Coffee - Whats your brand and how do you drink it?

[N Florida Mike]

Folgers classic roast usually. Black with nothing in it. I run it through a keurig. We have the little cup that I spoon it into. Saves money from using the keurig ones.

I like most black coffee in general. There is a local store that has ground coffee and I cant stand the taste of it. I dont like starbucks either.

I occasionally have a cappochino, usually french vanilla ,pumpkin spice or chai Lottay.

[J._Bricker]

A cup of Peet’s coffee with a little cream and sugar if it’s available, if not black is just fine. 

[TOXIC]

I can’t believe I read 3 pages of reply’s and nobody mentioned my daily blend.  Now, I have favorites that are more of a splurge but for my day to day Joe it’s Tim Hortons.  I got hooked when we first went to St Clair to fish 17 years ago and through the years, I would bring a case home to Virginia every year.  Now we can order off Amazon or get it at our local Wegmans grocery store.

 

 

[Deephaven]

1 hour ago, TOXIC said:

I can’t believe I read 3 pages of reply’s and nobody mentioned my daily blend.  Now, I have favorites that are more of a splurge but for my day to day Joe it’s Tim Hortons.  I got hooked when we first went to St Clair to fish 17 years ago and through the years, I would bring a case home to Virginia every year.  Now we can order off Amazon or get it at our local Wegmans grocery store.

 

 

That's Toxic.

 

[deaknh03]

16 hours ago, throttleplate said:

stopped coffee after i got out of the military, was addicting to the point my body craved it in the morning and when i quit i would get severe headaches. The coffee that came in our vietnam era sea rations was very strong and had me buzzing after a cup.

 

Military coffee story here all true, when we were on base the big huge coffee makers 4 feet tall were always kept full for the officers and higher ranking enlisted and the person responsible for keeping them full was always the lowest rated person in our platoon.

On one day the soldier filling the container from the bathroom spiket whom was a friend of mine told me do not drink the coffee today as he then peeed into it. He was upset as he got busted weeks earlier and went to captains mass and got punished so he was still very upset and this was one way he got back at the higher ranking.

Sounds like the kopi luwak coffee.

[jimmyjoe]

   Odd that no one mentions cold brewed coffee; it seems all the rage now.        jj

[Stasher1]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

   Odd that no one mentions cold brewed coffee; it seems all the rage now.        jj

 

I keep a couple of the Starbucks cold brew concentrate pods in my lunchbox, just in case. Not my favorite, but it's better than making a whole pot of coffee in the break room that nobody else is going to drink.

[jimmyjoe]

1 minute ago, Stasher1 said:

 

I keep a couple of the Starbucks cold brew concentrate pods in my lunchbox, just in case. Not my favorite, but it's better than making a whole pot of coffee in the break room that nobody else is going to drink.

 

   How well do you like cold brewed?        jj

[Stasher1]

It's not terrible, and wouldn't be a bad option on a road trip. Makes a pretty good cup of ice coffee. 

[Teal]

Having been in law enforcement for a decade then traveled doing forestry for 6 years... I'm a gas station coffee connoisseur.   I'm not picky.  At home forever, I bought folgers, got into the black silk for a while.  But lately (past year or so, I I have been buy Black Rifle Coffee.  It's awesome.  I dont drink it black anymore unless I'm in a hurry, now I just use a little French vanilla creamer.     

 

 

 

19 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

   Odd that no one mentions cold brewed coffee; it seems all the rage now.        jj

That's because my fiance, isnt on this Forum.  Krista LOVES it.  And she loves Starbucks.  I dont care for star bucks.  Their Coffee tastes awful to me. I do like Dunkin tho.  I could drink theirs black.     

[Way2slow]

Big problem with commercial coffee's is you are getting the bottom of the barrel for bean quality.  The best beans never make it to market.  They are bought up buy the 5 star hotels and restaurant's visited by the elite ultra rich.  They will pay mega prices for the top quality beans. I'm talking $30 a pound from he same regions that I buy for $10 a pound, and that's after the whole seller has added his markup.  (at $10 a pound, it still cost over $15 by the time you add sipping and 15-20% loss in roasting) These are from small co-ops family farms.   These beans are sold in small lots, highly graded and sampled for the best.  The buyer's that market to the home roaster and small independent commercial roasters get the left overs the buyers with deep pockets don't get.  These guys are buying bags full.  The commercial roasters are buying by the warehouse full and the beans are from the mega growers that are trying ot produce as much coffee as they can, as cheap as they can, at probably 30 cents a pound.  

Kind of like going to a local farmer and getting eggs from yard chickens and Walmart and getting eggs grown in the giant egg barns.  No comparison in taste.

