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11-26-2014, 10:12 PM
I love making coffee in the morning. I didn't used to until I learned more about coffee, what makes good beans, different brewing methods, etc.
I suspect there are people on here who know much more about coffee than I do, so lets share the knowledge.
What is your favorite way to make coffee? How do you brew it? What beans do you use? What do you add (milk, sugar, butter, etc.)? Share with us your perfect cup of coffee.
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11-26-2014, 11:01 PM
I use a French press and grind my beans every morning. There's a natural foods co-op around the corner that sells fair trade organic beans.
There's also a hipster coffee brew house and roastery across the street but they use a different supplier for beans. They have a Guatemalan bean that makes you tweak for 8 hrs. I found out that in order to speed the drying process after harvesting, the beans are sprayed down with a chemical similar to metheylene chloride which draws the moisture out like a sponge.
Now I stick with organic beans. $10/lb.
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11-26-2014, 11:29 PM
Two methods:
1. French press. Grind beans, let steep for 3 min., strain into cup.
2. Turkish or Arabic with cardamon and sugar. Fine grind, boil for very short time, pour into small fenjan (cup).
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11-27-2014, 04:42 AM
In true South Indian style, I use a metallic press (similar to French but made of steel) but with a collection container below. I go to the coffee grinding store every week to grind fresh beans finely and add chicory along with it. Typical ratio is 70/30 or 80/20% depending on the strength you want. Chicory is expensive but adds a nice flavor to the blend and also helps to slowly drip the coffee mix as it passes onto the bottom container where it is collected. Sometimes I do add a pinch of cinnamon before I add to the press but the chicory is better.
The health benefits of chicory are that it cleanses the blood and improve the health of the liver. Also, when I was in the US, I did read a lot about New Orleans, which is noted for their chicory coffee. I believe chicory was used as a coffee extender when supplies of coffee were scarce.
Once the brew is done, then I add 2-3 tablespoons of goat milk for 1/3-1/4 cup of fresh brew and a pinch of sugar to lightly sweeten it. As goat milk is highly nutritious, we then have the coffee boiled and served piping hot in a metallic tumbler alongside some local Indian snacks.
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11-27-2014, 09:08 AM
Add nothing.
Buy Jamaica Blue Mountain or Hawaiian Kona.
Grind your own beans.
Also, I like to switch it up, and do coffee one morning, and green yerba mate the next morning.
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11-27-2014, 01:16 PM
Any of you ever tried the weasel coffee from Vietnam? My friend brought me back some and I haven't yet tried yet...
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11-27-2014, 02:34 PM
Pres are you talking about Civet coffee?
Vietnamese coffee is the best I've ever had. The method they use takes about 15 minutes to brew a cup.
I have cut down my consumption of coffee to about 2 cups per day now though.
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11-27-2014, 03:43 PM
Quote: (11-27-2014 02:34 PM)Fisto Wrote:
Pres are you talking about Civet coffee?
Vietnamese coffee is the best I've ever had. The method they use takes about 15 minutes to brew a cup.
I have cut down my consumption of coffee to about 2 cups per day now though.
Yeah, the CaPhe Chon or Civet cats stuff. I don't have a brewer or press or anything yet or I'd try it. Russians love instant coffee so I've been rocking that lately.
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11-28-2014, 05:44 AM
Fuck yeah.
Going from the US to Vietnam = discovering coffee like Will Ferrell in Elf. I think my heart might explode in Colombia, Ethiopia, or France. Here they mainly use a blend of Robusta and Arabica, though I think some use pure Robusta. Personally I take coffee here with a little milk and a little sugar, or no milk and a little sugar, or...as a splash in a sapoche smoothie. Again, fuck yeah.
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11-28-2014, 06:01 AM
I'm twenty without a lot of time, so I'm getting a good deal on a Keurig this weekend to replace my (budding) tobacco addiction with. By the looks of the few posts, I expect this is some basic level shit, but even I have never liked coffee with anything in it, so I'm starting at a good point.
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11-28-2014, 06:14 AM
This is what I have and I'm almost positive it's not the real deal. I saw it somewhere online for under $30. It also tastes mediocre.
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01-05-2015, 09:57 AM
While I enjoy the French Press, for the rich flavour it spreads, I personally prefer my Saeco espresso machine. I find that espresso, in general, has a more pronounced taste. Distinct & often strong, yet flavourful.
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01-05-2015, 11:30 AM
Two cups of Stumptown give me the jitters, no other coffee comes close. Kona just tastes wonderful.
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01-05-2015, 02:18 PM
any one roast their own beans?
seems kinda economical, you can keep green beans much longer and always have a fresh roasted ones. Some people use a 10 dollar popcorn popper.
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01-05-2015, 07:23 PM
I went on a coffee farm tour today in the coffee zone of Colombia, it was really interesting and I encourage anyone who is in a coffee producing country to do the same. I also did a coffee tour of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica a few years ago and that was awesome too, to this day, the coffee I drank on that tour was the smoothest Ive ever tasted, its too bad that its some of the worlds most expensive and cost over $50 a pound to order online! Today on the tour I learned that coffee is a fruit, I never really thought about what is was other than a bean. If you pick the coffee berry off the plant and eat it, it tastes very sweet and like other fruits, the bean is the pit that you spit out. I had no idea.