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Let’s talk coffee
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We, fans of coffee, made the Google Doodle today: Google Doodle celebrates ‘flat white’ coffee; here’s all about it.
By the way, when prepared correctly, the flat white is a nice espresso drink. That's a good one to ask a barista to make for you. Their initial reaction to the request will be indicative of their skillset.
Sort of like when I ask for a ristretto at a coffee bar I haven't been to before.
-Mike
By the way, when prepared correctly, the flat white is a nice espresso drink. That's a good one to ask a barista to make for you. Their initial reaction to the request will be indicative of their skillset.
Sort of like when I ask for a ristretto at a coffee bar I haven't been to before.
-Mike
I used to buy particular beans, or a particular roast based upon its aroma. I spent lavishly and ground the beans and in the last decade, I've switched to the WalMart Donut Shop ground cans because they're affordable and honestly, after all those years of being very specific about my coffee, I've not been able to tell much of a difference nor do I anymore care.
I will tell you that a generic percolator pot has worked daily for us over a decade in this household whereas before I switched to the perc, I was replacing either expensive or cheap drip machines almost annually.
COFFEE STORY ABOUT MY MOM'S MUSICIAN HUSBAND: I had just met my wife, Anita, in 1991. Don, my mom's 2nd husband was in the hospital suffering pulmonary fibrosis, which would eventually take his life. I had bought my first coffee grinder months before and had just started to home brew in my new rental house. Here's my step-dad, Don, a mentor, knowing he's likely going to die, in the hospital, concerned that I paid $19.99 for a Krups coffee grinder and that his guy at his favorite appliance store could'a saved me money if I had only asked him first. It's 2024, Anita and I are still married, and I still have and occasionally use that Krups coffee grinder. Maybe? Maybe not? BUT, I think I've gotten my $19.99 outta that thing. Well, plus at the time, the 4% Michigan sales tax.
P.S. I miss my Mom and Don both now deceased.
I will tell you that a generic percolator pot has worked daily for us over a decade in this household whereas before I switched to the perc, I was replacing either expensive or cheap drip machines almost annually.
COFFEE STORY ABOUT MY MOM'S MUSICIAN HUSBAND: I had just met my wife, Anita, in 1991. Don, my mom's 2nd husband was in the hospital suffering pulmonary fibrosis, which would eventually take his life. I had bought my first coffee grinder months before and had just started to home brew in my new rental house. Here's my step-dad, Don, a mentor, knowing he's likely going to die, in the hospital, concerned that I paid $19.99 for a Krups coffee grinder and that his guy at his favorite appliance store could'a saved me money if I had only asked him first. It's 2024, Anita and I are still married, and I still have and occasionally use that Krups coffee grinder. Maybe? Maybe not? BUT, I think I've gotten my $19.99 outta that thing. Well, plus at the time, the 4% Michigan sales tax.
P.S. I miss my Mom and Don both now deceased.
Some folks don't mind stale coffee, and that's why joints like Walmart can dedicate an entire aisle of shelf space to it.
I'm curious what you are doing that caused you to purchase so much equipment. We haven't bought any coffee gear out of necessity in over 10 years, and we use our equipment daily.
-Mike
I'm curious what you are doing that caused you to purchase so much equipment. We haven't bought any coffee gear out of necessity in over 10 years, and we use our equipment daily.
-Mike
As this thread demonstrates, we could talk about different varieties of coffee, different roasting levels, and different brewing methods all day. IME, though, the single most important variable is the difference between fresh-ground beans vs. pre-ground beans. If you can get that Donut Shop brand in whole-bean form, and grind the beans yourself immediately before making your morning coffee, I think you'll be astonished at the difference between that and the stuff in the pre-ground cans. It might actually also be a little cheaper that wa!
I've been drinking press coffee for years but barely learned about agitating the grounds after the initial extraction and giving them another 5 minutes to settle. Game changing! Thank you James Hoffman!
I actually just saw that one. Never had a flat white, if I go milk and espresso it's usually a cappuccino, or just espresso with milk at my skill level
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At this point, I'm well passed the connoisseur phase of coffee consumption. At 5:00AM, as I tackle Bach, or any other notation, I wanna jolt and I'm not spending a dime more than needed nor am I making any special trips. Time is the most valuable commodity in my life and I just wanna cup of coffee (or 2) and get on with things.
I love the early AM time alone with my coffee, my bass, and tackling music. It's a limited window with few years left before pain chases me away from music altogether.
I’m firmly supportive of good coffee. This is my first taste of Bolivian beans and they are excellent.
Bolivia is like Rwanda for me. I haven't yet found a cup I like. I've roasted light, dark, in the middle, and then way dark. It never sits right in my mouth, so I gave up trying.
There is though a coffee I never thought I would like, a wet processed coffee from Indonesia. Nothing about it fits my flavor profiles, but wow is it good. Sulawesi.
Oh, the Sumatran Blue Lintong too. We'll drive up and hop a ferry to Friday Harbor to get a bag of that. So, so good.
-Mike
There is though a coffee I never thought I would like, a wet processed coffee from Indonesia. Nothing about it fits my flavor profiles, but wow is it good. Sulawesi.
Oh, the Sumatran Blue Lintong too. We'll drive up and hop a ferry to Friday Harbor to get a bag of that. So, so good.
-Mike
This Bolivian shares some characteristics with Brazil-origin coffee. My first batch was right down the middle medium roast. The second batch went light and I’m getting more fruit and less of the nuttiness. I’ll try going a bit longer on the next one.
The beans I don’t get along with are Papua New Guinea. I haven’t found a roast that works. There’s an overripe fruit thing going on.
Rwanda I like for cold brew!
Pursuant to the moka pot art form, I dropped a Kentucky Colonel into a long black. Can't say it's my new go to. But I didn't regret it.
Maybe ease up on the Benedictine a touch, next time. But there most likely will be a next time. A passable Irish coffee styling for the newly milk averse.
Maybe ease up on the Benedictine a touch, next time. But there most likely will be a next time. A passable Irish coffee styling for the newly milk averse.
Oh my, that Hambela will be awesome. Always blueberry forward in my experience, some years more than others.
-Mike
-Mike
I’m hoping for that! The beans I had last year were fine but I missed the blueberry flavor.
Something about that just plain doesn't sit right.
But what do I know, having never been a pope of anything other than discordia.
You're - whoever is reading this - also the Pope of discordia especially if you don't exist.
@pie_man_25 Didn’t sit right with Martin Luther either. He wrote about it 1517 hence the reformation
To wrap up this discussion on Catholic dogma, the papacy, and coffee, I like that pope Clement VIII said that he should baptize coffee just to spite the devil.
But yes, that was a turning point in Christianity and philosophy. It took guts, too. Didn't he nail it to the door of a church?
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We'll need to leave the religious conversation in the rear view mirror for this thread to stay open.
Please.
-Mike
Please.
-Mike
