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Coffee Drinkers -- How do you make your coffee?

Started by DR_Buck, February 21, 2021, 11:01:53 AM

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DeerMeadowFarm

I like the coffee from a coffee press, but it takes too long during the weekdays when I'm working so we use the Amazon K-Cups that Raider Bill posted.

Mike W

Pour over, did the K-cup when grinding in the corporate world, was ok, but like the coffee stronger then most of those would produce.

Black Rifle Coffee Company for us - fantastic coffee - great names for them and we have ours on a recurring delivery every couple week.  Veteran owned as well 

Murdered Out is my favorite blend but I like a really dark roast.

samandothers

When working we started with the corporate large drip connected to tap water, coffee in pre-measured packets. First one arriving made it last to leave dumped the last grounds.  It was ok as it was coffee after all.  Before I retired we had a Kcup style machine with all types of choices.   I usually did a dark roast black with less water, you could select a water quantity from 4 oz to 10oz.  I'd leave home with a large thermos for the drive but ensured I left the wife with a couple of cups in the carafe.  At home we grind beans and use a drip maker and make 12 cups.  Starbucks dark roast from Costco bought on sale.  Usually keep bags ahead in a small fridge, I get nervous if we get down to two bags.  Again mine is usually black and wifey does a bit of cream.

Used stove top percolator when camping.  When back packing with scouts it was water heated on back pack stove and instant or bags. 

My wife's family were tea drinkers hot or iced.  Once we started dating she converted.  Our children don't like coffee....at least she says they are mine.

Growing up it was electric percolator with Maxwell House.  Been drinking coffee as far back as I can remember. 

My daughter's boy friend is Cuban.  When we visit his family his grandmother makes Cuban coffee.  Very strong and very sweet.  It is a nice treat!

Wow, got carried away there.  I like coffee!

armechanic


When in the military, Cooks would use a large pot and put coffee in a bag(They said a used sock) and let it boil. After Desert Storm I wouldn't buy 

starbucks because they refused to send coffee to the troops, They didn't want to support the war.
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snobdds

Moka pot
Peets coffee
Starbucks cinnamon dolche creamer.  

1 on weekdays
2 on weekends.

One cup at work while I read the paper.  I think they use caribou coffee.  

HousTony

Greetings all

It is perhaps odd that my first post on the Forestry Forum is about coffee. I am a coffee nerd though so I'll take this opportunity to chime in.

I buy green coffee and roast it at home in my hillbilly modified hot-air popcorn popper. My favorite beans are Ethiopian, my lovely bride prefers Guatemalan. Regardless the origin, I brew the same strength: 18 parts water to 1 part coffee...through an overpriced but flexible drip maker from The Netherlands.

We generally brew up 6 cups during the week and 8 on the weekend. She adds sweetener and a generous dose of half & half...I take mine black in a heavy diner mug. One of the best things about coffee nerd-ness for me is savoring the way the flavor profile of a bean changes as the cup gradually cools. Those thick diner mugs are great for that.

I've blathered on long enough. Thanks OP for kicking this off and getting me started.

Best regards,
Tony

samandothers

Welcome Tony!  Coffee thread is a good place to start.  I may have missed an earlier post from others but, I believe you are the first roasting their own beans.  Where do you get you greens beans?

HousTony

My go-to sources are Happy Mug in PA, and Sweet Maria's in Oakland.  HM generally has lower prices and fast shipping.  SM has a wealth of information and works directly with the farmers they source from.  I piddle some with espresso too and for that use Brazilian base beans from Theta Ridge out of IN. Their website is slim on information though.

Regards,
Tony

woodroe

Eight 0 Clock Colombian whole bean, price is right and tastes decent.  
Grind a heaping 1/4 cup beans not too fine, 
add filter to 5 cup drip Mr Coffee and good for another day. 
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Lostinmn

K-cups are hard to beat when you have a difference of flavors in the household.  I like mine dark and strong or cinnamon flavored, but my wife likes butter toffee or French vanilla types.  I ordered a huge variety pack of dark roasts way back when we first got it and scored all the dark roast coffees.  My go to is green mountain dark magic for the first couple in the morning and Cinnabon K-Cup for afternoon fix.

Its a tad more expensive using k-cups than brewing, but consider the price of a divorce these days.   :)  :D


PoginyHill

I'm the only coffee drinker in my house. Have used this Black and Decker Brew-n-Go for at least 25 years. The fine mesh screen was accidently tossed years ago, so I use a regular coffee filter instead. The stainless container is the best way to keep ground coffee fresh. It is air-tight. The sealed cover is pushed on top of the coffee grounds. I buy beans and grind enough for a week or so, keeping them in the sealed container. Beans I keep in the freezer.

