I need some help from the coffee experts.

[PocketAces]

I love good coffee. The stronger the better. My favorite and most cost effective method I've found so far is to grind my own beans and brew with a french press.

I've tried all of the beans at Starbucks and several at the various grocery stores. I'm still on the search for great coffee. I've heard people buy beans online.

Where do you buy your coffee and what do you buy?

 

[MadJack]

I love good coffee. The stronger the better. My favorite and most cost effective method I've found so far is to grind my own beans and brew with a french press.

I've tried all of the beans at Starbucks and several at the various grocery stores. I'm still on the search for great coffee. I've heard people buy beans online.

Where do you buy your coffee and what do you buy?

I've been searching for 40 years. Tried so many coffee makers I can't even count them. I've bought coffee online, from Costa Rica, from coffee speciality shops, you name it. I still search.

I have this expensive espresso machine I bought 3 years ago and that has come the closest to making the coffee the way I want it and for Christmas my wife got me a French Press. I'm liking that too but it's more of a pain to get ready.

In the meantime while my search continues I'll keep buying this brand and grind my own.

 

[3 putt pete]

I'm almost exactly like Jack in this respect, buying only whole bean and all the way to thinking the french press is nice but a bit of a pain in the ass. I prefer to use the automatic and have it ready for me when I rise.

We probably try a different coffee every other month or so from small companies in various locations. It's almost a mirror of the craft beer business. There is so much out there and one of them is bound to be the perfect one but I have not found it. My son got me some stuff called BLUE BOTTLE out of San Fran. and I like that pretty well. Peet's is another good one but to be honest, I do not notice major differences in many of the brands. I just know a good cup when I taste one.


But the bottom line is that you can do a whole lot worse than 8- o-clock and its much less expensive. Their Columbian Supremo is what we always have in the pantry and probably is just about as good as any of the more expensive beans I've tried at home.

 

[Snafu]

i use filter coffee machine so i'm not an expert by any coffee expert standards...

but, i have been buying L?fberg's coffee years. Very natural and easy taste.
They have several roast levels and whole beens: http://en.lofbergs.se/
It's available through Amazon too



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[zoomer]

I'm almost exactly like Jack in this respect, buying only whole bean and all the way to thinking the french press is nice but a bit of a pain in the ass. I prefer to use the automatic and have it ready for me when I rise.

We probably try a different coffee every other month or so from small companies in various locations. It's almost a mirror of the craft beer business. There is so much out there and one of them is bound to be the perfect one but I have not found it. My son got me some stuff called BLUE BOTTLE out of San Fran. and I like that pretty well. Peet's is another good one but to be honest, I do not notice major differences in many of the brands. I just know a good cup when I taste one.


But the bottom line is that you can do a whole lot worse than 8- o-clock and its much less expensive. Their Columbian Supremo is what we always have in the pantry and probably is just about as good as any of the more expensive beans I've tried at home.

If you are a fan of Colombian Supremo, you will enjoy Costco's Kirkland Colombian Supremo. The best Supremo bean coffee I have ever purchased commercially.Deep rich brown color and finely ground. You cannot get it whole bean.

 

[Construct Carl]

i use dunkin donuts coffe in this machine here http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNDI2/z/HmkAAOSwoydWiD3o/$_1.JPG


works really good

 

[vinnie]

I love good coffee. The stronger the better. My favorite and most cost effective method I've found so far is to grind my own beans and brew with a french press.

I've tried all of the beans at Starbucks and several at the various grocery stores. I'm still on the search for great coffee. I've heard people buy beans online.

Where do you buy your coffee and what do you buy?

The Big Island Hawaii 100% Kona Coffee :0008

 

[REFLOG]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1HcY_7pcpo

 

[saint]

I agree that the french press is more of a pain but it leaves the oils intact and it has such a deeper flavor.

 

[MadJack]

I agree that the french press is more of a pain but it leaves the oils intact and it has such a deeper flavor.

It seems smoother. I like it best except for the process. I have an espresso while the water is boiling. I drink a lot of coffee. Like from 3am till 8am, one after another.

I'm still playing with amounts of coffee to use and coarseness of the grind.

 

[yyz]

I love the smell of coffee, but can't stand the taste.

 

[PocketAces]

Thanks guys. Keep the suggestions coming.

About the french press...Maybe I'm doing it wrong but it is the easiest method that I've ever used.

I fill it with water and put it in the microwave for 2.5 minutes. I then put two scoops of ground beans in the water and stir it. Then I put the top on (but not press it down). I wait another 2 minutes and press it. The whole process and quick and simple. I put it in the dishwasher and grab a clean one next time.

The machines all are much tougher to clean in my opinion. The coffee isn't as good and you still need to heat water and wait. I don't miss the filters either.

I remember my grandpa used one of those percolators. Has anyone tried one of those? It seems to me the simple things are normally the best.

:shrug:

 

[Betone]

I use filtered water from my refrigerator and freshly ground Starbucks Espresso Sumatra bean roast coffee for now, my step daughter works at Teavana and gives me a free bag per week of coffee. I like changing up selection of beans every few weeks. Teavana is part of Starbucks if you did not know. I cringe when I see people use tap water to make coffee.........:0008

 

[Penguinfan]

I've been searching for 40 years. Tried so many coffee makers I can't even count them. I've bought coffee online, from Costa Rica, from coffee speciality shops, you name it. I still search.

I have this expensive espresso machine I bought 3 years ago and that has come the closest to making the coffee the way I want it and for Christmas my wife got me a French Press. I'm liking that too but it's more of a pain to get ready.

In the meantime while my search continues I'll keep buying this brand and grind my own.

The absolute best way to get the best coffee you will ever have is to roast your own. Yep, pain in the ass, but most people have no idea what truly fresh cup of coffee tastes like and it is worth it. If you buy coffee at a grocery store it is probably months old by the time you get it.

Give me a shot here, Jack. Text me your address or PO box and I will send you a fresh bag of coffee I roasted myself that will be less than a week old by the time you get it. When you open the bag the aroma will let you know right away this isn't grocery store coffee.

This is how coffee was meant to be drank. I'm willing to bet you will be 100% on board after trying some through the press.

 

[THE KOD]

I like my coffee like I like my woman


strong and black