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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9      Non-Film Score Discussion: Coffee    FIRST   PRIOR   6 7 8 9    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Aug 21, 2018 - 5:44 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) Remember the Raymond Burr TV series IRONSIDE? Of course none of you do, but a scene from an early episode is relevant to coffee drinkers. Ironside once scolded the Barbara Anderson character for washing out his coffee pot (as opposed to his piss pot) because washing it removed the coffee pot's "seasoning", like what one might have with a Wok or cast iron skillet. I only clean my coffee maker when I change brands or when it well and truly needs it, meaning when the coffee's taste is affected by it needing a cleaning. Oh, and I never could stand Raymond "Dead, Dark Eyes" Burr, though he was more slightly palatable when he grew facial hair in those 1980s and '90s Perry Mason TV films.    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 3:38 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) Most popular "at home" coffee brand in the UK is Nescafé. Folgers (the Phelps brand) leads the way here in the US.    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 4:53 AM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) I've become a little more discerning in my coffee drinking since my last posting in 2012. Our trip to Amsterdam this time last year introduced me to the Macchiato, and I dabble with the occasional Cortado - or just double espressos. The thing about all of these is that you get all the coffee with a fraction of the bulk - increasingly important as the years go by!    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 5:33 AM     By:   Jehannum   (Member) Remember the Raymond Burr TV series IRONSIDE? Of course none of you do You've got to be joking! Everyone here remembers every line of every episode. I only clean my coffee maker when I change brands or when it well and truly needs it, meaning when the coffee's taste is affected by it needing a cleaning. My cafetiere goes green inside if I don't clean it. Oh, and I never could stand Raymond "Dead, Dark Eyes" Burr, though he was more slightly palatable when he grew facial hair in those 1980s and '90s Perry Mason TV films. Cutting. But relevant.    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 6:11 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) Good post, Jehannum. You'll have an even more convincing argument if you replace "every line" with "every score." I sure was tough on Raymond Burr that day--must be the shite coffee I've been drinking...think I'll have another cup of it tonight after work. I take my (watery, American) coffee without cream or sugar. When I'm "over there", I take a double espresso with one token sugar. It's tough for me to go back to my usual bilge upon returning home, but my "restraining bolt" prevents me from ever purchasing a decent coffeemaker. Nescafé coffee...is that "instant" coffee? IIRC it is sold as such here, if it's even sold here at all anymore.    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 8:14 AM     By:   That Neil Guy   (Member) At the risk of setting Mr. Phelps into an eye-rolling tizzy, I have been struck during recent rewatches of original Star Trek episodes of how much coffee our good captain consumes. I always knew I liked Kirk better.    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 8:23 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) "My...chicken...sandwichandcoffee!"    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 8:39 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) At the risk of setting Mr. Phelps into an eye-rolling tizzy, I have been struck during recent rewatches of original Star Trek episodes of how much coffee our good captain consumes. I always knew I liked Kirk better. The much maligned Captain Janeway drank a lot of coffee too    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 8:52 AM     By:   John McMasters   (Member) Recently I've defaulted to using only my coffee press -- and grinding beans using either my electric Bodum burr grinder (which is just too loud to use first thing at 6 am when I am standing bleary-eyed in my kitchen and slowly realize through my brain fog that I forgot to grind any beans the night before) or an inexpensive hand grinder which is quiet and forces a bit of cardio action in the AM while water heats up in my electric pot. I simply don't have a favorite brand or blend of beans -- I tend to get all sorts usually on Amazon. However, I did find a source that seems, at least to me, very unique. There is a monastery of Carmelite monks in Wyoming who sell both ground coffee and coffee beans: https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/ http://www.carmelitemonks.org I've been ordering regularly from these guys -- the dark roasted beans are very very good. I've tried a few of the flavored "specialty" blends -- and they are quite wonderful -- probably the only flavored coffee that I've ever liked. The Royal Rum Pecan is simply amazing, and when I grind those beans fresh in the AM it is truly "heavenly." [Groan.}    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 9:46 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) Recently I've defaulted to using only my coffee press -- and grinding beans using either my electric Bodum burr grinder (which is just too loud to use first thing at 6 am when I am standing bleary-eyed in my kitchen and slowly realize through my brain fog that I forgot to grind any beans the night before) or an inexpensive hand grinder which is quiet and forces a bit of cardio action in the AM while water heats up in my electric pot. I simply don't have a favorite brand or blend of beans -- I tend to get all sorts usually on Amazon. However, I did find a source that seems, at least to me, very unique. There is a monastery of Carmelite monks in Wyoming who sell both ground coffee and coffee beans: https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/ http://www.carmelitemonks.org I've been ordering regularly from these guys -- the dark roasted beans are very very good. I've tried a few of the flavored "specialty" blends -- and they are quite wonderful -- probably the only flavored coffee that I've ever liked. The Royal Rum Pecan is simply amazing, and when I grind those beans fresh in the AM it is truly "heavenly." [Groan.