any coffee junkies out there? i'm so bad, i roast my own stuff! anyone else?
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any coffee junkies out there? i'm so bad, i roast my own stuff! anyone else?
I'm not a "coffee junkie" necessarily, but I do enjoy GOOD coffee. I usually buy my coffee from Trader Joe's because they have a big selection of pretty good stuff. I can't deal with the major brands (Folgers, Maxwell House, Starbucks, etc.)
Where do you get beans that you can roast yourself?
www.sweetmarias.com
the site is chock-full of info about coffee, and home roasting and brewing. a pound of beans averages about 5 bucks, with slight discounts if you buy in quantity. they also sell all the roasting equipment you'd ever need. i used to strictly buy from peet's , but once i began roasting my own, peet's tasted old. roasting at home is very easy, too! and the coffee tastes fantastic!
That's cool, thanks. I'll check that out
I'm a complete coffee junkie, I tried to switch to tea for a little less caffiene, but its too difficult. I have worked in 2 different starbucks (sadly to say, pu ssy as s company). I love the stuff.
Doesn't coffee have some medicinal properties if you don't nuke it with sugar and cream?
Yes, but with the positive come the negative.
Gain: antioxidants
Lose: normal paced heartbeat and possibly bloodpressure.
Gain: Warm yummy feeling and jolt of energy
Lose: Frequent high pressured poop
PS-My wife really loves Bel Biv Devoe and Poison's her favorite song.
Coffee is to the morning as bourbon is to the evening.
My all time favorite is Ethiopian Yrgacheffe...french roast. I used to live in a town with a great coffee shop that roasted just enough every monday to get them through the next monday. I was working as a bartender during the day right next door when they opened...best coffee shop ever...off the wall magazine stand, home made scones and muffins...a chocolate cherry brownie worth killing your mother over. Sadly, the owner died of cancer just a year or two ago.
but, yea, don't ask me for shiat before my first cup.
You know, don't even talk to me about coffee. You'd think Seattle would have a ton of great coffee places but it seems like it's all Starbucks and Tully's now.
I have to go down to Olympia now to get any decent brew, Batdorf Bronson's ...
WaWa cappucino.
Though I'm fairly certain there's only about 5 percent coffee in there, with the rest comprised of sugar, pure fats, and just enough cocaine to keep you coming back.
i love coffee, but only have a cup or two a day (granted they are fairly decent sized cups)
since i quit smoking 2 years ago i started buy the stuff you grind yourself in the supermarket, but i'd really like to get into brewing my own.
ill never buy **** from starbucks though. fu ck starbucks.
Greetings..
AHHH.. Coffee, the golden nectar of the Gods.. dark, rich, and, the good stuff (light roast) is really buzzy.. i have reduced my intake to about 4 cups a day, 3 in the mornings and 1 after work (5-6:00 pm).. i do like good teas as well.. some of the attraction is in the ritual of preparation, both coffee and tea.. a bit like a ceremony.. i grind my own, or.. go to Barnies, the best local supplier (Orlando).. and, how does Starfcuks stay in business? that is the worst coffee, double roasted which equates to burned.. evenings i find a good coffee and a morsel of dark chocolate to finish off the meal... ummmm, gotta run, there's coffee to brew!
Be well..
I drink 2-3 cups a day but if I don't get my coffee in by 11:00am or so I'll start to get a headache. I love dark roast, like a french or itallian roast. I guess its not too bad. I drink tons of water to make up for it.
here is an artical about the health benefits of coffee
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/he...ad2764&ei=5070
Coffee rules. I'm hopelessly addicted.
So who takes cream and sugar in theirs? I rarely do. Generally if I'm having an afternoon or evening cup I might take some, but never in my morning brew. I've come to the conclusion that I don't consider people who drink theirs with cream and/or sugar to be 'real' coffee drinkers.
i guess I'm not a real coffee drinker then. I do like to take a few sips before adding it, and its different if its from a french press.
Growing up in central Florida I was reared up on Spanish coffee. There are countless coffee bean companies thru out Tampa. Nothing like the smell of roasting coffee. Cool thing to do is drop into one of the small neighborhood Cuban eateries and order up some bread and coffee. But that chocolate cherry brownie sounds pretty **** good Oso!
Coffee,mmmmmm........ Love it. A recent convert to drinking it black, and tastes so much better. I live near a great shop that roasts on the premises, and the smell often wafts over near my house. Too much and I start getting a bit jittery though! Tried giving up, but then actually decided that I didn't need to give it up, so enjoy it all the more now!
Gone right off cappucinos etc as you don't get the real taste , and no one can ever get the froth stiff enough for my liking!
if any of you ever find yourself in china and can get to the yunnan province they make the best coffee i have ever had. they make great potato dishes there too.
I like my coffee like I like my wimmin: strong, sweet and creamy. :cool:
Espresso for me please. Nothin like a couple of cups of that then working out !!
espresso (or exspresso as so many in Pittsburgh say) and espresso based drinks are good, but the person needs to know how to make them right.
It's gotta be black, and don't ever put that flavored crap in front of me.
I'm down to one Dunkin Doughnuts mug (no papercups please) a day and I always have a big bag of DD beans around. I've gotten good cups out of some of the Millstone coffees and the beans at the local high end supermarket here.
