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Hey Karl what coff do ya'll recommend from Counter Culture, we are espresso/capp drinkers. I currently order locally from Harrar, which I love, but maybe want to mix it up a bit.

mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 5 June 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link

thank u xp

lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link

any canadians aboot? i've been using https://buycoffeecanada.com/ and it's good. Roasted when ordered. A little cheaper than the best stuff at the supermarkets around here (Justus).

I'm pretty new at coffee (i used to just be able to be awake) and I'm not sure what it is about pricier beans ($20/pound) tending to taste nicer? I don't have a vocabulary for it and I'm not bothered enough to buy it all of the time. Know what i mean?

maffew12, Friday, 5 June 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link

There tends to be more care in the roast process, in bean selection, and in culling out the bad ones for one thing. Also I do find single origins tend to be a little tastier than blends for whatever reason, like they just have more distinct flavors to them.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link

I mean like a lot of products, there's plenty of overpriced bullshit out there, but there are also certain aspects of creating good quality that just cost more in time, labor, inputs, etc. The same way you're just not going to get a really good bottle of wine for $4.00, because it's just not possible to do the minimum it takes to make really good wine and sell at $4.00 without taking a huge loss.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link

for me one of the things that good coffee tends to have when brewed well is distinct flavors across the register particularly if it has that high note and then some other complimentary stuff like earthiness on the low end etc

lag∞n, Friday, 5 June 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link

does Trump drink coff?

mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link

he drinks covfefe iirc

contorted filbert (harbl), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link

he drinks 100% Arabica fair trade, single origin cof like you might find at cosco

i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Friday, 5 June 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link

he drinks diet coke out of a bucket

j., Friday, 5 June 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link

I am now truly wondering what guy's liquid of choice is.

mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:13 (four years ago) link

oh so it is diet coke alright

LAME

mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:15 (four years ago) link

The Coca Cola company is not happy with me--that's okay, I'll still keep drinking that garbage.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2012

lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:24 (four years ago) link

another one that's very dril-like

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:34 (four years ago) link

haaaaha

Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:39 (four years ago) link

That’s long been my favorite tweet.

treeship., Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:40 (four years ago) link

For cheap coffee, fyi, i recommend Melitta European Roast. Yr welcome

treeship., Saturday, 6 June 2020 02:41 (four years ago) link

Hey Karl what coff do ya'll recommend from Counter Culture, we are espresso/capp drinkers. I currently order locally from Harrar, which I love, but maybe want to mix it up a bit.

― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, June 5, 2020 12:56 PM (nine hours ago)

we're on a subscription that sends us 2 different bags every 2 weeks, so i've had almost all of them many times. but despite drinking tons of them, i think i'm a very poor judge of what's good, and why. also note that i'm not a regular espresso/capp drinker - most of the time i'm just drinking black coffee.

having said all that, i think my favorite is maybe their Haru. but maybe i just really like coffee from Kenya.

Karl Malone, Saturday, 6 June 2020 03:43 (four years ago) link

ty, will check out

mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 6 June 2020 12:20 (four years ago) link

Paying for my sins this morning, the sin of not making cold brew last night when I meant to. Then I would have clinking icy delicious cold cof instead of this hot glass of it's 84 degrees out why am I doing this?

There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Saturday, 6 June 2020 13:26 (four years ago) link

my thoughts are with you

lag∞n, Saturday, 6 June 2020 13:37 (four years ago) link

one month passes...

Coffee and I have been having a bit of a lovers' quarrel lately, IDK. Maybe it's COVID, maybe it's that I'm on a different workout regimen, but caffeine is suddenly affecting me a lot more harshly and worse, and I'm having some serious panic when I drink what used to be normal amounts for me. Cutting back but not giving up.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:12 (four years ago) link

2 cups of drip in the morning
Homemade latte in the afternoon

My house is a caffeine palace

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:16 (four years ago) link

It hurt pretty bad that I bought myself a nice Stumptown single origin and that it made me feel so shitty today. Maybe I need to just make it a little weaker -- something I never thought I'd say.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:18 (four years ago) link

:(

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:19 (four years ago) link

:(

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:34 (four years ago) link

My housemate got an espresso machine and I just drank an affogato at 8:30 pm in a failed attempt to make a headache go away. I look forward to being up all night.

