Us northerners don't see much of a selection in the way of Southern-type brews. But this weekend, at a great little grocery store near my mom's, I found some of this:



This morning, I am a happy man!

does it only come ground? i only buy whole beans, but i'd like to try that.

when my wife and i went to jamaica a month ago, we brought back 6 bags of this..
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Community has long been a Louisiana staple. It's pretty much the coffee of choice for most locals, and lots of people ship it to friends and relatives.

I've never seen it in bean form.

Freakin' aristocrat.

[quote="Dalen"]does it only come ground? i only buy whole beans, but i'd like to try that.

when my wife and i went to jamaica a month ago, we brought back 6 bags of this..


and chickory coffee is damn fine.

it's all about flavor homie. my wife ruined out "ground" days by buying a coffee maker with a grinder inside it, so that you put the beans in, it grinds, coffee is brewed right there.

we can never go back.

yeah, if i had one of those i'd probably do that, too.

As it is, I brew a damn fine cup of coffee with Maxwell House Columbian Supreme or whatever they sell in the big can. Sometimes it quantity over quality.

It is nice to have some good shit around for the weekends though.

We couldn't quite afford that model, so we got the one down from it and a grinder. That sound has the same effect on me now that the can opener did for my cat.

i want one of those coffee makers.

a couple of weeks ago one of the fellows at the research center where i work came back from kenya and brought kenyan coffee, and everyone was all like "ooooh, KENYAN coffee, let's try it!" even though the US imports tons of kenyan coffee.

if you want a good rich cup of joe, i'd suggest a vacuum pot.

i have an esantos mini and it makes a great cup of coffee.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 1?v=glance


also, we have a local roaster who makes roasts damn fine coffee, so i'll buy a few pounds a week and grind to order in the morning.

those bodoms are the joint but eventually the seal around the bottom where the heating element is starts to leak slightly. infuriating.

These machines are amazing. Until I get one of those or find a quicker way to use a frenchpress, I'll be drinking my Maxwell House in the morning like Mr. Bloor.

A friend in Alabama sent me a care package of Community Medium Roast a month or so ago, a couple of ground and a couple of whole bean......you can get it in the mail.

http://www.communitycoffee.com/ccc/

i loved the chicory coffee i brought home from cafe du monde.

you chicory lovers should check out this brew:
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dogfish head chicory stout. good shit.

sweet, thanks for the link.

round here we drink Leroy Hill or Royal Cup.

dude, the grinder wakes me out of a dead sleep every morning. no need for an alarm.

(Whzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...) "oh shit, time ta get up!" -brain

Yeah we got dat coffee maker witht he grinder too. I don't drink coffee anymore but the gf does every morning and she LOVES having it.

But if that machine was any closer to the bedroom I would throw it the fuck out the window when it woke me up in the morning.

Did you ever drink coffee?

...came damn close this morning. Must've had 4 dreams about pissing before I finally got up and took care of business.

I actually stopped drinking it after I lived with you. Made me a bit jittery. I guess I just drank too much of it. It was either that or the 5 pounds of sugar that went into each cup.

At this point, I figure, why start again?