Eight O'Clock regular whole bean,grind it up and store it in a Mason jar.Works for me.

++ on the 8 o'clock coffee drinking a big mug now. Was this an A&P store brand at one time??- I remember my folks bought it there.

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Originally posted by Brett Adam Barringer:
I forget which Asian country (Thailand?), but in one of them coffee beans that have traveled through the intestinal tract of a cat is all the rage! Now that's hardcore!

Brett

Kopi luak, and no I haven't.

+1 on the Community Dark Roast and chicory blend, used to be confined to Louisiana but widely available now. Also Mello-Joy is good, but is available only regionally, as far as I know.

I'd say I like my coffee like I like my women - brown and hot but that's only half true.
I'm cheap when it comes to coffee. I don't have 'gifted' taste buds. People at my office thought I was nuts b/c I'll reheat a cold cup of coffee in the microwave. What they found out is the microwave won't 'burn' the coffee like when you leave the machine on all day will. Now, a lot of them do it.
As far as Starbucks - pfffft!

You don't "grind up the beans and store them." They get stale that way. Whole bean is good for about 5 days. Treat it like meat in the fridge.

+2 on the coffee with Chicory. French Market has been my label for a number of years. Until I got to experimenting....now I use 1/3 FM 1/3 Maxwell dark roast and 1/3 good hazelnut....Had several at my last job that were hooked on it....nothing like a good dark rich cup of coffee..

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nothing like a good dark rich cup of coffee..

Try an Italian or French roast, African beans (Kenyan AA is good.), fresh ground and brewed in a press pot or moka pot. You people are drinking hot water strained through stale sawdust!

Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee

I don't care for Starbucks coffee but since they are pissing off the Brady's I will support them.

From the Brady's:
Over the past few months, more and more gun owners have been gathering at restaurants and coffee shops like Starbucks with guns strapped to their hips, intimidating fellow patrons.

So far, Peet's Coffee & Tea and California Pizza Kitchen have heeded customer concerns and barred the open carrying of guns. But Starbucks is refusing to prohibit the open carrying of firearms in its stores.

It's everyone's right to sit in a restaurant or coffee shop with their families without intimidation or fear of guns, either concealed or openly carried.

Under the law, Starbucks has the right to adopt a gun-free policy, with an exception for uniformed police officers. Such a policy can easily be implemented in most cases by putting up signs at store entrances.

The practice of packing heat in places like Starbucks is intimidating and could be potentially dangerous to our families and communities – and it must be stopped.

We have teamed up with CREDO Action to send petitions to Starbucks to keep guns out of its stores.

I like the coffee from my local qwik trip.I like the house blend,the dark roast,kona,etc,etc,I just dont care for,unless it has lots of sweetner and cream.

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Originally posted by ted thorn:
Where does OXO "come from"? You have no location called out.

My guess is San Francisco.

A few years ago I found this place in Houston.
Mitalena Coffee
They have a great variety of coffee and the prices are reasonable.

If you roast your own beans the try Coffee Bean Corral these folks deal in green coffee beans not roasted beans. If you are into home roasting, these folks would be a good place to start.

Another great source isSweet Maria's

And one more The Perfect Cup

As stated above you need good water to make good coffee. The water you use should be filtered or bottled if you have chlorine in your water. In a perfect world the water should be unaerated. Oxygen is coffee's worst enemy. If you only have aerated water let it sit overnight before brewing.

Try several types of coffee beans. The hunt is after all, the most fun!

Community dark roast, there is no second place.

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Originally posted by MJines:
Community dark roast, there is no second place.

+1 It is still my favorite, especially if I am feeling yuppie and buy the whole bean.

It is best at the camp brewed in an old drip pot.

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Originally posted by Lissauer:

The practice of packing heat in places like Starbucks is intimidating and could be potentially dangerous to our families and communities – and it must be stopped.

Hey Pal . . .

I have a concealed carry permit, and you're not going to know if I have one or not.

Now --

Would you rather see one inocuously sitting in a holster of a law abiding American, or have it secreted away where you don't know if the person is armed or not -- and therefore should assume that they are, for your own personal security?

And let's not hijack my freekin' thread, eh?

