the Coffee Snob thread

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

PopTodd Wrote:

[img][650:488]http://www.altpress.com/specials/blog/guest/uploaded_images/intelligentsia.JPG[/img]

Thankfully, they sell Intelligentsia at the convenience store downstairs at our office.

Winner. I have 2+ lbs of Intelligentsia beans in my freezer at home.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:08 pm

billy g Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

[img][650:488]http://www.altpress.com/specials/blog/guest/uploaded_images/intelligentsia.JPG[/img]

Thankfully, they sell Intelligentsia at the convenience store downstairs at our office.

Winner. I have 2+ lbs of Intelligentsia beans in my freezer at home.

Just got back from lunch with a cup in my hand.
Yum.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:28 pm

Right now I'm going through some Trader Joe's Sumatra.

Normally though I drink a concoction called Helter Skelter that is roasted by these folks: Greencastle Coffee Roasters

and yes, that Frank Zappa as Juan Valdez.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:30 pm

Speaking of Trader Joe's, this is some seriously good coffee:

discostu · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:00 pm

I drink a cup of THIS (Bolivian dark roast) in my office every morning during the workweek.

And I have a bag of some Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee I bought at Harris Teeter. I'll have to check out the retailer when I get back to the house later today.

EDIT: It's Christopher Bean Coffee's Jamaican Blue Mountain blend. I must've bought it at Kroger or Publix because I don't think Harris Teeter carries it.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:17 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I miss Anodyne from Milwaukee.

Would have thought your progressive self would prefer the only certified free trade, volunteer-operated coffeeshoppe in Milwaukee, Brewing Grounds for Change.

Anodyne is just Alterra with a worse business plan. By which I mean, with a single location. Ano wishes it could be the George Webb's of coffee -- but, shit, that would require real work & a compromising of "principle".

(Alterra, meanwhile, has no scruples, & never did. The ownership lucked into the coffee business, & now they are just all "like Master P, makin' money, G". Have nannies for their kids & everything. But not having to worry about tucking those in makes the key-bumps go down more smoothly.)

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:18 pm

And yet the coffee still tastes good, and I miss it.

huh.

harry · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:25 pm

Graffeo Dark

Borg166 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:10 pm

I switch back and forth between the following.

Peet's Columbia
Peet's Major Dickasonâ€™s Blend

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

I really enjoy stumptown, but around here I'll pick up Illy.

My favorite coffee ever is La Colombe.

My roommates bringing me back some coffee from Costa Rica this evening, which I'm psyched for.

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:42 pm

Cotton Wrote:

I really enjoy stumptown, but around here I'll pick up Illy.

My favorite coffee ever is La Colombe.

My roommates bringing me back some coffee from Costa Rica this evening, which I'm psyched for.

the just opened a La Colombe cafe by my work I should try it...

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:08 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I miss Anodyne from Milwaukee.

they have an online store.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Kerre Li (xix) Wrote:

the just opened a La Colombe cafe by my work I should try it...

It's fantastic.

The cafe in Philly has had some of the most unbearably pretentious staff, but it's still worth it.

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

better late than never...

or sometimes...

with...

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:48 pm

trader joe's vocano coffee is great...

I like mine thick and bitter with a hint of cream

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:51 pm

Same way you like my cock, you devil.

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:57 pm

wrong thread for a tea bag joke.

mcaputo · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:46 pm

tentoze · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:13 pm

Not much of a coffee snob, I guess. Although I occasionally order some of this:

this as good as I need on a regular basis:

If it's good enough for dem coonass, it's good enough for me.

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:04 pm

lately it's been this...
[img][375:500]http://www.adeliacoffee.com/Products/pricelist/Slide48.jpg[/img]

in this...

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:11 pm

currently jacked up on:

Amante Amalfi
Amante's French Press and Dark Espresso Selection
Our darkest roast, typical of southern Italy with rich aromas, a strong flavor and some bite!

two guns holla · **Posted:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:49 pm

Are the Keurig one cup machines worth a damn? Like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Keurig-Personal-S ... 697&sr=8-8

I have a coffee maker but preferred the french press my brother took with him when he moved out. I can get another one of those, but was just weighing my options. Or maybe I should just stick with the coffee maker I currently have but don't ever use.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

I think black putin has one of those machines. My mom does, and I enjoy it well enough, but I've only had the Paul Newman coffee from it.

I currently use a french press for coffee, and while I like it, I wish it'd keep shit hot longer. I guess that just guarantees freshness, though.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:26 pm

I see no reason to have a big expensive machine taking up counter space, and to lock myself into having to buy coffee pods from that company. The french press... a good idea in 1890, a good idea today.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:48 pm

It's convenient and consistent but expensive. I love mine but I have loved some crazy coffee contraptions over the years.

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