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My daughter was emptying the dishwasher this morning and broke the coffee pot but I did panic. So being who I am I made due trying to hold the filter basket over a thermos and pouring boiling water into it. Once the burns healed and I could actually grasp the cup, it wasn't half bad but still not the perfect cup. I now need to start looking for a new pot.

In the mean time, I remember seeing an ad for Gevalia coffee where they give you a pot if you buy some coffee. So it got me thinking, who drinks what coffee, from what pot, how much is it and what lengths do you go to get it?

I've got a friend that has his delivered from Hawaii and I thought that was a bit nutty. (Him not the coffee) I like what I have been drinking but maybe it's time for a change.

My dad is a French press believer and I'll admit, it was darn good. He lives in Mexico and when I visited, we went right to the local coffee house in town. They roasted it for us, ground it and about 10 minutes later we were drinking some really good coffee. Cheap too at 70 peso's for two punds!

Any recommendations on brewers or coffee?
 
My totally unsophisticated thought:

Dunkin Donuts original roast (beans), ground in my 19?? hand turned Wrightsville #1707 mill, two heaping tablespoons (for each cup water) in the drip filter, hot (not boiling) water slowly poured through the filter into the glass pot.

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And never wash a coffee pot in the dishwasher unless it's glass.

Coffee's not worth tasting unless you can put the spoon vertically in the center of the cup, let go, and the spoon remains standing. If you whistle and the coffee walks over to you, it's good.

Just my 2¢.
Tom - and I *love* coffee.
 
I use filtered water and Colombian. For a brewer I have a Bunn. It is fast and I like that it heats the water rather "burning" the water in a steam pump kind of system. A little milk and I am ready to enjoy a cup.
I am not a fan of flavored coffee's or whipped cream topped drinks.

I agree with Tom, I like it strong.
 
Wow, I think you opened up a can of worms, or should I say beans on this one! I like Maxwell House. You know, as Teddy said, "Good to the last drop".
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What I would like and what I'll accept are dichotomy. I like Kona, Colombian, pressed, etc. What I'll drink is about anything called coffee. Unadulterated, temperature immaterial. Stronger is better, too.
 
Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. James Bond (Ian Fleming) pronounced it the best there is, and I agree. Bob H.
 
Tim Horton's

30 million Canadians can't be wrong!!!

Dave
 
This will get you "coffee aficionados" going this morning.

I actually prefer Dunkin Donuts over Bess Eaton. Yep, hard to believe, but it is true.

Large hot regular, cream & three sugars, please............

Thank you very much!
 
I agree, Jamaican Blue Mountain is 'bout the best cuppa. I stopped drinking it daily once it went North of $35/lb. It isn't just the bean though, the roast and grind have a great deal to do with flavor also. I've had the French presses and I wound up with a stovetop Italian espresso pot. I've had the same pot since '95. I also have a burr grinder. The blade grinders can't make a consistent grind so coffee today won't be like coffee yesterday. This is the COFFEE I drink and here is a photo of the type of coffee pot I use, don
t go for the aluminum ones, use stainless.
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Dunkin is strugglin to get a foot hold here in Seattle. Up hill battle but they are tryin.

Here's what I like to brew thru

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Sanka. But I don't even have a coffee maker at home. I like coffee, but I don't drink it enough to make the investment worthwhile. Plus, like wine, I can't tell the difference between most coffees, unless it's either made badly or is a really cheap bean.

The best coffee shop I've been to is near my apartment in Chicago. Metropolis Coffee Co., their original shop on Granville. They sell their own blends and roasts, and I see other shops using their coffee, so it is probably pretty good.

Metropolis Coffee Company

-Wm.
 
I'm originally from New England. My sister still lives in MA. She came out here to visit me in CA. Let's get some cauffee, she said. Sure, how about some Pete's, my favorite. Pete's? Don't you have any Dunkin Donuts? Dunkin Donuts, what's up with that? I love their cauffee. What?

We don't have Dunkin Donuts here in NorCA. So she had to settle for Pete's or Starbucks. Imagine that I thought. Anyway, they now carry Dunkin Donuts in some of the major super markets. I got some and tried it, again. I used to live in MA and remember drinking Dunkin Donuts.

I used to live in Milford Conn too. So I guess if I want the strongest coffee possible I need to visit Mr. Nutmeg.

"Coffee's not worth tasting unless you can put the spoon vertically in the center of the cup, let go, and the spoon remains standing. If you whistle and the coffee walks over to you, it's good."

That's funny.

My preference is Pete's French roast...cauffee, lol sis.
 
GregW said:
I agree, Jamaican Blue Mountain is 'bout the best cuppa. I stopped drinking it daily once it went North of $35/lb. It isn't just the bean though, the roast and grind have a great deal to do with flavor also. I've had the French presses and I wound up with a stovetop Italian espresso pot. I've had the same pot since '95. I also have a burr grinder. The blade grinders can't make a consistent grind so coffee today won't be like coffee yesterday. This is the COFFEE I drink and here is a photo of the type of coffee pot I use, don
t go for the aluminum ones, use stainless.
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Click to expand...

Now this guy Greg, he's got it going on. He's given coffee to go new meaning. Yup, it's his Healey.
 
Over the last couple years I tried those fancy new "single cup packet" machines.
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Regardless of the brand I tried (Keurig, Gevalia, Senseo, etc.) I always felt it tasted a bit "burned" or "off". Went back to my drip or french press with Dunkin Donuts original beans.

The $35-50 per pound gourmet coffees are often very good; but I can't see paying that much when I like what I get now for $7/lb.

Flavored coffee - fuggedaboudit.

Espresso is a whole 'nother animal. The smaller home units (that I could afford) made strong coffee, but certainly not the real high pressure/high temp espresso you get from professional machines. And their built-in "milk frother" never worked well. I even tried the Italian-style stove top pressure machine like GregW; made it nice and strong, but ...

... for some reason I still prefer good ol' DD through a drip filter.

Tom
 
99% of all Cajuns drink <span style="font-weight: bold">Community Dark Roast</span>. It will grow hair on your chest. Roasted right here in Baton Rouge, LA. Texas coffee is the worst. It looks like tea.
 
Peets Sumatra dark roast drip grind -both regular & decaf- brewed in a Bunn. I get it shipped from Berkeley monthly, and it is roasted a couple days before shipment. I can't stand the sound of the grinder first thing in the morning, otherwise I would do whole beans. We've used a Bunn (this is our 3rd) for a long time now, really think the correct water temp & instant start are super features.
 
I have drunk tried coffee in 20 different countries a hundred different ways.
It’s still the best. Short of a Turkish double steep in at the Crown Royal Hotel in Izmir Turkey. Dunkin Donut is no slouch either!
 
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