Favorite Coffee

Science has shown a direct correlation between the quality of a cup of coffee and one's attitude and resulting efficiency.

some people here need to start buying better coffee if that’s the case
 
Anchor Coffee in Wilkesboro is great, as is Camp Coffee and Hatchet (Boone) are also really good. We do have a subscription to Black Rifle Coffee too.. (we go through a lot of coffee!).

Caribou is good too.

If I am at the store, and we're out (really odd) I'll grab Wicked Joes or even Community if I can find it.

I'll only do Starbucks if I'm on the road and or desperate.
Ditto on the Camp Coffee...

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Not necessarily my favorite, but I got a variety pack and this was one of the better ones in the box.
 
My favorite coffee is Kopi Luwak. But I can't afford it but once a year or so.

Second to that would be Jamaica Blue Mountain.

French Press is definitely the way to go and the only way I brew those two.

Everything else is about the same after those.
Is that the cat shit coffee?
 
Used to cook for the OA during the OA weekends at Raven Knob. Me and an older scout master cooked for about 75 kids and adults at a time. Hugh would take a 5 gallon pot and start the water boiling. Then he took a pillow case and poured two pounds of Maxwell House in it. When the water was good and boiling he dumped that pillow case in the water and left it for a while. First time we did that I asked him how long he leaves it in there and he said until the spoon stands up in it. Best damn coffee I ever drank.
 
When you use the French press do you do the whole ritual, the one that will summon demons if you get it wrong, or do you just press coffee?
https://www.allrecipes.com/video/722/how-to-make-french-press-coffee/
Scoop coffee, pour boiling water, try to remember to press & pour within 5 min.
When you use the French press do you do the whole ritual, the one that will summon demons if you get it wrong, or do you just press coffee?
https://www.allrecipes.com/video/722/how-to-make-french-press-coffee/
I ain't got time fo dat! I tried the magic coffee making dance a couple times, I haven't noticed a flavor difference.
The routine is, scoop coffee into press, pour boiling water, put the top on, fry eggs, make toast, when they're on the plate, pour coffee and sit down & enjoy.
 
Cactus Creek Coffee in Aberdeen. Local to me. Costa Rican variety, stove top percolator, freshly coarse ground, 60 grams of coffee per 1000 grams of water. Boil filtered water, set to slow perk for 4 1/2 minutes for 1 liter.
Time your brew, measure everything by weight.
I have a hard time even walking past a Starbucks now let alone drinking anything from there. Dunkin is still tolerable if I am out and about in a pinch.
 
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When you use the French press do you do the whole ritual, the one that will summon demons if you get it wrong, or do you just press coffee?
https://www.allrecipes.com/video/722/how-to-make-french-press-coffee/

All the way.

Fresh hand-cranked ground beans (https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/collections/coffee/products/midnight-vigils-blend); let that boiling water cool down a bit before pouring onto the grounds; oh yeah, the whole rite must be followed precisely: Say the Black, Do the Red.

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Coffee...I must has it. Cream, no sugar. I don't usually drink the low-end stuff (though I will in a pinch...and McDonald's coffee is awful; I can only have it iced). I don't drink the high-end stuff very often, though I have had real Jamaican Blue Mountain and real Kona...and I can say that they didn't need any cream (or sugar, which I gave up in coffee a couple of years ago). Middle of the road coffees, Keurig at work because that's what they have, regular old drip at home. I get both beans (for the weekends) and ground (for hurrying). But I admit...I'm a damn addict. My wife says the bitchiest she's ever seen me was when Fran came through and we had no power. Had to drag out the little hibachi stove to heat up water for coffee. Since then, my go bag has chocolate covered espresso beans, and bottled black coffee. I quit one summer - had the least sinus and allergy problems I ever did. One day I'll probably quit again. Maybe. If I need to. Or have to.
 
I've been using an AeroPress for a couple years now. It doesn't give me the grit that french press did, but I do miss the oils.
I'm not real picky about the beans. I generally buy a 1-2lb bag of whichever roast beans smell best at costco/sams, keep the bag rolled up and in the fridge as I'm using it to reduce oxidation. grind only enough for the day i'm going to use it (and keep it in a pretty air-tight container too), then make it fairly strong and drink it black.

