Coffee??

JB Griffin · August 17, 2017, 05:50:32 PM

Good for you Lee, they say that the first step is the hardest so it should all be down hill from here :D. Seriously, you can do it.

This time of year it iced coffee for me. Folgers black silk 12oz, raw milk 12oz, concentrated stevia powder maybe a 1/8 teaspoon and lots of ice. Drink twice a day for entire summer.

Al_Smith · August 18, 2017, 06:20:49 AM

Breakfast of champions,Wheaties and Budweiser---but not for me.Two cups in the morning before I shove off for work then maybe 4 the rest of the day .Whatever is on sale,Folgers ,Maxwell House .I have Green Mountain ,Starbucks and 8 o'clock for my lady friend also have a grinder .Mine is strong and black,her ladyship prefers some coffee mate to tone it down a tad bit .Mr Coffee at the present but I have 4 Bunns needing seals in the garage plus a commercial Bunn .

Al_Smith · August 18, 2017, 06:27:21 AM

I thought this little ditty was cute regarding coffee: As I sat down one evening,
was in a small café
A forty year old waitress to me
these words did say

I see you that you are a logger
and not just a common bum
'Cause nobody but a logger
stirs his coffee with his thumb

My lover he was a logger,
there's none like him today
Well if you'd pour whiskey on it
well he'd eat a bale of hay

He never used a razor
to shave his horny hide
He'd just drive them in with a hammer
then he'd bite them off inside

My lover he came to see me
was on a freezing day
He held me in a fond embrace
that broke three vertebraes

Well he kissed me when we parted
so hard that he broke my jaw
And I could not speak to tell him
he forgot his mackinaw

I saw my lover leaving
sauntering through the snow
Well going grimly homeward
at forty eight below

Wll the weather tried to freeze him
it tried its level best
At a hundred degrees below zero
why, he buttoned up his vest

It froze clean through to China
and it froze to the stars above
And at a thousand degrees below zero
it froze my logger love

And so I lost my lover
and to this café I come
And here I wait till someone
stirs his coffee with his thumb

POSTON WIDEHEAD · August 27, 2017, 02:53:49 PM

Quote from: Magicman on August 17, 2017, 08:51:54 AM
Do you also have revolving doors on your bathrooms?

:D :D :D

gww · August 27, 2017, 06:40:40 PM

Al Smith

QuoteMr Coffee at the present but I have 4 Bunns needing seals in the garage plus a commercial Bunn .

I am still using a bun. I have patched a few of them. My uncle called them up and talked/griped at them cause you can't even buy that little washer that goes bad on all buns and so now he refuses to own one cause he says they know about the problim and it happens on all buns but they won't even make the part av availible. I have patched a few of them with short term fixes. I keep it on 24 hours a day.

Magic, I can not speak for anyone else but no, I do not have revolving doors on my bathroom but I do have a pretty good patch of dead grass and when the wether is just right it pays to be standing up wind from it ;).
Cheers
gww

Woodcutter_Mo · August 27, 2017, 11:09:14 PM

I've cut back on my coffee usage, I make a 6 cup (half a typical coffee pot) but still use the same amount of coffee. I have a cup or 2 in the morning and call it good. I'm still on the Folgers black silk, columbian, or french roast. As always with a little milk or cream. I switch every time I buy it.
Today I tried some Yuban that a relative had brewed up today, with a splash of fresh Dexter milk it was pretty good. Nice for a change I guess.

thecfarm · August 28, 2017, 06:52:50 AM

LeeB,yes you said it. Now beat it. And beat it good. Your friends and family will like that.

joeziz · August 28, 2017, 01:17:21 PM

I recently started taking my coffee with almond milk as I am trying to cut down on dairy and wow have I been missing out, it tastes much better. i also heard that the hazelnut kind is even creamier so I may give that a go as well

Magicman · January 02, 2018, 03:13:59 PM

I am usually a "one cup" a day guy but with this cold weather it seemed appropriate to double my intake. ;D

4x4American · January 04, 2018, 06:03:11 AM

To Al_Smith the frozen logger its called:

https://youtu.be/JBLHeAvZyh8

MM little embarassed to have a yeti there lol lol hey if its good and it works who gives a turkey..snap-on sells tools for crazy money but they work well, so many people buy em, same with wm. Point is you pay for quality and I ain't gonna judge a man on a coffee mug come to think of it I'd have never known it was soo expensive unless it was brought to me attention.

I'm trying the salt in the grounds this morning. Hoping that'll do it.

PA_Walnut · January 04, 2018, 07:24:27 AM

The excessive coffee caught up with me so switched to tea...whoa, the pain.

