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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 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.

We use a kettle, 2 Melitta cones, #4 paper filters (briskly washed
first) and it's a half-decent cuppa for not much time.

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.

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.

I will sometimes use a percolator if i want a single serving though. Yes, we like cafe bustelo too. it's pretty strong.

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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.

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.

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 like the economy of a gold filter, hate the cleanup and the oils they let into the coffee (that otherwise would be absorbed by the paper filter). I
used to like an oily french roast in a gold filter, suppose my tastes have changed.

I will sometimes use a percolator if i want a single serving though.
Yes, we like cafe bustelo too. it's pretty strong.

A few summers ago I picked up a travel coffee kit from the '60s - a
percolator that ran on 110 or 12v with a car dashboard clamp, 4 plastic
cups, stirrers, a cup for cream and storage for sugar, all packed in a
plastic kit with a handle. Got it for $3 at a rummage sale and was perfect
for car camping.

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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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.

Small world. Do you still visit? I'll go to that peet's every so-often and it looks the same as it did years ago. I used to stop at berkeley just for cheeseboard pizza and philz coffee. Philz is now franchised out and in sacramento where I live.

If passing through I'll stop in berkeley for cheeseboard though. That's pizza's hella dope.

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.

I use the stovetop type where you add water to the bottom, the grounds in the trap, then the steam works its way up to the top where you pour it out. Found it at Marshall's for, like, $5.

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