Your perfect cup of coffee.

[Myssterry]

I generally drink tea at home or the occasional instant coffee. When out I like filter coffee or Americano but with some cold milk. I find lattes, cappuccinos etc too sweet even without adding sugar.

[Sage Raven Domino]

#ratherdrinktea ;)

I'm a total noob in coffee; the last time when I went to a cafeteria, I asked for something strong and was offered black Americano. It was strong indeed, but alas my sleepiness didn't go.

[Antonnotna]

[Tanzanite]

I don't drink coffee, but anything with French vanilla in it might be worth trying.

[SecondMoon]

That place looks superb! Have you tried any of the peabody varieties? Roasting my own beans is something I have longed to do. I'd love to know how you'll go about it and what the results are like.

I bought some Nicaraguan beans on, Thursday. I had my first cup today, I had never had it before, and it is the best cup I have had in many a year. One of those cups that wows you with every sip. I bore the hell out of my mum. :lol:

1. Have not tried the peaberry! Truthfully, I don't know anything about them, but I'm sure to read up on it now!

2. The question of how to go about roasting beans is a tough one that's been bogging me down. There are a variety of different roasters out there, but any I could conceivably buy at the moment (i.e. which are cheap enough) all seem questionable--are they going to produce results worthy of the cost? The reviews I have read make me doubtful. I'm kind of thinking I'll try my hand at the old fashioned way--in a pan!--and see how I like that. I know it's going to take time to get a handle on and I'll never get a perfect result in terms of consistency, but it's so much cheaper that I've got to try. I'd also never consider that a waste because I generally like doing this by hand. Actually, I know where I can get very reasonably priced cast iron skillets, so the method I've got in mind is to buy two equally sized pans that fit into each other (one can sit inside the other, reaching to the bottom or just about); heat said pans in the oven at a t.b.d. temperature; then put a single layer of beans into one pan while staking the other on top (so that the bottom of the second pan touches the top of the beans). My hope would be that this will help me get an even roast on both sides of the beans without having to clumsily flip them over. We'll see if and when I give that a shot!

3. Mmmm...African beans also seem to be a favourite of mine. There's an African Sampler that I'm eyeing up from the Green Beanery as my first green beans. Although, on reflection, I should probably get a single kind for my first attempts so I can be sure to have enough to compare and contrast between different attempts. Gah! So many factors!

[DexM]

That place looks superb! Have you tried any of the peabody varieties? Roasting my own beans is something I have longed to do. I'd love to know how you'll go about it and what the results are like.

I bought some Nicaraguan beans on, Thursday. I had my first cup today, I had never had it before, and it is the best cup I have had in many a year. One of those cups that wows you with every sip. I bore the hell out of my mum. :lol:

1. Have not tried the peaberry! Truthfully, I don't know anything about them, but I'm sure to read up on it now!

2. The question of how to go about roasting beans is a tough one that's been bogging me down. There are a variety of different roasters out there, but any I could conceivably buy at the moment (i.e. which are cheap enough) all seem questionable--are they going to produce results worthy of the cost? The reviews I have read make me doubtful. I'm kind of thinking I'll try my hand at the old fashioned way--in a pan!--and see how I like that. I know it's going to take time to get a handle on and I'll never get a perfect result in terms of consistency, but it's so much cheaper that I've got to try. I'd also never consider that a waste because I generally like doing this by hand. Actually, I know where I can get very reasonably priced cast iron skillets, so the method I've got in mind is to buy two equally sized pans that fit into each other (one can sit inside the other, reaching to the bottom or just about); heat said pans in the oven at a t.b.d. temperature; then put a single layer of beans into one pan while staking the other on top (so that the bottom of the second pan touches the top of the beans). My hope would be that this will help me get an even roast on both sides of the beans without having to clumsily flip them over. We'll see if and when I give that a shot!

3. Mmmm...African beans also seem to be a favourite of mine. There's an African Sampler that I'm eyeing up from the Green Beanery as my first green beans. Although, on reflection, I should probably get a single kind for my first attempts so I can be sure to have enough to compare and contrast between different attempts. Gah! So many factors!

