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Who here drinks coffee?

Do you like coffee?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 200 74.6%

  • Hell no.

    Votes: 68 25.4%
  • Total voters
    268
Coffee is nasty. I never liked the flavor. The smell is okay, it doesn't bother me...just the taste. I also don't like any of the "coffee flavored" products....ice cream, pastries, etc..
 
Coffee. Yes! Sweet, sweet coffee. (Actually, I drink it black 95% of the time.)

I'm blessed to live in a town with so many fantastic roasters. When I feel like splurging a bit I grab a bag of whatever looks good at Blue Bottle, or a bag of the dark roast at Graffeo. Trader Joe's packs pretty respectable beans for very reasonable prices to suit my daily drinking needs -- I'm currently partial to their Nicaraguan.

I brew with a six cup French press, which yields about three mugs of coffee. I'm experimenting with cutting back, actually: using between half and two thirds the full load of water and grounds. Seems to be working okay for me. I might want to just buy a three cup press to strictly enforce the new rules, though.

I also have a Moka pot, but only use it seldomly. Mostly when my fiancée wants a cup of decaf.
 
I'm addicted to Timmies, this friggin roll up the win contest is so stupid. Last year I won so much so this year i keep buying but keep getting Please Play Again.

I switch between Tea and Coffee though. I drink tea at night and coffee in the morning/during the day.
 
Absolutely. 🙂

Oooh, speaking of unexpected pleasures... Target started selling their Archer Farms brands of coffees... they're fairly inexpensive, like $6-7 for a standard bag of ground coffee. They are surprisingly good. Particularly the Sumatra.

But my latest bag is from Whole Foods, Mocha/Java blend. I don't really care for coffees from S. America... I prefer something from the Pacific ocean, and I won't drink dark roast if I can avoid it.
 
Silencio said:
I'm blessed to live in a town with so many fantastic roasters. When I feel like splurging a bit I grab a bag of whatever looks good at Blue Bottle, or a bag of the dark roast at Graffeo.
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OMFG. I was in San Francisco right after Christmas (my dad and I went to see Oregon State play in the Emerald Bowl) and we went to Blue Bottle. I ordered an espresso macchiato and he ordered a decaf mocha.

BEST DAMN COFFEE EVER.

There are a couple of rather good coffee shops in my city, and a fantastic one up in Portland, but none of them even TOUCH Blue Bottle. I always used to tell people to stop by St. Mary's Cathedral (blows the European cathedrals out of the water, IMO), but now I also tell them to go to Blue Bottle's kiosk afterward to end things on a high note.

I have to add to this discussion: http://www.espressomap.com This is where I found out about Blue Bottle. The author of the website wrote: "I made this map so that when travelling in North America I can find truly excellent espresso on the way. I add locations based on my own experience, insider consensus, or validation from competition-level baristi."
 
I love it.

With warm weather upon us, it's almost time for iced coffee!

My boyfriend's roommate works for a coffee shop so I am knee deep in whole beans. YUM!

I occasionally buy coffee, but I really just prefer making it myself at home.
 
I love coffee.. more of an iced coffee drinker thou. Frapaccinos are my favorites... love em. Yeah I can't get enough of them!
 
no not at all....

wish i went to starbucks but not enough time...
 

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Yes!
Tea and coffee keep me going, i am surrounded by empty mugs at most times especially since i am revising for my A-Levels at the moment.
 
Daveman Deluxe said:
OMFG. I was in San Francisco right after Christmas (my dad and I went to see Oregon State play in the Emerald Bowl) and we went to Blue Bottle. I ordered an espresso macchiato and he ordered a decaf mocha.

BEST DAMN COFFEE EVER.
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Indeed, it's hard to overstate just how amazingly good Blue Bottle is. They've opened a cafe downtown now, too, with this enormous steampunk-looking $20,000 drip coffee contraption that produces a cup of coffee that tastes like no coffee you've ever had before. I took some pictures at one point I haven't pulled off my camera.
 
Gelfin said:
They've opened a cafe downtown now, too...
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Yeah, I just saw that--it's on Espresso Maps. It's just a block away from the hotel we stayed at. I wouldn't have bothered with Starbucks at all on the drive home, except that we were about a month too early for the café to be open. Maybe next time--I'd like to start going to San Francisco more often.
 
Daveman Deluxe said:
Yeah, I just saw that--it's on Espresso Maps. It's just a block away from the hotel we stayed at. I wouldn't have bothered with Starbucks at all on the drive home, except that we were about a month too early for the café to be open. Maybe next time--I'd like to start going to San Francisco more often.
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Blue Bottle's new shop is near Fifth and Mission: dangerously convenient to Moscone Center for those who attend MacWorld SF.
 
I want to like coffee, but I just can't. I like the smell, but the taste is just unbearable to be.
Maybe when I'm older, enough of my taste buds will of died for me to like it.

But, I still go to Starbucks for (creme-based) Frappuchinos and hot chocolate from time to time.
 
I like it but I'm not addicted. That said I usually only drink it when I want the caffeine, otherwise I drink something else.
 
The Apple store rumored for downtown Montreal is across the street from Starbucks. Yeah, I'm in trouble.
 
Haha, my breath still reeks of coffee, but I can only drink it either really sweet or with half hot chocolate or some cappicino/coffee concoction

But you absolutely cannot keep me away from freshly ground coffee, now that’s something I’m addicted to. Not to drink it, but to smell it. 🙂
 
Silencio said:
Blue Bottle's new shop is near Fifth and Mission: dangerously convenient to Moscone Center for those who attend MacWorld SF.
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I've got family downtown that I visit fairly often, and I have a feeling that's going to be more frequent now. Damn Blue Bottle Bella Donovan goodness. 😀
 
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