Coffee
11-18-2008, 08:30 AM
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Egad! Canned ground coffee? I like to keep a can of Yuban organic around in case of emergency.
You need a grinder. Buy whole bean coffee. Eight O'Clock Columbian used to be decent, but I didn't care for the last couple bags I bought. Try different stuff until you find something you really like. I usually pick up a 2-lb. bag from BJ's and store it in the freezer. I'll grind a week's worth or so at a time. Last two coffees I bought were a Kona blend, and something called Blue Mountain coffee. Both were okay, not great. I'm naturally cheap, so finding a good coffee at a reasonable price is something of a challenge.
Perhaps the most exotic coffee I ever had was some Kenyan. Might have been from Gevalia. It was damn good.
You need a grinder. Buy whole bean coffee. Eight O'Clock Columbian used to be decent, but I didn't care for the last couple bags I bought. Try different stuff until you find something you really like. I usually pick up a 2-lb. bag from BJ's and store it in the freezer. I'll grind a week's worth or so at a time. Last two coffees I bought were a Kona blend, and something called Blue Mountain coffee. Both were okay, not great. I'm naturally cheap, so finding a good coffee at a reasonable price is something of a challenge.
Perhaps the most exotic coffee I ever had was some Kenyan. Might have been from Gevalia. It was damn good.
11-18-2008, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='911986' date='Nov 18 2008, 09:30 AM
Egad! Canned ground coffee? I like to keep a can of Yuban organic around in case of emergency.
You need a grinder. Buy whole bean coffee. Eight O'Clock Columbian used to be decent, but I didn't care for the last couple bags I bought. Try different stuff until you find something you really like. I usually pick up a 2-lb. bag from BJ's and store it in the freezer. I'll grind a week's worth or so at a time. Last two coffees I bought were a Kona blend, and something called Blue Mountain coffee. Both were okay, not great. I'm naturally cheap, so finding a good coffee at a reasonable price is something of a challenge.
Perhaps the most exotic coffee I ever had was some Kenyan. Might have been from Gevalia. It was damn good.
You need a grinder. Buy whole bean coffee. Eight O'Clock Columbian used to be decent, but I didn't care for the last couple bags I bought. Try different stuff until you find something you really like. I usually pick up a 2-lb. bag from BJ's and store it in the freezer. I'll grind a week's worth or so at a time. Last two coffees I bought were a Kona blend, and something called Blue Mountain coffee. Both were okay, not great. I'm naturally cheap, so finding a good coffee at a reasonable price is something of a challenge.
Perhaps the most exotic coffee I ever had was some Kenyan. Might have been from Gevalia. It was damn good.
Does home grinding really make that big of a difference? I'm just happy that for 30 bucks I got a coffee maker with an adjustable heating plate, adjustable strength of the coffee, water filter and a timer. So now all I have to do is pour it into my thermos as I head out the door. Don't have to think about it in the morning, which is really nice.
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11-18-2008, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by G2G' post='911991' date='Nov 18 2008, 10:20 AM
Does home grinding really make that big of a difference? I'm just happy that for 30 bucks I got a coffee maker with an adjustable heating plate, adjustable strength of the coffee, water filter and a timer. So now all I have to do is pour it into my thermos as I head out the door. Don't have to think about it in the morning, which is really nice.
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I think it does. Like anything, you could go crazy and obsess over it. For me, two minutes of grinding once a week is worth it.
11-18-2008, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='911995' date='Nov 18 2008, 10:36 AM
I think it does. Like anything, you could go crazy and obsess over it. For me, two minutes of grinding once a week is worth it.
i grind mine for each pot man, not once a week.... wtf
11-18-2008, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='911998' date='Nov 18 2008, 11:01 AM
Please reference my remark above concerning crazy obsessions! 
actually it's easier for me to do it that way, I have a grinder that holds a whole bag of beans, so i dump the beans in there and grind it when i make a pot, it would be more of an inconvenience to do it your way. I can see where if you had one of those little jobbers where it might be easier your way, but that's not how i roll.
