Speakin' o' coffee....

[MynameisBlarney]

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My favorite bean (when I'm not destitute) is the Ethiopian Yerga Cheffe. It is absolutely the best I've ever had.

What's yours?

[hobbit709]

1. Jamaica Blue Mountain, Arntully, Clifton Mount or Mavis Bank.

[MynameisBlarney]

2. I've had Jamaican Blue Mtn

before, and it was really good, but I've never heard of the others.

[hobbit709]

3. Arntully and Clifton Mount are different estates, Mavis Bank is a cooperative-all Jamaica Blue Mtn.

[MynameisBlarney]

4. Ah, gotcha.

Thanks for clarifying.

[CherokeeDem]

5. The best....

When I lived in Miami, a Jamaican friend visited her family often and she always brought me Blue Mountain coffee. I love it...

[Moondog]

6. I'm hideously low rent when it comes to coffee.

Anything that gets my eyes open and my pulse rate back up to normal is my favorite on that particular morning.

I have one of those Keurig coffee contraptions, but only because it solves the problem of how to make a single cup of coffee fairly quickly with a minimum of aggravation and a minimum of clean-up. I feed it nearly anything I stumble across at a reasonable cost. I do have a stainless steel refillable K-cup, the kind one can use to feed the Keurig one's favorite Kona, Blue Mountain or what have you. But I don't use it - too much trouble.

For me coffee is nothing more than a caffeine delivery system.

Yeah, I know I should be embarrassed. And I am. But there it is.

[MynameisBlarney]

9. Don't be embarrassed.

I should amend my OP to say, "My favorite, when I'm not a poor SOB"...
Right now, I buy whatever is on sale at Publix.

[LeftofObama]

10. Like minds!

A good ole cup of Folger's or Maxwell House is fine by me.

[Sherman A1]

19. Same here except for the

the maxwell house, just can't take that one.

I do very much enjoy when my favorite sales rep brings me a cup of Starbucks at work on a cold day.

[davsand]

17. Yep, me too. I drink 8:00 Coffee.

Usually I can buy it cheap, and I grind it myself so it's fresh. I've had some of the other spendy stuff, and because I am so used to my 8:00 most of the others just don't taste right to me any more.

But hey-what do I know anyway? I still think corned beef hash is tasty stuff with a runny fried egg on top...






Laura

[MynameisBlarney]

23. Umm...

Corned beef hash with a egg on top IS tasty stuff.

[davsand]

27. If you will drink 8:00 coffee you can come for breakfast any time!

I had a friend who was into the "uber-chi-chi food" movement tell me one time that my food preferences are as blue collar as it gets. I told her that you can smother anything with enough cheese and butter that sooner or later it will end up being edible. She said, "Corned Beef Hash will never be edible under any circumstances." While that was not the sole reason we lost touch, it sure didn't help any.





Laura

[MynameisBlarney]

28. I ain't too proud to drink 8:00 coffee

It's actually better than Chock Full o' Nuts, which is what I'm drinking now, because it was on sale.
Anyway, back to breakfast....I'll bring my cast iron skillets and cook up some homefries to go with the corned beef hash and eggs!

[davsand]

32. Deal!

Sounds like a feast!


Laura

[MynameisBlarney]

33. Awesomesauce!

I just hope you live in Key Largo, because my POS truck will not make it off the island, lol.

[sharp_stick]

7. I like Yemini coffee

my favorite when she has it in stock is Yemen-Ismaili from Moore's

http://store.moorecoffee.com/yemen-ismaili-p107.aspx

[pokerfan]

8. Sumatra Mandheling

We Washingtonians take our coffee seriously. We get it medium roasted from a local supplier for $5.98/lb. Grind it just prior to use and brew it in a press pot:



Sumatra Mandheling is known for its very heavy, almost syrupy body and its low acidity. This combination makes for a smooth, velvety, yet pronounced cup of coffee. Powerful aroma. Direct and sturdy with nutty flavor.

[harmonicon]

11. I'm more particular about the roast than the bean.

I like a nice, dark french roast, but like you, I'll drink about anything. I suppose I tend to prefer African beans over American or Asian ones though.

[MynameisBlarney]

12. I don't know enough about the different methods

of roasting coffee beans to make an informed comment on it, but I do know what tastes good to me.
And so far, African coffees are my favorites.
Tanzanian Peaberry is another tasty one.

[Major Nikon]

16. With dark roasts, the bean origin doesn't matter as much

Roasting coffee carmelizes the sugars within the bean. Lighter roasts allow the bean's origins and character to be sampled and differences and subtle notes between beans become much more readily apparent. With darker roasts it's really all about the roast.

African beans tend to be grown at higher altitudes than American or Asian beans, with a few exceptions like some beans grown in Columbia and Sulawesi.

[JCMach1]

13. Roast my own and sell in my store...

Bean and roast depends on my mood. I also go hella exotic and smoke my roasted beans. Some favorites... Kenyan Java, Yemeni, Santos, and others I blend myself. Smokes include oak, mesquite, pear, cherry

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. um...hi there.....

Can I be your new best friend???

[JCMach1]

20. Sure! Being the craftsman and the store owner

means I get to do whatever I like! I am in Kenya right now, which means I will probably hunt down some organic java while I am here to bring back home.

Most people in the world are lazy when it comes to coffee. Learning to roast and make your own is really not so hard. And the taste! The bad part about it is that it makes it hard to buy even 'gourmet' stuff off of the shelves.

Fresh is always better!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. Awe. Some. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh boy, how cool!
Bring back some beans for me!

And say hi to President Obama for me!! Don't interrupt him while he's facing Mecca, though........

[MynameisBlarney]

24. Oh HAI!

Can I be your other new best friend?

[JCMach1]

29. Sure... not to spread rumors, but my baby boy

looks more like the President than his daughters do...

[MynameisBlarney]

30. D'AAAAAW!!!

[Tsiyu]

31. What a handsome young man! n/t

[Major Nikon]

14. Ethiopian and Kenyan are my two favorite single origin coffees

I also like some Guatamalan and Costa Rican coffees.

[MynameisBlarney]

25. I had some coffee

That a customer gave us from Nicaragua.
It was very very good.

[nolabear]

15. Ethiopian, dark roast, the oilier the better.

Yum.

[JCMach1]

21. Lately, I have been digging on organic Santos

which has a really, really nice chocalatey/caramel flavor. Pop the beans in for a couple of hours of oak smoke and it will knock your socks off.

Smoking coffees tends to do two things:

1. Add a slightly smokey, campfire flavor to your coffee.
2. Oddly enough, it takes away some of the acidity. For high-acidity beans, it is an ideal process.

Santos is ordinarily a high acid coffee. Smoke it and it is fantastic.

[pipi_k]

26. Another

Low-rent coffee drinker here.

Whatever doesn't cost a bundle goes into my Keurig.

I can't tell the difference between beans, only the roasts. Not much of a fan of the dark (or even medium) roasts. Yech. The stuff tastes like it's been sitting in the pot too long.

Same thing with wines. They all taste the same to me. And anything less sweet than a dessert wine tastes like vinegar to me.

I'm so low maintenance...