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..
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Who here drinks coffee?
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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