Hey TaiChiBob, I'm having a cup of java right now with some chocolate that I picked up on vacation. Mmmmmmmmmmm.
I used to be a coffee junkie, but I found I would get dizzy and would **** through the eye of a needle, so I cut down to about 2 and a half litres a day!
Then I found when I got asthma it made my asthma much worse, so now I have about one cup a day in the morning.
I used to do all the home grinding and organic fairtrade arabicas and whatnot, but now it's whatever. Never touch instant though!
Greetings..
rogue: Ahhhh.. yep, i have some semi-sweet dark chocolate baking morsels in a tupperware container right here on the desk.. a good mug of java and a hand-full of morsels.. mmmmmm.. We brew a Kenya AA usually, but.. a nice pot of Haitian Blue works well, too.. ooohh, and after dinner, a square or two of Godiva's raspberry dark chocolate with a strongly brewed Kona... then, Taiji gets interesting..
Be well..
My favorite and what I just finished off was a nice dark chocolate with a caramel filling. I'm now a very happy camper.
Pumpkin Spice Frap! YOWZA BABY!!!!!!!!
I too have fallen prey to the delicious addiction of the black water. I have worked in local indie cafe's for years and it never ceases to amaze me the different varieties of coffee that are out there. I recently got into roasting the green coffee(out of vortex hot air roasters to roasting it right in an iron ore skillet on the stove.) The key to great coffee is the grind;)
i do clinical research studies for extra cash and i have to quit caffeine all together for the duration of the studies.(the withdrawl off the caffiene is terrible i tell ya) headaches body aches and restlessness.
I am off the coffee right now and have been for the past few weeks. i am not sure if i am going to get back on it though,this last withdrawl bout was pretty intense. i mean i am an avid green tea drinker(which has caffeine) and i wont quit that. but i am not sure if i should go back to drinking coffee. Im prolly going to stay with green tea and ginseng for my energy levels.
my favorite coffee is KONA and the Costa Rican Coffee's. they are the best in my opinion.
Peace,TWS
TWS: hey, another member of the home roasting cult!
i've converted 2 of my taiji brothers since i started home roasting, and they are as addicted as i am! my favorites are the indonesians: sulawesi, sumatra, java. i just finished a 5lb bag of beans from the island of flores in indonesia--really nice stuff. this morning i had some sulawesi in the french press. it was smooth and flavorful, with none of the crampy i-gotta-sh!t-right now! feeling that the commercial coffees can give you. in fact, since i started home roasting, i never get that feeling from my brews.. granted, it still has that effect, it's just MUCH gentler on the bowels.
i was also surprised to find out that india produces some really great beans--very deep, earthy flavors with a very heavy body in the cup.
how do i get started with the whole home brewing thing.
what all do i need?
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/
pretty much one stop shopping...plus they have a bear in their logo.
start with a kit that has everything you need. then, when you have an idea of how it works you could start messing with stuff on your own.
this is the same style as that Tasgall
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/WILLI..._P1076C190.cfm
for home roasting shopping i use www.sweetmarias.com
they have a huge selection of green coffee beans, plus a good selection of roasters and related equipment. prices are comparable to williamsbrewing that oso mentioned.
don't be put off by the idea of home roasting--it's so easy, you'll wonder why you didn't start sooner.
Qiphlow,
How long do you let your beans "Mellow and Cure" After you roast and before you grind and brew? I was doing 24hr mellowing and a week tops on curing. And YES there is a difference is how the coffee tastes when it is fresh roasted. Most people have not really tried a FRESH roasted coffee.
Oh and for those here do not know. Mellowing is a term used to describe how long the oils start to seep out of the bean takes. When you fresh roast your coffee at home you have to let it stand in an open container for about 24 hrs. to allow the gasses to escape out of the bean after roasting. you then seal the coffee up and let it Cure for about a week(shaking the container once a day to stir the beans). After a while the oils and such seep out of the bean to create that flavor. the longer you roast the darker and oiler the bean will be. I prefer medium roasts myself.
TWS
i usually will let the beans cool outside for a few hrs after i've roasted, then bring 'em inside and let 'em sit until i have time to put 'em in their jars (one big main jar, and a smaller one for overflow in case i've roasted a bigger than normal batch). i will drink the very next morning, so they rest for about 14-18 hrs depending on when i roasted the previous day. the very best days for drinking for me (flavor-wise) are days 2 and three after roasting (day one being the day immediately after cooking), but the beans stay good for me for about 8 days max. i generally roast every 5 to 8 days depending on how busy i am.
as far as degree of roast, i like to take the beans to the point that they are dark, but not yet oily. when they get all oily like that, they taste burnt to me. but i can't really deal with a light roast either.
and BTW, oso--
i really dig that 7 seconds of love song you've got in your sig. it's in my limewire library.
i think 7 Seconds would be a great bar band or party band.
Is it good or bad for you?
depends on how much you drink i think. some studies have shown that coffee actually helps fight prostate cancer. i read an article about that a while ago and how this has prompted a trend for a large portion of japanese men to begin drinking decaf coffee.
i personally like coffee but i dont drink a lot.
My doctor of oriental medicine says no, no.
But when the weather becomes cold, I get a craving for the roasted flavor. At least that's what I think I'm craving. Tea just doesn't cut it.