Coffee -- How?

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by maikeru

There really is no hope for me. I am in love with this kind of coffee.

It could be worse. Here's an article about a friend of mine in the SF Chronicle from a couple of years ago about folks who not only brew at home, they *roast their own beans*.... I've had his coffee and it is like a little drink of heaven....

BTW Pyro, Eric *insists* on using a French Press for these heavenly beans....me, I go through espresso machines like my car goes through oil filters...

Espresso myself,
Buffy

[Pyrotex]

Originally Posted by Buffy

me, I go through espresso machines like my car goes through oil filters...

I used to have an espresso machine. It made lovely, lovely espresso, though I have had better. But it was a brazzle-fraggle to clean up. Such a hassle. The French Press is debatably more user friendly.

But there is no substitute for good espresso.
That's the way GOD drinks coffee.

[maikeru]

Originally Posted by Buffy

It could be worse. Here's an article about a friend of mine in the SF Chronicle from a couple of years ago about folks who not only brew at home, they *roast their own beans*.... I've had his coffee and it is like a little drink of heaven....

BTW Pyro, Eric *insists* on using a French Press for these heavenly beans....me, I go through espresso machines like my car goes through oil filters...

Espresso myself,
Buffy

I take back my statement. Me? I'm just a small fish compared to them. That is a great article. I have it bookmarked now. Buffy, you send 'em like regulars to electronic heaven all in your pursuit of a good cuppa.

I like the ease of the moka pot. Open up, dump out spent grounds (to use for fertilizer in my terra preta pots or for soil mixes), wash parts with water, and air dry until next use. Easy keeper for a lazy 'un like me.

Can't argue with its speed in brewing, either. 2-3 minutes after the moka pot's on the stove, I have frothy, steamy "devil's brew" or "contraband" as I commonly call it. I have code names for my coffee to keep the neighbors or my brother's friends clueless, when they visit, because they always seem to call on me or the family when I'm making it.

[Boerseun]

French Press? Using one o' those, you can get those French Letters out by the thousands!

Over here we just call it a 'plunger'. And they work fantastic.

Now I have to 'fess up:

I've been a coffee lover all my life, and I love good coffee... LOTS of it. But I cannot recall ever having been on a 'buzz' from caffeine.

I prefer filter coffee, black, one sugar. None of this 'latte' crap, just pure, good, strong coffee the way it was intended to be. By the bucketful.

Maybe I've never noticed a caffeine buzz coz I've never recovered from the last one...?

[Pyrotex]

Originally Posted by Buffy

It could be worse. Here's an article about a friend of mine in the SF Chronicle from a couple of years ago...

Ohmigod.

Ohmigod.

Ohmigod.

Ohmigod.

Anybody got a spare popcorn popper they can let me have???
It's worse!!
It's worse!!

[maikeru]

Originally Posted by Boerseun

French Press? Using one o' those, you can get those French Letters out by the thousands!

Over here we just call it a 'plunger'. And they work fantastic.

Now I have to 'fess up:

I've been a coffee lover all my life, and I love good coffee... LOTS of it. But I cannot recall ever having been on a 'buzz' from caffeine.

I prefer filter coffee, black, one sugar. None of this 'latte' crap, just pure, good, strong coffee the way it was intended to be. By the bucketful.

Maybe I've never noticed a caffeine buzz coz I've never recovered from the last one...?

It takes about 2 cups of moka for me to feel my mind start to speed up. With instant coffee, I can get a strong buzz, but it wears off quickly and leaves me feeling terrible, wasted, or with a headache. I don't get that when I drink moka espresso.

I switched back to Colombian coffee today. Sweet, sweet heaven. One thing I've noticed is that the Colombian is more oily than the Brazilian I drink. I wonder if this contributes much to the difference in taste.