The Best Coffee

**GDub** · 16th July 09, 04:43 PM

At home I only drink Taylor Maid. They're a local business and offer some outstanding coffees. They have it in bins at my local market so I put together my own bag that's 50% French Roast mixed with one of their medium roasted premium blends. Good stuff!!

**ChubRock** · 16th July 09, 05:13 PM

Have you heard of Cat Poo Coffee? There are a couple of places in Minnesota that sell the stuff for $50 a cup. You can't make this stuff up. And no, I didn't try it. I would rather spend my $50 towards another kilt. Kilt On!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak

**Dall_Piobaire** · 16th July 09, 05:15 PM

That's the stuff I was saying cost over 700 bucks a pound!

**Rex_Tremende** · 16th July 09, 05:32 PM

The best coffee may have been coffee that I never tasted, but it was delicious in my imagination. When I was a kid and my parents entertained at home, my mother always made a pot of coffee in the old electric percolator. As it gurgled and sighed, it emitted the most intoxicating aroma which wafted up the stairs along with the murmurs and laughter of the guests. I sat quietly in my pajamas at the top step, drinking it all in.

No coffee since has ever smelled as good.

Regards,
Rex.

**Smayniac** · 16th July 09, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

The best coffee may have been coffee that I never tasted, but it was delicious in my imagination. When I was a kid and my parents entertained at home, my mother always made a pot of coffee in the old electric percolator. As it gurgled and sighed, it emitted the most intoxicating aroma which wafted up the stairs along with the murmurs and laughter of the guests. I sat quietly in my pajamas at the top step, drinking it all in.

No coffee since has ever smelled as good.

Regards,
Rex.

I had a friend some years back who didn't drink coffee, she said it just didn't taste as good as it smells.

Bob

**Dall_Piobaire** · 16th July 09, 05:43 PM

Rex!

I know exactly what you are talking about. Mine was my grandmother making coffee at the Jersey shore. My grandfather always snuck us a bit! To wake up to that and the smell of pork roll...omg

**BoldHighlander** · 16th July 09, 06:50 PM

Okay, not to hijack this thread *but* with all this talk about coffee: when brewing your own at home do you all buy pre-ground or whole bean?

For more than 20 years now I buy whole bean (usually French roast) & grind my own. Sometimes I break out the ol' hand grinder I used when reenacting the American Civil War /War Between the States & grind up a batch

(My friends have called me a "coffee snob" )

**GDub** · 16th July 09, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

Okay, not to hijack this thread *but* with all this talk about coffee: when brewing your own at home do you all buy pre-ground or whole bean?

Whole bean! Been grinding my own for at least 30 years.

**Zardoz** · 16th July 09, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Smayniac

I had a friend some years back who didn't drink coffee, she said it just didn't taste as good as it smells.

Bob

My wife is exactly that way! We can be out for breakfast, or I'll be brewing some up at home, and she'll say "oh that smells so good" , "lemme smell your coffee" etc.. But she won't taste it! "No, that's OK, it tastes bitter!" In 20 years of trying, I've never been able to get her to try a taste of coffee.

**ccga3359** · 16th July 09, 09:53 PM

Used to brew my own at home, now I just go on a Timmies run. Never ground my own but then I used to drink so much it's like cigarettes in it's just another routine. Where I to drink an occasional cup of coffee then I might be persuaded to go through the connoisseur rigmarole.