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[Wandering Sagebrush]

Tony, thank you!

[Vic Harder]

I use this grinder... it fits into my Aeropress and I like a superfine grind, so this is perfect

Porlex Mini Stainless Steel Coffee Grinder : Amazon.ca: Home

[ski3pin]

We need to wake up close to all you coffee nerds some morning.

[Vic Harder]

We need to wake up close to all you coffee nerds some morning.

Coffee can be a lot like beer or wine.  Once you really get into it, the "regular" stuff most people drink (aka Starbucks) is no longer good enough.  I get my coffee from a local roaster who imports direct from the farmers, so, estate based coffee.  That means the varietal of the bean, the terroir of where it is grown, the weather that year, how it is washed/dried etc all become factors in how it tastes even before it is lightly roasted.  

 

And these might be fighting words for some:  If you like dark roast, forget all that.  As I read on a coffee website yesterday, Italian espresso roast is basically the crappiest bean you can find burnt until it makes no difference what you started with.  

Edited by Vic Harder, 24 January 2023 - 01:00 AM.

[ski3pin]

...........we are solidly and happily Peetniks.

 

as in "Friends don't let friends go to Starbucks." Herb Caen quote, by the way.

 

We can handle ourselves in a fight.

[AWG_Pics]

...........we are solidly and happily Peetniks.

 

as in "Friends don't let friends go to Starbucks." Herb Caen quote, by the way.

 

We can handle ourselves in a fight.

 

We have come a long way from cowboy coffee from many years (decades) ago. We also were Peetniks before starting to roasting our own. However, when in Pahrump years ago, we were compelled to go to starbucks, sad to say. Crap coffee is better than no coffee!

 

We are happy to share with anyone in the vicinity -- but we tend to camp in the loneliest places!  

[Vic Harder]

Crap coffee is better than no coffee!

 

We are happy to share with anyone in the vicinity -- but we tend to camp in the loneliest places!  

Well, then you might bump into Monte and Julie  

 

As for crap coffee is better than none, nope... I'll pass.  Can't drink Coors or Baby Duck either!!!!

[AWG_Pics]

Coffee can be a lot like beer or wine.  Once you really get into it, the "regular" stuff most people drink (aka Starbucks) is no longer good enough. 

 If you like dark roast, forget all that.  As I read on a coffee website yesterday, Italian espresso roast is basically the crappiest bean you can find burnt until it makes no difference what you started with.  

 

Vic, you are right about Italian Roasts, overcooked for sure, but the art for us is to stop the roast well before that -- it is dark, but oily and has a great nose as well as a fine complex palate! Our favorite beans are Yemen, some Ethiopians and some Guatemalans. In that order.

 

I ignore most of what coffee writers have to say. But I have been roasting for close to 20 years and don't heed much of what the critics opine about.

 

We would not want to fight, but would happily do a brew-off sometime in the back of beyond, should the opportunity arise.

[Vic Harder]

We would not want to fight, but would happily do a brew-off sometime in the back of beyond, should the opportunity arise.

Yer on!  

 

I like Phil & Sebastian's... Coffee (philsebastian.com)

[AWG_Pics]

Well, then you might bump into Monte and Julie  

 

As for crap coffee is better than none, nope... I'll pass.  Can't drink Coors or Baby Duck either!!!!

 

Vic, what is the 'Coors' you refer to? Is it some kind of Kool-Aid or vitamin drink?