The Good, The Bad and the Ugly … Coffee

[charlie b]

A coffee thread is the only thing that comes close to an oil thread  :D

Oh, I forgot, the topics are related.  Black and oily, tastes like s***  :D  :D  :D

I don't drink coffee much.  Only when really cold or nothing else to drink.  Then add enough sweetener to make it so I can choke it down.

My first real 'need' for coffee was in the army (it was only just below zero).  I stepped up to the coffee pot.  Yes, a big, stainless steel, mess pot with about 3gal of brown stuff in it, simmering away on a gas stove.  I dipped the ladle in and was promptly chewed out by my plt sgt.  Seems I dipped the ladle 'too low' which would stir up the grounds in the bottom of the pot.  Then I made the mistake of asking how long it had been sitting like that.  Mess sgt said, 'Just a couple of days.  Added some new grounds last night.'  Yep, drink it only when freezing my butt off. 

Starbucks sometimes reminds me of that stuff, especially when they have 'burned' it.

[Lannis]

Starbucks sometimes reminds me of that stuff, especially when they have 'burned' it.

Can't stand that over-roasted and burn-brewed Starbucks stuff.   Can't figure out why it's so popular.   

Lannis

[guzzista]

Just to make this a bit more Guzzi content( or at least Italian for that matter): Espresso!  The ones that I find easy to get, make are: 1) Illy, 2) Lavazza. Espresso pots are inexpensive, easy to carry on the road, , easy to fire up with a small stove and Always deliver killer java literally anywhere. I live in the biggest glut area for craft coffee in the USA,(SF Bay Area) ( possible exception Seattle), yet I have my Illy or Lavazza daily and away from home in a small stainless Bialetti Pot.  Yeah, roasting your own is great, french press works nicely, LaPavoni  Europiccola  straight out rocks, but, all and all,  a good  stovetop Espresso pot is hard to beat for flavor and portability and since this is a forum about bikes, riding, going places etc, this posting may actually improve your riding experience. Salute!

[Crusty]

Can't stand that over-roasted and burn-brewed Starbucks stuff.   Can't figure out why it's so popular.   

Lannis

'Cause people like it! Duh.

[kirkemon]

Can't stand that over-roasted and burn-brewed Starbucks stuff.   Can't figure out why it's so popular.   

Lannis

You'd like Swedish coffee - there aren't any Starbucks in Sweden because they wouldn't stay in business.

[oldbike54]

 Starbucks , Kenyan , Swedish , meh . Delrod can brew excellent coffee with nothing more than a pot and an old T shirt 

  Dusty

[rodekyll]

Starbucks , Kenyan , Swedish , meh . Delrod can brew excellent coffee with nothing more than a pot and an old T shirt 

  Dusty

 . . . and that bothers us, Dusty.  I'm suspicious of any coffee recipe that doesn't include any actual coffee.

[oldbike54]

. . . and that bothers us, Dusty.  I'm suspicious of any coffee recipe that doesn't include any actual coffee.

 Doug is so talented he can simply use dirt and leaves 

  Dusty

[Sasquatch Jim]

 When I was a yonker, I was on KP in the army cleaning the BIG coffee precolator.  I found over a dozen eggshells in the bottom.
 First I was pissed thinking someone had thrown garbage into the coffee.
 The mess sergeant informed me that he had put the shells in there because they absorb acid and mellow the taste.
 Since then if I make coffee in a big pot the cowboy way, I put in egg shells.  It works good.

[Sasquatch Jim]

  To make loose grounds settle, all that is needed is to sprinkle a little cold water on top.