Coffee

nothing worse than a montrealian scoff

i too buy from a third wave place thats def on the light-medium spectrum, like they dont even label them as such

i would love to find a smooth choc/tof/caramel/nutty light to medium!! All the ones I find like that are DARK and BITTER, too gross

― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 2, 2016 5:30 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I find Colombian (non-dark-roast) most reliable for this, especially if you're not shelling out for some kind of super-coddled single estate microlot stuff.

Guatemalan, Costa Rican, Peruvian all also pretty reliable. Avoid Brazilian coffee. African coffees tend to have a more tea-like flavor imo, can be very interesting, subtle and complex but not necessarily what I want in my daily cup.

In Germany they disapprove of u keeping it within the walls of a fortified medieval structure

xp I got an Ethiopian recently that tasted just like bergamot!!! So crazy!!

rn I've got that Guatemalan I mentioned upthread that's really fruity/complex ("WE TASTE: Honey, Vanilla, Mango, Peach" says the website) which is great but I'm gonna ask their recommendation for like a nutty choc tof jawn next time I go

Would u like an extra shot with ur ice-cold xp

make SURE that when you order it you order it as "le cof" otherwise they will scoff at u

― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)),

"le caf" en fait

A few more third wave places have come to my attention, mostly in mile end, little Italy and near McGill. Good coffee but not really for me. But yeah the general espresso here is darker - and everywhere, thank god :)

lol "le cof"

my go-to coffee for my ideal, just because it's easiest to find, is Holler Mountain by Stumptown. i can usually find a 12oz bag on sale for $10 at the grocery store.

i've had a few from scattered micro roasters that aren't easy to find that are arguably superior. Verve makes a couple really good ones. Metropolis from Chicago, too.

guys i am so homesick for melbourne lattes served in a glass
ughhhhh

to combine Montreal and Melbourne talk the best coffee I had in Montreal was in a place called Melbourne ran by some stralians

omg

there's a joint in Los Angeles called the Bronzed Aussie that purportedly serves some "flat whites"...is that what you're talking bout?

and a Garlo's in West L.A. and Aussie Pie Kitchen in Santa Monica. .

xpost flat whites are a diff thing

lattes are just lattes but served in a small drinking glass

there are so many austrialian coffee places in new york now have no idea why

we have an nz place called chocolate fish that is v good

i'll take kiwis in a pinch :)

sounds like someone's getting ready for an invasion, "m8"

bcz australia is the best iirc cxpost

STRAYA

i have a weird aversion to having any coffee product in a glass. i hate when places give you coffee in a glass. it looks gross!

there's a third wave joint near us where they give you the coffee in a mason jar wrapped with a dainty napkin

harbl what do you think of my glass pot

i like a glass coffee pot i just hate drinking coffee from glass

i want coffee to be a blackish liquid and it reminds me it's lighter brown

that us weird i agree

yah i have a white ceramic mug (gifted to me by ~in orbit~ many years ago in fact) that makes my cof look pale so i leave it for supposed to be pale drinks like tea and put my cof in dark opaque mug equal to the task

i can't hold a glass of coffee it's too hot

this seems obvious to me

http://i.imgur.com/PZYhekl.png

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Glass seems to conduct hear better than ceramic, so I burn my lips on a glass cup. Ceramic all the way!

Glass is OK for cold coffee, I should point out. I like seeing it in the glass.

def a nice big pint glass full of ice cof oh yeah

I like to drink my cold brew out of hip paper straws like this, get it at yr local twee home goods store http://www.kikkerland.com/products/paper-straws-+-bamboo-144-per-box/

I mean out of a glass, w the straw

Feel like I read something recently in a NYer article about someone well-known who had started out researching things like how the kind of cup you drink out of affects the taste of your coffee, but purely on a perceptive level (e.g. white ceramic made it taste stronger and less sweet or something).

obv I can google this but prefer for thread to explain me "third wave" irt coffee

btw iirc I "introduced" StevieD to pour over not because I am "third wave" (I don't think? obv I don't know what that is) but because I am old and spent many years single and it was just the non-fancy way to make a cup o' joe back in the olden days

I use cheap plastic pour-over thingy and cheap bulk filters from Amazon and pre-ground "Pleasant Morning Buzz" from Whole Foods and yes I am going to die from these things, but oh hey WE ALL GONNA DIE AND PLASTIC PLASTIC POUR OVER WILL NEVER BE "THE" REASON so I lose zero sleeps over this

yeah but do you use a gooseneck kettle at an optimal water temperature, starting with a small pour to bring out the "bloom" and then pouring evenly and slowly in a circling or swirling motion? xp

man, all this extra work you people put in, for ... coffee

I do have a gooseneck kettle. I do not use proper h20 temp or swirling technique. I do love a really great coffee but in my house the saying is "you need coffee to make coffee" so just getting in a decent cup first thing without thinking is a priority

haha I love that saying!

omg that dirty coffee pot upthread
please clean it if only for the makeover satisfaction

i love the nitro cold brew at Verve, it looks like an old rasputin

http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/X330VxVLVnnjUalMFDAQcQ/o.jpg

Fpd gbx

check out my coffee mug

https://twitter.com/smashedmcdouble/status/679800751296790529

very good mug

i often make the catch-22 of coffee joke in the morning at work when people fumble with the coffeepot. partially because people relate, and mostly because it's the only joke i can tell before having coffee

this my mug

http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1DPEsKpXXXXXyaXXXq6xXFXXXO/New-Travel-Use-font-b-Camping-b-font-Mugs-High-Quality-Stainless-Steel-Outdoor-Tea-Mug.jpg

glass is great for iced coffee, otherwise i go with a ceramic mug

what do people think about those Keep Cups that are everywhere

imo they're straight garbage - the 'closer' thingie doesn't actually keep liquid from spilling out, plus the plastic material is so thin it doesn't keep the coffee warm. totally mystified how they have become so popular that even i have one and i hate it.