Best coffee you have ever had

snow
snow Posts: 4,337
edited September 2009 in The Clubhouse
Since I was so lucky to have won a great Karma put on by NotaSuv I thought I would start a thread regarding coffee and perhaps get some ideas on new coffees to try out.

What is the best coffee you have ever tasted and what qualties did it have to make it so enjoyable? Also what was the worst coffee you ever drank?

The best for me was a peruvian organic by Gevalia full bodied rich coffee with a sweet aftertaste. The worst was a celbes kalossi by a local roaster incredibly bitter and acidic

And Thanks John my mouth is watering thinking about the new arrival :)




REGARDS SNOW
Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited August 2009
    I spent most of my life in Seattle, so I've had a lot of really good coffee that wasn't Starbucks. One of my favorites is Terrefazone Italia, it's just a smooth cup with lots of flavor.

    My least favorite is anything out of a can, or an instant out of a jar.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,200
    edited August 2009
    The coffee maker will make a terrifying difference. For example, good coffee in a bad espresso maker, with the wrong technique, will still taste pretty much like cr@p (and not really any better than bad coffee made under the same circumstances IMO).

    Comparing espresso coffee with filter coffee or French press coffee is like comparing a boom box and a carefully constructed HT IMO. Since so few people use espresso machines, I'll assume this discussion is about filter coffee, so I don't consider myself a competent judge in this case, but I just thought I'd feed the topic a little bit, and stir up the pot, so to speak!
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited August 2009
    Dunkin' Donuts
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited August 2009
    Budweiser
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2009
    Jamican Blue Mountain,, I think that the worst was some kinda pecan flavored coffee crap.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,200
    edited August 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    Budweiser
    You disappoint me, NJ. I thought you knew that Bud tasted so bad, not because it was yesterday's cold coffee, but because it wasn't really beer ... :eek:

    P.S. Actually, try putting it through your coffee maker: who knows? It might actually improve it. It could hardly make it worse! ... :eek:
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  • BigMac
    BigMac Posts: 849
    edited August 2009
    I know this will sound weird but this is the best coffee I have ever had. I did not know at the time it was from the kopi luwak. Kinda like a food that tastes really good till you find out what it is. And no it did not even have a hint of **** flavor,lol.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited August 2009
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    Dunkin' Donuts

    I must admit its pretty good Coffee.
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  • lanion
    lanion Posts: 843
    edited August 2009
    Greek coffee at a very nice authentic Greek cafe (it happened to be in Tasmania, but I'm sure similar quality can be found elsewhere).

    Greek coffee is a bit intense, so not sure if that counts.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited August 2009
    Kex wrote: »
    You disappoint me, NJ. I thought you knew that Bud tasted so bad, not because it was yesterday's cold coffee, but because it wasn't really beer ... :eek:

    P.S. Actually, try putting it through your coffee maker: who knows? It might actually improve it. It could hardly make it worse! ... :eek:

    Laughing here for sure. Some mornings I'd rather have a Budweiser in the AM than a coffee :)
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited August 2009
    Kex wrote: »
    The coffee maker will make a terrifying difference. For example, good coffee in a bad espresso maker, with the wrong technique, will still taste pretty much like cr@p (and not really any better than bad coffee made under the same circumstances IMO).

    Comparing espresso coffee with filter coffee or French press coffee is like comparing a boom box and a carefully constructed HT IMO. Since so few people use espresso machines, I'll assume this discussion is about filter coffee, so I don't consider myself a competent judge in this case, but I just thought I'd feed the topic a little bit, and stir up the pot, so to speak!

    French press and a Delonghi pump espresso machine at Cas de Rat.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,197
    edited August 2009
    Gevalia is pretty impressive coffee. I used to belong to the club and I may start again. I use whole bean and grind my own for my Bodum French Press coffee maker. Great, fresh beans and the French Press syle equals great coffee everytime.
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  • Barefoot
    Barefoot Posts: 149
    edited August 2009
    For me, probably The Dripolator, here in downtown Asheville.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited August 2009
    I forgot to say, coffee really is for girls. What is it with everyone!!!!! Oh I am too tired and have my head up my **** till I have a cup of coffee, come on!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2009
    The best coffee I've had, was Elkins brand, which we discovered at a place called 'The Steak Place', in Chestnut Hill, Newton MA.
    This was 25 years ago, so I doubt that place is still there!
    But I still remeber it.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2009
    Difficult to choose between Brazilian and Colombian (not what is sold here in the U.S. as Colombian...).
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    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2009
    Folgers!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Difficult to choose between Brazilian and Colombian (not what is sold here in the U.S. as Colombian...).