You should definitely try them! :) They offer a quite different experience, and they are essentially a pea shaped bean , as opposed to the two separate beans that usually come from a fruit. They then have to be roasted differently, thus offering something unusual.

African beans used to be my favourite type, especially Kenyan, but I now find I prefer something stronger. I usually use more Ethiopian and the like, until summer where it's refreshing fruitiness works better in warmer, sunnier weather.

[Rising Sun]

It makes me think, I'm looking for coffee that is rich in caffeine (to help me with my migraines) but not very bitter because I can't bear bitter coffee, what would be the best choice ?

[ThaHoward]

It makes me think, I'm looking for coffee that is rich in caffeine (to help me with my migraines) but not very bitter because I can't bear bitter coffee, what would be the best choice ?

You can have your own beans, then crush them and make the coffee in a coffee press. Then you can regulate it yourself :) I do that, it taste much better than starbucks (which I hate, as even mcdonalds and gas stations got better coffee than them) etc and coffee powder. It was also what they do they do at cafés here. (Believe it or not, but coffee is pretty serious bussiness in norway :P Starbucks didn't even dare to open up stores here cos of that. Unfortunately all the teens now wanted it :( )

[Rising Sun]

Thanks for the advice :)

Sadly, finding good coffee beans isn't very easy in France, because as much as our cuisine is great, we make horrible coffee ! But fortunately things seem to start changing now.

[SecondMoon]

It makes me think, I'm looking for coffee that is rich in caffeine (to help me with my migraines) but not very bitter because I can't bear bitter coffee, what would be the best choice ?

As far as I know, it's a good idea to be careful with caffeine if you have frequent headaches; too much caffeine can be a problem in and of itself, but depending on what's causing the headaches, caffeine might exacerbate the problem (like for example a headache could be the result of too much pressure in blood vessels in the brain and since caffeine increases blood pressure, the headache can worsen).

Now, for someone like me, I get a headache if I don't have any caffeine because I now have some physical dependence to it...but that doesn't mean that caffeine is the cure for a headache--it means that caffeine is the cure for my symptoms of caffeine withdrawal.

Anyway, I know that isn't your issue, but it's worth monitoring your caffeine intake alongside the occurrences of headaches and it's probably a good idea to talk to your doctor if you can and see what they think.

[poindexter]

You cannot improve upon perfection.

[theam]

My roommate brings back fancy beans from BC, grinds them herself and then does magic with her Moka thingy.

It's better than any alarm clock.

Dumping some vanilla ice cream in it on fancy days too.

[blondie12]

ahhhh..... A nice tall carmel frap, no whip extra carmel, to get your blood sugar going in the morning........

[Larkaloke]

I like my coffee strong, smooth, and black, with nothing added. I've been terribly spoiled by my relatives' preferences in fine coffee beans, so I have a tendency to turn my nose up at a lot of the stuff you can get with takeout, for example. Machine/drip is fine, although I do have a fondness for Turkish coffee when I can get it.

I'm also quite fond of tea, and am generally more likely to order tea, because I'm less picky about it. I don't use sweeteners for the tea, either.

[xLiraelx]

It's funny, I work at Starbucks, and I've only ever had one kind of coffee there that I liked (Sulawesi). The other ones taste rancid to me.

I like it with no sugar and lots of milk. I like very bitter coffee.

[ThaHoward]

Thanks for the advice :)

Sadly, finding good coffee beans isn't very easy in France, because as much as our cuisine is great, we make horrible coffee ! But fortunately things seem to start changing now.

Many cafe's and coffee houses often sell beans! :)

[DiEvAl]

My perfect cup of coffee is empty :P

(so I can then fill it with juice or something)

[SkyWorld]

I like tea as well as coffee. What I do with my coffee is add vanilla caramel creamer mixed with chocolate creamer. Then I add splenda sugar that makes it taste like melted marshmallows. ^_^ So it's tastes a lot like hot chocolate. I can't have coffee without sugar and creamer, ugh gross.

[Larien]

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