Mike Rupp
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 | | 03/16/2009 2:59 PM |
 Alert | My wife's sister married a Lebanese-American. His mother is from Beirut and moved here before she got married and had kids, but still speaks with an Arabic accent. One night around the holidays, she was making some coffee and because she knew I'm always eager to try new things she asked if I wanted some Arabic coffee.
It tastes quite a bit like espresso, but different in a way that I have a hard time describing. It is very typical that the coffee is highly sweetened. I prefer drinking a larger volume of coffee, which is why I bring a French press along. As much as I like the stuff, the one downside for me is that the drinking of the coffee takes about a minute. I like to sit around and just relax and enjoy my coffee. | |
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Isaac Fain
| | 03/16/2009 3:26 PM |
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If anyone's interested in a try-before-you-buy arrangement, I recommend Turkish Delight in Pike Place Market. They have a decent cup of, you guessed it, Turkish coffee. Black as night and plenty of sludge. It goes exceptionally down well with the baklava there. :)
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pwilhelm
| | 03/16/2009 11:35 PM |
Alert | | Starbucks has their new VIA packets. It's ultra fine ground real coffee that nearly dissolves in hot water. Smells real (because it is) and tastes pretty good (if you like Starbucks). It's 12 for $10 I think. French or Italian dark roast. | |
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pwilhelm
| | 03/16/2009 11:35 PM |
Alert | | Starbucks has their new VIA packets. It's ultra fine ground real coffee that nearly dissolves in hot water. Smells real (because it is) and tastes pretty good (if you like Starbucks). It's 12 for $10 I think. French or Italian dark roast. | | | |
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Morris Yarnell
| | 03/17/2009 11:37 AM |
Alert | We get this great coffee from our relatives in Denver. Croatian coffee, it can be obtained from most European markets, I think. Whenever we visit they send some home with us.
Jubilarna Kava by name, by Franck. www.franck.hr Comes in a red and gold package, very fine grind and strong. Espresso type stuff. Perfect for press coffee makers. I usually mix it with my US stuff as it is so potent.
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Davis M
| | 03/17/2009 1:49 PM |
Alert | Another alternative…
If you are a fan of espresso, the Handpresso produces a respectable cup in an easy to use, easy to store, easy to clean-up kinda way: http://www.handpresso.fr/products/wild-EN.html
Taste-wise, I’d say it pulls shots on par with the average espresso shop. It’s primary limitation in terms of producing the elusive “perfect cup” is that it uses ESE pods [...so, La Marzocco isn’t exactly quivering in their boots]. However, this contributes to it’s greatest advantage – convenience. Once your water is on the boil, you are about 75 seconds away from a single shot of espresso with a bit of crema. Clean-up (including putting the device back in it’s case) adds another 15 seconds to the job and best of all, uses less than an ounce of water!
This contraption is perfect for one or two people but would not be the best solution for large groups or those who drink coffee all morning. The flip side of that is you can make a shot of decaf just as easily as a shot of the real stuff which is really nice if you like an after-dinner cup or, as in my case, have a spouse that only drinks decaf. Anyway, it’s very well built and if you can’t stand the thought of using pods, now comes in a version that uses ground coffee – although, that pretty much negates the convenience thang. Biggest downside is price, but then again, it does get a bunch of use on the trail, in camp, in hotels, while rigging up on the river, and even when I run out of beans for the home machine. Worth a look.
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TooRisky
| | 03/22/2009 1:58 AM |
Alert | | must be me....but what happened to boiling water an making coffee...key words perculater....add water, coffee and heat...simple easy and coffee.... | | | |
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Ryan Hall
| | 03/22/2009 9:02 AM |
Alert | | Steven, Just like our trucks, our coffee tastes have gotten more shall I say refined? Lol just kidding coffee is cofffee to me. Hot, black and make sure there is sugar and creamer for the wife. | |
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Craig Miller
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| | 03/22/2009 10:24 AM |
Alert | Well Steven, the title of the thread is, "Best cup of joe" and a percolator burns the coffee and tastes awful.
Neither a French Press or a drip filter are more complicated than a percolator; they just make better coffee. They don't cost any more either. I'm not really sure what you are objecting to.
The burr grinders are an additional expense that will make coffee, regardless of how it's made (percolator, drip, french press) taste better. This is largely because it is fresh ground coffee. I doubt you'd turn down fresh salmon for frozen salmon, fresh fruit for canned, etc. Whether you grind your coffee or buy it already ground a percolator just doesn't make very good coffee.
