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Coffee
Who else is coffee connoisseur? How to you like your coffee? How do you make your coffee? What coffee beans do you like?
I currently use Starbucks whole been Italian roast coffee beans. I prepare my coffee in a French press. Here's my procedure.
1. Set water to boil in a tea pot.
2. Once it has boiled, turn off the heat. (this lets the water cool slightly as coffee is brewed best just below boiling temperature)
3. Grind the necessary amount of beans and pour into the bottom of the press pot.
4. Pour in water and stir for a few seconds to distribute the grounds evenly in the water.
5. Allow to steep for 4 minutes.
6. Press and then pour.
This makes me a wonderfully smooth and flavorful cup of coffee. I like my coffee with some French Vanilla creamer.
I currently use Starbucks whole been Italian roast coffee beans. I prepare my coffee in a French press. Here's my procedure.
1. Set water to boil in a tea pot.
2. Once it has boiled, turn off the heat. (this lets the water cool slightly as coffee is brewed best just below boiling temperature)
3. Grind the necessary amount of beans and pour into the bottom of the press pot.
4. Pour in water and stir for a few seconds to distribute the grounds evenly in the water.
5. Allow to steep for 4 minutes.
6. Press and then pour.
This makes me a wonderfully smooth and flavorful cup of coffee. I like my coffee with some French Vanilla creamer.
Comments
Otherwise I agree with your use of a french press (so long as you use a burr grinder). I come from a rather long line of coffee connoisseurs (I'm part-Colombian, it helps), and I lived just outside of Chicago, so I know and appreciate excellent coffee. I've even visited a roastery and purchased/consumed fair trade beans at the source while doing a service project in a Guatemalan village. Might I recommend Intelligentsia as the solution to your Starbucks? A good number of indie cafes are offering it (even here in central Illinois), and you'll definitely be able to find it in a city. They'll ship it, too. It's without a doubt the best coffee you can buy without getting it straight from a grower's own roaster.
I like my coffee black.
My coffee drinking really depends on the weather and time. For example:
-In the morning on a warm/normal day, I'll drink an iced latte. Every. Single. Day. (usually at home, sometimes at a cafe if I'm in a rush)
-If it's slightly chill, I'll make a latte or cappuccino at home.
-After work, I'd get a cappuccino or a mocha.
-At a diner, I will acquire a Cup O' Joe.
-In the evening, I might have an espresso sitting at a cafe, smoking and reading a book.
When I make espresso at home, I always use LavAzza coffee. Mmmmm. And the best cappuccino I ever had was using LavAzza beans (the red package, not black. I can't find the red ones in this country) and Strauss Family Farms whole milk. Jesus Christ that was delicious.
Best coffee I've had == probably Stumptown Coffee Roasters in Portland, OR.
THIS, hot water and some 1820 ground coffee is all you need.
I'll check with my post office if I can send some coffee treats to all of you coffee lovers from the FRC. So if anyone of you wants some ground Costa Rican joe, leave a comment, I'll make the arrangements with my next paycheck.
That would be cool, but I wouldn't want you to spend all that money on shipping. :P
I did find one of my favorite blends of coffee. It's Casi Cielo and it comes out during the winter time from Starbucks.
Also, I come from a Culture with a strong coffee component, and every bartender is also a barista, As have I been since I was 16.
I was out at a Persian restaurant and got some coffee a few weeks ago. That stuff was nice and strong.
In any case, the battle apparently continues to this day when I ordered hot chocolate from Starbucks and found it mixed with coffee.