Coffee Craver, Java Jockey, Latté Lover?

[Wardofsky]

Ok, we've set out a few hobbies that everyone likes, for example Photography (It's amazing how many photographers there are here) and I decided well, if no-one likes coffee. Meh. I'll let the thread die.

But hopefully there will be some people (at least) that enjoy coffee for the aromatic tastes or the culture of the bean.

You can tell, by now, that I happen to enjoy coffee for the taste and culture, are there any other people like me?

[Aeolius]

Folgers; no cream, no sugar. I need 4-6 cups before noon, or my brain stays in neutral all day. :D

[ooartist]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Ok, we've set out a few hobbies that everyone likes, for example Photography (It's amazing how many photographers there are here) and I decided well, if no-one likes coffee. Meh. I'll let the thread die.

But hopefully there will be some people (at least) that enjoy coffee for the aromatic tastes or the culture of the bean.

You can tell, by now, that I happen to enjoy coffee for the taste and culture, are there any other people like me?

I love coffee too! My favorite coffee of all time is here http://shop.cafedumonde.com/coffee.html . My everyday coffee is Triple Shot Soy Latté and without coffee I could not function at all.

ooartist

[Mr. Anderson]

Best coffee in the DC area - period....;)

http://alexandriacity.com/dining/mishas.htm

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[eyelikeart]

I grew up drinking coffee. My mom used to give me a little bit in an espresso cup when I was a wee one. The scent of beans alone puts me at ease.

I'm sipping my morning coffee right now as I type this. :D

I love either French or Dark Roast in most cases. I like it brewed kinda strong, almost thick (anyone who's had coffee & chickory will know what I mean). I use some Coffeemate nondairy creamer, and some Splenda. I like mine bittersweet.

I'll get around to espresso in a bit. ;)

[tazo]

I like the coffee culture of sitting on a sidewalk, sipping your drink as others walk by down the city streets laden with other yuppies :) But I don't drink coffee per se ;)

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by tazo
I like the coffee culture of sitting on a sidewalk, sipping your drink as others walk by down the city streets laden with other yuppies :) But I don't drink coffee per se ;)

Mine's more like sitting by myself, TiBook in place with headphones on while sipping on my latté. ;)

But yeah, sometimes it's almost a ritualistic thing with some people. I like to sit & sip, while talking about life with someone interesting. :)

[tazo]

Hey its all about what's comfortable for you. Personally whenever I am in starbucks, and I see someone with a pc, I just stare at them...;) lmao

[drastik]

coffee is the only must have thing in my day. Now tht I've gienup cigarettes, I can actually taste the stuff and its even better. Id your lookng for new coffees, give portland brew a try. Also, you can pick up bags of chickory at a good resturant supply store if you live outside of New Orleans

[KBFinFan]

I enjoy all types of coffee.. from any starbucks mocha-cha-cha-chino latte-o-rama, to the regular run of the mill cup of joe.

My current favorite is Green Mountain Coffee's Pumpkin Spice (although its a seasonal selection.. I will be devistated when it is gone). I take that with a little cream and splenda. Delicious!

[Ambrose Chapel]

yeah i've been drinking coffee since i was far too young. every so often i get off it and just drink tea, but the bean keeps pulling me back in! since i moved up here i get all my coffee from

Peet's (http://www.peets.com/shop/shop.asp)


a friend of mine was in hawaii and got me some kona. wow was that good.

ps drastik i love your 'tar!

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Ambrose Chapel
a friend of mine was in hawaii and got me some kona. wow was that good.


Oh man, that is some good stuff. I haven't had any in a while though, maybe I'll order some soon for the holidays? :D

I don't drink a lot of coffee, but I do get caffeine headaches when I don't have any at all. Addiction? ;)

[howard]

i've been enjoying coffee more and more. i like french vanilla and breakfast blend coffees with plenty of cream and sugar.

i've like a few of the latte and mocha type things but when you get into those fancy espressos and cappacinos i'm not to knowlegdable as to what it is your actually ordering.

its nice too have coffee when your working on something..or during class is great. but better yet going out to the cafe's and sitting talking with some friends is definitely the best way to have coffee

[Ambrose Chapel]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
Oh man, that is some good stuff. I haven't had any in a while though, maybe I'll order some soon for the holidays?

it's so expensive though! she must've gotten a good price out there. at the stores here it's 25 or 30 bucks a half-pound! second only to jamaican blue mountain.

