I hate coffee

Harbl I am tempted to get the berry coffee on my way to work this morning just to see if it's as disgusting as I assume it will be.

I've never had turkish coffee but it scares me more than mint coffee.

I got the berry coffee. Am regretting it.

ppl who drink coffee with soy milk: do you find that it separates really easily? i feel like unless it's the perfectly balanced blend, this happens all the time. it's annoying. not as annoying as separated milk/cream, though.

could be the temp, try rice milk

Yeah I have that problem too T.

my percolator is dying. I ended up pouring the hot water directly into the part where the grounds go and let it filter through, and it made really good coffee. I realized that the percolator hadn't made really good coffee in a while.

I just realised I've been spending baot $30 on takeaway coffees per week. It's worth it tbh.

We get free coffee at work, which I keep trying to convince myself is a really great employee perk, but it's like drinking boiled dishwater. It's the worst coffee I've ever had. And it's kinda weak, I like my coffee like a mule kick to the skull. I think I'm joining Wilter in this takeaway habit.

make your own you will save hundreds

There's so much temptation with there being a Starbucks right downstairs! Their long blacks give me the awesomest caffeine high. I think I need an espresso machine.

starbucks? really?
seriously, make your own.

lol yeah. I only get long blacks though, if I could make espresso at home I wouldn't be fuckin with 'em.

we got a deese espresso machine at work. short/long blacks are tolerable, milky coffee tastes horrid tho

what is a long black? is that a nz thing?

espresso shot on hot water iirc? mebbe two shots?

Yeah it's a double over hot water.

so like an americano.

wiki shite:

A long black is a style of coffee, most commonly found in Australia and New Zealand, made by pulling a double-shot of espresso over hot water (usually the water is also heated by the espresso machine). A long black is similar to an Americano, which is made by adding hot water to espresso shots, but it retains the crema and is less voluminous, therefore more strongly flavoured.

The order in which a long black is made (water first, espresso second) is important; reversing the steps will destroy the crema from the espresso shots.

Short black is an Australasian synonym for the basic espresso.

i don't like milky coffees, they often taste bad to me, i like long blacks, no sugar.

they're the good stuff i am looking fwd to them

i will hook u up.

some day i will buy my v own espresso machine and have crema-topped delights every day!

i don't like milky coffees, they often taste bad to me, i like long blacks, no sugar.

― estela

I mostly go for flat whites tbh, but yuh short or long blacks are the safest option if u don't know if the coffee at a place is shitty or not

*jitter jitter*

drinking coffee right now. lately it doesn't seem hot enough (using the same amount of same temp soy as always though). i think i need a good coffee maker. i did find a better bean, though!

http://blog.cleveland.com/scoopdujour_impact/2009/02/small_Organic_Bolivian_Blend.jpg

still french pressin
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my coffee has improved 900% since i revived this thread on may 20, 2009

congrats

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hey everyone deansbeans.com has free shipping this week
i wanna buy a bunch but my coffee grinder is too crappy

i got this super cheap mr coffee grinder like 10 years ago and it still works perfectly.

maybe everyone else can use them but me? it's a krups blade grinder. it really, really sucks.

wait does it look like this
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i have this one

http://marybakes.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/krups_twin_blade_grinder_500x500.jpg

i have one that's the same design as omar's

yeah that's exactly what i have

what's the problem you're having?

i get some coffee ground to dust and other coffee like the size of 1/4 bean. in the same batch. and i'm not putting too much in. it wouldn't be so bad if it was drip but it comes through the mesh of the french press thing when it's fine like that.

please help omar

I've never used a coffee grinder. Does buying whole beans and using one really make it that much better?

with a french press, you are "supposed to" use the coarsest grind ... i know my grinder doesn't have any settings. There are fancy supermarkets that have grinders with different settings. I love these things.

i think it would because i buy them whole and grind them in the store and it's always best the first 2 days or so, and that's what experts say. but no it's not that bad for the rest of the 1.5-2 weeks a pound lasts me. dunno.

i think i could figure out how to make it grind coarse (i usually just counted to 6 or 7) if the grind was consistent. but it's not.

yeah, my advice would be to take it to the store and stealthily use their machines.

*grabs toolbox*

i've never had problems with mine, i usually make about four cups in the morning so i scoop out about four spoonfuls of coffee beans and grind them for 6-7 seconds.

does it sound normal when it's grinding? any weird noises?