Favorite coffee?

My WINGED GOAT COFFEE - www.wingedgoat.com
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Brazilian Premium Beans - Caffeine and Gasoline.....

Folgers. Maxwell House will do in a pinch.

Black.

Black Folgers...

DIXIEGARAGE said:

My WINGED GOAT COFFEE - www.wingedgoat.com
Discount "NRA30"

Brazilian Premium Beans - Caffeine and Gasoline.....

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Thanks for tip on WG and while Their descriptions of their beans left something to be desired I see something that really tweaked my interest and will pursue that.

Since my last post in '15 I have upped my game a lot in the world of coffee drinking.


Coffee it's not just for breakfast anymore.

I have drank coffee since I was about 12. I drink it black and I like it robust (flavorful).

Its been a long road since then and today I have developed a more refined taste and approach. To that end here is how I make my 'cup o' joe' and many thanks to those days when it was anti freeze for an ole soldier...

Good coffee is a result and the steps along the way are each important to arrive...the means justify the end.

Beans: I experiment with a lot of beans, but I keep coming back to Starbucks beans. They are of excellent quality and remain the same over time.

The Roast: The darker (longer) the roast the more flavor you extract from the bean, the lighter the roast the more the flavors or the beans origin (country, area, soil etc) arrives at your taste buds. I go for the darkest of all roasts, Italian, the next darkest if French, trust me there is a taste difference. NOTE: Darker and longer roast = LESS caffeine, which is why I can drink 2x 18 oz cups each morn and not get the shakes or ringing in my ears...

The Grind: If you want more flavors then the grind comes into play and for that the finest (granularity) is Turkish grind, almost like dust.

The Steep: I steep about 10-15 min, steep to long and it will get oily, to short and it lacks flavor and becomes almost dry and tasteless .

The Water: Pure, flavorLESS, if you are getting it from you kitchen faucet then you are making anti freeze to warm you on a cold morning, no more, no less.

The Mechanics: To bring out the high notes flavors then it is a French Press, nothing else will deliver like it does. But they are not all good, many if not most allow far to much of the grind to pass thru its filter system into the coffee...you want to drink it, not chew it. When it comes to the French Press a start up company has perfected it. Its stainless steel, vacuum insulated and has a patented double filter and that is the secret: http://espro.ca/espro-press

The Cup: Ceramic or stainless steel, period!

TIPs: Wash your stainless steel/ceramics in bleach-soap I use Clorox Cleanup in order to insure you remove the residual coffee oils. Wash quick, RINSE RINSE!

Preparation Espro French Press: I have a 18 oz press and I use 2x level coffee spoons. I place it inside and tap the press on the side near the bottom to stack the coffee on one side. Pour boiling water into the coffee stack using a fast hard pour to mix the coffee into the water, slow as it rises to the fill line, try not to go over. Let steep, then push down slowly on the press, I let it settle for about a min or so then pour into your cup of choice.

The Results: MY coffee notes. Rich: Notes of chocolate and molasses. Earthy: Caramel, toffee and tobacco. Fruity: Fig and Cola.


Quality Coffee beans, Italian Roast, Turkish grind, French Press…

ENJOY!

Most super market coffee is IMHO like milk. It all comes out of the same nozzle and only the label is different. That said I like it just fine for EDC (every day consuming)
This morning I'm sipping on some "2nd Cup" stuff that claims to send a bag to the troops for every bag you buy. The wife got it at some Foo Foo market. I could get accustomed to it fast.
Also she brought me some paper tubes of instant coffee from South Korea. It is without doubt the only "instant" I have ever liked. Going to order more when she remembers the name. I tossed the packages after trying it.

The funny thing that people get in their minds is that the darker, bolder (stronger tasting) coffees are higher in caffeine, which it's the opposite, the lighter coffees are higher in caffeine.

