"COFFEE"

[MudHog]

what about those who don't drink coffee at all?

[jdbuckshot]

I just got a dunkin donuts kick.

i fill up my coffee cup with water, dump it in the the coffee maker, 5 scoops of med roast dunkin donunt. Its good. But will try the dark roast next time.

I can't even drink the coffee at work, you can see through it. taste like warm water!


JD

[Relentless]

coffee just wasn't doin it for me anymore...had to ki bumps for my morning rush

[tunica]

Dark roast, fresh ground and, preferably, french pressed. Baily's in the afternoon or night.

Well I agree with ya aint nothing better than a French press with fresh ground beans of Sumatra Bold.

[RockBottom]

Dark roast and black, and am current military.

[crow]

I just never understood the need to adulterate good coffee with sugar and cream! It's just an unneccesary complication of an otherwise simple nicety.

But, the discussion did stimulate an old memory from college days, when several skipped classes caused by the need to be in the woods, had me up several nights in a row writing the infernal essay. Being penniless due to the previously mentioned woods explorations, I did resort to instant Sanka. I know...bad juju! But I resurrected myself by not mixing it with water, but simply sucking on it from a spoon while sitting before the almighty Selectric typewriter.

To this day, I believe that one act created within myself the need to suckle from the breast of a non -lactationg woman. Even in my advancing age, that desire falls upon my imagination still!

I confess this before the coffee court and ask for a rendering of the judgement of normalcy, perhaps even manly.

crow

[4dawgma]

To this day, I believe that one act created within myself the need to suckle from the breast of a non-lactationg woman. Even in my advancing age, that desire falls upon my imagination still!


crow

[Bonecollecter1111]

all this talk about coffee and only one person has even mentioned chicory, now that stuffs got some kick.

i make it strong, and brew it dark, helped alot while dealing with a colicy baby

[Double R 2]

ramsey, i stand corrected.

gator

That's ok, bud. I'm guessing they don't put that kind of info on the "punch-10-and-your-11th-cup-free" at Starbucks card.

We were camped below Red Cloud peak in 1990 when met a group from Kallispell that broke out a French press and made coffee around the campfire. Black, oily, plenty of silt in the bottom of the mug. Have kept one ever since, especially when camping or self-hunt travelling.

French press
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A French press.
French press with coffee. A French press, also known as a press pot, coffee press, coffee plunger or ?afetière à piston, is a simple coffee brewing device, probably invented in France in the 1850s, but first patented by Italian designer Attilio Calimani in 1929, who made subsequent design improvements over the years, and further refined by another Italian, Faliero Bondanini.[1]

[edit] Nomenclature
The French press goes by various names around the world. In New Zealand, Australia and South Africa the whole apparatus is known as a coffee plunger and coffee brewed in it as plunger coffee. Its French name is cafetière à piston. In French it is also known by its brand names, notably, Melior, from an old brand of this type. In the UK, the Netherlands, and Ireland the device is known as a cafetière, the French word for a coffee maker or pot.

[edit] Design
A French press consists of a narrow cylindrical beaker usually made of glass or clear plastic, equipped with a lid and a "plunger", made of metal or plastic, which fits tightly in the cylinder and which has a fine wire or nylon mesh filter. The simplicity of the mechanism and its potential for attractive after-dinner presentation have led to a variety of more-or-less aesthetic designs.[2]

[edit] Preparation
A French press requires coffee of a coarser grind than does a drip brew coffee filter, as finer grounds will seep through the press filter and into the coffee.[3] Coffee is brewed by placing the coffee and water together, stirring it and leaving to brew for a few minutes, then depressing the plunger to trap the coffee grounds at the bottom of the beaker.

