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 Posted:   Jan 29, 2017 - 11:54 PM   
 By:   The Wanderer   (Member)

I can remember starting this thread 11 years ago - that's terrifying!

After 10 years in Canada coffee still does nothing fôr me. The locals hold Tim Horton's in godlike awe and they also say good things about McDonald's coffee as did some people back in England.

Back to my hot water with honey and lemon.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2017 - 12:44 AM   
 By:   Sammie   (Member)

I'm with you, Rolo, but I prefer adding a touch of French Vanilla creamer.

No cream or sugar. I brew my coffee in the cezve, special coffe pot. It comes stronger this way.

 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2017 - 7:45 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

I can remember starting this thread 11 years ago - that's terrifying!

After 10 years in Canada coffee still does nothing fôr me. The locals hold Tim Horton's in godlike awe and they also say good things about McDonald's coffee as did some people back in England.

Back to my hot water with honey and lemon.

Hot water with honey and lemon?!? Keep up all that hard livin', and you'll end up like Sid Vicious! wink

Meanwhile, I continue with my personal coffee addiction, so I can have that General Zod-first-attack-of-heat-vision incident when I start to suffer from caffeine withdrawal. cool

 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2017 - 8:15 AM   
 By:   Michael Scorefan   (Member)

You like comics AND coffee?! Face it, man: you just have great taste! smile

I got some Starbucks whole bean Italian roast and Kenyan roast for a Christmas gift. Almost finished with the Italian stuff; it's outstanding coffee.

Thanks Jim! We are not alone in our love of coffee and comics. There is even a comic book presumably aimed at those who love coffee:
 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2017 - 8:41 AM   
 By:   ryanpaquet   (Member)

You like comics AND coffee?! Face it, man: you just have great taste! smile

I got some Starbucks whole bean Italian roast and Kenyan roast for a Christmas gift. Almost finished with the Italian stuff; it's outstanding coffee.

Thanks Jim! We are not alone in our love of coffee and comics. There is even a comic book presumably aimed at those who love coffee:




I've read the comic and thought it was great - love the issue where Too Much Coffee Man, meets Trade Mark Copyright Man.

Apparently there's an Opera too.

 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2017 - 8:42 AM   
 By:   ryanpaquet   (Member)

And because you didn't ask for it:
 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2017 - 8:44 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

With there being so many underground/independent comics out there, nothing surprises me. That comic looks to be pretty damn funny!

Speaking of coffee and comics, I have to laugh when comic characters from the funnybooks of our youth down cocoa or tea instead of coffee, which is of course, "the hard stuff." I specifically remember reading this occurrence in a Marvel G.I. Joe comic.

Depicting the destruction of the universe: fine. Depicting comic characters drinking coffee: the end of civilization. big grin

 
 Posted:   Jan 30, 2017 - 8:46 AM   
 By:   Ron Pulliam   (Member)

If any of you is using the Keurig coffee maker, I recommend the following (all avaible through Amazon.com):

For the best-tasting cup of mild-strong coffee, Peet's "House Blend"

For a really strong cup of brew: San Francisco Bay "Fog Chaser"
 
 Posted:   Jan 31, 2017 - 5:33 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

Don't have a Keurig (that's the one with the pellet things, right?), but Peet's coffee is available in whole bean IIRC because I was drinking it fairly often.

Now it's been that aforementioned Starbucks Italian Roast.

 
 Posted:   Aug 17, 2018 - 8:53 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

After all these years of drinking fancy schmancy brands of coffee, I have returned "home" to Folger's classic roast; I'd forgotten how delicious it is, and that its acidic properties are not to the extreme like those aforementioned fancy brands.

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 17, 2018 - 9:34 AM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

I enjoy my Keurig, especially with Donut Shop cups.

However, my favorite is my new Nespresso machine. I love the frothy espresso it makes. Yummy!

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 17, 2018 - 10:19 AM   
 By:   John McMasters   (Member)

As a life-long coffee addict (my Czech grandmother hooked me on the beverage when I was only 3 years old -- lots of cream and sugar back then of course), I recently mourned the loss of my Keurig when the water pump just said "no" after about 6 years of daily (mis)use. So I decided to return to basics and am alternating between a stovetop expresso maker and a French press. I have a fancy-shmancy Bodum electric machine on top of the fridge gathering dust -- hard to clean properly. I prefer either black or just a touch of half-and-half -- no sugar. Coffee – yes!

 
 Posted:   Aug 17, 2018 - 5:12 PM   
 By:   Adam.   (Member)

It's only in this past year that I started drinking coffee. Granted, after I add plenty of sugar and cream it's more like a milkshake. We have one of those Keurig machines at work and I got one for myself at home. My local grocer has good sales on Green Mountain Dark Magic pods.

