How do you make your coffee at home?

[red-beard]

I did a tasting at several coffee farms in Kona in April/May. Kinda like a wine tasting except you get the shakes instead of drunk!

[Gordo2]

YEA BABY -

I'M OVERBOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I BUY MY UN-ROASTED BEANS IN 5LB QUANTITIES HERE: Green Coffee Beans, Unroasted Coffee - Burman Coffee Traders

- I'VE BEEN MAKING MY WAY THROUGH DIFFERENT ORIGIN'S




I PAN ROAST EVERY WEEKEND - ENOUGH TO LAST ME THROUGH THE WEEK.
- I EXPERIMENT WITH THE ROASTS WEEK TO WEEK: HALF CITY THROUGH FRENCH
- I USE MY BAYOU CLASSIC PROPANE BURNER




EVERY EVENING I FILTER MY WATER TO PREP FOR THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

FRENCH PRESS BREWING
- I HAND GRIND MY BEANS (HARIO SKERTON). SKIRTON ADJUSTED FOR A MEDIUM GRIND.



- FRENCH PRESS: 4 MIN BREW THEN DUMPED TO MY MUG AND A 16OZ THERMOS.



THEN I'M WIRED UP FOR THE DAY.



BTW - I'M NOT A COFFEE SNOB, I WILL DRINK ANYTHING BLACK AND CAFFEINATED.

ALSO, THE ABOVE PROCESS IS INTENSIVE AND HAS REALLY HELPED ME REDUCE MY DAILY COFFEE INTAKE.

GORDO

[nynor]

french press. and sometimes, if i want the best possible coffee, i roast my own beans. mcmenamins coffee beans are about the best i've found, next to the beans i roast myself.

i use a popcorn popper, that i modified a bit, to roast my beans.

[red-beard]

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Don - I prefer Full city and Peaberry.

I used to order the Peaberry for my sister in law.

[JAR0023]

Most of what I came to type has already been said. Terry nailed it with the Eight O'Clock recommendation. If you want a nice pot of coffee that tastes as well as it smells it's really hard to beat 0800 Original and it's available everywhere. But, whatever you do, do NOT buy ground coffee. Buy beans and grind at home. I'm lazy. I grind a few days worth at a time and store in an airtight container. I'm also cheap so I'm still grinding coffee with my 20 year old Krups with a (gasp) blade. Ground fine, brewed through a Cuisinart drip with a 'gold' filter to let the oils through.

Put me down with the Kona crowd. Not the Kona blend crap at Kroger. Beans grown on the island of Kona. Peaberry, please. But that can get expensive so refer back to the first paragraph.

If you can't stand black coffee try heavy cream instead of half and half. You're not saving all that many calories with half and half and the cream will add just a hint of sweet. -J

[Don Plumley]

Originally Posted by woodman

Techivorm: Moccamaster

I have one of those - great brew machine.

I use a Nespresso machine for espresso, americano or cappuccino.

[Holger]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Put cup on machine.

Think: "Hmmmmm. Espresso? Cappucino? Coffee? Hmmmmm."

Push button.

Wait 27 seconds.

Enjoy.

^this

Running a DeLonghi every day

[Don Ro]

Eight O'clock also at Target, I see...
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Eight O'Clock Coffee Original Arabica at Target
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Eight O'Clock Coffee Original Medium Roast Groun... : Target

[hawaiipcar]

French Press with medium roast Hula Hands Kau coffee and Kona Rose and a bunch of others from friends farms when the have it..Also use organic local honey, no dairy.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by nynor

i use a popcorn popper, that i modified a bit, to roast my beans.

clever

[yellowperil]

Made with these: black, sweet, and with lots of grounds. Most visitors when asked if they want coffee, only do so once. Anybody who accepts a second time, are good friend material..

[Oracle]

I have that exact same one and love it!
According to the counter it has made over 2500 cups.
Not a single problem.

Very well designed machine

Jura Capresso E8







You can pick up a refurb for $499



http://www.wholelattelove.com/outlet/products/capressoe8.cfm?cid=2



A group of us bought one for work. I had it for a weekend, to make sure it was working, and decided I had to get one for my house. 2 other guys have also bought one for the house. My sisters and I bought one for my parents as a house warming.



Push button, grinder whirrs, water pushes through. Less 30 seconds later, a fresh cup of coffee! Mmmmmmm.

[oldE]

Ethiopian beans from a fair trade place in the Valley. An old cast iron burr grinder given to us thirty years ago and a stainless steel thermal french press.
Life is too short to drink bad coffee.\

Best
Les

[GH85Carrera]

To answer the original question:

In a $25 Mr. Coffee with Folgers coffee. Consumed, black no foo-foo flavorings. Just a regular cup of joe.

[imcarthur]

4 cup cone filter machine. Starbucks French Roast - #3 grind in store (their expresso grind). 3 heaping measures per 4 cups makes a strong Euro-type long coffee. Shprt I know I am a heathen but I gave up grinding my own years ago. And the Starbucks makes me a double heathen but I like what I like. And I brew & shut the machine off so it doesn't bake & taste like airplane coffee.

Ian

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Oracle

I have that exact same one and love it!
According to the counter it has made over 2500 cups.
Not a single problem.

Very well designed machine

2500? Slacker! And this is only one of the 3 machines!

[john70t]

$500/10K cups with the Jura -vs.- $30/600 cups with the junk Mr. Coffee.
$.05 per cup operating cost both.

[David]

French press with whatever coffee beans my coffee snob girlfriend bought. If it was just me, I'd drink a Coke.

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

I have one of those - it is what I use.