Coffee

[Weekend_Sawyer]

 I see the link on the front of the forum to Costa Rican Coffee is broken.

I purchase 5lb at a time from them, It's darn good and comes out to about $11 a lb.

Jon

[pineywoods]

When I'm desperate and need a coffe fix in a hurry, I use coffee bags. We have one of those 1 gallon water heaters under the kitch sink, it makes 190 deg water instantly. Throw one of the bags (no it ain't instant stuff, it's sure nuff coffee) in a cup and fill with hot water from that little heater -----instant sure nuff coffee.

[Bill Johnson]

We make 42 cups at a time in the perculator and it stays on almost 24/7. I like mine black and strong. Hot or cold don't matter too much.

Strangely enough though can't drink Tim Hortons unless it's double-double, tried it straight up a couple of times and it was just way too bitter.

[DanG]

If has been sitting around a while, it can become acidic and bitter.  A tiny pinch of salt in your cup will make it a lot more palatable.  I'm talking about a teensy-weensy little pinch, no more than a dozen grains of table salt.

Tom, that Navy coffee must be a whole lot like Army coffee.  Ya tilt the cup up and wait for it to slide out, right?   I was one of our Mess Sgt's favorite people.  I was the only one who would come into the Mess Hall at 4pm and have a cup with him!

[leweee]

strong ...perked....hot or cold It is what I use to decorate my monitor & keyboard after reading certain posts.

[dave7191]

I had to laugh at Tom post  Because i was thinking that the only time i could think of ever diluting my coffee was mid watch and that is even stronger than normal navy coffee  a few cups of Cajun coffee  otherwise straight up and hot and fairly strong

[customsawyer]

Being a vet I drink it strait up. Kind of like cowboy coffee, through a horse shoe in it when she foats its ready.

[LeeB]

Used to drink it by the gallon, but only every once in a while now. Mostly when it's cold out. I like it black and strong and thru a perculator. I buy beans and grind it myself. The best coffee is river coffee. The kind you boil in an old pot on the fire and drink it through your teeth to strain out the grounds and the bugs from the river water

[Slabs]

Maybe me n' DanG need to make an odyssey down and have a cup (pot+) with Harold.  I was in Panama in 86' with the reserves and got introduced to "Central" American coffee, namely Cello Dorado.  I found it more tasty than the Columbian brands so popular in the comissary.

Mine always comes as from the pot.  No "adjuncts" (as they say in beer brewing).  Needless to say many of my coffee drinking habits come from the Army but I wish I 'd had an oppurtunity to enjoy more Navy coffee.

[hiya]

I learned to drink coffee in Central America.Hot coffee or warm coke.
Put a little milk in mine. Grew up on a farm, milk makes anything better .
My coffee maker is a 12 cup, Saturdays when I'm home, even when it's in the 90's, usually make 2 pots.
Richard

[sawdust]

Reg coffee ONE drop of cream.
Occasionally I make Arab coffee, it is flavored with some Cardamon ground into it. Boiled in a sauce pan and served sweet. sort of like dessert.
Nice as a treat I would not want it daily.

Grew up in a Danish family,,, drink it strong, drink it often!
Nowadays I need to take my pantaloc first. 

sawdust

[SwampDonkey]

I drink Costa Rican medium roast. A spoonful of sugar and a drop of cereal cream or milk. Not much of a cream user, prefer milk. This is only 10 % MF and regular milk is 3.5% so no biggie. I also add a dash of salt to the percolator. I usually go for 3 cups, but maybe drink only half of those cup fulls. I can go without it. It's just one of them things that go good with a slice of corn bread or a muffin.

I don't visit the coffee houses at all. They serve the most expensive coffee by the tablespoon I ever saw. 

You do know that Tim Hortons and the likes put additives in the coffee don't you? To enhance your craving of course.

I never use any of those plastic perk machines, I have a stainless steel perk.

When we were hunting and fishing, you'd just boil your water in a lard kettle and add the coffee. We used a piece of hey wire for a handle and held the bottom rim as well for pouring. Most of the time we boiled tea.

[Weekend_Sawyer]

 I recently had a cup of turkish coffee, it was in a teeney little cup, very strong and sweet. It had abut an eighth of an inch of mud in the bottom of it and it felt like I had 4 cups of coffee.
Probably not legal in the states

Jon

[sawguy21]

I remember being served that coffee in the tiny cup. I thought that odd until I drank it. That stuff is strong and certainly has a kick.

[brdmkr]

This morning was a pot of my own French Roast blend.  Roasted by myself on Tuesday evening.  I aim to roast up a batchh of Kenya AA tomorrow for next week.  I build my own roaster (I REALLY LIKE COFFEE), that lets me roast about 3 lbs at a time.  I could likely roast up to 5 lbs at a time, but I don't have that kind of outlet.  I like the Costa Rican too, but I tend to favor the African and Indonesian coffees as they seem to take a little darker roast.

I don't put anything in it, but I don't knock them that do!

[Grawulf]

Well, I'll probably be labeled the "wimpy man" here...........   I drink espresso..
expresso - however you spell it. Eight O'clock coffee with a dash of southern pecan creamer. OOHHHH - startin' the day right. Recently had a birthday and youngest son came up with six packs of Boca Java. Maple Bacon Morning caught my ear as they have been advertising it. My son loves me...........

[Slabs]

Waaal now DanG

Maybe we better go up and tip a pot with brdmkr.

[Ed_K]

 Folgers red jar  .but I'll drink any kind if its cheap  . I stoped at a java hut once and ordered a regular coffee when they brought it to the window they said $4.50 please I drove off  .

[brdmkr]

Waaal now DanG

Maybe we better go up and tip a pot with brdmkr.

Come on!  Happy to share a pot with my friends!

[Tom]

So, now you're brewed maker too, eh?