I haven't used tea bags, so I don't know.
Regarding Almond Milk, I like the flavor more than regular milk. I will admit it sounded gross in the beginning and I was really reluctant to try it. Once I did, I never looked back.
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I haven't used tea bags, so I don't know.
Regarding Almond Milk, I like the flavor more than regular milk. I will admit it sounded gross in the beginning and I was really reluctant to try it. Once I did, I never looked back.
I don't notice an edge. Possibly I suffer from unrefined taste buds or I don't know what a truly smooth cup of coffee is.
I'm so not a gourmet coffee brewer, even though I do like a good cup and often enough use a French press once I'm awake enough (after one shot of Keurig, usualiy). But I'll nuke a mug of coffee that's been sitting on my worktable for an hour, take a few sips, and do it again if I don't get around to finishing the thing before it goes cold once more.
I know... it's terrible even to imagine! The habit comes from the 1970s, drinking terrible coffee in the mainframe operators' lounge at work, before the programmers and analysts had their own coffee pantries. The guys on the day shift drank coffee made by the night shift! The guys on the night shift made coffee for show but I think they pretty mcuh stuck to beers on break.
Well, @LizKat, it is not so much that it is terrible to imagine (well, it is), it is also that standards have moved on, and the bar on what is considered acceptable coffee to serve (and drink) has improved exponentially.
However, I have always been a coffee connoisseur, and have always liked (and served) the good stuff.
(Remember that scene in Pulp Fiction where the Tarantino character, Jimmie, exasperated and in pyjamas, when the thugs turn up with a corpse, a bloodied car and bloodstained dapper clothing, and speaks about how he buys 'gourmet' coffee for himself because nobody else can be trusted to know the difference? When I first saw that I burst out laughing, because that was exactly how I felt about coffee).
Standards. Actually, I remember in the 1980s, as an undergrad, and very involved with several of the student magazines (including an excellent cultural/political/artistic one that a few of us set up), pulling all nighters as we got it ready to go to press. Two of us - a guy and myself - even then had French Presses, which we brought in from our homes, and we took turns and made real coffee (legendary) coffee which served as rocket fuel for the all night editorial (and writing) sessions...
Ha ha thanks for reminding me of that scene! Pulp Fiction is my favourite Tarantino film by far! Forgot the coffee connection.
Really, the best part of that is where Jimmie gives them a UC Santa Cruz sweatshirt to wear in lieu of their bloodstained suits.
Truly the 1980s were not a good time for good coffee. There were signs of progress, though: the small handful of Peet's outlets in the Bay Area were doing it right back then, and the even older practitioners in North Beach in SF (Cafe Trieste, Graffeo Roasters) were keeping hope alive. The second wave coffee roasters exploded in the early 90s with Starbucks embarking on their massive expansion campaign, as did Peet's to a far lesser degree — ironic since Alfred Peet taught the Starbucks guys how to roast coffee in the first place.
I was just going to add a comment about Peet teaching the guys at Starbucks how to roast coffee. I was at UC Berkeley in the late 60's/early 70's and Peet's is burned pleasantly into my soul!
OK... I’ll try to upgrade! However, when I mentioned this project to a friend, he laughed out loud and suggested that the coffee police would have a really hard time finding my place anyway. I retaliated by saying it’s not where you live, it’s how bad your coffee is, and that they’d start by looking him up before bothering with me. I think he makes his by boiling it for four days over a campfire.
Well as you know I have a French press, which I use most of the time after that first shot from a Keurig to wake me up.
So it seems like I’m ready to roll here except for the coffees I pick, and I admit I usually just grab beans on sale. A new protocol is apparently needed. So let’s hear whatever your latest coffee discoveries are!
Not cold brew ideas, though, if this thread has persuaded you to go there... I need suggestions for making better hot coffee.
( Sorry for the off topic tangent here folks, probably should take this to some other thread that @Scepticalscribe has posted in about coffees!)
Try the Espresso Enthusiasts thread; lots of coffee lovers hang out there, and the coffee discussions are long, intense and incredibly detailed. Welcoming, and lots of fun, too.
By the standards of some who visit that thread, I am but a mere dilettante.
However, I will say that the idea of a cold brew has failed to tempt me. I'll stay with my coffee suitably hot.
^^ Thanks! Looks like I could get lost in there for a couple months!
Do drop in; and linger. Newcomers are always welcomed warmly. And coffee is discussed endlessly and earnestly……
For myself, the easiest methods of making coffee (and my most frequent) are with a French press and a Hario dripper (and filter paper). If I have plenty of time, and am in a relaxed and convivial mood, I'll use my Bialetti moka press, and have a stove top espresso.
These days, I use excellent quality coffee; some of the time I use pre-ground (yes, the purists will kill me, but I don't have the time to grind and think every day, especially the days I have to be up early to catch trains to attend meetings); the rest of the time, I use a (manual) burr grinder to grind my beans.
Almond milk is actually my favorite substitute lol, I've tried soy milk, rice milk, even yogurt drinks before, but Almond milk takes the cake
Almond milk is actually my favorite substitute lol, I've tried soy milk, rice milk, even yogurt drinks before, but Almond milk takes the cake
Classic cow's milk for me, preferably full fat.
And, indeed, on that topic, a spot of organic double cream goes well with a morning cup of coffee….
Yeah, nothing really beats cow's milk but sometimes I need substitutes especially when my stomach is a little upset lol
Almond milk is actually my favorite substitute lol, I've tried soy milk, rice milk, even yogurt drinks before, but Almond milk takes the cake
Agreed! I have tried all of the above also. But I too keep coming back to Almond Milk!