The Coffee Thread

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Universal Law: Coffee always tastes better on Sundays.

Why?

 

[norminal]

Universal Law: Coffee always tastes better on Sundays.

Why?

Because you can actually sit down and enjoy a cup rather than chug it in the morning before work?

 

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I think you are right. Context and environment is everything!

 

[Blix]

Because you can actually sit down and enjoy a cup rather than chug it in the morning before work?

No doubt. But I love my morning time, so no matter when I start at work I always make sure to be up early enough to have a nice start to the day, enjoy my coffee, reading my emails, check the forum shenanigans etc...
Never understood those who sleep until the last minute and have to do everything in a hurry every damn morning.

 

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No doubt. But I love my morning time, so no matter when I start at work I always make sure to be up early enough to have a nice start to the day, enjoy my coffee, reading my emails, check the forum shenanigans etc...
Never understood those who sleep until the last minute and have to do everything in a hurry every damn morning.

Same.

Not when I was younger, though.




I need at least 90 minutes at home in the AM before leaving. Minimal requirement.
Yesterday was a weekend day and I was up before 6AM so I could get my coffee,
exercise, music, and guitar playing in before I had some obligations to tend to.

Makes a huge difference in my perception of my quality of life, as well as how I treat other people.

 

[Blix]

Same.

Not when I was younger, though.




I need at least 90 minutes at home in the AM before leaving. Minimal requirement.
Yesterday was a weekend day and I was up before 6AM so I could get my coffee,
exercise, music, and guitar playing in before I had some obligations to tend to.

Makes a huge difference in my perception of my quality of life, as well as how I treat other people.

Exactly! Make a huge difference.

 

[norminal]

My favorite time to drink a cup is after a hard run in the cold, stretching, and a hot shower. I don’t know why, but it’s just more satisfying. Maybe the energy boost after exhaustion or lack of taste bud stimulation after drinking nothing but water immediately after the run.

 

[QQQ]

Same.

Not when I was younger, though.




I need at least 90 minutes at home in the AM before leaving. Minimal requirement.
Yesterday was a weekend day and I was up before 6AM so I could get my coffee,
exercise, music, and guitar playing in before I had some obligations to tend to.

Makes a huge difference in my perception of my quality of life, as well as how I treat other people.

Totally agree!!

 

[maguchi]

A nice blend in a Keurig can be a awesome cup of coffee.

 

[norminal]

 

[iaresee]

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gesha gesha gesha

everyone drinking the gesha this winter.

 

[norminal]

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everyone drinking the gesha this winter.

No doubt!

My plug had been short on Ethiopian, so Gesha is my next favorite. But yeah, plenty of Gesha available this year. This one in particular reminds me a lot of an Ethiopian so it’s kind of the best of both worlds. Good stuff.

 

[Rock Chalk]

Man, this thread is bringing back memories.....I used to grind my own beans that I would get from a local place called The Roasterie. Any more, I just throw a couple scoops of Folgers into the Cuisinart and go.....must be where I come up with the funds to run the non-ethanol gas in my truck.

Anyway, if you really want something good to go with your coffee, try a slice of this! https://strawberryhill.com/raisin-walnut-povitica/ I've never tasted anything better to go with coffee. I might be done with grinding my own beans, but the povitica remains......lol

 

[newholland]

I started making coffee from a French Press as a casual drinker. Mostly La Colombe Corsica and other dark roasts.

When me and the wife started making coffee daily as we started working from home, we went with a more economic approach with whatever Costco stocked with a Mr. Coffee drip coffee machine.

Last year, we got a Breville Espresso machine and I make an Americano every day. Still whatever I find from Costco though.

if yer partial to pretty trad italian roasts ( i definitely am)- kimbo US has a few solid options that if you buy by the kilo are affordable as costco. i drink long blacks (espresso pulled over water, but half the dilution of an americano), and its solid service coffee. its not the subtlest, but most mersh italian aint. your biggest obstacle for espresso is the grinder though anyhow- and my eureka does good enough work to make those palatable.

 

[JoeBfstplk]

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U need dis:

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[norminal]

U need dis:

This is Some Serious Gourmet Shit Coffee Mug Pulp Fiction Samuel L Jaction Mens Valentines Gift Tarantino Movie Quote - Etsy

This Mugs item by EmreDesignStudio has 68 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Washington, DC. Listed on May 29, 2025

www.etsy.com

I can tell by the shape of the handle that they’re using the same mug that every merch shop in the world uses. Those mugs are garbage and will break just looking at them.

My favorite mugs are these Corelle mugs I picked up at Walmart years ago. You can drop them and probably throw them across the room without breaking:

 

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Mugs matter. I swear Coffee tastes a bit different in different coloured mugs.

 

[norminal]

 

[timbuck3]

Are you a coffee drinker?

Do you like to fanny around with complex methods of making coffee?

This may be the thread for you, or not.

My coffee evolution started with an Aeropress and hand grinder, then moved onto a Nanopresso, and a different hand grinder whose handle nub would fit into a electric screwdrivers standard hex socket.

Mainly because I worked away from home and needed quality portable coffee. I fannied with grind sizes, bean weights and water volumes for each of them until I had fine tuned the hell out of them.

When it came time to get a home coffee maker, i decided to avoid retreading that path, and went with a bean to cup machine that did one thing really well, an espresso shot, which I could then top off with water for my preferred Americano.

I wanted to press a button and have good coffee come out the other side with the minimum of fuss.

Which? Informed me, in the range I wanted to pay, that this would be the Melitta Avanza 600 Series.

And a fine shot of espresso it does too.

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Moderately funny coffee anecdote:

My wife, who did not drink coffee and who doesn't seem to object to me buying guitar gear, did object to a full coffee machine.

I started her off on packet Mochas, which she enjoyed. She eventually moved herself onto Americanos And Espressos.

Soon as it got to that point, and the possibility of her having to faff with hand grinders and the nanopresso reared its head, we had a coffee machine within 2 weeks.

Work smart, not hard.

Looks like a nice machine was it expensive?

 

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