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BitchPudding wrote:

theavondon wrote:Today, I had a good cup of coffee at a Starbucks.


I still don't really know how to feel about that.

Enjoy it while it lasts. Go to a local shop or Peet's.

Ain't no Peet's in texas. Also I usually go to local coffee shops (there are...five? Maybe four? In Denton) but I was in Rowlett, TX, where, to even find a Starbucks, I had to go to the Super Target.

theavondon wrote:

BitchPudding wrote:

theavondon wrote:Today, I had a good cup of coffee at a Starbucks.


I still don't really know how to feel about that.

Enjoy it while it lasts. Go to a local shop or Peet's.

Ain't no Peet's in texas. Also I usually go to local coffee shops (there are...five? Maybe four? In Denton) but I was in Rowlett, TX, where, to even find a Starbucks, I had to go to the Super Target.

7-11 is a local coffee shop?

I just discovered the awesomeness of the french press. I usually drink 8 o'clock 1/2 original 1/2 columbian. Sometimes if I'm feeling fancy I get a bag of starbucks dark italian roast.

Oh man, oh man.
French press it up.
Definitely way better than doing it on the old Walmart Mr. Coffee percolator.

It's like:
"Mr. Coffee? Nah, call me Monsieur Coffee."

The only issue I have is that I don't have an effective way of heating up larger quantities of water.
I need to get an electric kettle or something.

HEY MAN, 7-11 IS JUST MY MORNING SOURCE

BIG MIKES IN THE AFTERNOON, MR COFFEE AT NIGHT, UNLESS I'M AT YOUR PLACE, THEN IT'S MONSIEUR CAFE

French press is kind of it for me. I think it's because there is no paper filter to absorb the oils that I love so much.
However, i have been cheating on my french press with this:
http://aerobie.com/products/aeropress.htm
and a metal replacement filter that allows the oils to spill through.

snipelfritz wrote:I've never understood dark roast. Why do I want to taste the roasting process more than the coffee bean itself. That just suggests it was a bad bean to begin with.

It's like a well done steak, if you're ordering that, just gtfo

I agree. And the caffeine loss that comes with the longer roast is another turn off.

horseblanket wrote:French press is kind of it for me. I think it's because there is no paper filter to absorb the oils that I love so much.
However, i have been cheating on my french press with this:
http://aerobie.com/products/aeropress.htm
and a metal replacement filter that allows the oils to spill through.

How's aeropress coffee compare to a chemex?

Chankgeez wrote:

hollowhero wrote:Just bought a Chemex... not sure if this makes me a connoisseur or a hipster douche...

There was a time, before it was hip, when Chemex was for geeks and nerds. So, you can just tell people you're a geek or a nerd.

Good to know

I'm considering getting in on the Chemex game. Also, maybe Tonx.

3 times in the last week or so .. my BLACK coffee ( from a drivethru ) wasn't Black. i usually check.

foomanfat wrote:I'm considering getting in on the Chemex game. Also, maybe Tonx.

What is different about Chemex?
I looked at it earlier and I don't understand.
Do you just pour hot water through a filter?

Chemex sounds like a Junior SCience-Kit style Meth lab.

Sparrow wrote:3 times in the last week or so .. my BLACK coffee ( from a drivethru ) wasn't Black. i usually check.

blame canada


you ask an american NOT to do something extra we sure as hell wont

PetZounds wrote:

foomanfat wrote:I'm considering getting in on the Chemex game. Also, maybe Tonx.

What is different about Chemex?
I looked at it earlier and I don't understand.
Do you just pour hot water through a filter?

That's pretty much it. You just do it slowly. I personally have the same issue with the Chemex that I do with other paper filter solutions and that is that the paper absorbs all of the oils from the coffee. If you like your coffee with more body then avoid paper filter solutions. French Press, Espresso machines and an Aeropress loaded with a metal filter are good options for keeping your coffee intact.

If any of you guys decide to get a chemex, hit up ebay and look for the old pyrex ones. The new ones are VERY fragile while pyrex is like concrete.