Ahhhh....coffee. Whats your favorite?

[Pbartender]

Thanks Enforcer and Pbartender!

Hey no problem...


But, I'll give you the advice a wine taster once gave me. Excellent advice that applies to a lot more than just wine or coffee...

"Tried it once" means nothing.

Go try lots and lots of different kinds of coffee lots of different ways. After that, forget what other people (including me ) tell you you should like, and drink what you like the way you like it. For some people that will mean not drinking coffee at all.

 

[EricNoah]

Yep, every cup is different. Especially when I make it!

 

[Pbartender]

Yep, every cup is different. Especially when I make it!

Splenda... Yeeesh!

 

[ssampier]

More cream in my coffee today. I need to stop getting coffee from Sonic Drive-In.

There's a few things to remember about coffee...

First, any kind of beans can make a good cup of coffee. You just need to get grounds to water ratio right, so you end up with just the right strength.
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I agree on principal. I find that a person making the coffee has a impact, too, especially if they are ignorant of how to make coffee. I am amazed how many times I learn that a new employee has left the used coffee filter and grounds in the machine and ran a second or third pot of water through it. Maybe this happens more in Utah, since most residents here don't drink coffee.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I am amazed how many times I learn that a new employee has left the used coffee filter and grounds in the machine and ran a second or third pot of water through it.

Thats gotta be the worst way out of getting a cup of coffee. At worst if I have to reuse a filter, I put fresh grounds on top of the used grounds.

 

[Pbartender]

I am amazed how many times I learn that a new employee has left the used coffee filter and grounds in the machine and ran a second or third pot of water through it.

In college I knew a couple of guys who would do almost the exact opposite...

They'd brew a pot of coffee, and then run that pot of coffee through their coffee maker a second time using a new filter with fresh grounds... The idea was to make a "poor man's espresso". It was fun to watch them choke it down and pretend that they liked it.

 

[ssampier]

 

[Enforcer]

In college I knew a couple of guys who would do almost the exact opposite...

They'd brew a pot of coffee, and then run that pot of coffee through their coffee maker a second time using a new filter with fresh grounds... The idea was to make a "poor man's espresso". It was fun to watch them choke it down and pretend that they liked it.

Yikes. If any coffee newbie reading this wants a poor man's espresso at home (i.e. without plunking down $200+ on a pump-driven machine), just get a French Press. It's pretty darn good coffee, easy and fun to make, and cheap (personal-sized ones are less than $20). You get somewhat of a crema on it too.

 

[Pbartender]

Yikes. If any coffee newbie reading this wants a poor man's espresso at home (i.e. without plunking down $200+ on a pump-driven machine), just get a French Press. It's pretty darn good coffee, easy and fun to make, and cheap (personal-sized ones are less than $20). You get somewhat of a crema on it too.

I got my French press at Ikea for about $12... It's pyrex and stainless steel, and makes about a liter of coffee -- just enough coffee for me and my wife to have a cup or two, with a little left over for our German Shepherd.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

This is why, surprisingly enough, I find some of the best "ordinary coffee" comes from places like McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts... The turn-over rate for their coffee is so high that it is always fresh. And since they use pre-measured packets of coffee grounds, it's almost impossible for them to get the dosage wrong.

Amongst coffee afficionados I've known (the most extreme of which has been on Oprah to talk about coffee, and who I have personally witnessed jumping out of a moving vehicle to get to coffee - though perhaps that was also due to coffee, come to think of it), Dunkin Donuts has a pretty good rep for their coffee.