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Is Espresso Really 'Good' Coffee?
rje:
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--- Quote from: rje on 27 May 2011, 03:10 ---I drink Folgers with half a cup of Land o Lakes half-an-half (cold only! unless there's only powder but I prefer cold from the fridge) an 3 packets of equal, made in a 10 year old drip coffeemaker I bought for 8 bucks at a Goodwill when I got my own apartment for the first time. I can't believe the sumabitch still works. It's so stained I think you can see an impression of Jesus in the bottom of the pot.
AM I DOING IT RIGHT
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Folgers is seriously fucking up (only way I can make that nasty shit taste good is by putting some salt in the grounds prior to brewing, which sounds like something rancid but it actually makes a hell of an impact in the opposite direction than you'd expect), but other than that and your nasty coffeemaker (seriously, run some white vinegar through that thing a couple times and a few runs of water to rinse out the vinegar, you'll thank me later), you're still in the subjective taste range to not be too weird.
I like either Seattle's Best or Kona coffee for my drip coffee makers, but I'll use Maxwell House if I have to (Folgers is only for sheer desperation).
Screw Starbucks, the only way they make their coffee remotely drinkable is by putting so much sugar into it that you're essentially drinking a cup of liquid candy bar.
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But Folgers has a handle on the tub! A handle!
<D
But no really I mostly grab a coffee from a Speedway or something most of the time, since I never have time to make it at home anyway anymore, and idk what the stuff they have at work is. Business bulk-buy coffee. I've had Seattle's Best though, and good brands from french presses and the like...I just can't taste a difference. I mean I wish I could, friends have been 'omg isn't this coffee the best' and all I can say is 'it's sure...coffee flavored.' All I can tell is if a coffee is too strong or weak for me, but other than that, it just all tastes the same.
But to be honest, lots of cheeses, herbs, spices, meats, sauces, etc taste alike to me too. It's probably just my taste buds, expensive gourmet brands might as well be generic store brands for all the difference it makes to my mouth.
I do like the smell of more expensive coffees better though I will say that. Beans smell gud.
Arrgh:
Espresso is really about the grind (powder-fine) more than the beans or the roast, so you can use your favorite beans and roasting level for espresso rather than something marketed as an "espresso roast." It's not like espresso beans are any different from any other coffee bean; they come from the same trees. I have my own countertop roaster and a hand-grinder for ultimate quality control, though I haven't used either in a while, since it's much easier to just pop in to Starbucks (over-roasted mediocre coffee though it is).
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: rje on 27 May 2011, 10:30 ---But no really I mostly grab a coffee from a Speedway or something most of the time, since I never have time to make it at home anyway anymore, and idk what the stuff they have at work is. Business bulk-buy coffee. I've had Seattle's Best though, and good brands from french presses and the like...I just can't taste a difference. I mean I wish I could, friends have been 'omg isn't this coffee the best' and all I can say is 'it's sure...coffee flavored.' All I can tell is if a coffee is too strong or weak for me, but other than that, it just all tastes the same.
But to be honest, lots of cheeses, herbs, spices, meats, sauces, etc taste alike to me too. It's probably just my taste buds, expensive gourmet brands might as well be generic store brands for all the difference it makes to my mouth.
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Are you a smoker? 'cause that'll kill your sense of taste quicker than anything. I still can't understand how Anthony Bourdain has a job... must be his personality.
Also, I haven't seen a Speedway since I left Indiana... what, 16 years ago? I went there for college. It took 15 years (three degrees, though). Aren't they home-based in Indianapolis (hence the name)?
Yes, this is a roundabout way of asking where you are located. It's not just women. :laugh:
mike837go:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 27 May 2011, 10:12 ---
<snip> At the other coffee shop there would be a 67% chance that my coffee would be served by a hairy dude instead of a hot barista. So I went to the other shop.
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DM'ing our lives, are we?
Consider yourself cited for extreme nerdism.
[Got that one from Registered Weapon another fun web comic]
Is it cold in here?:
Related but non-duplicate thread about coffee.
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