Coffee, Anyone...?

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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited August 2005
    george daniel wrote:
    :D:D Jamican Blue Mountain,,only way to fly MAAN,grind em every morning !

    Isn't that what they brew at the White House? I heard that stuff is outrageously expensive!
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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited August 2005
    CrBoy wrote:
    Esta en la casa tomando Cerveza!!! :D

    At the house drinking a beer! :D
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    :D On my first cup today, Starbucks Sumatra. :D
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  • CrBoy
    CrBoy Posts: 580
    edited August 2005
    I'm about to get my first cup today... "Cafe 1820" I really need it, am about to fall asleep...!
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2005
    How did you learn to operate a coffee machine like that? They look complicated.
    This is no coffee machine, it's sole purpose in life is espresso. It is very easy to use as well.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    Macy's had a killer deal on an espresso machine a few months back. Picked it up and had some fun making espresso. The milk frother is really cool too.

    They actually look more complicated than they really are...Very easy to use.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2005
    Yep Mike, that is where we bought our espresso machine as well, Macy's.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2005
    I'm a coffee hog. I've never been a soda drinker so I drink coffee or water pretty much all day. I'm not much for fancy coffee, I drink mine black and love Folgers Dark Columbian.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    Ron-P wrote:
    Yep Mike, that is where we bought our espresso machine as well, Macy's.

    Once in a while, they have some really great sales on appliances. The wife also had some coupons, etc to deduct on top of the sale price.

    I paid $13 for a cuisinart coffee maker, $19 for the melitta espresso..

    can't pass that up
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,056
    edited August 2005
    http://www.starbucks.com/ourcoffees/coffee_edu9.asp
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    Willow wrote:
    http://www.starbucks.com/ourcoffees/coffee_edu9.asp

    When I started buying coffee, some people would say to freeze the coffee, others said to keep in the fridge. However, I got the best result by keeping it in an airtight container at room temp like the link above suggests.

    I know it's best to grind just before brewing but sometimes I am lazy...
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited August 2005
    Bought one of these for the wife last Xmas after she specifically told me NOT to since it was rather pricey for just a coffee maker (the B100 model):

    Keurig

    ...and she hasn't had coffee from anywhere else since!

    The K-Cup idea is awesome.
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  • CrBoy
    CrBoy Posts: 580
    edited August 2005
    I'm so bored and sleepy right now that I'd need to drink at least 1 galon of coffee to wake up...

    Where's the good coffee when you need it...!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2005
    My basic body protoplasm is equal parts caffeine, tobacco, salt, pepper, red meat, and rum.

    Caffeine (by way of coffee) is very important to me. It pisses me off to no end that a lot of times when I go shopping, there is an abundance of freakin' RASPBERRY coffee, HAZELNUT coffee, CHOCOLATE coffee, BUBBLEGUM coffee, FRENCH VANILLA coffee, and TUTTI STINKING FRUTTI coffee, but no straight Columbian. This kills me, because I only like COFFEE FLAVORED COFFEE! Coffee is good stuff, and very important nutritionally. Luckies also don't taste the same without it. I don't go with the powdered **** either. Whole beans only in my house, ground a couple minutes before the pot is brewed.

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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2005
    COFFEE FLAVORED COFFEE!
    You just might be on to something here George, a new flavor for the supermarket shelf. :D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2005
    Your "Coffee Flavored Coffee" comment reminded me of Denis Leary.

    "You can get every other flavor except coffee-flavored coffee! They got mochaccino, they got chocaccino, frappaccino, rappaccino, Al Pacino, what the f--k?!"
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited August 2005
    CrBoy wrote:
    I'm about to get my first cup today... "Cafe 1820" I really need it, am about to fall asleep...!