} I find flavored coffee pleasing to smell, but I don't drink them. Would you describe this dark roast as 'robust flavor"? I grind my beans every day, but I take the grinder into my laundry room and close the door to not wake the house    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 9:56 AM     By:   Xebec   (Member) I can't believe it's 14 years since i was reading Master & Commander! I started this thread a year before i went to Canada too. I still haven't got into coffee. I only drink it about once a month if i'm at a friend's and they've got a Kona Blend going spare, which i believe is Hawaiian. I gotta re-read all those M&C books.    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 11:28 AM     By:   John McMasters   (Member) Ado, I've tried three of the Mystic Monk dark blends: Dark Roast Brazil which seemed woody and smooth and I would call it robust. As a comparison, at the same time I was using Don Pablo CharBeanz Dark Roast. The Don Pablo had less of a smokey edge than the Mystic Monk. I've also tried the Mystic Vigils and the Mystic Monk Blends from the Carmelites -- both were hearty and seemed smooth to my taste buds. Not quite as robust at the Brazil. I'm planning to put all three of the Monks in rotation -- along with the Don Pablo which are my go-to cheaper beans. At the moment I've switched from Dark Roast to a cheaper MochaJava blend from Mayorga (which I think is also distributed by the same company as Don Pablo). Just needed a break from the darker roasts. I've tried a lot of dark roast beans -- the only ones that I doubt I'll buy again are from the Death Wish brand. I tried two of their beans: Valhalla Java Odinforce Blend and their standard-bearer Death Wish blend. I found those really bitter and overpriced for what they were. But of course just IMHO!    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 11:35 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) Ado, I've tried three of the Mystic Monk dark blends: Dark Roast Brazil which seemed woody and smooth and I would call it robust. As a comparison, at the same time I was using Don Pablo CharBeanz Dark Roast. The Don Pablo had less of a smokey edge than the Mystic Monk. I've also tried the Mystic Vigils and the Mystic Monk Blends from the Carmelites -- both were hearty and seemed smooth to my taste buds. Not quite as robust at the Brazil. I'm planning to put all three of the Monks in rotation -- along with the Don Pablo which are my go-to cheaper beans. At the moment I've switched from Dark Roast to a cheaper MochaJava blend from Mayorga (which I think is also distributed by the same company as Don Pablo). Just needed a break from the darker roasts. I've tried a lot of dark roast beans -- the only ones that I doubt I'll buy again are from the Death Wish brand. I tried two of their beans: Valhalla Java Odinforce Blend and their standard-bearer Death Wish blend. I found those really bitter and overpriced for what they were. But of course just IMHO! Thanks John, your taste is much as mine, I like dark roast but some are bitter burnt, not as pleasing. And I have to rotate off the dark roast occasionally to rest the taste buds a bit, I find that I appreciate the dark roast more if I rotate a bit. I will follow your recommendations on those above.    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 11:52 AM     By:   joan hue   (Member) I grind my beans every day, but I take the grinder into my laundry room and close the door to not wake the house. Ditto. We also grind our beans in the laundry room. Those machines are loud. Still like my Nespresso espresso each day and then switch to ground coffee.    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 12:20 PM     By:   Jehannum   (Member) Recently I've really got into coffee bags (like tea bags except ... filled with ground coffee ... instead of tea ... like). Black. No sugar. It's how I should have drunk coffee all along. Percol do a good Colombian.    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 1:07 PM     By:   Ado   (Member) I grind my beans every day, but I take the grinder into my laundry room and close the door to not wake the house. Ditto. We also grind our beans in the laundry room. Those machines are loud. Still like my Nespresso espresso each day and then switch to ground coffee. yeah, it feels silly, but I am the early riser, so there I am in my laundry room grinding coffee to I can drink down it's awesome hot darkness    Posted:   Feb 27, 2020 - 2:19 PM     By:   Prince Damian   (Member) No thanks , not this time of night .    Posted:   Feb 28, 2020 - 6:03 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) No thanks , not this time of night . at 4:19PM?    Posted:   Feb 28, 2020 - 7:24 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) Looks like my beloved, mainstream Folgers "Classic Roast" is "out of print", at least in the longtime novelty of its "vacuum-packed" brick form, or at least the stores in which I've checked now only carry it in the massive plastic tub, which I will not buy. Amazon sells packs of six for about $30.00, which is about twice the price of what I'd pay at the store for the same number of bricks. Not a major deal, or even a minor deal, but one that mildly irritates.    Posted:   Feb 28, 2020 - 7:45 AM     By:   That Neil Guy   (Member) Looks like my beloved, mainstream Folgers "Classic Roast" is "out of print", at least in the longtime novelty of its "vacuum-packed" brick form, or at least the stores in which I've checked now only carry it in the massive plastic tub, which I will not buy. Amazon sells packs of six for about $30.00, which is about twice the price of what I'd pay at the store for the same number of bricks. Not a major deal, or even a minor deal, but one that mildly irritates. This makes me thankful that I am not too picky about coffee. All I ask is that it be hot. And served black as midnight on a moonless night.     Non-Film Score Discussion: Coffee    << < 6 7 8 9  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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