Coffee talk
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EmergingFisher
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I’m in the grind and prep the night before, set the machine for 5:00am crowd. But I’ve tinkered with the home roasting idea. So thanks to all you, that’s now in my head again!
Trying out these beans this morning from a local Kitsap roaster.
My first time experiencing a lighter roast. Really enjoying it.
My first time experiencing a lighter roast. Really enjoying it.
@troutpocket - look what you got started! Nick - I ordered three different varieties of green Ethiopian coffee day before yesterday, did this based on you raving about the flavor highlights. ;-)
All I gotta say is 'WOW'!!!
Regarding the herculean effort expended to produce good coffee (whatever that is!) I suppose the best analogy is that I feel like a powerbait fisherman sitting on a dock, gazing in wonderment at those weird flyfishers out on the lake, using equipment that cost more than my truck.
Regarding the herculean effort expended to produce good coffee (whatever that is!) I suppose the best analogy is that I feel like a powerbait fisherman sitting on a dock, gazing in wonderment at those weird flyfishers out on the lake, using equipment that cost more than my truck.
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AS a former Sailor, and you a former Marine, we drank a lot of coffee that had been ground and canned sometime well before our birth, kept us alert and helped keep us awake on those midnight, and beyond, duties. There sure is something about the freshness of all this hobby effort.All I gotta say is 'WOW'!!!
Regarding the herculean effort expended to produce good coffee (whatever that is!) I suppose the best analogy that I feel like a powerbait fisherman sitting on a dock, gazing in wonderment at those weird flyfishers out on the lake, using equipment that cost more than my truck.
Yeah...I guess my taste buds were 'ruint'. I enjoy 7-11 coffee that's been boiling into sludge for 12 hours, ancient dessicated 'roller' hotdogs, and that embalmed 'mystery meat' you pick out of a plastic bin with tongs.
I like the corn dogs that are well done........ nothing like a gas station corn dog (with mustard, no ketchup).
I've never been one to turn up my nose at burned gas station coffee. Hell I've lived most of my life drinking that stuff. Still, after exposing myself to better coffee my eyes were definitely opened. I simply didn't know what I was missing.
Like Patrick McManus wrote "Smoked carp tastes just as good as smoked steelhead....if ya ain't got no smoked steelhead"
Like Patrick McManus wrote "Smoked carp tastes just as good as smoked steelhead....if ya ain't got no smoked steelhead"
wanderingrichard
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This thread has helped me pay attention to my morning coffee. As I said before, its a Grind and Brew cup in the mornings except for the weekend, where its pour over day.
I use the same french roast for both, just a finer grind for the pour over. What I've noticed is that i only drink 2 cups on the weekends as opposed to my 1/2 carafe a day during week days.
So I think I'm getting a better , richer, cup using the pour over and that's more satisfying for me.
Retirement cant come fast enough. Then, i wont hace to be up at 330-4 am every day and will have time to enjoy my drink.
I use the same french roast for both, just a finer grind for the pour over. What I've noticed is that i only drink 2 cups on the weekends as opposed to my 1/2 carafe a day during week days.
So I think I'm getting a better , richer, cup using the pour over and that's more satisfying for me.
Retirement cant come fast enough. Then, i wont hace to be up at 330-4 am every day and will have time to enjoy my drink.
wanderingrichard
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Has anyone noticed an uptick in price per lb. or price per bag within the last week or so ? I'm hearing rumbles of it since the Ukraine incident started.
My wife and I spent a few nights travelling the 101 loop around the Olympic Peninsula, our last night was in Port Angeles at an Airbnb. This old house
had a very nice coffee bar including a burr grinder, French press, drip system and a pour over utilizing the programmable water kettle. I liked the kettle so much I bought one. Programmed the kettle to 200F. The long spout is great for controlling the pour over.
had a very nice coffee bar including a burr grinder, French press, drip system and a pour over utilizing the programmable water kettle. I liked the kettle so much I bought one. Programmed the kettle to 200F. The long spout is great for controlling the pour over.
Been working through another gift bag. This time a dark roasted Kauai peaberry. Lots of coffees get washed out and muted in a dark roast but this one can take it. Rich and earthy. Dang it’s good!
As a side note, this stuff was available at Costco on Kauai when I went a couple years ago. Highly recommended if you want to make your own while on vacation.
As a side note, this stuff was available at Costco on Kauai when I went a couple years ago. Highly recommended if you want to make your own while on vacation.
BriGuy
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It's the Russians! They're on to you and are trying to eliminate you by poisoning your coffee.
Cost of beans has been going up for a bit. Buddy was about to tell me and never got around to the reason. He's deployed all over the world in an ODA. Africa, South America, etc. He always finds a bean connection every where he goes. Plus, like my BIL, he was stationed in Hawaii at the special operations base there. Yep more bean connections. 