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2017-02-03 Science & Technology

An Alternate to Starbucks - How to Make the Perfect Cup of Coffee

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2017-02-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 How about not burning it?

Posted by newc 2017-02-03 01:38|| 2017-02-03 01:38|| Front Page Top

#2 She who must be obeyed gave me a Ninja coffee maker that makes just about everything you can buy at CHARbucks.

It makes great coffee and I can buy my beans anywhere AND everywhere except CHARbucks.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-02-03 12:04|| 2017-02-03 12:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't use a coffee-maker?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-02-03 12:36|| 2017-02-03 12:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I confess I'm a Keurig kind of guy -- one at home and one in the office. My taste buds aren't the best so the usual McDuck or Meijer or whatever medium blend is fine. Love the convenience; if only I could mount a five gallon water jug onto the thing to keep it fed.

Posted by Steve White 2017-02-03 13:17|| 2017-02-03 13:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Traveling through west Texas one fine morning, all I could find was truck stop coffee, which they must make by combining Texas dirt with diesel fuel. I got so desperate I stopped on the shoulder of the highway, set up my camp stove & brewed a batch of my own stuff on the roadside. Most satisfying cup I ever had. It got me all the way to Albuquerque.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-02-03 13:26|| 2017-02-03 13:26|| Front Page Top

#6 If it's an alternative to Starbuck's coffee, shouldn't it be shitty and overpriced?

Posted by charger 2017-02-03 18:11|| 2017-02-03 18:11|| Front Page Top

#7 I roast my own using green (un-roasted) beans i.e. not Green Giant ;)
I get them from Sweet Maria's and the price works out to less than store bought..and much less than Keurig although, like Dr. Steve, I have one for convenience.

I prefer the Indonesian Peabury done to what's called a Medium City Roast. Do it right and it's heaven...do it too long and burn it...you get Charbucks.

My roaster will do a pound at a time and in the Technivorm Moccamaster coffee maker it's just nectar of the gods.

Posted by Warthog 2017-02-03 19:22|| 2017-02-03 19:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Agree with Warthog. The Indonesian Peabury is nice but I like to vary it. I buy the 8 lb assortment, some Ethiopian, some Tanzanian, some Peruvian, some Mexican, some Brazilian and some Honduran then roast 1/3 lb at a time - a different 1/3 every day.

Posted by 3dc 2017-02-03 20:18|| 2017-02-03 20:18|| Front Page Top

#9 https://www.sweetmarias.com/category/green-coffee

Posted by 3dc 2017-02-03 20:18|| 2017-02-03 20:18|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm lazy: Keurig with Costco Pacific Bold or Donut House. But I also start my morning first thing with a Zero Cal Monster, so you might wanna disregard all my advice

Posted by Frank G 2017-02-03 21:09|| 2017-02-03 21:09|| Front Page Top

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