I don't drink a lot of coffee, but I do get caffeine headaches when I don't have any at all. Addiction?

haha the beans have got their claws in you!
:D

[eyelikeart]

Yeah, Kona is definitely expensive...so good though.

I'm damned curious to try the most expensive coffee in the world, which is actually produced with dung. It sounds a bit nasty, but it's acclaimed as the best.

And yeah, I've got a caffeine addiction going on. I usually have just one cup in the morning, and maybe another in the evening or some tea. I don't want to drink too much, as it dehydrates u easily. ;)

[Mr. Anderson]

Trader Joe's has some Kona coffee that's 1/3 of that....I've been still working on some Café du Monde stuff that eye gave me this summer.

Anyone interested in doing a coffee exchange program? Pick a favorite of yours and send it to others who send you their favs?

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[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Anyone interested in doing a coffee exchange program? Pick a favorite of yours and send it to others who send you their favs?

Are u kidding? ;)

U still have some of that coffee & chickory?

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
Are u kidding? ;)

U still have some of that coffee & chickory?

Of course! I'm the only one drinking it, except when we have company, and with all the crap going on in the house, we've not been doing dinner parties....

So I'll make some every other week or so, if we don't make it to Mishas.

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[Ambrose Chapel]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I'm damned curious to try the most expensive coffee in the world, which is actually produced with dung. It sounds a bit nasty, but it's acclaimed as the best.

yeah i've heard about this - they feed the bean to some kind of cat and then recover it after it's been...disposed of...and then grind and brew it. there's no way i'd ever try that!!

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Of course! I'm the only one drinking it, except when we have company, and with all the crap going on in the house, we've not been doing dinner parties....


I know. I'm just giving u crap. ;)

How was the decaf version btw?

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Ambrose Chapel
yeah i've heard about this - they feed the bean to some kind of cat and then recover it after it's been...disposed of...and then grind and brew it. there's no way i'd ever try that!!

It does sound pretty gross, but it's raved about. I'm up for trying almost anything.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
How was the decaf version btw?

You can't really tell the difference. And I've been make 1/2 and 1/2 anyway lately. Good stuff....our architect loves the stuff too, every time he's been over to go over plans he looks forward to a cup. :D

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[sonofslim]

i know i'm going to sound like a total coffee snob, but from highschool all the way to just a few years ago, i worked in so many coffee shops that i almost turned pro -- so it's hard for me not to get carried away. i've made an effort in the past few years to cut back on caffiene, so i'm down to just one cup in the morning. but you better believe that one cup is made from the best damn beans i can find.

i get mine from a roaster in Ithaca, NY who import all their beans straight from the source (they've got a selection of blends from all over the world) and roast them no more than a day before shipping to you -- you'd literally have to grow & roast your own beans to get a fresher cup.

and i would ABSOLUTELY be down for a coffee exchange! do we have any volunteers to organize? should we just collect names & addresses draw them out of some sort of digital hat?

[eyelikeart]

Mr. A...

I hope your architect hasn't had too much of it then. :eek: ;)


sonofslim...

Nothing wrong with knowing what u like. :)


Something I just read, which will appeal to the active people around here:

In a study, people who consumed about a coffee cup's worth of caffeine before their workouts experienced less exercise-induced muscle pain during their fitness routines. Researchers speculate that the muscle-soothing effects could boost exercise endurance.

[sonofslim]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
Nothing wrong with knowing what u like. :)

true dat! and while a decade or so making coffee for a living will teach you a lot about what you like, you also have to deal with a lot of customers who tell! you! what! they! like!!!! ... if you know what i'm saying. so i try not to be "that guy" when i talk about coffee.

"I NEED A DOUBLE TALL SMALL MOCHACHOKABLABLACCINO WITH LESS FOAM THAN LAST TIME BUT MORE FOAM THAN THE OTHER GUY WHO MAKES THEM, YOU KNOW WHO I MEAN, THE TALL GUY? AND COULD YOU PUT IT IN TWO CUPS, ONE WITH SOY MILK AND THE OTHER WITH REGULAR MILK, BUT NOT SO HOT? BUT NOT, LIKE, COLD, EITHER. AND WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG? THE TALL GUY NEVER TAKES THIS LONG."

(by the way, that drink is called a "sneezer" behind the counter.)

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by sonofslim
so i try not to be "that guy" when i talk about coffee.

I hear that. My only request is usually skim milk if I'm getting a latté. I don't care for whole or 2% even really.

