Author Topic: Kotowboy & Prog Snob Present : The Coffee Thread. (Read 8809 times)

wolfking · « **Reply #105 on:** July 31, 2016, 05:13:52 AM »

Quote from: Lynxo on July 21, 2016, 01:03:28 AM

The thing I hate about Starbucks is that they're so fucking desperate to make friends with the customers. They have to ask my name (to write on the cup, I get it, but other places manages fine without doing that!) and they have to make small talk. If I'm waiting for my coffee, I'm usually NOT in a good mood to talk to coffee hipsters who's trying too hard to act like they're interested. I want my damn coffee!

Espresso House never does that! Plus, for some reason, they seem to hire a lot of cute girls, which is always a plus.

I fucking hate how they ask for your name too. I obviously get why, but just fucks me off. I just give them a stupid fake name each time.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #106 on:** July 31, 2016, 11:03:03 AM »

I don't mind them asking my name that much. What I fucking hate is that they never call your name when it's ready so you're sitting there like a fucking schnook waiting for your coffee to be ready.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #107 on:** August 03, 2016, 03:51:25 PM »

My Dad got me one of these coffee pots. You put water in the base and coffee grounds in the middle and you heat it on the hob.

The water in the base boils through the coffee and ends up in the top part.

(...for anyone that didn't know ).

Onno · « **Reply #108 on:** August 04, 2016, 04:50:06 AM »

I have one of those as well. Awesome.

Lynxo · « **Reply #109 on:** August 04, 2016, 05:05:14 AM »

My mom had one of these as well, it tastes awesome.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #110 on:** August 04, 2016, 05:07:22 AM »

Made a decaf this morning by mistake

I guess I made a decaf last night before bed and I naturally went straight to it this morning.

Had shower now. Time for a proper coffee

Prog Snob · « **Reply #111 on:** August 04, 2016, 05:38:33 AM »

That's really nice. It's sort of similar to the Farberware I have.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #112 on:** January 07, 2017, 12:04:49 PM »

look what i gone and did !

one of the best flat whites i've ever made.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #113 on:** January 07, 2017, 12:40:03 PM »

That looks tasty.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #114 on:** January 07, 2017, 12:51:55 PM »

It was.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #115 on:** January 07, 2017, 01:16:07 PM »

I definitely could go for a nice warm latte right now.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #116 on:** January 07, 2017, 02:05:50 PM »

I made some coffee for myself, but I'm out of milk and sweetener. Instead I add cinnamon and cayenne powder to the grinds to give it a kick.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #117 on:** January 07, 2017, 02:08:23 PM »

My New Year's Rez is to kick sugar so no coca cola etc or biscuits or cake...

So I can only have latte at home because white americano with no sugar is foul imo.

All the milk in a latte makes it sweet enough to be palatable for me.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #118 on:** January 07, 2017, 02:29:37 PM »

I get that. Sometimes I just add milk for that little bit of sweetness. If it's bad coffee, I need to add sugar for the taste, especially if it's Dunkin Donuts.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #119 on:** January 07, 2017, 02:32:31 PM »

Haha. I only get coffee from a good cafe in town or Costa. My favourite " high st Chain "... I can't stand Starbucks.

I don't know how it got so popular . It's just nasty nasty stuff.

Any high street "mom & pop" cafe will make a good cappuccino for you.

Starbucks is horrid.

I make a better latte in my home with a cefetiere and boiled milk than i could get at a Starbucks

Prog Snob · « **Reply #120 on:** January 07, 2017, 02:43:18 PM »

I definitely prefer a good cafe to a coffee chain. They put more care into their products. Since I am working the overnight shift the next few months, DD is unfortunately the only thing open at that time.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #121 on:** January 07, 2017, 02:47:46 PM »

Is it awful ?

It has to be at least on par with Starbucks. I mean. I'd buy a starbucks coffee if there was nothing else.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #122 on:** January 07, 2017, 03:26:09 PM »

I really don't like DD coffee. It never tastes right. I can't quite pinpoint what it is.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #123 on:** January 08, 2017, 06:23:55 AM »

The DD near our place either has a burnt taste or if I request sugar 1 sugar = 5 at this DD.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #124 on:** January 08, 2017, 10:16:24 AM »

I will forever worship the bean

mikeyd23 · « **Reply #125 on:** January 09, 2017, 07:34:34 AM »

Ironically, DD uses a MUCH higher quality bean than Starbucks does. I've never had a cup of coffee at Starbucks that tasted as good as a DD coffee.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #126 on:** January 14, 2017, 04:04:26 PM »

How does everyone take their coffee?

