How do you like your coffee?

[Mark44]

I much prefer light-roast as the flavor is far superior - and grinding beans at home just before use.

That's the way to do it! Light roast means more flavor and better flavor.

So you say. As I said before, I much prefer a dark roast, and consider light roasts to lack flavor. I also don't bother with grinding the beans at home, as our grinder is very noisy, and doesn't grind the beans as fine as I would like.
"Different strokes for different folks."

The purpose of a liquid is to cool.

Sounds like a personal definition not shared by many folks around the world. The purpose of a liquid, if there is such a thing, is to be fluid, whether it's hot or cold. People who are hypothermic are given hot liquids to assist in warming the core of the body.

 

[DaveC426913]

Sounds like a personal definition

Ya think?

(My life revolves around having ice for drinks. The ice is more important than the drink.)

 

[Doc Al]

I much prefer a dark roast, and consider light roasts to lack flavor.

Me too. And I'll take it black.

 

[BillTre]

Oh-oh.
Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

 

[symbolipoint]

I much prefer a dark roast, and consider light roasts to lack flavor.

Most coffees bought in store (already roasted) and the beverage bought at restaurants are most often not light-roasted, and they taste either like charcoal, or burned, or like mud. I mainly believe that the high quality, green unroasted (gourmet?) beans that you can buy through some specialty sources may be why the coffees which one roasted himself can have much better flavor.

I tried roasting some coffees to medium, and to dark roast levels. I found when I make a dark roasting, either the flavor decreases too much, or the coffee tastes burned.

 

[Jarvis323]

Oh-oh.
Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

Just put the grounds in a sauce pan, let settle, and then poor off the top.

 

[onatirec]

... the coffee tastes burned

This is my experience with dark roasts. I used to think that what I was tasting was a stronger, more full-bodied "coffee" flavor with darker roasts, but as my palate matured I realized it was actually just a burnt taste which masks all of the complex undertones.

Nowadays I enjoy those mythical nuances shining through lighter-roasts that I long assumed were just over-blown marketing talk: spicy, earthy, floral, fruity, etc, etc.

 

[Rive]

Just put the grounds in a sauce pan, let settle, and then poor off the top.

Better prepare for symptoms

Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

I had to realize, that somewhere deep I'm actually a prepper.
By a quick inventory, we have a spare moka pot, an unused espresso maker and - well, a bottle of instant coffee too, which we did not open for years

 

[BillTre]

We have some camping alternatives in use right now, but I will be shopping for a new machine later today.

Will probably be looking for the reincarnation of Joe DiMaggio, Mr. Coffee.

But maybe I'll find something else.

 

[Doc Al]

Oh-oh.
Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

 

[Jarvis323]

Better prepare for symptoms

It's not fundamentally different than what you get through a french press.

 

[Frabjous]

Ya think?

(My life revolves around having ice for drinks. The ice is more important than the drink.)

This reminded me of

“True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know.”

''I'll bet you could walk from the Ural Mountains to the beach at Biarritz and not find one rock-hard, crystal-clear, fist-sized American ice cube”

O'Rourke, P.J.

 

[BillTre]

Now I got a new Mr. Coffee.
There's a little bit of Jolting Joe in every cup of Mr. Coffee made Joe!

 

[OCR]

Just put the grounds in a sauce pan, let settle, and then poor off the top.

AKA. . . Cowboy Coffee. .

.

 

[DennisN]

Oh-oh.
Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

Now I got a new Mr. Coffee.

The coffee must flow.

In this time, the most precious substance in the universe is the coffee bean.
The caffeine extends working time. The caffeine stimulates the mind.

The caffeine is vital to work.
The coffee companies grind the brown coffeebeans,
which give the consumers the ability to brew the beans into coffee.

Oh, yes. I forgot to tell you.
The coffee beans exist on only one planet in the entire universe.

An inhabited, wet planet with vast oceans.
The planet is Tellus, also known as Earth.

The coffee must flow.

