Posted on 02/05/2009 8:57:06 AM PST by stainlessbanner
I have a Tassimo as well. I like to use the hot chocolate and the regular coffee both in a large mug for a mocha. The cappuccinos are pretty good as well.
Do you have to hit the manual button to get enough liquid to fill your cup? I do.
LOL my wife and I just had a budget discussion last night and neither of us wanted to drop the monthly Peets coffee ration.
Tim Horton’s is also excellent.
I laughed a year or so ago when I saw a new drive-thru Starbucks being built over in Indio (90 percent Hispanic, and decidedly low-income brown collar demographic), being sure it'd shutter up within a few months.
The place is going gangbusters, and always has a line second only to the legendary In-N-Out Burger chain.
My wife and I have tried most all of the chain coffees and various coffee makers. Good brew is made from a good bean and a good brewer. We tried Boca Java for over a year, but we didn’t drink enough coffee to keep up with the shipments.
Today we buy from Trung Nguyen Coffee. We use their single cup coffee filters or we use our french press. Best coffee we’ve had, and at a reasonable price.
http://www.trung-nguyen-online.com/index.html
This is silly.
Coffees are so different, as are peoples’ tastes.
This is like having a Consumer Report on the “best color.”
For those in the single cup brewer club, here is a good place to order coffee. Good service, wide variety.
I use the Bunn Pod Brewer and like the ElDorado Mocha Java, myself.
Ground Coffee: Jamaica Blue Mountain and Hawaiian Kona. Instant: German: Jacobs Cronat Gold - love it./Just Asking - seoul62......
I like Starbucks coffee.
I also like wine that tastes like Scotch and Scotch.
“Smoke, leather, earth” are high on my list when I pick a wine by description
I disagree with this report... Their taste is not my taste.
LLS
DITTO!
DD’s java is very good and flavorful, I agree with you.
Buy whole bean and grind it just before you use it. The aroma and flavor will be at its peak.
Do not store beans in the freezer. This will separate out the oils in the coffee and make it more bitter. Just use an airtight container, in a cool (60-70 degree) place.
Use filtered/distilled water.
The single most important thing (beyond the coffee itself) in changing the flavor is the water, the difference between unfiltered tapwater and that which goes through a Pur filter can be tremendous, depending on the water coming out of the tap, and you can readily smell and taste the difference in the coffee.
Coffee pots which are fast tend to overheat the water and also bring out the bitter and acidic qualities in the coffee.
Believe it or not, the best coffee I have had (low acid, smooth) for any given bean comes from cheap drip coffee makers which do not brew as fast but brew a better cup at lower temperatures.
In my earlier post, the first link is my personal favorite after having tried coffees from all over. It is strong, but low acid, full flavored, and I like it better than any others I have had.
But, as someone mentioned, picking the best coffee is like picking the most beautiful woman, everyone's tastes vary. Check out the site (www.CoffeeBeandirect.com), they have many coffees to suit virtually every taste and reasonable prices. I have done business with them for a few years now and have never been disappointed.
Life is too short for bad coffee.
It’s trendy to smugly rag on Starbucks, but the notion of a $5 cup of “coffee” is a canard. You can get a large cup of brewed coffee there for something like $1.87. Not all that bad, and the bathrooms are always clean, and they have WiFi. Great place for business travelers to make a pit-stop.
You’re welcome!!
See post 59.
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