Any other coffee fanatics here?

[CAlvarez]

Quote: I am getting fresh roasted coffee beans and good gourmet coffee from this Gourmet Coffee online store.

Shop around a bit, their prices are quite high. Of course, all coffee is "fresh roasted" but by the time you get it, there's almost no way for it to be fresh any more. Even if you order once a week ($$$) you'd always have coffee that's in some stage between getting old and very old. I recently tried a few pre-roasted coffees in my machine using the same settings I use for my fresh-roasted, and the difference was not at all subtle.

Those are good suggestions from mkoreiwo, I like all those coffees and they are different from your regular generic Colombian and such. I'd also add Sumatra Mandheling to that list.

[mkoreiwo]

I'll also second the Sumatra Mandheling. It's my "daily" coffee.... I absolutely love its richness.

BTW Carlos, my iRoast2 went belly up on me a few weeks ago. Out of warranty of course! Luckily Willoughby's in Branford was nice enough to let me come pick one up without having to have them ship it - since I explained that mine died on me.

They sell geen coffee under the website roastmasters.com

Their selection isn't as vast as Sweet Maria's, but it is adequate for many, and their prices are fairly competitive, but not theleast expensive out there.

I can make a suggestion for a capuccino blend from Sweet Maria's: their Liquid Amber Blend... darn good - for my taste buds.... YMMV.

[CAlvarez]

I need to order soon so I'll add that to my list of varieties. Sorry to hear about the demise of the roaster, but do keep the old parts around for future use. Ours has worked well though I had to order a new lid as the screen in ours was terribly clogged up. $10 repair after a year of daily use, not bad.

[vanakaru]

Yeah! Spilled large mug of latte on my Powerbook. The picture of good coffee sinking into the keyboard is the one to remember. What a waste!

[roncross@cox.net]

I have lately started to grind my coffee every other day and I notice that it taste better with a richer aroma. Ok, actually, I blend it just like this guy does it.

http://www.willitblend.com/videos.as...e&video=coffee

[Anti]

Quote: Originally Posted by vanakaru Yeah! Spilled large mug of latte on my Powerbook. The picture of good coffee sinking into the keyboard is the one to remember. What a waste!

I'd be more concerned about my 'Book than my coffee.

[sbebble]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jacques I'm stuck on Porto Rico <http://portorico.com/> (since it's local as well) in NYC, they have quite a few nice blends.

Hey Jacques, come on out to Park Slope! Gorilla Coffee on 5th Ave and Park Pl. roasts their own beans.

Porto Rico is undeniably good too. I especially love just walking in there and getting hit with the aroma from the bags. But now that I live in Brooklyn it's Gorilla for me.

sb

[eValuone]

Just wanted to put my two cents in...

Just ordered a roaster like Carlos' from SweetMaria's.

Paid xtra $10 for their sampler.

When I was in Oregon I used to go to 4Beans in Florence and get French Columbian dark and Timor dark (latter is oily and buttery). Mixed them 60% 40% respectively as fine grind. For me it was superb.

SweetMaria's has green Timor! Now I'm in midwest and will just roast and mix my own.

Just wanted to share...

eValuone.

[CAlvarez]

It's time for an order, I'll add that to my list. Another to try is Yemen mokka.

[Jacques]

Quote: Originally Posted by sbebble Hey Jacques, come on out to Park Slope! Gorilla Coffee on 5th Ave and Park Pl. roasts their own beans. Porto Rico is undeniably good too. I especially love just walking in there and getting hit with the aroma from the bags. But now that I live in Brooklyn it's Gorilla for me. sb

I found them <http://www.gorillacoffee.com/>, thanks for the tip!

Jacques

[roncross@cox.net]

I normally buy coffee beans, grind it and brew it the night before. I will drink it while I'm driving to work. Recently I bought some bad coffee that wasn't to my liking. I bought Columbia Supremo Popayan. It's horrible and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. On the other hand, Nantucket Blend is very good.

[mkoreiwo]

Just to keep it alive...

I recently tried a new green blend from Sweet Maria's: Moka Kadir. I really like this one for my drip coffer. Haven't yet tried it for cappuccino, but it should be excellent there as well. Another blend I like from them (for esspresso/cappuccino) is their Liquid Amber - very good indeed!

[tlarkin]

I typically just buy coffee at the local gas station (quick trip) they have like foreign select brands. Drinking African coffee today. I need to get a small pot for my office. I only drink coffee in the mornings during the week, and sometimes I substitute coffee for tea.

Any suggestions on a cheap but good coffee brewer? I am not like a die hard coffee fan. Also, any suggestions on a Tea brewer? Right now I just brew my tea the old fashioned way by boiling water in a giant pot and then adding the tea, then tossing it into a jug and tossing that into the fridge. I brew my own green tea a lot and make green tea chai lattes at home (iced) to drink.

[kel101]

maybe im to young to applicate coffee, but i find the taste horrible, i dont mind frapacinos, or ice lattes, but normal coffe dont do nothing for me, id rather have a hot chocolate with some whipped cream from starbucks

[fazstp]

I thought I liked a coffee until I read this thread. You guys are hard-core. I just plunge a cup to get me started in the morning. I don't even grind my own any more because I get up early and it wakes up my kids.

Quote: Originally Posted by tlarkin I brew my own green tea a lot and make green tea chai lattes at home (iced) to drink.

Talk about fusion What's your recipe? I like a good chai but I can't say I've had a green one ( or an iced one for that matter ).

[roncross@cox.net]

Quote: Originally Posted by tlarkin Any suggestions on a cheap but good coffee brewer?

I use this one, it has an automatic timer to brew. I grind before I go to bed and when I wait up and ready to leave work, my coffee is ready to go

It's cheap so it will pay for itself in about 2 weeks if you drink everyday.

http://www.bdappliancestore.com/prod...SKW=APPTHERMAL

Quote: Originally Posted by fazstp I thought I liked a coffee until I read this thread. You guys are hard-core. I just plunge a cup to get me started in the morning. I don't even grind my own any more because I get up early and it wakes up my kids.

You could grind at night and then time it to brew. That way you want disturb the kids.

[tlarkin]

Quote: Talk about fusion What's your recipe? I like a good chai but I can't say I've had a green one ( or an iced one for that matter ).

Its not too hard. Just boil a bunch of water, add in your chai green tea, I toss a bit of honey in the boiling water as well. Brew it, then toss it into a jug and toss it in the fridge. Then I just go buy a quart of whatever type of soy milk and mix it 50/50 in a glass. It doesn't taste bad at all.

[fazstp]

Quote: Originally Posted by tlarkin add in your chai green tea

Ah, that was the bit I thought needed a recipe. I assumed you made your own as I've never seen green chai in the stores here.

They make a nice choc-chip-chai here T2

[tlarkin]

Quote: Originally Posted by fazstp Ah, that was the bit I thought needed a recipe. I assumed you made your own as I've never seen green chai in the stores here. They make a nice choc-chip-chai here T2

You could just buy green tea, add in cinnamon, nutmeg, a bit of ginger and whatever other spice you wanted to in the process. To make it faster I buy the green chai tea packets to begin with.

[hughvane]

Back to coffee: My favourites are Ethiopian Harrar (the origin of coffee), Guatemalan, and Colombian - in that order. I used to drink Kilimanjaro but it became insipid. I also used to buy Sumatran, which I really enjoyed, but my supplier (NZ) can't source it at present.