Posted on 04/17/2012 5:09:35 AM PDT by seton89
“I absolutely agree about the French press being the best method.”
Same. Many people want a more filtered product though, and really freak about a tiny bit of sediment. (Hint: don’t drink the dregs. Stop before then.)
I actually like the little bits of grit in French Press coffee...kinda like giblets.
Old time marketing and advertising.
Chock Full O' Nuts comes to mind with a number of their slogans. "Heavenly Coffee" perhaps inspiring the contrasting "mankind" reference.
(Not that CFON is, or has ever been, my first choice in a coffee...)
See my post #40. I like FP, but this new coffee device has it for breakfast. You can get one for around 25.
I have several Chemex brewers and a bunch of other coffee brewers. My kid introduced me to the aoeropress (see my post 40).
I love the simplicity and the taste is out of the world. It is like a Clover, but 10,000 dollars cheaper! :-)
My sister in law roasts her beans daily in a cast iron skillet. She does love her coffee!
Gonna check it out!
COME LOOK! A HAPPY THREAD!
I gave up my shop a year ago, but I still roast and sell. My roaster can only max at about 18 pounds, so all my roasts are small, and my coffees are great Arabicas.
Starbucks is a wonderful hole for leftists to drop in their monies and feel cooolssss.
As for Starbucks we sometimes buy their espresso and use a Starbucks Serina (Saeco) Expresso machine to brew our European style coffee every morning.
Having just spent nearly 12-years living in firest Europe, then the Middle East, Asia and finally S.America, we have had the opportunity to acquire regional tastes in coffee. American's drink a weak brew which can be drank all day. Even American BOLD Coffee is weak tasting to us these days upon our return to the USA.
I have a bunch of french presses, but never use them any more. I liked the flavor, but I didn’t like the mess. Getting the coffee out of the grooves in the wire filter, dumping the grinds. The silt in the bottom of the cup never bothered me, but a lot of my customers didn’t like it.
I switched to chemex for individual cups when I wasn’t using my large titan brewers. I closed my shop before I found out about the amazing aoropress.
My guess is the Starbucks guy is terrified of the little press. Starbucks bought Clover ($10,000 plus vacuum machine) to get it off the market, but then this little $25 brewer emerges a year or two ago and bam! You have clover quality coffee anywhere! A lot of independent shops are starting to use them.
As for Starbucks we sometimes buy their espresso and use a Starbucks Serina (Saeco) Expresso machine to brew our European style coffee every morning.
Having just spent nearly 12-years living in finest Europe, then the Middle East, Asia and finally S.America, we have had the opportunity to acquire regional tastes in coffee. American's drink a weak brew which can be drank all day. Even American BOLD Coffee is weak tasting to us these days upon our return to the USA.
I haven’t perked coffee since 1971. I find it boring, to each his own.
Many churches in our town have Bible studies in the STBX.
Koren students have English lessons there.
Kids meet after team sports for a treat.
I am not sure I have seen in leftest feeling special there.
But the above groups may feel special none the less.
giblets! lol, yeah I had customers like you.
When I had my shop, I was amazed at the number of pastors that would come in during the week to hang out, study and meet with people. I got to know a lot of them and really enjoyed my store.
It would still be opened, if I had been a better business man. (picking a better location and having a drive thru)
I will thoroughly investigate that link!
I have roaster friends in Michigan, Nebraska, Louisiana and Texas. Nothing beats the small, skilled independent for quality.
“And I tell them about the fabled McDonald’s deep-fried apple pie of yesteryear.”
Do you mean the pie of the mid to late 80’s? If you do that pie was amazing. I Can’t imagine why it ever went away.
And coffee at a restaurant here probably averages $5, up to $8 or 9 if it’s an expensive restaurant.
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