So, try to only have coffee 1 or 2 days a week.

The Mrs. has tried to complicate coffee. It's a simple thing with zen-like qualities when kept at a basic level. First it was a K-cup machine--that ended up clogged, giving me 1/3 cup. She cleaned it, etc. blah blah--ended up sailing off the 2nd story balcony.

The next was a machine that "will do it all...". Place the beans in it with water and it will auto grind, shoot the coffee into a filterless contraption. Ended up clogging the grindings and overflowing and/or a pot full of grounds. It too sailed off the deck one early morning. (can I even explain how much joy this gave me!)? :D

Simplicity is where it's at for me in the matter: ground coffee, put scoops into personal size french press, let sit a few minutes, push handle down, pour--great taste, no BS, works EVERY single time. First experienced this at Egg Restaurant in Brooklyn...simple kinda place with great/wholesome food!

LeeB · January 04, 2018, 08:30:58 AM

I still prefer my percolator and a stove top percolator even more than the electric. The stove top over a camp fire is another step ahead of that.

Raider Bill · January 04, 2018, 12:27:09 PM

Perc'd for me too!

nativewolf · January 04, 2018, 12:58:43 PM

Quote from: PA_Walnut on January 04, 2018, 07:24:27 AM
The excessive coffee caught up with me so switched to tea...whoa, the pain. So, try to only have coffee 1 or 2 days a week.

The Mrs. has tried to complicate coffee. It's a simple thing with zen-like qualities when kept at a basic level. First it was a K-cup machine--that ended up clogged, giving me 1/3 cup. She cleaned it, etc. blah blah--ended up sailing off the 2nd story balcony.

The next was a machine that "will do it all...". Place the beans in it with water and it will auto grind, shoot the coffee into a filterless contraption. Ended up clogging the grindings and overflowing and/or a pot full of grounds. It too sailed off the deck one early morning. (can I even explain how much joy this gave me!)? :D

Simplicity is where it's at for me in the matter: ground coffee, put scoops into personal size french press, let sit a few minutes, push handle down, pour--great taste, no BS, works EVERY single time. First experienced this at Egg Restaurant in Brooklyn...simple kinda place with great/wholesome food!

A french press is without a doubt my favorite, my 1 qt (single serving ;D) press is a good friend indeed. Also agree on ditching all the fancy machines. Now the next trick is getting light roasted African beans into it. I've got a good supplier of Kenyan AA and for the price it is a *DanG good wake up. I have to stop about noon though and it is hard to find good decaf.

Counter Culture (for all you coffee snobs) is the best I've had but at $18 for 12 oz it is an expensive cup. I am not a fan of Columbian or Brazil but the CC East African coffees are the best ever and after 25 years of being a coffee fanatic I think I'm confident with that statement.

4x4American · January 04, 2018, 09:24:30 PM

I will be putting salt in my coffee grinds from here on out

Grizzly · January 05, 2018, 10:12:54 PM

I had 1 measly arythmia episode (my wife got to watch them shock me) and now the heart docs want me off of caffeine!! No lead coffee don't taste right. >:(

51cub · January 07, 2018, 08:57:52 PM

More often than not, 1 24 oz cup in the morning. I make it black, but if somebody comes in with a small one that has some milk or cream, I don't turn it down. I make the large one decaf. DanGdest thing, the caffeine does something with the medicine I take, and I don't feel right. Later in the day I can swing a hi-test or two

pineywoods · January 13, 2018, 12:12:16 PM

K-cup coffee maker...When it gets stingy and makes 1/2 cup or less per brew,and the recommended de-scaling does no good, here's a gotcha...pull the removable filter from the water container..Underneath is a round knob with 3 stainless phillips head screws. remove them and pull out the plastic knob. Inside that is a fine wire mesh filter, can't clean it without removing the assembly. Mine was badly clogged. Made a world of difference.

Novascotiamill · January 13, 2018, 05:23:25 PM

Like mine black like my licorice. Couple brewed in the kuerig then off to Tim Hortons for a large black coffee,they make it nice and hot,if the line ups too long then Ill hit mcds,both are pretty good. I dont like starbucks.

sawguy21 · January 13, 2018, 09:10:03 PM

Starbucks medium roast is good but I cannot handle the dark. I need to get another percolator, basket went missing from the last one. Karen wouldn't drink perc but it is still my favorite.

Chuck White · January 13, 2018, 10:12:42 PM

Happy Birthday Sawguy21! 8)

Magicman · January 16, 2018, 08:25:18 AM

With this weather coming through today I just brewed me a cup and will feed the fire. Matter of fact, later this morning I may very well brew me another cup.