Truth be told, I sometimes drink French Vanilla coffee creamer straight as a milkshake. Damn, it's tasty! Then I get the sugar shakes 20 minutes later.

 
 Posted:   Aug 19, 2018 - 8:17 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

As a life-long coffee addict (my Czech grandmother hooked me on the beverage when I was only 3 years old -- lots of cream and sugar back then of course), I recently mourned the loss of my Keurig when the water pump just said "no" after about 6 years of daily (mis)use. So I decided to return to basics and am alternating between a stovetop expresso maker and a French press. I have a fancy-shmancy Bodum electric machine on top of the fridge gathering dust -- hard to clean properly. I prefer either black or just a touch of half-and-half -- no sugar. Coffee – yes!

Are Czechs known for their heavy coffee consumption? No wonder Kafka was always so edgy and nervous.

 
 Posted:   Aug 19, 2018 - 8:30 AM   
 By:   edwzoomom   (Member)

It's only in this past year that I started drinking coffee. Granted, after I add plenty of sugar and cream it's more like a milkshake. We have one of those Keurig machines at work and I got one for myself at home. My local grocer has good sales on Green Mountain Dark Magic pods.

Truth be told, I sometimes drink French Vanilla coffee creamer straight as a milkshake. Damn, it's tasty! Then I get the sugar shakes 20 minutes later.

My husband is huge consumer of Green Mountain. His favorite is the Breakfast Blend Light Roast. Since he consumes about 5-7 cups a day, a Keurig made no sense for us. We use the old reliable Cuisinart coffee maker we've had for a while. I must admit I love the smell of coffee brewing, even in the afternoon. I am not a huge coffee drinker but I do the like the Green Mountain brand. I believe it's called Our Blend?

My daughter bought my husband a pound of genuine Kona coffee for Father's Day. My God, is that stuff smooth! It's like caffeinated silk going down.

 
 Posted:   Aug 19, 2018 - 1:08 PM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

I've heard from concerned people that Keurig pods are considered big-time pollutants. Are they?

These say "Nay."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-coffee-pods-keurig-kcups-environment-20160225-story.html

These say "Improved, but still not environmentally friendly."

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/business/energy-environment/keurigs-new-k-cup-coffee-is-recyclable-but-hardly-green.html

 
 Posted:   Aug 19, 2018 - 5:53 PM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

It's only in this past year that I started drinking coffee. Granted, after I add plenty of sugar and cream it's more like a milkshake. We have one of those Keurig machines at work and I got one for myself at home. My local grocer has good sales on Green Mountain Dark Magic pods.

Truth be told, I sometimes drink French Vanilla coffee creamer straight as a milkshake. Damn, it's tasty! Then I get the sugar shakes 20 minutes later.

It's completely understandable when a coffee newbie uses lots of cream and sugar, but it's quite another when someone claiming to be a coffee aficionado continues to do so after several years. I always thought one relied less and less on cream and sugar in one's cup of joe as the years passed, but that doesn not seem to be the case.

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 20, 2018 - 9:59 AM   
 By:   John McMasters   (Member)

Re Coffee in Czechoslovakia:

http://www.tresbohemes.com/2018/05/the-first-cup-of-coffee-in-prague-goes-back-to-the-early-1700s/

My grandmother (this was in Nebraska) used to prepare my hit as follows first thing in the morning -- often waking me up during stays at her home and giving me this brew before I even got out of bed: 10-12 oz glass: about 1/2 cup of sugar added -- then a couple dollops of heavy cream sourced directly from a farm, then filled with coffee, stirred, and given to the unsuspecting grandson. It would, ahem, really wake me up rather quickly.

smile
 
 Posted:   Aug 20, 2018 - 10:10 AM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

I was already way too hyper for coffee as a child.

Mr. McMasters, thank you for that link and your reminiscence. I've been to Prague twice, and have developed quite a love for the Czech Republic. I don't know if you "imbibe", but Becherovka is the one constant at the Phelps Estate bar, and I even have the impossible-to-procure-in-the-US Fernet Stock, as well.

 
 Posted:   Aug 20, 2018 - 10:34 AM   
 By:   That Neil Guy   (Member)

Visualizing the Meaning of Life: The Drip Coffee Model

"First, imagine a coffee pot with a filter above it.

Now think of all the potentially valuable things in life?—?sunsets, late night conversations over wine, YouTube lectures, Beethoven’s symphonies, etc. These are the things you “pour” into your filter.

If enough of these things make it through the filter and into your coffee pot, life feels meaningful. If not enough stuff makes it into your pot, life feels meaningless.

To fill your pot, you can’t just worry about what you pour. You also need to worry about whether the stuff you’re pouring in gets through."

https://medium.com/the-polymath-project/visualizing-the-meaning-of-life-the-drip-coffee-model-87a37e3d4040
 
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