hate waiting for both the water to boil and the grounds to seep, I've found it generally better and I've been able to cut back on the amount of creamer. Upside is no plastic as well.

My issue is finding coffee that I like. I tend to buy cheap and rely on the creamer for flavoring.

Any suggestions on pre-ground stuff I can get at a store that won't make me question if coffee is even worth it in terms of cost?
 
You're MDNWU said:
Any suggestions on pre-ground stuff I can get at a store that won't make me question if coffee is even worth it in terms of cost?
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Really depends on what's available. I'd suggest going to a local roaster and seeing if they sell pre-ground, It'll be the most fresh.
 
i typically drink coffee twice a week, it's mostly on tuesday and thursday where i do power lifting. i have been very strict on how much caffeine i consume cause i don't wanna relapse back on my caffeine addiction but man, nothing taste better than a caffeine treat first thing in the morning.
 
My go-to drink is a double shot cappuchino, sometimes with a cinnimon sprinkle unless I accidently make art. My foam turned out a little poorly the other day and as I was adding it to my coffee I realized I had created the rarest Pepe of them all. I added some details with my spoon to complete the image. To quote Michelangelo, "I saw an angel in the marble so I carved until I set it free"
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