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Originally posted by Norton:

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Originally posted by ted thorn:
Where does OXO "come from"? You have no location called out.

My guess is San Francisco.

You'd be way wrong.

Ditto MJines and Mike70560.

I take Community Coffee with me every time I go to Africa. I love the french press. I bring extra because my PHs seem to enjoy it also.

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Originally posted by Mike70560:

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Originally posted by MJines:
Community dark roast, there is no second place.

+1 It is still my favorite, especially if I am feeling yuppie and buy the whole bean.

It is best at the camp brewed in an old drip pot.

I've never bought the whole bean, but after having a good strong cup of Community Dark Roast, the rest is just watered down Sanka.

I can remember my grandmother taking us to visit her old friends. A couple of them didn't speak anything other than French as far as I know. They always made coffee in the old drip pot while they talked and I was bored to tears. I still have her old drip pot. Think I'll go use it and make a pot right now. Good memories.

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Originally posted by BEGNO:
Ditto MJines and Mike70560.

I take Community Coffee with me every time I go to Africa. I love the french press. I bring extra because my PHs seem to enjoy it also.

Are you by chance related to Brian Begneaux, formerly of Mellow Joy? He lived next door to my parents for a couple of years.

We are distant cousins, but I have never met him. It is either spelled "Begnaud" or "Begneaud", depending on what branch of the family you know. It is spelled "Begnaud" in France.

quite right, I didn't want to put your correctly spelled full name out there. Thought your handle and being from Lafayette was too much of a coincidence.

brazilian coffee is probably the best style, though it oxidizes quickly .. followed by the oNLY "sweetened and creamed" coffee i like, greek/turkish coffee ...

a good pot makes crap coffee taste GREAT, and good coffee amazing ..

i like overly burnt beans ...mized with some brown and sweet ones ..

beans -- btw, is a misnomer .. they are cherry pits .....

the fresher burnt and ground to the press pot the better!

chicory aint coffee, but it sure is good!

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Originally posted by Brett Adam Barringer:
I forget which Asian country (Thailand?), but in one of them coffee beans that have traveled through the intestinal tract of a cat is all the rage! Now that's hardcore!

Brett

It is from Indonesia and it is the beans from coffee berries that have been eaten by a species of civet cat! It is found in very small quantities in the jungle and is very expensive. I have tried one cup and found it was just ordinary mild coffee!

My favourites are are Colombian medium roast and some Brazilian medium roast plunger coffee. I do not enjoy the very strong dark roast coffees.

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Originally posted by Swamp_Fox:
It's all bullsh*t unless you use distilled water.
My coffee maker grinds the beans right into the filter and brews.
La-te-do-da...

If I use tap water it sucks. BTW, the tap water tastes great by itself but makes crap for coffee or tea.

Yeah, only you want FILTERED water, not distilled. Distilled water has no flavor. Filtered just removes all the chemicals.

Cost is about the same. Distilled water is for steam irons, chem. labs.

YOU ALL SHOULD REALLY PATRONIZE YOUR LOCAL STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOPS........... CHECK FOX NEWS FOR REASONS WHY..... seems they are welcoming gun owners and open or concealed carriers..............


LIFE IS SHORT.....

PEETS...that all you need to know. Kenya is best.

I shop at walmart and buy $15 jeans and dickies shirts. But when it comes to coffee, get serious.

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Originally posted by 0X0:

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Originally posted by Swamp_Fox:
It's all bullsh*t unless you use distilled water.
My coffee maker grinds the beans right into the filter and brews.
La-te-do-da...

If I use tap water it sucks. BTW, the tap water tastes great by itself but makes crap for coffee or tea.

Yeah, only you want FILTERED water, not distilled. Distilled water has no flavor. Filtered just removes all the chemicals.

Cost is about the same. Distilled water is for steam irons, chem. labs.

Filtering doesn't remove the minerals. It's the minerals that cloud and alter the flavor of coffee and tea. Also, distilled water doesn't foul your heating element.

Yeah, well trust me on this one. I spend more time talking to the baristas at the local coffee roaster than I do at home.

Distilled water is for chem. labs. Filtered water is for making coffee. Coffee is about 98% water, and you want the soluble character of the water in the brew.