Then there's the occasional request for a decaf latté.

I know... :(

[sonofslim]

honestly, it's not even so much what you order as how you order it. i've made very involved drinks for lots of people, for lots of reasons (dietary, personal taste, whatever) and as long as they were nice about it -- no problem at all. glad to do it!

it's nice to be appreciated for putting a little extra effort into someone's order. all it takes is a "hey, this is a really good capuccino!" and i promise you've just made a barrista's day. which should be common sense -- but we all know that common sense isn't as common as it should be.

[sethwerkheiser]

I used to get my coffee from a nice local place called NiBors, but at $3.50 a shot, well... that adds up. THough I love it I save those coffees for special days (going shopping with the wife, or going on a road trip - rather than just "to work")

So lately I've been getting those push button "cappacinos" at Wawa lately. At only .95, well, you get what you pay for.

Oh how I wish I could get those yummy $3.50 cups of caffeine-laden goodness :p

[MattG]

Mmm I love coffee...any kind really. At my last job we had a Starbucks literally next door, so I was spoiled. I went there like, every day. Now there's nothing but a 7-11 nearby. I miss having good coffee :(

[eyelikeart]

My local coffee spot is CC's Coffee (Community Coffee). It's based out of Baton Rouge, which is about a mile away from here. I like supporting the local cause. They also finally got with the program & got broadband access for people like me who feel the need to bring their PowerBooks in to play around or work some. :D

[bousozoku]

I mostly like cold coffee but there are various kinds I've found good.

My favourite coffee comes from http://www.ucc.co.jp/. The Japanese coffee craze has been going on for a while. Even back in the 1980s, you could get cold coffee from a vending machine, something you still can't do in most places in the U.S.A. The only company I know that tried was Nestlé and maybe that was only in the northeast.

Has anyone else tried Kahlúa coffee? It's non-alcoholic but it has the flavour. I'm amazed at how many confectioners have gotten into the business, including Ghiardelli and Godiva.

I haven't really gotten hooked on Starbucks, for some reason.

[Ambrose Chapel]

originally posted by bousozoku
I haven't really gotten hooked on Starbucks, for some reason.

i don't like their regular coffee - too burnt for my tastes.

Has anyone else tried Kahlúa coffee? It's non-alcoholic but it has the flavour.

they make their own coffee? i've never seen it, though i went through a brief Kahlúa phase after my parents got me a bottle from mexico.

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[sethwerkheiser]

Originally posted by MattG
At my last job we had a Starbucks literally next door, so I was spoiled.

There's a Starbucks next to the Apple Store in the King of Prussia mall, near Philadelphia. I remember when we bought our iBook we stopped their first. So from now on, the taste of a mocha brownie frappaccino will ALWAYS remind me of my first Mac purchase ;)

[3rdpath]

there is no life without coffee...kinda like oxygen as far as i'm concerned.

now that i'm on a health kick i just drink it black ( which tastes like crap) but what's a junkie to do? i get organic shade grown stuff from a local store.

but i'm not above starbucks if i'm not at home and the monkey starts screeching....;)

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by Ambrose Chapel

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they make their own coffee? i've never seen it, though i went through a brief Kahlúa phase after my parents got me a bottle from mexico.

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Here's a sample of what they make although I'd not seen this one until this week.

[MattG]

Originally posted by sethwerkheiser
There's a Starbucks next to the Apple Store in the King of Prussia mall, near Philadelphia. I remember when we bought our iBook we stopped their first. So from now on, the taste of a mocha brownie frappaccino will ALWAYS remind me of my first Mac purchase ;) Mmm..my favorite was the Mocha Coconut Frappaccino, followed closely by the Mocha Frappaccino. Damn I'd go get myself one right now if I didn't have class soon :(

[MattG]

Originally posted by bousozoku
I mostly like cold coffee but there are various kinds I've found good.

My favourite coffee comes from http://www.ucc.co.jp/. The Japanese coffee craze has been going on for a while. Even back in the 1980s, you could get cold coffee from a vending machine, something you still can't do in most places in the U.S.A. The only company I know that tried was Nestlé and maybe that was only in the northeast.

Has anyone else tried Kahlúa coffee? It's non-alcoholic but it has the flavour. I'm amazed at how many confectioners have gotten into the business, including Ghiardelli and Godiva.

