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Tovolo spatula - makes cleanup completely painless and hassle free. Best you'll ever own.
@Geoff4rfc - take a look at the Aeropress before you buy a French Press. A French Press is okay, but Aeropress beats it, IMHO. I was using a mini FP for a while, but it just wasn't as good. It is, however, good for bulk concentrate or cold brew.
I gotta get offa this thread or you guys're gonna have me addicted again.
Thanks for the recommendation Scott...and hey, I've chatted through direct messaging with you enough to know that if coffee makes you taz out, then you and I have two different versions of taz....maybe you're just drinking RedLine in secret.....Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2
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Cooperscast coffee, I buy the organic Sumatra, whole beans, dark roast. I buy it in 5lb bags, free shipping, roasted fresh before shipping.
Fine line between quality coffee and price. I've tried about a dozen or so brands outside the grocery store garbage. Prices can get crazy, and for 12 oz bags, not even a pound anymore. My wife likes a stronger coffee, she's use to the Starbucks degreaser. I like a lighter coffee, less acidic, so my gut isn't doing cart wheels. I also don't want the garbage sprayed with who knows what. The organic Sumantra from Coopers cast hits that middle ground for us. If I had a choice, and tons of coin, I'd be drinking single origin Kona or Jamaican blue mountain.HT SYSTEM-
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If I had a choice, and tons of coin, I'd be drinking single origin Kona or Jamaican blue mountain.
I've always loved Kona. A friend of mine would often go to Hawaii while I'd watch her dog. She'd reward me with bags of Kona....
Being in the Seattle area for so long (way before Starbucks made it's way to my home in San Antonio), I started out drinking 3 shot vanilla lattes. They would always make it too sweet regardless of my "less" vanilla requests....so, I figured, more shots.....didn't take too long until I was up to 6 shot vanilla lattes.
Drank those for a couple of years....of course, that was a few lifetimes ago
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Dang we should start a club within a club.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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I did french presses for a little while.
I had a job which had garbage office coffee. This Flavia stuff. Tasted stale to begin with and the always supplied these paper cups that weren't meant for hot drinks. So it added this flavor and aroma of melted wax and cardboard.
It was stellar.
I used to go to the Dunkin Donuts that was in the concourse level of the building in the morning but when I did the math and realized how much I was spending on coffee, I got a ceramic mug at the dollar store and started using that at work for the office coffee.
It didn't help it any.
So I had a small coffee maker, made 2 cups at a time, on my desk. My jerk boss lost his marbles on me about said, it wasn't allowed and I had until the end of the day to get rid of it or I'd be escorted from the building and my coffee maker confiscated.
So I ended up switching to a french press. I had a glass one from Bodum that got ganked by someone, an actual fireable offense, and my boss did nothing about it. So I switched to a travel one from Bodum that I took home with me every day.
The coffee was way better than the swill at work but cleaning a french press was a colossal pain in the rear.
This, was, of course, before french presses got trendy and there are far more options out there now than there were in 2008.
I still use the travel one on camping trips sometimes. Especially if I'm at an event and running something so I'm by myself.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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If I lose power, it looks like I can still make java.
The French press has never been unpacked, it's a small one. I'd like to try it once or twice.
I have used the Vietnamese dripper vessel, it's strong coffee is served on ice with sweetened condensed milk. -
I have a Moccamaster, a Cuisinart, and a French Press at home that I use occasionally on weekends.
95 percent of my coffee comes from a Keurig machine though. I always use sugar and half-and-half so coffee bean flavor itself isn't my main focus. Rapid caffeine delivery is and I stopped drinking soda altogether some time ago.
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so coffee bean flavor itself isn't my main focus. Rapid caffeine delivery is
Ya know, you can buy caffeine powder from china, just cut out a rail and snort it up.....
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Coffee is the mother of my day (with apologies to anyone I just plagiarized). Been drinking it since grade school. I didn’t become nerdy until some coworkers were talking up roasting their own beans and touting how much money they were saving….kind of like the home brewers beforehand. “Just pennies a glass!” Great thread.
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Yep. It stunted my growth. Only 6’ 4”.
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sounds like the voice of experience there. Dang Ivan.... HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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Yep. It stunted my growth. Only 6’ 4”.
I don't think the coffee stunts growth. Smoking weed on the other had does. That's why I'm only 5'2". Lots of weed.Gustard X26 Pro DAC
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@Kex
ain’t nothing wrong with a nice latte in the morning, who cares if it’s traditional or not
Black object next to the grinder is a tamp stand.
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stangman67 wrote: »@Kex
ain’t nothing wrong with a nice latte in the morning, who cares if it’s traditional or not
Black object next to the grinder is a tamp stand.
Polk Coffee?