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Morris Yarnell
| | 03/22/2009 3:08 PM |
Alert | Take some coffee......any coffee, no matter how you make it.....add Baileys in the morning and Irish whiskey in the evening. It kills the germs and warms the soul.
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Jay Erickson
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| | 03/22/2009 7:40 PM |
Alert | [quote] Posted By Morris Yarnell on 03/22/2009 3:08 PM
Take some coffee......any coffee, no matter how you make it.....add Baileys in the morning and Irish whiskey in the evening. It kills the germs and warms the soul.
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Now that's coffee I might consider drinking! lol. | |
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TooRisky
| | 04/07/2009 10:16 PM |
Alert | | Well you boys are from a different side of the tracks as me, this is for sure...you brew up what ever you like, how you like and sit around comparing it to what ever you like...Me if its semi hot I will drink it, and then its time to hit the trail...Ya wanna sit around drinking till mid afternoon, hell I can do that in the comfort of my home...Its nothing but dribble out the end of my liquid escape tube anyways... | | | |
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Grant Mossman
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| | 04/07/2009 10:24 PM |
Alert | | Steve- I agree that I'd rather be out and about that sipping coffee. Does not mean I won't, though- It may not be so much about the coffee as the fellowship, yet all the better if the coffee doesn't taste like it "ran off Luther's boot." | |
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Benny Benson
| | 04/10/2009 10:45 AM |
Alert | | I've had the ole percolator for years...it was a staple for being out in the field in the army. I thought that was how coffee just tasted in the field....I've used it on all my camping trips since. I then saw this talk about "french press" coffee. I found a GSI press on ebay and got it. I am going to say I will never bring the percolator camping again..actually the press is easier, less clean up and easier to pack. Oh, and Tastes way better... | |
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Joe Koegler
| | 04/11/2009 6:39 PM |
Alert | I don't think I saw a moka pot mentioned anywhere. This works quite well if you like an Americano style coffee. It even makes a passable espresso.
We have a stainless Bialetti Musa 10-cup pot. That's 10 espresso sized cups. We dilute it with boiling water into a Nissan thermos and have hot coffee for hours. | |
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Ben Bailey
| | 04/11/2009 7:42 PM |
Alert | I hate this thread....
....I've basically had to give up coffee because it does weird things to my heart.
Not only that, but the first time I had coffee on purpose was the best cup I'd ever had, and I've been searching for anything close to it since then. It's the ultimate metaphor for life, the endless search for satisfaction once found, never forgotten, never repeated. | |
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Ben Bailey
| | 04/11/2009 7:55 PM |
Alert | One of the balconies, up on the left, below the bell tower -- that's where I had my first cup of coffee. Turkish, roasted and ground by hand that day, with a fresh Jaffa orange to go with it. Yes, I went for seconds. The mummified monk in the next room only added to the whole experience.
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Joe Koegler
| | 04/11/2009 9:08 PM |
Alert | Craig,
They're great for the field.
Many of the Bialettis (and copies) are cast aluminum though which I don't think is durable enough for knocking around in a box of gear. I used a SS single cup one for years before getting the 10-cup one.
Only downside is you can't do multiple pots in a row without letting the bottom water/steam chamber cool down and equalize pressure. You can just plunge the bottom in a cold water bath to speed that up though.
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Craig Miller
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| | 04/11/2009 9:57 PM |
Alert | Yeah, the it looks like I mis-configured the advanced editor when I setup th cooking forum. I'll take a look and see if I can fix it.
Until then, you can still browse and attach pictures with the advanced editor even though it doesn't have the toolbar at the top. The buttons are at the bottom of the page. | |
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Craig Miller
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| | 09/08/2009 9:22 AM |
Alert | Posted By Joe Koegler on 04/11/2009 9:08 PM
Craig,
They're great for the field.
Many of the Bialettis (and copies) are cast aluminum though which I don't think is durable enough for knocking around in a box of gear. I used a SS single cup one for years before getting the 10-cup one.
Only downside is you can't do multiple pots in a row without letting the bottom water/steam chamber cool down and equalize pressure. You can just plunge the bottom in a cold water bath to speed that up though.
So... I've now tasted Joe's "Cup of Joe" and it's really really good. So strong you can stand a spoon up in it, but smooth enough to go down easily. Great stuff! | |
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