I haven't really gotten hooked on Starbucks, for some reason. I've never had the coffee-product they make, however I have put Kahlua in MY coffee...good stuff :)

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by MattG
I've never had the coffee-product they make, however I have put Kahlua in MY coffee...good stuff :)

I'll add it to your Popeye's order. ;)

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by 3rdpath
now that i'm on a health kick i just drink it black ( which tastes like crap) but what's a junkie to do? i get organic shade grown stuff from a local store.


How is that? Do u not want the sugar in it?

[judith]

Originally posted by 3rdpath
there is no life without coffee...kinda like oxygen as far as i'm concerned.
but i'm not above starbucks if i'm not at home and the monkey starts screeching....;)

My sentiments exactly - sans the health-kick. I don't like the flavors tho, sugar only sometimes, creamer or 1/2 n 1/2 if it's really good stuff.

I'm usually of an "all things in moderation" philosophy, with a few exceptions; nothing synthetic: man-made=BAD, and I drink A LOT of coffee, more than I even care to mention, it's sustenance!

I drank the Kona while in Hawaii, and the stuff I brought back just didn't taste the same. I attribute that to lacking in "on vacation, in Hawaii, wearing my bathing suit around in general public, ahh this is Heaven on Earth" factor. I would therefore recommended drinking Kona in Hawaii:)

[MattG]

Originally posted by bousozoku
I'll add it to your Popeye's order. ;) Eh, Popeyes, coffee and Kahlua...All good things but perhaps not at the same time? :eek:

[3rdpath]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
How is that? Do u not want the sugar in it?

oh, i'd LOVE the sugar in it but that would screw my healthy start to the day.

of course now that it tastes crappy i can make a pot of joe last for hours... :mad:

and judith, i'm with ya on the kona brew. last time i was on the big island i stayed amped up on that stuff and was loving it...that and those little bananas that taste like strawberry...and grilled o-no fish. but like all things on vacation, they never taste the same at home. same things goes for winetasting in napa and sonoma...

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
Then there's the occasional request for a decaf latté.

I know... :(

Shame, triple shots huh? ;)

Man, if there was one reason I went to Seatle, it's be the Coffee Fest that's on around now... If only I was American...

There are new places and people going into the coffee scene nowerdays, cashing in I suppose, I think the most smoothest coffee that melts in your mouth would be Sweethearts Cafe Coffee, I need to go back and get the name of it.

I think some of the worst coffee (burnt taste) would be Map coffee, probably over-roasted.

Overall, best "of the shelf" coffee is Lavazza.

Hows about I send someone Australian coffee and someone sends me some American? :D

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by Wardofsky

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Overall, best "of the shelf" coffee is Lavazza.

Hows about I send someone Australian coffee and someone sends me some American? :D

You want some Ghiardelli Double Chocolate beans or how about some UCC (Japanese) regular roast grind?

They've had Lavazza here for quite a while but I've never tried it. Melitta was fairly popular, prior to Starbucks.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Ambrose Chapel
i don't like their regular coffee - too burnt for my tastes.
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Your mention of regular coffee reminds me of my first horror story in Boston. I like black coffee, so was used to ordering regular coffee. We went to Dunkin Donuts and I ordered regular. I got it with cream and sugar. So I repeated that I meant regular, just black. They told me that is Boston regular meant with cream and sugar. So I'm very careful to say black.

We don't really have any good local coffee house since Starbucks bought out the Coffee Connection.

Congratulations Ambrose chapel on your 500th post. Nice Avatar!

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Hows about I send someone Australian coffee and someone sends me some American? :D

Ha, are there any import restrictions? Sending some coffee beans hopefully won't get flagged as possible drugs.....(watching too many movies, maybe? ;))....I'd send you a pound of Misha's, not ground, for something interesting down your way....

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[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Ha, are there any import restrictions? Sending some coffee beans hopefully won't get flagged as possible drugs.....(watching too many movies, maybe? ;))....I'd send you a pound of Misha's, not ground, for something interesting down your way....

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Hmm, maybe a pack of Grinders coffee will go down well, restrictions for drugs? Hmm, I can see it now.

"Yep, dog smells drugs, pure caffeine, 1kg"

[Wardofsky]

*delete* Damn.
Can a mod get rid of this one?

[Shifty]

I love coffee. Especially the Coffee Mocha. Although I drink tea more often.

Some coffee shops are good, but some lack quality as they expand, such as Starbucks

[wdlove]

I had a delicious Starbucks Grande Mocha today. It's a Sunday treat.