Lily Dale, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:37 (four years ago) link

Oh no

sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 03:46 (four years ago) link

*chef’s kiss*

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 04:40 (four years ago) link

i am having the same experience as man alive. i believe it's mostly due to work changes but my level of activity is way down generally and i don't get tired from everyday things like i used to. i didn't realize the relationship between that and my physical reaction to coffee; in my mind the arrow only went in one direction before (drink coffee-->feel more awake, not feel awake-->can't drink more coffee). i used to have a fairly active/v. exhausting job and would drink 2 large cups of coffee in the am and then sometimes have some during the day. now i have one normal-sized cup and if i have any more i get jittery and sweaty. what i am most intrigued by is that i'm not conscious of being significantly less tired. i feel as tired as usual but coffee is able to get to something hidden in your brain and it knows when you need it ooooOOOOOooooo

contorted filbert (harbl), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:19 (four years ago) link

Same here, I've gone to putting half decaf/half reg in my coffee maker. Much better in terms of jitters but obviously the taste suffers.

brownie, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:22 (four years ago) link

the human mind/body is a mysterious and complex thingy

lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:23 (four years ago) link

im drinking a cold brew coffee

lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:23 (four years ago) link

if i have a cup of cof after, say 4pm, it puts me RIGHT to sleep. cannot raise my head. then i wake up feeling refreshed. wonderdrug.

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link

damn

lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:39 (four years ago) link

it's like it knows what i want

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:47 (four years ago) link

scientists must immediately dissect and study Tracer Hand imo

rob, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:52 (four years ago) link

all praise the good bean

lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:52 (four years ago) link

probably dumb and condescending suggestion but maybe take a look at the size of yr. cups?

8 oz coffee is ~ 100mg caffeine
2 oz espresso is ~ 120 mg caffeine

american mugs are stupid big and people fill 'em to like a hair from the brim, so they're usually drinking 16+ oz at a time, like ~ 200mg+/serving and that is actually an ass-ton of jitters.

use 6 or 8 oz cups and u will be happier, also the coffee stays hotter and u can feel accomplished at finishing them.

america's favorite (remy bean), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link

I like these: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/152655689071-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

america's favorite (remy bean), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link

U could even line up a row of commemorative shot glasses and pour an ounce in each and feel like a giant

rb (soda), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:00 (four years ago) link

yeah for sure my cups are huge--i'm just talking comparatively. my mug is 16 oz. i used to be able to comfortably consume 2 of them in a morning, which yeah is a lot and i'm not sad that i can't anymore.

contorted filbert (harbl), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:04 (four years ago) link

nice cups xp

lag∞n, Tuesday, 28 July 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link

I’m drinking coffee

all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 28 July 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link

I've also experienced the coffee jitters for the first time - quite physically unpleasant. I suspect it's at least partly because I'm not moving around nearly as much as usual.

I don't feel I can get the day properly underway unless I've had 2 mugs of coffee in the morning, but I should probably cut down the several nespressos I'm having during the day (mainly through boredom and an excuse to take a short break from work).

Luna Schlosser, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 10:51 (four years ago) link

One awesome day in DC I was jetlagged and hungover, walking to a conference, I stopped to buy a panini (which was great) and when I ordered an espresso the person serving me asked if I wanted small/medium/large, so I said "large" thinking it would be a double shot. To my delight she then grabbed a large cup and fired SEVEN shots in, filling it. The rest of the day was perfect.

assert (MatthewK), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 11:19 (four years ago) link

I found by age 40 that coffee would cause me not to sleep very well if I drank it after about noon and also caused me to have to urinate a lot. /oldman

I basically quit drinking it a number of years ago, other than the odd cup on the weekend or after a meal. When I did drink it, I really noticed how much more wired I felt; after two cups, unpleasantly so.

Since coronavirus I am working from home and I've picked the habit back up because my wife has been making it every morning. At least we've been buying better coffee from a friend who owns a local roaster. We also bought a burr grinder and have been making a small french press with single origin light roasts and it's great.

My recommendation is basically to buy better coffee and drink less.

Tōne Locatelli Romano (PBKR), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 12:58 (four years ago) link

otm good advice for food too

lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 14:03 (four years ago) link

Yeah, that's the conclusion I reached. It's really hard to fight that urge to go get another cup just out of boredom, but I'm doing my best. I already feel myself on the edge of the anxiety state but not there, so that's reminding me not to drink any more.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 17:25 (four years ago) link

Yes otm. A stupid elaborate coffee-making process helps prevent a second cup as well.

lukas, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link


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