    Since someone mentioned the process is important.....the best coffee machines are from Italy. The best italian is the Gaggia. No discussion possible.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2009
    Thanks for all the suggestions so far guys. Jamican Blue Mountain is high up on my list of coffees to try and it is certainly considered to be one of the best there is. kopi luwak I would give a shot if I could buy a cup of it not sure I want to spend what it costs to buy a pound only to find out it wasnt as good as something else. I will put Terrefazone Italia on my list of coffees to try. And yes some of the Colombian coffees are wonderful a real delight to drink.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited August 2009
    Any coffee from Cuba is amazing.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,145
    edited August 2009
    Eight O' clock coffee, French Vanilla. This is the coffee for me. No other flavors, no other brands. DD and SB's coffee makes me want to puke. All of them.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Since someone mentioned the process is important.....the best coffee machines are from Italy. The best italian is the Gaggia. No discussion possible.
    I believe the quality of the water makes a huge difference in taste also, if you are going to spend $10.00 or up past $100.00 for a pound of coffe why use tap water? It would be like putting ketchup on your Kobe steak IMHO.
    Keiko wrote: »
    Nothing like 100% Kona coffee.
    Oh geez thats right Mike you live there, Hell you could become my new best friend :D

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited August 2009
    Bad any straight coffee from Starbucks.


    Good just about anything from Barnie's.

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  • WastelandWand'r
    WastelandWand'r Posts: 466
    edited August 2009
    The stuff in my thermos when it is 30 below and I am on the trail somewhere half frozen.
    I usually order 5 pounds of North Pole Coffee, 'Black Gold' from Snow's town of Fairbanks, AK. Gotta support the locals and their efforts.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited August 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Nothing like 100% Kona coffee.

    I gotta agree , this is one of my favorites as well.

    I do however enjoy a Wawa regular and they have this new organic coffee thats really good.

    I do enjoy a good cup of Star Bucks house blend. Thats damn good coffee.
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  • apphd
    apphd Posts: 1,514
    edited August 2009
    Worst cup of coffee was the one I would sit through in a strange kitchen trying to be a nice guy and not running when I saw what I woke up next to.











    jk:D
    I think I am addicted to coffee as there is no worst......just some are better than others.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Worse coffee I ever had was that crap they brewed up when I was in the Army. We used to refer to it as "Lifer Juice." It was blended with chicory and just plain nasty.

    I think Yuban is a good cup of everyday coffee.
    Anything that has chicory in it should be outlawed, It is truly an awful additive.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Nothing like 100% Kona coffee.

    DING! Best cup I ever had was on Oahu in what passes for a diner in Hawaii. Right on the main stretch in to Waikiki, just before you'd have to make a right to get to the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

    Had a beautiful Hawaiian waitress who was nice as pie and easy on the eyes with never ending pots of the stuff! We sat there for 3 hours just talking about nothing and killing pot after pot of that 100% Kona dark roast. It was a bit more expensive than the regular Columbian swill but there is just nothing like it. No African, Central American, Asian or South American style comes anywhere close to the mellow and smooth flavor. It's heaven in a cup!
    snow wrote: »
    I believe the quality of the water makes a huge difference in taste also, if you are going to spend $10.00 or up past $100.00 for a pound of coffe why use tap water? It would be like putting ketchup on your Kobe steak IMHO.

    Oh geez thats right Mike you live there, Hell you could become my new best friend :D

    REGARDS SNOW

    You don't need Mike, you can get your own. It's pretty expensive, about $30 a pound but that's 1/4th what places like Starbucks charge for their awful "blends". Comes right from the farms and roasters too. I highly recommend getting whole beans and grinding yourself.

    http://www.konacoffee.com/

    If you want the strongest cup of coffee you've ever had in your life, pick up their peaberry in a dark roast.




    As far as my favorite, Kona, hands down. But nothing beats coffee in a Jersey Diner. Most people from out of state think it's "awful" but it's brewed hot and fresh 24/7 and you can get yourself some eggs and bacon to go along with it any time of day. It's no worse than the Folgers or Maxwell House or any other of the major American brands and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    http://www.royalkonacoffee.com/

    http://www.shop.sweetokolecoffeecompany.com/main.sc;jsessionid=9740E0C8669A06EA1FE78767596CDEDA.qscstrfrnt01?gclid=CJuj5fz1zJwCFRxNagodYFHeJg

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    The Chocolate-Macadamia Nut Lion Coffee is da bomb. :D
    Here's a link to Lion Coffee. I'll do a Christmas karma for this later on. ;)

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    Dang, beat me to it.
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  • mewisemagic
    mewisemagic Posts: 194
    edited August 2009
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Gevalia is pretty impressive coffee. I used to belong to the club and I may start again. I use whole bean and grind my own for my Bodum French Press coffee maker. Great, fresh beans and the French Press syle equals great coffee everytime.

    gevalia is what i drink too, the columbian and trad. styles:)
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