Good coffee is relative ...
Most memorable thus far was a cup of instant after a two week operation ... out of a canteen cup and made with stream water boiled with a chunk of C4.
Almost as good as the Marlboro that came with it ...

karlac said:

Good coffee is relative ...
Most memorable thus far was a cup of instant after a two week operation ... out of a canteen cup and made with stream water boiled with a chunk of C4.
Almost as good as the Marlboro that came with it ...

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I can identify!!!!!!

I'm thinking about buying a stovetop percolator and going old school. Was coffee that good back then, or was it the fact Granny made it and I got to sit with Poppy while I drank it?

skfullen said:

I'm thinking about buying a stovetop percolator and going old school. Was coffee that good back then, or was it the fact Granny made it and I got to sit with Poppy while I drank it?

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It was the goodies you got with that cup of coffee.

Picked up a bag of this stuff....roasted the day before I picked it up and ground to a course grind while I waited....amazing coffee! Going to work on trying all his bean blends.

I make my coffee in a French press....I’ll drink drip coffee, but it’s just not near as good.

skfullen said:

I'm thinking about buying a stovetop percolator and going old school. Was coffee that good back then, or was it the fact Granny made it and I got to sit with Poppy while I drank it?

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Allow me to help you out and save you some from turning good memories into bad.

Your fond memories are that of a warm kitchen, Granny and Poppy and ahhh yes, I to have those same memories. At that stage of life you had not been exposed to the icy cold and harshness of the real world. As for perk coffee, there is a reason why few folks drink it today, because it makes a horrible cup of coffee.

What makes perk so bad? Beans for perk are the bottom floor of the coffee elevator, in fact in if on the can it does not say 100% coffee beans then you are not getting 100% coffee beans, you are getting an assortment of beans, peas, peanut hulls and other stuff such as floor sweepings. (no not kidding)

Then there is what a perk does, it continually sends boiling water over the beans extracting all the goodness of the beans (IF there is any) and along with that the bad and the ugly. The ideal temp for coffee making is around 190-200 F and when you continually extract at 212 F you also extract the bitterness and destroy of fragrant oils that deliver the best taste.

Add to that the coffee you are about to drink is being boiled to death down in the bottom of the pot...which is a distillation process, the water vapor from boiling goes out the spout and the water left has all the minerals and makes hard water harder and affects the taste.

Lets review the bidding:

Lousy beans

Harder water

Higher heat

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Granny

Poppy

Warmth

Granny could make ANYTHING taste good...my Granny did and I have those same exact memories...keep them and lose the perk!

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Folgers, black in a unwashed coffee mug. I can't keep the girlfriend from washing my cup. Even if I hide my mug. She won't let me do the military style seasoned coffee cup.

Guys, I work every day with coffee... I'm a Coffee Trader - Physical and Future (NYSE) - at the end, the most important is, If you like or not what you are drinking.

Of course.... the best of best coffee beans are from Carmo de Minas Region, Brazil, Micro Lots... a Bag with 60Kg cost $10.000 or more!!!! The Espresso with those beans.. is impressive!!!

We are making a fantastic coffee at Winged Goat Coffee, we starting a few months ago with this new company. Because we only find good coffee beans at the market, not the best ones.

I think it matters less if you dump lots of cream and sugar in it. I never could hack that, of course I like the taste of a good cup of coffee by itself (Black), and usually the darker it is the better.

Coffee is like Guns.... is a personal choice.
but if anyone here likes to try our coffee, please let me know...

Free coffee at work. What's on sale for the coffee maker at home but I must have a carafe versus burning the coffee. Keurig has San Francisco Bay Fog Chaser. Work bought a $6k expresso machine but it tastes nasty to me though I also refuse to ever visit a Starbucks due to prices. I drink coffee throughout the day all year round. Some reason I never caught on to specialized coffees or the machines that make them.

DIXIEGARAGE said:

Coffee is like Guns.... is a personal choice.
but if anyone here likes to try our coffee, please let me know...

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