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stavebuyer

That little Brew-N-Go is handy. When I used to run the road chasing white oak, it was the first thing I packed rather than deal with motel coffee makers. Fresh mug in matter of couple minutes.  8)

PoginyHill

I love it. Use a K-cup at work. That's fine too, but I can't see replacing my brew-n-go.
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petefrom bearswamp

I like strong coffee a habit learned from my parents.
used a percolator up until about 15 yrs ago when wifey got our first keurig.
Perc was done with a heaping measure per cup and one for the pot, cant remember the brand.
Keurig is their Double diamond the strongest they offer.
I do use one dot of sugar and half and half, 2 10 oz mugs per morning, once in a while one in the afternoon.
Wife watches the keurig sales and gets it for about $.50 per cup.
Also have to figure in amortization of the maker, we are on our 3rd one, I figure about .015 per cup.
More than I would like but worth it for the consistency of product and convenience.
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Sugar

I am with deer meadow farm on the press.  I never turn down a cup of coffee regardless of how it's made. But at home we have a press that makes 2.5 mugs of coffee at a time.  We use whole bean, a small electric grinder and an electric kettle that heats the water in probably 2-3 minutes max.  

So far everyone that we have shared a cup with have been shocked at the difference.  I also would have to give credit to my wife for the whole setup.  I would have never known what I was missing.  
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mike_belben

I prefer my cheap coffee with lots of cream, two splenda and a good book. 



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doc henderson

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Nils Jonsson

I remember a chef in the French cowboy comic Lucky Luke. He said: "To make good coffee you should wet a pound of coffee powder with some water and boil it for an hour. Then you ad a horse shoe. If the horse shoe floats the coffee is ready, if not: ad more coffee." I agree ;D I prefer very strong coffee in small amounts rather than the other way around. No milk no sugar. Espresso is perfekt for me so I have an espresso machine. 
Also over here in Sweden people say I'm not normal as I actually get sleepy from drinking an espresso. I don't drink espresso or coffee every day, but when I do I prefer it late at night. 
I never claimed to be normal  8)

mike_belben

My son has severe ADHD.. Caffeine and other stimulants calm him tremendously.  When they wear off he is bonkers.


If you have 10 million thoughts, cant sit still, must be fidgiting or tinkering on one thing to focus on something else inderectly like a lecture or something you dont really enjoy but must endure... Have incredible long term memory but cant remember how you walked in the room.. Chances are its ADHD.  

Basically the chemicals that make the neurons fire in the brain arent quite at the right premix ratio so the brain has weak spark and runs poorly.  Stimulants help it smooth out and run well.

Anyone who says its BS can take my son for 2 days.  One with his meds and one without.  Youll be a believer.
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Andyrson1

About a month ago I discovered a new way of making coffee at home with Moka Pot. Cool italian thing to make Espresso with. But i always add a bit of cream or milk in there. It is awesome
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spoink47

Quote from: Andyrson1 on March 09, 2021, 12:15:38 PM
About a month ago I discovered a new way of making coffee at home with Moka Pot. Cool italian thing to make Espresso with. But i always add a bit of cream or milk in there. It is awesome
If you are into espresso, I'd strongly recommend this one. Especially if you are into travelling like I am :) 

customsawyer

I use a Mr. Coffee machine. I had the Bunn once and really liked how fast it made the coffee. It just never set well with me to know that I was buying electricity for that thing to keep the water hot 24 hours a day. I was also buying electricity to cool the house down while the coffee machine is heating it up all day to keep the water hot. Can't bring myself to get another one. It would be interesting if someone smarter than me could do the math on what it cost for a Bunn to keep the water hot all the time, and how much heat does it give off while doing it. Thus how much energy is being used to cool the house back down just from the heat the coffee pot is putting out 24 hours a day. I'm just referring to the heat it gives off keeping the water hot, not when you have turned it on and have the plate hot under the pot.  I bet it would change your price per cup.
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doc henderson

It took us years, but finally got a Keurig.  Each of us kind brew what we like.  when we made 12 cups, we through out 8.  no one was happy, since we tried to make everyone happy.  I like the flavor.  I put in half and half out of habit, after living in Albany for 4 years.  I used to make get cafĂ© con lecha.  espresso with hot milk and sugar. (Cuban coffee).  When we camp, we make cowboy coffee over the fire or propane burner.

How to Make Cowboy Coffee - Bing video
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Raider Bill

My newest wrinkle is to fill the percolator basket 2/3 full of french roast coffee grounds and the perc full of water. If I put more coffee in as it expands it gets into the bottom.
Then when I'm pouring a cup I put in a heaping soup spoon of instant espresso.  
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