I still think it's kind of funny that people order Americanos in America, since the whole point of it is to approximate American-style coffee in a place that doesn't have American-style coffee.
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link
I think that the particular discourse of complaining about iced espresso (obligatory "notallbaristas" joke here) would be better served in a coffee space where espresso and ice can interact with the complaint.
― how's life, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
An Americano is going to have less caffeine than a pourover, but other than that, I too do not see the point.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I've never had a good Americano
― 龜, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
lol howslife
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Also Americanos save me from having to get out, use, or clean my French Press when I have normals over.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
"An Americano is going to have less caffeine than a pourover" is the point
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
OK, I buy it.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 11 June 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
Butter coffee trend divides coffee shop owners
http://dnainfo.com/chicago/20140627/west-town/butter-coffee-trend-divides-coffee-shop-owners
― Rotating prince game (I am using your worlds), Friday, 27 June 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
“It’s a beverage,” Wright said. “It’s not a meal replacement even though it does have a lot of the proteins and the dairy and the fats that your body requires.”
^^^ says a stooge on the payroll of big butter coffee
― schlump, Friday, 27 June 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link
Countdown to fuckin' bacon coffee starts now. Assholes.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 28 June 2014 07:46 (nine years ago) link
http://s3.amazonaws.com/ilovecoffee-img/uploads/bacon_coffee/bacon_coffee.png
― Knob Dicks (wins), Saturday, 28 June 2014 09:49 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsbYx6hevoQ
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 28 June 2014 10:10 (nine years ago) link
haha
― Knob Dicks (wins), Saturday, 28 June 2014 10:12 (nine years ago) link
Then there is this:http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/dining/the-best-iced-latte-in-america.html?_r=0
I had the G&B iced latte, but it's way too sweet. More to the point, any place that A) calls itself Go Get Em Tiger and B) closes at 6pm can go fuck itself in the face.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 30 June 2014 04:30 (nine years ago) link
Made an espresso shakerato with a 100% Robusta this morning. It was goddamn good. TAKE THAT, HIPPIES!!!
― Three Word Username, Monday, 21 July 2014 08:09 (nine years ago) link
Am drinking Trader Joe's instant while reading this thread
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 21 July 2014 12:44 (nine years ago) link
my favorite iced coffee is made with this:
http://www.artfire.com/uploads/product/4/514/46514/4146514/4146514/large/cafe_bustelo_instant_espresso_powder_75_oz_jar_79ac1bac.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 July 2014 13:04 (nine years ago) link
Had melted butter with a dash of coffee this morning
― 龜, Monday, 21 July 2014 13:26 (nine years ago) link
Read whole thread for no reason. Made me miss Indian street coffee: shot of instant, plus a ladle's worth of boiling milk and sugar kept going in a nearby cauldron to kill any bacteria etc. Almost no caffeine but a pleasant sugar pick-me-up, plus the enjoyable slow-down of having to dump the mixture back and forth between dish and glass to cool it down. Made for a good 10am and 3pm work break every day.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 21 July 2014 15:26 (nine years ago) link
misread & thought it said 'a ladies woth of boiling milk' lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 July 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
are you insane indian street coffee is the worst
― horseshoe, Monday, 21 July 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
if you can find something to appreciate about coffee with almost no caffeine you strike me as an absurdly tolerant person
― horseshoe, Monday, 21 July 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
you don't have to put up with coffee with no caffeine, Dr. Casino! what else have you been putting up with???
I was fine with it not having caffeine! Much more important was the structure it gave to the day, with the coffee breaks, conviviality, walk in the sunshine to and from the coffee stand, and something sweet to perk everybody up each time. I was probably at the lowest caffeine dependency of my adult life at that point, it was groovy.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 02:18 (nine years ago) link
Is there proper coffee shop etiquette for asking for certain food items, like when you order a muffin and they reach for the smallest one and you want another?
― ed.b, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 03:42 (nine years ago) link
i think i could maybe have one or two cups of decaf a day without noticing i was missing caffeine, they couldn't be Key Cups, the cups twinned with Crucial Peaks, but a lot of the time i am just drinking coffee because i want to go get a coffee or to watch something pour or to control body temperature &c&c
― schlump, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
like how there's room in life for shitty coffee, you are some other place for awhile, it is almost like a thought experiment
also ed you just ask for your dream muffin but sweetly
if you are kind and tip well they will always select the largest muffin for you
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 04:34 (nine years ago) link
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/ristretto-on-the-rocks/
― 龜, Sunday, 27 July 2014 11:07 (nine years ago) link
I do it this way, if anyone cares (and also if no one cares): I make a double espresso with my espresso machine into a pre-warmed glass, add sugar to the coffee (a touch more than usual) and stir it in, put it in a cocktail shaker with 5 or 6 ice cubes and maybe a splash of milk (not necessary), shake the hell out of it for 15 seconds (the shaker will get very cold if you do it long enough, so possibly hold it with a towel), pout it through strainer (no ice) into glass. It is very nice indeed. This is a pretty standard Italian style.
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 27 July 2014 11:20 (nine years ago) link
Hmm...had an ice coffee in this shop and it was basically coffee with 2 ice cubes (?) I didn't know what I was expecting. Maybe more like the above.
I mean I do like coffee cold, unlike cold tea which is disgusting.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 27 July 2014 12:08 (nine years ago) link
The problem with pouring coffee over ice cubes isn't this "shocks the coffee" silliness; it's that by putting coffee at its hottest directly on ice cubes and waiting for it to get cold, you are going to have watered down coffee before you start drinking, and the ice cubes are going to keep melting. Shaking and straining fixes this, plus nice frothy texture.
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 27 July 2014 12:24 (nine years ago) link
The shaker method still melts some of the ice into the coffee, though. Maybe use the stone "ice cubes" that some stores sell, though with that you may get the freezer flavor from the cubes.
― nickn, Sunday, 27 July 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
make the coffee stronger
― j., Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
make icecubes out of coffee idk
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
Local joint used to do that for iced coffees
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link
serve it in a frosty mug
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link
could be coffee who knowshttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/TCTXwwN1ykI/AAAAAAAAB6c/78b_pcSMnnw/s1600/Picture+1.png
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link
I tried the keep a mug in the freezer thing at one point (for beer) but I noticed it picked up freezer flavor* that tainted the beer. I still do it occasionally now, but only when I can put the mug in 20 minutes or so before I pour the beer. Coffee ice cubes is a good idea but requires more pre-prep than a glass of iced coffee should.
* Now available as a band name.
― nickn, Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
I make my iced coffee in a walk-in freezer
― 龜, Sunday, 27 July 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
tbh idk what a little bit of extra water from shaken ice cubes is going to do to an iced coffee i mean is it really such a dealbreaker
shaker method sounds p good to me
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 July 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
xp you could chill your coffee by pouring it over a hanging slab of meat and collecting the drips at the bottom
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 28 July 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
let gravity and a huge frozen slab of meat do the work for you. it's easy.
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 28 July 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
Am I missing some reason not to keep a pitcher of coffee in the fridge, and pour it over ice as needed...? Does coffee get ''tarnished'' by refrigeration or something?
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 July 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
Never as good as fresh brewed, but I do that sometimes.
― nickn, Monday, 28 July 2014 05:06 (nine years ago) link
I was making my grocery list for this week and the first two things on it are- butter- coffee
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
good NYT article
"opening the fridge to find a jar of concentrate is as much a part of summer as a nectarine or a Carvelanche. "
― the late great, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:46 (nine years ago) link
had a good toddy today
― the late great, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:47 (nine years ago) link
well a few sips of one anyway