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Topic: Coffee roast Posted: July 18 2016 at 10:30
Dark roast. As far of brands, I Like Death Wish, Bustelo, and many more. I like it ground to be brewed or I use a French press at work. I can take instant coffee if there's a need.
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Posted: July 18 2016 at 10:21
Yeah I used to do it, just got lazy. I have a French press which also has an effect on the taste versus the drip coffee maker. Need to dust that off again too.
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Posted: July 18 2016 at 10:09
I could never go back to buying pre ground - a half decent grinder is dirt cheap & you notice the difference immediately (the coffee stays a lot fresher in bean rather than pre ground, too). If you shop around, it's no more expensive, either - the 1st one I mentioned above I pay £8.50 for a kilo of beans.
Depending on the bean, the roast, the type of machine or coffee maker you're using, it affects the way you need to grind, as well, so there's no one pre ground which will suit all methods.
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Posted: July 18 2016 at 10:00
Right Jim, it is a subject as interesting as wine. So many characteristics to great coffee. I have to get back to grinding my own. Lately I have been lazy and cheating, buying the pre-ground, which is the coffee equivalent of buying wine from a box?
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Posted: July 18 2016 at 09:51
Aha - a subject after my own heart!
Current favorites:
This one's a medium roast bean, but with a really rich nutty/chocolate flavour - not too heavy & if you keep an eye on the water temperature, not bitter at all - perfect morning coffee
Also, Sumatran Wahana coffee when I can get it; there's a company called Sabins in the UK who do this one - again, medium roast beans, but quite a sweet almost vanilla flavour - quite a powerful kick to it, though, so only one cup at a time...
...usually.
As Ewan McGregor's character in Black Hawk Down says - "it's all in the grind"
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Posted: July 17 2016 at 19:02
I heard of a place that makes its icecubes from espresso and uses it for iced drinks. Neat idea but as an espresso lover I'd fear it would change the flavor too much.
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Posted: July 17 2016 at 14:02
The Dark Elf wrote:
Dark. If you want to drink strained coffee water, why even bother? It's like people who drink light beer. I don't understand the concept.
The strength of a brew does not necessarily correlate with the darkness of the roast. I've had insipid dark roasts and very rich and viscous lighter roasts. Different strokes for different folks, but give me a thick and rich medium brew made by a local roaster over an overrated Starbuck's type coffee any day.
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Posted: July 17 2016 at 13:59
The Dark Elf wrote:
Dark. If you want to drink strained coffee water, why even bother? It's like people who drink light beer. I don't understand the concept.
The strength of a brew does not necessarily correlate with the darkness of the roast. I've had insipid dark roasts and very rich and viscous lighter roasts. Different strokes for different folks, but give me a thick and rich medium brew made by a local roaster over an overrated Starbuck's type coffee any day.
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Posted: July 16 2016 at 06:27
I'm probably not a good judge.. I've been fired by my office from EVER making Coffee again in the morning. I had the whole office bouncing off the walls the last time I did. They finally figured out I dumped half a can of grounds into the machine to make my pot.
The only thing I care about with my coffee... can you walk across the surface of it.
Strong man... strong coffee is needed for Mick in the morn...
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Posted: July 16 2016 at 06:21
Dark, typically don't care what brand as long as it is of decent quality. I used to specialize in bad Pa. Turnpike coffee years ago when traveling a lot. Oh those machines with the poker cups were the worst.
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Posted: July 10 2016 at 18:18
Love my coffee but I'm no connoisseur that's for sure. Can't stand Starbucks or specialty coffee. Give me a McDonalds or Tim Hortons double double and I'm good. Working man coffee. My daughter owns a Tim Hortons which is pretty convenient I must say.
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Posted: July 10 2016 at 13:51
I prefer dark roast. The best coffe I drank was from a brand called italcaffé, many years ago. I only drank it once butI'm curious to try it again and see what I would think of it today. I use a french press, so I use coffe beans, cheap ones but not the cheapest.
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