coffee anyone?

[pragmatics]

I don't know what I did wrong with my Bodum. Everyone told me how great the coffee is, but I didn't feel there was anything noticeably better than drip coffee especially in relation to effort. Plus, despite what they claim, it was always a son of bitch to clean (and before people chime in, I did get my beans coarsely ground).

Of course, I just broke the pot on my auto, so out of necessity Ill have to give it another go soon.

[HOLY]

All day long.

[echoepidemic]

I don't know what I did wrong with my Bodum. Everyone told me how great the coffee is, but I didn't feel there was anything noticeably better than drip coffee especially in relation to effort. Plus, despite what they claim, it was always a son of bitch to clean (and before people chime in, I did get my beans coarsely ground).

Of course, I just broke the pot on my auto, so out of necessity Ill have to give it another go soon.

Are you asking for help?

[Baeyer-Drewson]

^Not sure what model you have, but my Bodum is hella easy to use. I make up to 3 large pots everyday and it takes very little effort to clean between uses.

Maybe your handle is inappropriate?

[echoepidemic]

also remember you generally only need to rinse thoroughly with hot water to clean it.

[e0d9n0b5]

i use this method

http://coffeegeek.com/guides/presspot

i do that except with a bad grinder, and i find it to be much better than drip

i clean out the pump every time I use it(unscrew etc), and even then once you get used to the routine it only takes maybe a minute or two

[tweeds]

went to Penny University yesterday; place is a coffee geek's delight. no espresso, no take-out, only filtered coffee, a tasting flight with chocolate pairing available, only as many customers as there are seats at the counter served at any one time. had a beautiful dark colombian brew.

[shinobi2000]

Some pompous place near me is trying to peddle their colombian coffee as "local" because it's roasted in upstate NY. Does that make it "local"??? really?

[jyoni]

Local spot just discontinued the beans that monkeys shit out. Apparently they weren't selling enough of it. I couldn't work up the stones to try it in time...has anyone tasted this stuff?

[poopslushie]

quit drinking coffee after I was up to two pots of espresso roast a day and had a panic attack.

think I'm going to get one of them Bodums and limit myself to one cup a day...

[16steps]

my new addiction is starbucks' iced venti americano with toffee nut pumps.

I know, starbucks, but whatever

[fallen angels]

Local spot just discontinued the beans that monkeys shit out. Apparently they weren't selling enough of it. I couldn't work up the stones to try it in time...has anyone tasted this stuff?

hey wahts the deal with this stuff? i saw it at a nice restaurant and it was like 40 something bucks for some coffee brewed from monkey shit. i wonder how did this kind of coffee even become discovered in the first place

[e0d9n0b5]

my new addiction is starbucks' iced venti americano with toffee nut pumps.

I know, starbucks, but whatever

i like 1 pump vanilla half pump hazelnut in a 12oz with 2x doubles. only ever drank those during the 4 months that i worked at a starboners though

[jyoni]

hey wahts the deal with this stuff? i saw it at a nice restaurant and it was like 40 something bucks for some coffee brewed from monkey shit. i wonder how did this kind of coffee even become discovered in the first place

Can't imagine the stages of curiosity that would even lead to it. Kind of like bread or liquor in that way I suppose. I really wish I had tried it while I had the chance. It's the only time I've seen it pop up in Mpls. The cafe owner said it had a sweet, rich, fermented flavor because the husk is digested off and the raw bean is exposed to digestive acids and such.

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

um, this is kind of a tangent, but does anybody know anything about teas? i'm trying to wean myself from my (sweet sweet) coffee addiction to something good for myself like green tea, but...the caffeine kick just isn't there with the jasmine i've been forcing myself to drink. any advice supercoffeefiends? thx~!

[Dead_Wizard]

Only tea I drink with any regularity is matcha. It's a powdered green tea which you mix directly with hot water and dissolve. Depending on the leaf you use it can be super thick and kind of overbearing, or just nice and frothy. Has a really intense flavor in my opinion, at least compared to other teas. Kind of pricey, and you need special stuff to prepare it, but for a coffee nerd it's nothing new.

Also I dig London Fogs which are kind of a earl grey latte. I know Starbucks does them now.

Umm, Moroccan mint tea is really, really good the few times I've had.

[Pennsylvania]

I never got into coffee, not even in college. It saved me a ton of money and I admittedly had to laugh at all my classmates who would complain about "being broke" yet still would walk into the room with a $5 Starbucks or equivalent every day. I'm not a tea drinker either. My eco mug gets filled with ice water every day.

[Happy Hooligan]

I never got into coffee, not even in college. It saved me a ton of money and I admittedly had to laugh at all my classmates who would complain about "being broke" yet still would walk into the room with a $5 Starbucks or equivalent every day. I'm not a tea drinker either. My eco mug gets filled with ice water every day.

and you're in the coffee thread because....?

[jyoni]

um, this is kind of a tangent, but does anybody know anything about teas? i'm trying to wean myself from my (sweet sweet) coffee addiction to something good for myself like green tea, but...the caffeine kick just isn't there with the jasmine i've been forcing myself to drink. any advice supercoffeefiends? thx~!

Really good, fresh Earl Grey is hard to beat.

[polishmike]

and you're in the coffee thread because....?

just to get some neg rep

[ajchen]

kiya came to NYC bearing gifts...

[polishmike]

i see he got you some coffee from 7eleven

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

Really good, fresh Earl Grey is hard to beat.

sources? thanks! i caved in today and went to my university's awesome independent coffee shop, the art of espresso at ucsandiego .... http://artofespresso.com/

so good~

[Baeyer-Drewson]

Campus coffee shops (almost anywhere in the world) are the fucking bomb!! Coffee and college are inseparable in my mind.

[jyoni]

sources? thanks! i caved in today and went to my university's awesome independent coffee shop, the art of espresso at ucsandiego .... http://artofespresso.com/

so good~

Teavana honestly has the best Earl Grey around here. I hate to not support smaller shops, because really, any fresh loose leaf is going to be very nice. However, Teavana's blend has particularly strong black tea, and the bergamot is very full flavored compared to all others I've tried. Earl Grey can be some corny stuff if it isn't good.

[GregoryH]

What machines are you guys using? The boiler went in my Rancilio Silvia and has been quoted a fair bit to fix so I'm now on the lookout for a new machine..

for home espresso we have a la marzocco Linea single group

for drip at home I either use a bodum or an aeropress, nothing can beat the ease of a bodum, nor the cleanliness in the cup that an aeropress offers. Hella cheap too

[Baeyer-Drewson]

Down in Melbourne this past weekend. I fucking love the cafe culture in Melbourne. A random sampling of the dozen or so cafes we checked out each day;

Jaspers on Brunswick St

Read 2666 for a few hours at Journal in the CBD (right next to the library)

Alley cafes

St Ali

where I got this especially delicious short pour macchiato from the Guatemalan "coffee of the day".

[KidSqueaky]

Any recommended coffee shops around Long Beach or Irvine, CA?

[popeyejawns]

downtown long beach check out library coffee on broadway and redondo

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

Somebody recommend me good Superfuture® approved coffee shops in Chicago. I'm missing my old college coffee cart. The last time I was there I tipped like $10 bucks because I loved them so much.