Favorite brand of coffee

[Kyhl]

I friend of mine lives in Curitiba, Brazil, and on a recent visit up here he brought me some Cafe Damasco. I had never thought I would be able to taste or appreciate the difference from one coffee to the next, but I couldn't have been more wrong. I have yet to find a cup that tastes even 20% as good from any coffee around here. It was ground so fine it was almost like powdered sugar, and he put in twice as many grounds as I use with your basic Folgers, etc. (and I like fairly strong coffee), yet it was so unbelievably smooth, aromatic, and full-bodied I was absolutely blown away. It changed my whole opinion about java.

How did you filter that?

I eyeballed my first grind with the Preciso and ended up plugging the paper filter because it was too fine. I do agree, grind it as fine as you can get away with.

We also started using more grounds after purchasing a better brewer. And it led to us drinking fewer cups per day because is was stronger while being smoother.

[bobbymalone]

I buy my green beans for $ 4.39 a pound

A pound of green beans equals what after roasting?

[FISHINGURU]

Expresso FTW

[Jim Almquist]

A pound of green beans equals what after roasting?

I will weigh them and let you know. I know that they are bigger but I have to believe the are lighter.

[birchbranch]

With Caribou coffee, the flavors described are merely descriptions of the natural flavor of the beans. It's not flavored coffee, not even close. I am with Mr. Klean. Big Caribou fan,,, when I can afford it. Otherwise, Hills Brothers dark roast beans have to suffice. As long as I can grind for every pot it's all good.

[delcecchi]

One thing I found out from reading a test of different coffees is that coffee has a percentage of "bad" or defective beans. They are called "quakers" and are beans that are under-ripened. Anyway, the better the coffee company is at sorting them out, the better the coffee.

In the taste test the number of these bad beans ranged from 13 to 1 in different samples from different brands. They didn't say what the sample size was.

[psepuncher]

french roast from a french press

is much better than columbian for me.

[JeremyCampbell]

Just picked up some carabou blend medium roast from the wall store Im very happy with the taste.Even though it's not a dark it still is roasty with a powerful taste.Good stuff!!

[Whoaru99]

I much prefer Caribou over Starbucks for a chain brew and beans. To me Starbucks has one roast...charred, hence the common nickname "Charbucks". Their lattes aren't bad though with that level of roast to the bean.

Occasionally I'll order some from Sweet Maria's. In a pinch, 8 O'clock 100% Columbian works too.

Of the bean, I generally prefer single varietal vs. blends. Columbian, Kenya, Costa Rica, etc., roasted City to Fully City.

[fivebucks]

I like the Diet Coke brand To me all coffee tastes terrible but I love the smell.

[Down Deep]

For everyday I like Starbucks Espresso Dark. I also order Kona coffee from Hawaii. I get it from two growers I've met while over there. Tsunami and Purple Mountain are grown by these family's.

[JeremyCampbell]

I usually let my 4yr old girl pic my coffee out.Today she picked an Italian roast from wide awake.Not bad ! My grinding season starts October 15th.Can't wait!I usually mix different beans together and come up with my own Jeremy Campbell coffee.Some I actually made a recipe for.