Let's talk Coffee.

[LWolf]

Poll question: Let's talk Coffee.

It's 5:05 am and I'm on my second cup. An organic, shade-grown, free-trade version from the local health-food store. It comes in a plain brown paper bag, so I can't remember its name. I just couldn't face work in the mornings without my coffee. DU has been a favorite coffee stop for a long time. What's your preference?

I sure look forward to reading your thoughts when I get home from work tonight. Will I be able to find the poll?

[WoodrowFan]

1. Please Add

Can you please add: Don't Like Coffee. I KNOW I'll be in the minority there, but I just never aquired the taste... (Now Diet Coke, THERE'S a morning pick-me-up!

[flamingyouth]

2. I don't drink caffeine

I can't stand the way it makes me feel. And it's 5:35 and I've been up for almost an hour. Go figure...

[LWolf]

4. That would be tombstone tea.

n/t

[MaineDem]

27. I don't like coffee either

I never ever drink it.

I love the aroma of it brewing however.

I'm a tea drinker.

[buddhamama]

3. Zomby/Coyote Coffee

mornings just won't be the same. :-(

[LWolf]

5. I'm with you.

My very PC shade grown organic free trade coffee is bland this morning.

:(

[chiburb]

6. Gevalia n/t

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[BigMcLargehuge]

23. the free coffee machine company

we use them too, about every two years when the coffee maker breaks. They entice us back with a new coffee maker.

We get it, buy coffee from them for a month or so.

Cancel.

Woohoo, free coffee maker.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

7. Eight O'Clock Arabica, red bag - also Kundalini!!!

Bin drinkin' it since I was 11. A big reason why I stay in my neighborhood is that the local grocery carries it.

Kundalini is a coffee/espresso blend that Equal Exchange carries. As coffee it will buzz you like a Telecaster Bass pickup on full treble.

NOw Drinking: Swing's Diplomat Blend, the only alternative being the damned S*******s in the cafeteria.

[catpower2000]

8. Hey UBP! Good to see you! nt

[comsymp]

36. Eight O'Clock here too

My Grandmother used to have it ground at the A&P but I grind my own @ home- favorite by far.

[liberalnurse]

9. I don't know how it gets here but

I drink a local roasters coffee, Boston Stokes" In Dayton, Ohio.

I use to drink Brothers coffee and it came out of Pittsburgh I think. It may of been a division, I just recall that on the package. They don't sell it around here anymore....

[bif]

10. Peet's from S.F.

Simply the best coffee in the world. Kick's Starbucks butt. We've been getting it via mailorder for years. There's Peet's, and there's everything else.

[stlsaxman]

51. Peets is awesome!

Absolutely the BEST.

Turns out the guy that started Starbucks used to work for Peets and wanted
Peets to go "national"... Peets said no- quality will be lost. They were right!

My favorite roaster, after Peets, Kaldi's, is a local who was inspired by Peets
and when i tasted my first cup it took me back to SF standing at a Peets counter...

If coffee is over a week roasted it goes bitter... ech... Peets knew that.

Local roasters often beat the pants off Starbulk.

[catpower2000]

11. I like pretty much any dark roast coffee...

I am enjoying my first cup of the day right now! It's a beautiful day today--the sun is shining, the temperature is perfect, and the humidity is low! :)

Good morning DU! :hi:

Cat

[Kathy in Cambridge]

17. Me too-any dark roast

french roast, espresso blend. I buy my beans at a local coffee house that carries free trade coffee.

[It was not a pretzel]

12. Instant

Nescafe or similar. The real stuff makes me feel ill about about 8 mugs!

If I do buy real I make it a fair-trade product.

[SiouxJ]

13. Douwe Egberts

I've been going to this restaurant just for their coffee for years. I finally asked them what it was the other day and they said it was Douwe Egberts. I found it at this site and I'm gonna order me some. I had never heard of it before but I just love the flavor! It's really amazing stuff.

http://www.bestcoffeebymail.com/douwe.html


on edit: Oops! But my favorite cyber coffee would be Zomby/Coyote blend of course.