 

[david2]

We drink a lot of latte caramel and latte macchiato. Any latte will do.

 

[docnet]

brewed cold with a dash of stevia :)

 

[DaveC426913]

Iced.

I almost universally eschew hot liquids. And, yes, that includes soup.

The purpose of a liquid is to cool. A hot drink is an oxymoron.

Already broke my rule. Soup for dinner tonight.

In my defense, I was desperate. I looked in the fridge for food but all I found were ingredients.

 

[WWGD]

80% medium strong coffee, 20% milk and a little sugar is my preference.
It is my understanding that here in Sweden we are accustomed to quite strong coffee.
When I have visited other countries I have often found the coffee to be a bit weak for my taste .

Do you hang out in Fika coffee shops?

 

[Mondayman]

Always double double, or two cream two sugar for those who don't speak Canuck. Usually Timmies but McDonald's is good too.

For home brewing, usually just some Folgers or whatever is on sale.

 

[nuuskur]

Non-existent. More of a tea person :D

 

[DennisN]

Do you hang out in Fika coffee shops?

Not really. But sometimes I drink coffee in restaurants after dinner.

 

[WWGD]

Not really. But sometimes I drink coffee in restaurants after dinner.

Just wondering if it was a thing in Sweden, hanging out at Fika

 

[StevieTNZ]

Nescafe fine blend instant coffee for me, two spoons of that and sugar, hot water and yellow top milk. I drink that in about one minute, each morning.

 

[WWGD]

You have never been to Turkey?

Me neither but I happened upon some Turkish colleagues of a colleague at a work event and we had Turkish coffee over Lunch.

It was black, viscous, quite gritty and unpleasant overall but the after effects were quite striking.

I walked round the rest of the Exhibition a little spaced out checking my pulse every 5 minutes.

I had a similar effect from Italian coffee first time I had it, tiny little cup with a big hit- much prettier overall though. Not as gritty.

I like it too. And it's pretty similar to the Greek one. Since the two are mutual "enemies", whenever I speak with a Turk, I tell them I prefer the Greek type, and I tell Greeks I prefer the Turkish type. Just to see their nostrils flaring.

 

[DennisN]

Since the two are mutual "enemies", whenever I speak with a Turk, I tell them I prefer the Greek type, and I tell Greeks I prefer the Turkish type. Just to se4 their nostrils flaring.

If you want even more heat, tell Greeks that you like coffee from the Turkish island Cyprus, and Turks that you like coffee from the Greek island Cyprus. But be sure to put a helmet on before, and take cover in the trench.

 

[ergospherical]

One particularly worrying trend that I've noticed is that asking for an Americano at an average high-street coffee shop will likely prompt the question "with or without milk?"... well without, thanks, because otherwise it would be a latté...

 

[Haborix]

One particularly worrying trend that I've noticed is that asking for an Americano at an average high-street coffee shop will likely prompt the question "with or without milk?"... well without, thanks, because otherwise it would be a latté...

Do you think this is one of those people trying to be healthy but end up being dumb things? They see an Americano has less calories than a latte (but they actually want a latte), so they add milk which I guess magically has no calories.

 

[ergospherical]

Probably, yeah. Pretty much the only thing the americano has going for it is that it's essentially calorie-less (I definitely wouldn't order it otherwise ;) ). It's pretty staggering how quickly calories can add up from toppings and condiments... if you're drinking three, four or more coffees a day, adding milk & sugar (OoM ~100 kcal each?) is going to get nasty very fast :)

 

[StevieTNZ]

Probably, yeah. Pretty much the only thing the americano has going for it is that it's essentially calorie-less (I definitely wouldn't order it otherwise ;) ). It's pretty staggering how quickly calories can add up from toppings and condiments... if you're drinking three, four or more coffees a day, adding milk & sugar (OoM ~100 kcal each?) is going to get nasty very fast :)

I use to drink 6-8 cups of coffee a day back in High School days (2003-2004). My then friend basically called them 'sugar water'.