So, according to the search, there hasn't been a coffee thread in like, years. I want to talk about coffee so I'm making one.
I like coffee, guys. But, like many people, I'm a sorta-broke-ish college student. This means no $1000 espresso machines in my apartment. It also means no daily $5 coffee drinks from local places. I am by no means a super coffee snob but I will say I haven't drunk any Folgers in, like, 5 years, sooo....
So yeah. I have been using a cheap $20 blade "grinder" and an
aeropress to make my coffee. The aeropress website is pretty hyperbolic but it is pretty inexpensive and makes a darn good cup of coffee, if you ask me. I've got a
hand-cranked burr grinder on the way to me so I can elevate my coffeenerdness by a little bit.
What kind of coffee am I drinking? I'm so glad you asked! I happen to be blessed with a
pretty good local roastery and I usually go with them. Obviously I'm rocking whole-bean and grinding my own. I've also been recommended
this stuff and I have some on the way to me.
ADDITIONS! I usually take a little sugar and nothing else, but I've just started out on the paleo diet (as part of a nutrition challenge my local crossfit gym is doing, which is a whole 'nother thread) so now I'm drinking it just black. I also have a few flavored syrups that I've used to make those sugary sweet Starbucks-style drinks. Ask me about my coffee price spreadsheet showing how much money I save by making my own drinks instead of buying them from coffee shops!
SO. Coffee. What do you like, where do you get it, what are you making it with, what do you put in it? Do you miss sleeping?