If you have to put anything in it, it's not good coffee. That's not saying you're not allowed to put anything in it--I'm just saying it can't be eligible for "good" status if it needs creamer or sugar.
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I'm a Keurig guy, for better or worse. Not gonna knock any of the fancy methods (French presses, drip, etc.), I just don't have the skills, patience, nor time to make it that way. I am apparently the only person on earth that cannot make a good batch of coffee in a normal coffee machine, so Keurig was invented for me. Don't judge.

hah. whenever i go to a coffee shop i just get a large cup of whatever their house drip is. whenever the clerk asks "cream and sugar?" I just ask "is your coffee good?"
Very few of them understand what I mean. Most just say "uh, i think so, yeah"
I spent years doing keurig just because it saved me time walking down the way to get a $2 cup of coffee 3x a day. I could keep my own keurig at work and spend $1-2 total and save a LOT of time.
 
I have a hard time even walking past a Starbucks now let alone drinking anything from there. Dunkin is still tolerable if I am out and about in a pinch.
Ug starbucks just makes me sad.
I'll take dunkin or mcd's over starbucks any day. usually not burger king though - i'm constantly amazed at how such weak coffee can still taste so terrible. I don't even like tim horton's coffee, but I'll drink it over starbucks.
my bro-in-law is a serious coffee guy, will make you an AWESOME cup of coffee in whatever style you want. but for some reason he loves starbucks when he's out and about.
 
I drink only Colombian Coffee hand-picked by a direct descendant of Juan Valdez, using only their unwashed left hand, placed on the shady side of a burro fewer than 8 years old, then fresh packed by virgin girls.

Either that or whatever is on sale at Food Lion. Sheets has good coffee, McDonald's not so much. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about regarding Dunkin's coffee.

When I started looking after my Dad a couple of years ago, he liked Maxwell House French Roast made in his "vintage" Gevalia drip coffee maker. The carafe had some serious stains, so I washed it one morning. My Dad asked me if I had washed the coffee pot, and I said, "yeah, it was really dirty." He said, "you just washed the damn flavor out of my coffee." Silly me.
 
Caribou house blend, medium roast.

Buy it whole bean and grind it immediately before brewing. Coarsest grind setting on the machine.

Use filtered water, bring to a boil

Brew for 4 minutes, no more.

Enjoy the best cuppa coffee!


Whatever brand you buy, grind it fresh, no tap water, and 4 minute brew time.
I grind it after the Water is boiling and put it straight to the press and then immediately pour the water. I do use tap water though but my water is straight from the ground, no chemicals except what minerals are natural. It’s good water.
 
My Dad asked me if I had washed the coffee pot, and I said, "yeah, it was really dirty." He said, "you just washed the damn flavor out of my coffee." Silly me.
well... he was right.
think of it as somebody telling you that the steak they made you was too juicy and they didn't want you to drip on your clothes, so the wrung it out and made it nice and dry...
My wife has learned that whatever coffee device is around, just move it off to the side and i'll take care of it later. i don't need any dishsoap residue gunking up my mud.
 
I bought one of these to use when I visit my mom. Yes, it's one more step removed from "real" coffee, but for years my parents drank only instant coffee. I was never able to convince myself that instant coffee was worth the time it takes to make it. It's the coffee equivalent of nickel silver.
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Scoop coffee, pour boiling water, try to remember to press & pour within 5 min.

I ain't got time fo dat! I tried the magic coffee making dance a couple times, I haven't noticed a flavor difference.
The routine is, scoop coffee into press, pour boiling water, put the top on, fry eggs, make toast, when they're on the plate, pour coffee and sit down & enjoy.
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well... he was right.
think of it as somebody telling you that the steak they made you was too juicy and they didn't want you to drip on your clothes, so the wrung it out and made it nice and dry...
My wife has learned that whatever coffee device is around, just move it off to the side and i'll take care of it later. i don't need any dishsoap residue gunking up my mud.

One does not wash a seasoned coffee mug (or carafe) that belongs to someone else... This one isn't mine, but mine looks very similar.
 

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I tried some Kicking Horse coffee this week and like it pretty well. I tried the Three Sisters which is a medium roast and is very smooth. No burnt taste at all and no bitterness. They have another one called Smart Ass that I may try when the Three Susters is gone.
 
Peet’s and Black Rifle brewed in a stainless coffee pot that doesn’t get washed. Nothing like good coffee perked on a camp stove and sitting on a cold porch watching the sun come up and knowing there’s no one else around you for miles!
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