Coffee

any other hater lovin Cafe Bustelo up here in this biotich?

is the term "blonde roast" a made starbucks bullshit term for light roast? or are there others who use the term "blonde roast"?

"made UP starbucks bullshit"

it's also one of the few light roasts I've ever had that's genuinely disgusting

my grocery store stopped carrying cafe bustelo : /

drinking my cof :)

i have never had cafe bustelo how is it
it's like ~$6 for not quite a pound, right?

i am drinking a sbux latte :/
suggest ban myself

will pray 4 u

ty

Drinking barley tea :p

;_;

wow try coffee maybe just my opinion

yeah coffee is p good not sure why it hasn't caught on

it tastes good it feels good not sure why you wld drink anything else

protip: the Starbucks "flat white" tastes better than Starbucks lattes, because they use a ristretto shot setting on the espresso machine. And you can ask for one iced, although the cashier might be confused at first.

good to know, there are unfortunately many situations in which starbucks is the only reasonable option around

sbux flat whites are v good compared to lattes its true!

have to order in an oz accent tho

i still can't say the sizes at starbucks, all i know is "tall"

for everything else i just say medium or large, i really can't

lol me too

Drinking barley tea :p

― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Friday, July 24, 2015 11:20 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

:)

good to know, there are unfortunately many situations in which starbucks is the only reasonable option around

― marcos, Friday, July 24, 2015 11:01 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh yes, I went to law school across the street from a starbucks so I understand this well. I have a bunch of "hacks."

One thing I often found fairly drinkable and satisfying was a "Double Tall Two Pump Mocha" -- i.e. a tall mocha with an extra shot and less chocolate syrup, and of course no whipped cream. I also like the "short" size because you get a better proportion of espresso to milk.

I usually just order a tall cappuccino when I go to Starbucks. Last time I was there, I noticed that cappuccino is not even listed on their menu board any more - there's not room for it I guess with all the frappuccino variations.

i'm a recent convert to pour over coffee. got a bodum pour over coffee maker - essentially a chemex but with a reusable filter. A+

question about pour over coffee: since the coffee is very slowly dripping down, doesn't it cool off a lot? one reason french press kind of bothers me is that by the time the coffee is done steeping and i pour it into my mug it really is not a hot cup of coffee. w/ my moka pot it is very hot and i pour it directly into my mug rather than some temporary vessel where it sits

i think the pour over coffee is hotter tbh because it's very hot when i pour it in. (not boiling bc the box said not to but just about)

and it doesn't drip thaaaat slowly, really. i think it's about as fast as my mr. coffee.

u r supposed to warm the mug up w hot water beforehand

no, you bring a kettle of water to just under a boil and then pour it over the filter

no you cast a spell of warming

warming spell is p basic magic

no, you bring a kettle of water to just under a boil and then pour it over the filter

http://press.princeton.edu/images/k2565.gif

i always scald the cup/cone/filter beforehand

also i have an insulated french press :)

With the chemex, I usually bring my kettle to a boil, let it sit for 30 seconds, pour in a little to prep the grounds, then do two larger pour overs. In the time it takes to do this (about 10 minutes overall), it doesn't really cool off at all, it's pretty hot.

insulated french press is the way to go

we live in the future, they insulate things now

also figured out how to not make things out of glass that will break in the sink

is an insulated french press Not See Through ?

mine looks like a thermos

Yeah we have one like that, too (because we kept smashing the glass ones).

By we, Carl means Carl.

I'm pretty sure you broke the one before the one I most recently broke.

No way!

i bet u did

btw I saw some coffee blogger claim that his thorough testing showed that an unbleached filter added a lot more unwanted extra taste to pour-over coffee than a bleached one, which is contrary to intuitive naturalness=goodness thinking

My brother works in the coffee industry and he told me the same thing. Since he pointed it out, I do notice a stronger paper smell when using an unbleached filter.

gold filter u guys

VegemiteGrrl making coffee with gold, spells