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Some of the guys came back from The 'Nam with that.aprazer402 wrote: »the Vietnamese dripper vessel
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Lol
Tovolo spatula - makes cleanup completely painless and hassle free. Best you'll ever own.
@Geoff4rfc - take a look at the Aeropress before you buy a French Press. A French Press is okay, but Aeropress beats it, IMHO. I was using a mini FP for a while, but it just wasn't as good. It is, however, good for bulk concentrate or cold brew.
I gotta get offa this thread or you guys're gonna have me addicted again.
Thanks for the recommendation Scott...and hey, I've chatted through direct messaging with you enough to know that if coffee makes you taz out, then you and I have two different versions of taz....maybe you're just drinking RedLine in secret.....
I only drink Redline pre-ride. Or if backed up.I disabled signatures. -
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Tovolo spatula - makes cleanup completely painless and hassle free. Best you'll ever own.
@Geoff4rfc - take a look at the Aeropress before you buy a French Press. A French Press is okay, but Aeropress beats it, IMHO. I was using a mini FP for a while, but it just wasn't as good. It is, however, good for bulk concentrate or cold brew.
I gotta get offa this thread or you guys're gonna have me addicted again.
Thanks for the recommendation Scott...and hey, I've chatted through direct messaging with you enough to know that if coffee makes you taz out, then you and I have two different versions of taz....maybe you're just drinking RedLine in secret.....
I only drink Redline pre-ride. Or if backed up.
Lol, so you Know about Redline...back when VPX was a thing, they were one of my sponsors. The two supplements I used at the track were; Redline and Hydroforce.
I used to tease the other racers with their monsters and rockstars by saying, boys, if you had my stuff, you'd pour your stuff down the toilet.....of course they'd want to try it and I'd warn them, "Sip it slow, this ain't your grandmas energy drink".
Sure enough, they'd come back to my pits shaking..."hey man, you got anymore of the crack in a can?"
I'd load my system on Hydroforce, then at second call for my race, I'd chug a can of Redline. I could literally feel my insides crystalizing into little ice cubes, then head out to do crazy stuff
Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2
Cables: AudioQuest McKenzie XLR's/CDP/Amp, Carbon 48/BRP, Forest 48/Display, 2 channel speaker cable: Furutech FS Alpha 36 12AWG PCOCC Single Crystal (Douglas Connection)
EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman -
I always associated Redline with BMX bikes from the 80s, or Red Line 2-stroke oil for the motocross bikes from that same era...
I'm old.For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore... -
Those vintage Redlines are STILL going for big bucks. (BTW, same thoughts here Bill)
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Lolol crack in a can
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Tovolo spatula - makes cleanup completely painless and hassle free. Best you'll ever own.
@Geoff4rfc - take a look at the Aeropress before you buy a French Press. A French Press is okay, but Aeropress beats it, IMHO. I was using a mini FP for a while, but it just wasn't as good. It is, however, good for bulk concentrate or cold brew.
I gotta get offa this thread or you guys're gonna have me addicted again.
Thanks for the recommendation Scott...and hey, I've chatted through direct messaging with you enough to know that if coffee makes you taz out, then you and I have two different versions of taz....maybe you're just drinking RedLine in secret.....
I only drink Redline pre-ride. Or if backed up.
Lol, so you Know about Redline...back when VPX was a thing, they were one of my sponsors. The two supplements I used at the track were; Redline and Hydroforce.
I used to tease the other racers with their monsters and rockstars by saying, boys, if you had my stuff, you'd pour your stuff down the toilet.....of course they'd want to try it and I'd warn them, "Sip it slow, this ain't your grandmas energy drink".
Sure enough, they'd come back to my pits shaking..."hey man, you got anymore of the crack in a can?"
I'd load my system on Hydroforce, then at second call for my race, I'd chug a can of Redline. I could literally feel my insides crystalizing into little ice cubes, then head out to do crazy stuff.
I thought you meant Redline the motorsports lubricants I disabled signatures. -
Do you really think I give a flying....(Oh yeah, "family friendly forum" here.......*cue song*....
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I used to like Peet's because of their small beans it ground nice and tasted good in my Breville grind and brew. Peet's didn't exit Russia like everyone else so I avoid them now. Switched to Starbucks for their bean size and taste and then they went woke so they got my ban hammer to. Death Wish was a good replacement but a bit pricey.
For the past few months it's been DD for $19.99 for 3lbs. It goes through the grinder nicely and makes a decent cup. I'm hoping corporate DD doesn't do anything stupid as they're good enough for my 2 cup a day habit. -
So Starbucks are too woke, but Peet’s aren’t woke enough?! 🤪
How many stores do Peet’s even have in Russia anyway?!
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I used to LOVE Dunkin' Donuts coffee until I tasted it through the MM. Yuck!
Differing machines and processes yield differing results IME.
Funny how the same thing can be aplied to audio....
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