I used to put a lot of sugar in and used that delicious ass international delight creamer, which basically was like crack, and I was putting on too many pounds from that non-sense

So now I just do two sugars and use 1% milk instead of Half and half or creamer.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #127 on:** January 14, 2017, 04:28:07 PM »

Before I embarked on this No Sugar rule since Jan 1st - I'd have a sugar in my tea and coffee - esp if it was filter / americano.

Now I have 0 sugar in my tea and I have latte because the milk makes up for lack of sugar.

Americano with milk normally. Latte with 1 sugar ( but not for the forseeable ).

Also - I can't drink black coffee. Makes me gag.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #128 on:** January 14, 2017, 08:11:15 PM »

I don't drink coffee, I see myself out...

PS. I do love the smell of coffee though.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #129 on:** January 14, 2017, 08:34:38 PM »

PS? Post script or Prog Snob?

ReaperKK · « **Reply #130 on:** January 15, 2017, 06:50:59 AM »

I used to do cream and sugar, now I just do a little bit of cream.

mikeyd23 · « **Reply #131 on:** January 16, 2017, 07:26:02 AM »

Quote from: ReaperKK on January 15, 2017, 06:50:59 AM

I used to do cream and sugar, now I just do a little bit of cream.

Yeah, me too. The older I get, the more I enjoy the taste of the coffee itself and the less I put in it.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #132 on:** January 16, 2017, 07:46:27 AM »

Quote from: ReaperKK on January 15, 2017, 06:50:59 AM

I used to do cream and sugar, now I just do a little bit of cream.

Who knew coffee drinking could be so perverse?

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #133 on:** January 16, 2017, 07:48:43 AM »

For me, I found that I have to put less stuff in, if I grind my beans right before making a pot. Using the pre-ground stuff is night and day different in flavor than actually grinding right before.

mikeyd23 · « **Reply #134 on:** January 16, 2017, 07:50:09 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix87x on January 16, 2017, 07:48:43 AM

For me, I found that I have to put less stuff in, if I grind my beans right before making a pot. Using the pre-ground stuff is night and day different in flavor than actually grinding right before.

Yeah, for sure, coffee tastes so much better when it's ground fresh.

Stewie · « **Reply #135 on:** January 16, 2017, 09:20:38 AM »

Colombian coffee is my favorite, by far.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #136 on:** January 16, 2017, 10:04:44 AM »

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPVIKn0Bz2t/

Made this at work today.

sylvan · « **Reply #137 on:** December 06, 2017, 06:35:22 AM »

Revival... cuz Coffee never goes away!

I grew tired of the Keurig. It's convenient, easy, and fast, but the quality just wasn't what I'm looking for. I'm no coffee snob, but I appreciate good quality things, and I take pride in creating a quality product.

So I recently purchased an SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America) certified coffee maker and a manual conical burr grinder. Now I'm slowly cycling through good beans, some single origin stuff. Right now I'm drinking a https://perccoffee.com/shop/guatemala-ixlama-lot-1. Amazing!

And I'm not a black coffee guy, even though I CAN drink it, it's not preferred. I like light milk, light sugar. Just enough to make it NOT black coffee lol.

AngelBack · « **Reply #138 on:** December 06, 2017, 06:57:28 AM »

One of my teenage boys recently took a part time job at a new start up coffee chain. They do not let the coffee beans stay on the shelf more than 3 weeks then it is tossed but the employees can take it. They sell their various types of coffee for $30.00/ lb. I now have a pantry full of amazing varieties. I grind at night, set the auto brew and wake to a great pot each day.

And grinding your own beans is so much less bitter than anything you can buy pre-ground.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #139 on:** December 06, 2017, 07:06:44 AM »

Agreed. Grinding is night and day better than the preground. If I can, I definitely will grind

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Author Topic: Kotowboy & Prog Snob Present : The Coffee Thread. (Read 8809 times)