Kurt Weiske wrote to Kris Mccabe <=-
Kris Mccabe wrote to August Abolins <=-
I always weigh up 50g of fair trade beans, roasted in my
country, every single morning. I grind them in a burr grinder, on
coarse. Then I boil purified water and after it stops boiling, I pour
it into my french press, wait 5 minutes, press it, and enter coffee nirvana. Even Kurt Cobain would be jealous!! What are you drinking
these days?
My wife's favorite bean nowadays is Peets Alma De La Tierra. We buy ir ground, mostly because I'm lazy and make a huge mess when I grind.
We use a kettle, 2 Melitta cones, #4 paper filters (briskly washed
first) and it's a half-decent cuppa for not much time.
When I have a little more time, I have a Moka pot and a Briel Multi-Pro espresso maker that I've had for about 15 years. cafe Bustelo is still
my espresso of choice - cheap, rough, and quite a kick. Nothing's quite like it.
Daniel wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-
We used to drink peet's but, honestly, for us they've starbucked themselves. I miss the days of going to the Peet's on North Shattuck in berkeley and getting a pound of freshly roasted beans. Now it's all
mass produced.
These days we go to nothing but local roasters for our beans. One such place is called 'Naked Coffee' and if you go to their roasting plant
you can buy coffee by the pound at wholesale. The car smells so good
when I come home.
You're really fancy. We just use a mr coffee we bought at costco. we do use paper filters though. we got away from using the metal mesh filter.
I will sometimes use a percolator if i want a single serving though.
Yes, we like cafe bustelo too. it's pretty strong.
Kurt Weiske wrote to Daniel <=-
Loved that Peets. I used to work around the corner from there on
Shattuck and Rose. That Walnut Square Peets (the first store!) was my morning stop.
These days we go to nothing but local roasters for our beans. One such place is called 'Naked Coffee' and if you go to their roasting plant
you can buy coffee by the pound at wholesale. The car smells so good
when I come home.
I never bought a lot of locally roasted coffee to make at home, but we have a lot of coffee shops nearby that roast their own. I can count at least ten between me and Santa Cruz, about 15 miles away.
Percolated coffee, if you like it strong and hot, is pretty good. My
wife puts cream in her coffee, so it needs to start off piping hot.
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