[slonezp]

Dunkin Donuts, 7-11, and McD's all have good coffee. I'll buy a couple cans a year of Cafe Du Monde' online. Cafe Bustelo is another good one. How do I like my coffee? Same way I like my women. Hot and goes down easy.

[lo n slo]

brewed, just as long as it’s hot and black

[VolFan]

Dunkin is the Coors Light/Miller Light/30-06 of cofffees for me. I dont dislike it, you can find it anywhere, its cheap, consistent, and it does its job. 

 

McDonalds on the other hand destroys my GI tract like no other...

[jimmyjoe]

17 hours ago, Teal said:

17 hours ago, jimmyjoe said:

Odd that no one mentions cold brewed coffee; it seems all the rage now.        jj

That's because my fiance, isnt on this Forum.  Krista LOVES it. 

 

   From what I heard, there are a lot of people who love it ..... for the wrong reason.

   Cold brewed coffee is EXTREMELY high in caffeine. You have to dilute it accordingly to not get hooked on the rush. Because cold-brewed isn't as acidic, it can taste smooth even when it's as strong as a double shot of espresso. So many, many people don't dilute it correctly.    jj

                     

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, jimmyjoe said:

 

   From what I heard, there are a lot of people who love it ..... for the wrong reason.

   Cold brewed coffee is EXTREMELY high in caffeine. You have to dilute it accordingly to not get hooked on the rush. Because cold-brewed isn't as acidic, it can taste smooth even when it's as strong as a double shot of espresso. So many, many people don't dilute it correctly.    jj

                     

Depends - I'm someone who occasionally brews a double-espresso straight up for the quick wake-up it gives me...some mornings I need it - I got a 2-shot espresso machine that stays in the cabinet most of the time. Undiluted cold-brew sounds right up my alley.

[Way2slow]

I always do a 18 gram shot for mine (the standard double shot is 14 grams)  That's for an espresso or cappuccino 

[TnRiver46]

4 hours ago, Way2slow said:

I always do a 18 gram shot for mine (the standard double shot is 14 grams)  That's for an espresso or cappuccino 

No wonder you can fix anything 

[BassFishinBrandon]

Gas station coffee with a little bit of Italian or Irish sweet cream.  I typically grab a Cumberland Farms coffee most mornings.  99 cents can't go wrong there. 

[Way2slow]

Actually,there's probably less caffeine in mine than someone who drinks a couple of cups or a large cup of Folgers or Maxwell house.  The quality beans I use are much lower in  caffeine than those big brands.  They use a large amount of robusta beans which are a low grade bean but very high in caffeine. 

[flyfisher]

On 1/15/2021 at 4:43 PM, jimmyjoe said:

   Odd that no one mentions cold brewed coffee; it seems all the rage now.        jj

I did earlier....cold brew is good stuff and all i drink once it gets warm out

 

10 hours ago, jimmyjoe said:

 

   From what I heard, there are a lot of people who love it ..... for the wrong reason.

   Cold brewed coffee is EXTREMELY high in caffeine. You have to dilute it accordingly to not get hooked on the rush. Because cold-brewed isn't as acidic, it can taste smooth even when it's as strong as a double shot of espresso. So many, many people don't dilute it correctly.    jj

                     

There is no such thing as diluting it correctly or incorrectly.  You make it and drink it how you want it to be.  

[NYWayfarer]

I like Eight O’Clock Coffee Colombian Peaks, Starbucks Morning Joe or Green Mountain Dark Magic brewed in my reusable K-Cup black with 2 Equal.

 

In a pinch, McDonalds McCafe or Tim Horton’s will do.

[lo n slo]

22 hours ago, Way2slow said:

I always do a 18 gram shot for mine (the standard double shot is 14 grams)  That's for an espresso or cappuccino 

Holy Smokes

 

edit: i just read your last post.

[Jigfishn10]

I used to drink iced coffee in the summer until the shop I went to charged me like $3 for a medium. A hot medium size was 2.50ish. 

I emptied the coffee out of my iced coffee one day only to find that the coffee content would make up a small hot coffee. 

That was really the end of my iced coffee days. Couldn’t see spending $3 for added ice.

 

I got my daughter a cold brewed kit a couple years ago and with it I got her Bizzy cold brewed grounds and Stone Street. Both we’re excellent but she has Bizzy delivered monthly now. I’ll have a glass of that sometimes in the summer. 

 

Fun fact: The darker, stronger tasting coffee like a dark roast has less caffeine than a lighter roast.

[jimmyjoe]

14 hours ago, Way2slow said:

Actually,there's probably less caffeine in mine than someone who drinks a couple of cups or a large cup of Folgers or Maxwell house.  The quality beans I use are much lower in  caffeine than those big brands.  They use a large amount of robusta beans which are a low grade bean but very high in caffeine. 

 

   Doggone it! Now you're gonna get me headed down another rabbit hole! 

    ???     jj