Comments on: The Perfect Cup of Coffee

By: woofwoofarf

woofwoofarf — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:09:58 +0000

In reply to datahawk. You can get a nice thermal carafe for about $15 at Bed Bath and Beyond. It's nice to have hot coffee available all morning long (like now - my third cup will be as hot as when I first poured it in there, three hours ago).

By: woofwoofarf

woofwoofarf — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:08:36 +0000

In reply to haikujaguar. I've wanted to try roasting my own beans, but I've noticed that whenever I go by a coffee place that roasts their own the smell is, well, horrendous. I think I'd drive my wuff out of the house with that smell, even moreso than when I brew beer :-) Still, it might make for a fun experiment sometime.

By: woofwoofarf

woofwoofarf — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:06:23 +0000

In reply to megadog.

Re: “W” is for WEASEL !
Uhhh…I think I’ll pass on the Weasel Coffee. The mere notion leaves me a bit queasy. If my food must be processed, I prefer it to be in a somewhat less organic fashion.

By: woofwoofarf

woofwoofarf — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:05:24 +0000

In reply to roho. Well, not being a tea-drinker, I'll defer to a wiser man than I for that. Rollie has also posted a version for a perfect cup of tea, as well.

By: posicat

posicat — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:32:50 +0000

In reply to roho. Yes indeed! Write one for tea! Mummmm teavana.com, I want one in Gurnee mills, come to me my prescious!

By: haikujaguar

haikujaguar — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:32:18 +0000

Hooray, another coffee fiend! Now you just have to take the next step and roast your own beans! It’s addicting! 😀

By: datahawk

datahawk — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:10:31 +0000

Teach me not to read my LJ, I didn’t even see you posted this. 🙂
All I’m missing is the carafe. 🙂
http://www.coffee-mugs.us/cafe-bistro-mugs.html#g is the PERFECT size 😀

By: plonq

plonq — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:35:02 +0000

Yum
Champaign Blend from Continental Coffee in Vancouver – best coffee evar!!11!
I used to make the trek into town every time I ran out of coffee, braving traffic and lousy parking in order to procure this particular in-house blend. If you got there at the right time of day you could sometimes get beans that were still slightly warm from the roasting oven. If you were feeling adventurous they would also sell you the raw beans to roast yourself. I kept meaning to try that except that I heard horror stories of houses full of acrid-smelling smoke.
As to burr vs blade — burr, you Philistine. ’nuff said on that subject.
French press? Is that a regional thing, or have I fallen out of touch since I moved to the prairies? I always just knew it as a Bodum. I’m told that if you want the ultimate coffee experience you have to get one of these:
I want one!
Starbucks used to carry them, but they dropped the product shortly before I stopped in to buy one. Bastards.
I’m not a big fan of whipping cream in my coffee. I’ve done it when we ran out of regular cream, but I find that it makes the coffee taste a bit too… buttery for my liking. Powdered whitener (or jet fuel as my brother used to call it) is an abomination. If the only choices are jet fuel or milk then I’ll drink my coffee black. Given the choice I’ll usually use the 10% cream.

By: werellama

werellama — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:37:33 +0000

I follow most of those steps when I make coffee. The only thing I do differently is I store the beans in a jar in the frige. My dad always stored the coffee in the frige, which is where I got that from (not the freezer).

By: roho

roho — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:01:03 +0000

In reply to mirkowuff.

My good sir, of course you may borrow this glorious visage. ARSE!
😉
(And I wish I remembered the site I originally got it from, had all kinds of great pics from the show)