[KadeCarrion]

14. I'm not a coffee drinker

But I've had more than enough Tombstone Tea lately.

So I'd probably go with a decaf ZombyMocha. Yum!

:hi: LWolf!

[SiouxJ]

15. What?! You! Not a coffee drinker?

Hmmmm. That's not fair, you have an inside coffee connection too! :-)

Actually, I didn't start drinking coffee until I was 30 either. It just didn't interest me. Then I discovered that I could work-out in the morning (instead of afternoon) if I had a cup- lol . Now I adore the stuff.

Hey you! Long time no talk! :hi:

[KadeCarrion]

40. I started drinking coffee when I was about 12

but it just never "took." The irony of it all, eh? Every now and then I'll splurge on a mocha, but I much prefer the smell of coffee to actually drinking it on a daily basis.

I'll be late for work if I stay on here any longer, but I'll be in touch soon! I promise! :hi:

[LWolf]

31. Yum.

:hi: KadeC. Pass my hellos along!

[KadeCarrion]

41. Hi LWolf!

Will do! :hi:

[skippysmom]

16. it's probably not very PC to say this...

...but i LOVE Dunkin Donuts coffee. I hate drinking anything else. I used to start my day with a Diet Coke, but now, at age 31, the DD drive thru is my first stop every morning.

[libertad]

18. I concur.

Dunkin Donuts coffee is the absolute best.

[Crewleader]

19. My vote goes to ZombyWoof Coffee

and I hope he'll be back by the time I feel good enough to be around.

We need everybody in this community and I suggest everyone who has attitudes' and egos' put them in your pockets because they aren't going to do anything positive in our cause to work together to make this a better place for our future with the regime we have in office.

Now this saddens me, whatever was done and said I hope it is worked out because I know Zomby Woof has contribute alot to make this place grow and his presence will be surely missed!

Hi LWolf :hi:

[LWolf]

32. Hi, Crew!

You said it for me.

[DinahMoeHum]

20. Deans Beans or Equal Exchange - decaf

The former can be found at Whole Foods Market, the latter at Super Stop n Shop (the ones with the special health food section)

They're both categories 1, 2, and 3.

:hangover:

[Aristus]

21. I know Starbuck's is supposed to be the Devil and all, but

They have the best decaf I've tried. So, I'm stickin' with them for the time being.

[Spider Jerusalem]

22. Turkish coffee.

Start with a good dark roast, mix in some cinnamon and cardamom and a few other things, dump it into an ibrik, let it boil and foam 3 times, and then you have heaven in a cup. No one does coffee better than the Turks. (Cigarettes, either. Turkish coffee and a real Turkish cigarette are a delightful combination.)

[TrogL]

24. CBC radio talked about Free Trade coffee

on their afternoon show yesterday. It's an interesting concept.

[LuLu550]

25. I LOVE COFFEE

it is my drug of choice....
anything will do as long as it is not too dark and not too light and fresh brewed....
mmmmmmmm!
coffeeeeee :loveya:

[TEXASYANKEE]

26. Organic vs. Shade Grown

Aren't they the same thing?

I love coffee and buy several dark roast varieties from Thanksgiving Coffee Company. (But I will sheepishly admit that I sometimes get a deep dark craving for MacDonald's coffee -- heck, it stays hot forever!)

[LWolf]

34. Not necessarily!

http://www.cafecanopy.com/new/cert.asp#Organic

[CO Liberal]

28. Yuban !!!!!!

:9

[Kolesar]

29. Coffee gets me out of my funk

I swear it is a mood elevator.

[Snow]

30. Trader Joe's Bay Blend

their darkest dark roast, and it comes in the big can - usually I can make that last nearly 2 weeks. Wonderful stuff! By the way, caffeine and coffee are good fro y'all, despite the efforts of decades of work by coffee-hating epidemiologists (some of 'em are my good friends, but they're _wrong_) to find something bad about coffee. But, the good stuff - if you drink coffee before driving, you have a lower probability of crashes (sorry, no reference), and, it's protective against Parkinson's Disease (do a search on Grandinetti).

