unlike so mamy .. i dont drink the same coffee every day .. varies from african, costa rican, columbian, somalian , to indian , turkish , to my favorite * kona *

Please indulge yourself and try Honduran coffee...I got some at Trader Joes and it was AMAZIInnnnggg..... I'm also one for trying as many kinds as I can...but I definitely prefer a dark roast....love the richness..mmmmmmm

I tried Caribou coffee when I was in MN and I LOVED it! I was at the MOA and stopped in for a nice iced brew. Wish I'd known about the mahogany. Keurig makes Caribou k cups for those who would like to try it !

I don't drink coffee, but I tend to bring it back for folks when I travel instead of souvenirs. No trip to Chicago is complete unless I stop to pick up some from the vast selection they offer at the Coffee and Tea Exchange on Broadway Street. In Wisconsin there are several. Colectivo Coffee Roasters on Milwaukee's east side is another favorite. They roast their coffees at the Prospect location, or at least did my last visit. In the norther part of the state I always stop in and pick up some Door Country coffees. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few others from my travels but those are the main ones that jump out at the moment!

I had a major scare in my life today. I woke up extra early, 4 AM, to get started on my coffee roasting for holiday gifts. Micro roasting is very time-consuming. But so worth it! I was 6 pounds into my plan of 15 pounds when all of a sudden my roaster stopped. WTH!😮

True, nothing last forever but this roaster only has about 200 roasting hours on it. Anyhow instant panic. I immediately started obsessing that I’d be drinking Folgers. 🤮Redundant, these thoughts were because I was panicking.

I ground up some of the beans I just roasted, Costa Rican, which by the way is one of the best every day coffees there is. More on that later if you like .......Then I took the cup that I brewed and walked around the house looking out the windows collecting myself. Serious coffee drinkers will understand that.

I hypothesized that the 20° temperature outside may have made The coffee roaster work harder than it liked, thus shutting itself down. Fire is always a concern when you roast coffee.

To this end, that is correct. As I breathe A huge sigh of relief. I knocked out three more pounds and now I’m letting the roaster rest as the temperature outside continues to rise

Italian coffee
 

When home any coffee will wake my senses.If out of town it must be two strong shots of espresso daily.An espresso corretto works great but not until after dinner.

It's too much trouble for me to make it at home..but that's my favorite coffee.

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Can I romance you with some vacuum coffee? Your coffee drinking experience will NEVER be the same.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ma_Vac_Pot.JPG

Coooool. And good to see you posting.

New Orleans Cher!
 

you haven’t lived until you have had the coffee (& chickory) experience at Cafe DuMonde...

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Thank you DapperButch!

TRUE That. The absolute best "store bought" coffee I ever drank was Community Coffee.

is it coffee time??
 

Some reading while enjoying your 'cuppa

https://www.caring.com/articles/5-be...o-drink-coffee

I'm always looking for the BEST coffee experience
 

Cold brew

Cold brew or cold press refers to the process of steeping coffee grounds in room temperature or cold water for an extended period. The cold-press process requires grinding: coarse-ground beans are soaked in water for a prolonged period of time, usually 12 hours or more. The water is normally kept at room temperature, but chilled water can also be used. The grounds must be filtered out of the water after they have been steeped using a paper coffee filter, a fine metal sieve, a French press or felt in the case of the Toddy system. The result is a coffee concentrate that is often diluted with water or milk, and can be served hot, over ice, or blended with ice and other ingredients such as chocolate. Cold brewed coffee naturally seems sweeter due to its lower acidity. Because the coffee beans in cold-press coffee never come into contact with heated water, the process of leaching flavor from the beans produces a different chemical profile from conventional brewing methods. Cold brew coffee is not to be confused with iced coffee, which generally refers to coffee that is brewed hot and then chilled by pouring over or adding ice, though it can refer to cold brew coffee served on ice.

Best coffee maker?

My Bonavita died. RIP. I liked it fine, but I don't think it was worth the $189 price tag. I think it was pretty crazy that I spent that much on a coffee maker, to be honest.

But, I want something with quality, and what I did like about the Bonavita was the brewing at the optimal brewing temperature (195-205 degrees) and most definitely the shower head water system to ensure even water saturation.

So, I would like to find both of those features, but I am concerned that it is the high temperature that made the cost so high.

I'd like to keep it below $100.

Consider the NINJA. It definitely heats the water to the proper temperature. The biggest selling point for me was it blooms (pre wets) your coffee grounds. I got mine at Kohl's with a 30% off coupon (and on sale) for a little less than $80.00

This is the one I bought. (there are at least 6 different to choose from)
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So, is this your main, daily coffee maker?

What's chickory do for the coffee?

"Back in the day" (different days, in different parts of the world), when coffee was scarce, chicory was used instead or added to coffe to stretch it out. The thinking is that it "cheats the palate".

I guess it has a certain taste and people like it.

Pretty much, it is "fake coffee".