    I didn't believe that coffee actually would wake you up, but it is true. Coffee will wake you up for sure.
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  • CrBoy
    CrBoy Posts: 580
    edited August 2005
    It takes about 30 minutes to "feel" the Caffeine effects in your body...
    However after 16+ years drinking coffee [everyday] it doesn't really affect me much now...
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited August 2005
    I went a year caffeine free and was feeling great. Now I'm slowly getting back into the addiction. I seriously need to quit again. Don't drink coffee, only caffeine sodas, very mild compared to coffee. I guess my body doesn't like stimulant drugs, I just went apeshit when I accidentally took some ephedrine containing vitamin supplements. Now I take a close look at what those "vitamin" supplements contain as this really was labeled as multi-vitamin, not speed.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited August 2005
    BTW guys, if you experience frequent urge to urinate and/or have prostate problems, you need lay off from caffeinated drinks.
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    Sami wrote:
    I went a year caffeine free and was feeling great. Now I'm slowly getting back into the addiction. I seriously need to quit again. Don't drink coffee, only caffeine sodas, very mild compared to coffee. I guess my body doesn't like stimulant drugs, I just went apeshit when I accidentally took some ephedrine containing vitamin supplements. Now I take a close look at what those "vitamin" supplements contain as this really was labeled as multi-vitamin, not speed.

    Be very careful if you drink coffee and take any kind of epehdra. Also look out for an herb called guarana. The label will tell you how much caffeine the guarana is standardized to. Even if the product is labeled ephedra free, look for guarana. Also if anyone takes sudafed (pseudoephedrine) be careful as this is another form of ephedra.

    When I worked in a vitamin store, people would buy stacker, trim-spa, xenadrine and all those kinds of supplements, all of them had epedra and guarana at the time. These things were powerful and when mixed with the additional caffeine from beverages, they could really mess you up: irregular heart beat, tremors, sweating, panic, etc.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited August 2005
    Mike682 wrote:
    Also if anyone takes sudafed (pseudoephedrine) be careful as this is another form of ephedra.
    It has same kind of side-effects as ephedra, that's why "pseudo". The reason why some allergy medications are non-drowsy. Claritin-D (loradatine & pseudoephedrine) is something that I can take but not anywhere close to bedtime as it would keep me awake.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited August 2005
    Starbucks is good but I just can't handle paying four bucks a cup... I'm not THAT addicted yet. A place called Blenz makes decent coffee too.
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  • CrBoy
    CrBoy Posts: 580
    edited August 2005
    michael_w wrote:
    Starbucks is good but I just can't handle paying four bucks a cup... I'm not THAT addicted yet. A place called Blenz makes decent coffee too.

    I pay $1.50 per month here at my Company for the Coffee and i'm free to have as much coffee as I want... EVERY DAY...!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2005
    michael_w wrote:
    Starbucks is good but I just can't handle paying four bucks a cup... I'm not THAT addicted yet. A place called Blenz makes decent coffee too.

    Regular coffee at Starbucks is just the same or cheaper than any other coffee chain (IE Dunkin Donuts). It's just that people always get blahblahchino with blahblah flavor at Starbucks, which obviously costs more. Plain ole coffee isn't much more than two bucks.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2005
    If Dennis Leary only likes coffee flavored coffee too, then he's okay with me. All the other things he mentioned, ARE coffee flavored stuff, but all dicked up with other ****.

    I started with cream and sugar. Then less cream and honey. Then evaporated milk and sugar. Then I had a revelation. Sweetened condensed milk. A small spoonful. THIS is a great way to drink coffee flavored coffee. It really arranges for the coffee to be very friendly to your mouth. SMOOOTH. Been doing it for about ten years now.

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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    I'm gonna try the sweetened condensed milk, it sounds good :)
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited August 2005
    Ahh I didn't know plain black joe at starbucks was that cheap.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited August 2005
    I drink it black, I was told at a young age that if you want to drink coffee, drink coffee. If you want a milkshake go to an ice cream parlor.

    I won't pay over a buck for a cup of coffee.

    People will **** to no end, justifiably so, about the price of gas as they are swilling down a cup of coffee from Starbucks that they paid 4 bucks (or whatever they charge) with no complaint. Makes no sense to me.

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  • PolknPepsi
    PolknPepsi Posts: 781
    edited August 2005
    Ron-P wrote:
    This is no coffee machine, it's sole purpose in life is espresso. It is very easy to use as well.

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