What screws up your elements, filters, etc. is insoluble solids in the mix. Filtered water gets rid of that stuff.

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Go ahead, ask me about Swiss Water and osmotic decaffeination process.

Novo Coffee is a local outfit in the Denver area that sources and roasts their own beans from only a few regions where they have cultivated relationships with the local farmers. And their coffee will ruin your taste for any other brand/brew. The Kenya-Gatina brewed with their Clover press is amazing and equally as good brewed with a French Press at home. Simply the best I've tasted and it's reasonably priced compared to many of the other boutique brands as well.

Novo Coffee

Now! Finally!

Mr. Reed is someone who knows coffee!

Fair Trade is a HUGE issue.

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Originally posted by 0X0:

Fair Trade is a HUGE issue.

Why is it an issue?

Liberals like anything with the word "Fair" in it.

I'm all for a fair deal, for any deal but that doesn't figure into which coffee I do or don't buy. Specifically for the coffee I referred to it's just as much, if not more, of a quality control mechanism than it is a social issue.

I always thought "fair trade products" was a buzz phrase that actually meant "We are charging like it was made in America by Union members". We had this fancy import place for awhile in Boise that made the phrase "fairly compensated foreign artisans..." their mantra. They closed up when somebody looked at the company's profit & loss sheet, and found about 80% of their gross stayed in a nice bank in NYC.

Better coffee story:
You guys aren't going to believe this, but I once had to attend a sensitivity training session with the fedguv.
Very liberated black woman about thirty taught it. Surprise. So here are all of us redneck acting white LEO's mostly guys. She is talking about getting in touch with our feminine side, and letting the inner child and the masculine image we portray all come together so we can maximize our potential. We have the first break, and Miz Obelando Jamal-X tells us she is liberated enough to actually make the first pot of coffee. She asks my partner (bad news, retired Marine Gunnery Sgt) how he wanted his. Fifteen or sixteen of us standing there, and he looks her right in the eye and, so help me; says "Just like my women, hot and black!". Place got quiet, the Miz is about to explode, he laughs and pulls out his wallet. I knew the punchline; his wife is one of the most beautiful black women I have ever seen. From Senegal. The place about blew up. She went thru the motions all day, but she knew she had been hammered by reality really hard.

Rich

Years ago there was a Coffee and bagel shop (Durango Bagel) across the street from my office.

One day the coffee of the day was Ethiopian Yirgacheffe and the description was "smoothe and buttery' and it was. Great stuff, but seems to be very uncommon now.

Dunn Brothers has now setup a shop in our building and do a credible job of roasting and brewing!

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Originally posted by CaneCorso:

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Originally posted by 0X0:

Fair Trade is a HUGE issue.

Why is it an issue?

Sustainable agriculture. Otherwise you get global corporations like Folgers who in the long run will put the coffee grower out of business.

And you'll end up drinking swill -- Stale sawdust in a can.

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Originally posted by TCLouis:
Years ago there was a Coffee and bagel shop (Durango Bagel) across the street from my office.

One day the coffee of the day was Ethiopian Yirgacheffe and the description was "smoothe and buttery' and it was. Great stuff, but seems to be very uncommon now.

Dunn Brothers has now setup a shop in our building and do a credible job of roasting and brewing!

Yirgacheffe is numero uno. But there's currently a trade embargo or something that keeps it from being imported into the US.

Just exchanged emails with Javier Corrales, President of CAFE CORRALES .

His Costa Rica coffee is excellent. This will make my third 12 pound order.

A close friend of mine Anthony Harris loved to travel to Costa Rico and once asked a couple of years ago if he could bring anything back for me. I told him some coffee beans. From that box that he got in the Airport I have made a new friend that I have never met, Javier Corrales.

Anthony passed away just before Christmas.

Now, I remember Anthony every time I smell the wonderful aroma of Javier Corrales' beans grinding and brewing on the kitchen counter.

Isn't it amazing that it is the little things that friends do for you that make such a wonderful difference in your life?

Thanks, Anthony! Thanks, Javier!

You can get a Keurig to brew "loose" coffee.

They make a plastic"can" with a wire filter, that you can place loose coffee in and use the Keurig to brew it.

Works great.