[ornotna]

33. Organic fair trade....

The organic coffee co.

[grasswire]

35. mmm coffee.....

My preference: french roast or another SMOKY roast, ground fresh for each cup, made in my french press, served with real cream. (Although I usually have 1/2 1/2 instead.)

I adore coffee. Several years ago I was in Western Massachusetts staying with a friend who only had powdered Sanka. I learned then what "addiction" means. I could think of nothing else but espresso for three or four days. It drove me bonkers and made me really cranky. Finally we passed the Starbucks in Noho and I had to jump out of the car! Later I found Green Mountain coffee beans at the market and that helped. I also found a cool coffee joint in Attleboro and one in Concord NH. So there is *some* decent coffee here and there in New England.

Now I always travel with my french press and some beans.

[grasswire]

37. by the way...

...my nephew the barista says that dark roasts do not have more caffeine than light roasts. He says they have less. So the buzz you think you're getting from espresso is probably from the sugar or syrup, not from the beans.

[Snow]

39. Not quite -

there's the matter of espresso using more beans per cuppa -

[Shanty Oilish]

38. On the 7th day, God made coffee.

THEN he rested. :)

[AlabamaYankee]

42. Porto Rico Coffee Company

right on Bleeker Street for all you New Yorkers. Their French-Italian Espresso Roast starts the morning right, although they have a French Roast Organic Guatemalan that I'm looking forward to trying as well.

[Iris]

43. Whole Foods bulk beans (Early Morning Buzz)

[KamaAina]

44. Yikes! Over 40 posts and no Kona (or other Hawai'i coffee)?!

They're the only domestic coffees, y'know. Expensive? Yup -- but try some from somewhere besides Kona, like Kaua'i: still pricey, but down there with the premium imports.

Should you find yourself in the Kona district on the Big Island, stop by a place called the Kona Mountain Cafe in Kealakekua (yes, the one in the song "Little Grass Shack"). In addition to actual backpackers out front, you will find that they make their lattes, mochas, etc. with Kona! Now that's Paradise!

[LWolf]

49. I forgot Kona coffee!

And some other coffee I had the one trip I made to the islands several years ago. I don't remember what it was called. I brought a bag home; it was really good.

[Twenty3]

45. Used to be instant....

I mean, coffee's coffee, it's all about dosing with caffeine so who cares?

Then a friend turned me onto a bodum aka French Press, and a little grinder. Whoa. Viva la Difference!

[JVS]

46. Sanka.

mmmmmmmmmmmm Sanka.

[KT2000]

47. Torrefazione Italia

Gotta say that Italian coffee is my favorite - their dark roasts are not as acid as others. This brand in particular - another Seattle coffee company.

Starbucks just bought Torrefazione and they better not mess it up.

[FloridaJudy]

48. Peet's

Best freaking coffee on the planet! At $12 a pound it had better be. I don't drink it much for that reason, but occassionally one of my relatives in Northern California takes pity on me and sends me some.

At work I drink some excruciatingly Politically Correct coffee a Presbyterian co-worker buys at church (we all chip in on the purchase). It's really quite good, and we all feel virtuous while cultivating our morning buzz, knowing we're supporting some indigenous farmer and preserving the rain forest.

[Throckmorton]

50. brewed like my grandmother makes it, strong as jet fuel.

with a healthy dose of Carnation Evaporated Milk. Oh, those childhood memories.

[bemildred]

52. Whole bean only, grind right before brewing. Mmmmmm...

Voted all of 1, 2 & 3.

[LWolf]

53. That's what I buy here at home

although I admit that I grind ahead of time!

My choice on the poll, however, was Zomby/Coyote coffee; a rare blend currently not available.