Because the coffee grounds remain in direct contact with the brewing water and the grounds are filtered from the water via a mesh instead of a paper filter, coffee brewed with the French press captures more of the coffee's flavour and essential oils, which would become trapped in a traditional drip brew machine's paper filters. French pressed coffee is usually stronger and thicker and has more sediment than drip-brewed coffee. Because the used grounds remain in the drink after brewing, French pressed coffee left to stand can become bitter. For a 1?2-litre (0.11 imp gal; 0.13 US gal) French press the contents are considered spoiled after around twenty minutes.[4]

Health concerns
Excessive (6 cups a day) consumption of unfiltered coffee has been associated with an increase in cholesterol. Dats right!

Variations
French presses are more portable and self contained than other coffee makers. Travel mug versions exist which are made of tough plastic instead of the more common glass, and have a sealed lid with a closable drinking hole. Some versions are marketed to hikers and backpackers not wishing to carry a heavy, metal percolator or a filter using drip brew. Other versions include stainless steel, insulated presses designed to keep the coffee hot, similar in design to thermos flasks.

A French press can also be used in place of a tea infuser to brew loose tea. However, the tea will continue to steep even after the plunger is depressed, causing the tea remaining in the press to often become bitter and undrinkable.

[Double R 2]

I'd never dare pay $38/pound for whole roasted coffee beans, but one time many years ago was treated to fresh ground Jamacain Blue Mountain coffee - in a French Press at a bistro in Steamboat - and it was no doubt the very best coffee I've ever had.

Wife bought a new coffee maker couple birthdays ago. When it goes off it grinds the beans, dumps them into a screen and fills up an insulated pot. Italian dark roast is my favorite, droplets of oil on the surface are a sure sign of good coffee.

[dukhntn]

I'd never dare pay $38/pound for whole roasted coffee beans, but one time many years ago was treated to fresh ground Jamacain Blue Mountain coffee - in a French Press at a bistro in Steamboat - and it was no doubt the very best coffee I've ever had.

Wife bought a new coffee maker couple birthdays ago. When it goes off it grinds the beans, dumps them into a screen and fills up an insulated pot. Italian dark roast is my favorite, droplets of oil on the surface are a sure sign of good coffee.

One of my favorite things about Jamaica was the Blue Mountain Coffee. Kona coffee is also very good. Got a hot cup of Between Roast right now in my favorite mug that has not been washed in a year...

[JLT]

No coffee for me, but I can tell you what Diet Mtn. Dew and Red Man gold blend will do for you.

[jacksbuddy]

All this talk about coffee, and nobody has mentioned the demetasse (sp), that tiny play cup and saucer combination from little girl play tea sets and central america (You know, where all these infernal illegals come from, which is another reason we outta deport those sombiotches - but that's another story for later).

Anyway, back in the last century I went to Venezuella for a project, and the client always served coffee in these little demetasse thingys. When I explained that I like my coffee in a mug and full, they looked at me like I was crazy. It took me a week to get them to pour it into a real mug, and another week to get them to fill the darn thing up! I'm not gonna say that $h!t was strong, but Ralphie May was right! Plus, I got a loooooot of work done on that trip. Didn't get much sleep! (and the mosquitos died instantly for some unknown reason, go figure) But I accomplished a lot of work on that project. It also tore my stomache up! (That's probably why I still add one lump of sugar to my coffee to this day.)

[donia]

i've been on a seattle's best kick - henry's brew (medium) or the breakfast blend (dark roast) - full 12 scoops per pot, no sugar, no splenda, no filler, no fluff, no cream - kicks in da'nuts... reams ya'out right.... bad breath.... stout and black - and a thermos full goes to work with me!!!

[Double R 2]

That stuff they serve in demitasse is a greek version of what I've always called cowboy coffee, where you boil the grinds in a pot and let it settle to the bottom before pouring. Greek type coffee, they grind the beans to a talcum powder consistency and add water. There's a good deal of mud in the bottom of the cup after drinking.

Worse coffee I drink anywhere is in South America. They traditionally drink maté and make coffee to accommodate foreign guests that tastes like a bastardized greek type cowboy coffee way too strong that perks you up, but would otherwise probably make a decent wood stain.