Coffee? (Page 1/3)
blackrams JUL 13, 08:40 AM
Not necessarily about brand but ways to brew it.

My Spousal Unit likes the Keurig method, she likes a few different versions/flavors, I like the bold/stronger version so, that's what we each consume. While she restricts herself to a single cup, I'll have an average of four each morning. Having said that, I recently visited a friend and all he drinks is Instant coffee. Well, as a guest, one doesn't gripe about what's being served but, one cup was all I wanted. While I do prefer drinking from a pot system, it's not worth it with the Keurig and all those little cups sitting there just waiting for me to pop them into the machine.

All of which makes me wonder what the most popular way is to brew coffee. I well remember being in the field and brewing coffee in a mess kit and once or twice trying to do it with an olive-green sock holding the ground. Some things you just don't forget.

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Learning most of life's lessons the hard way. .
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Jake_Dragon JUL 13, 02:34 PM
Standard drip coffee maker. Been drinking it out of one make or another for the last 30+ years.
Had a Keurig and the novelty didn't last once we found out how much the cups cost.
This was before the hacks that let us use any of the off brand cups.
Raydar JUL 13, 06:33 PM
We use a Keurig, but I certainly don't call myself a connoisseur. I usually only drink one or maybe two big cups (20-22 oz), per day.
Used to use a drip coffee maker, but since my wife doesn't do caffeine, we needed something that wouldn't waste time or coffee. (Yeah, I know. K cups are spendy. But they work for both of us.)

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rbell2915 JUL 13, 08:16 PM
I typically drink instant coffee.
blackrams JUL 13, 08:32 PM
Everyone has different tastes, likes and dislikes. I've never tasted any "instant" coffee that agreed with my pallet.

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Rams
Learning most of life's lessons the hard way. .
You are only young once but, you can be immature indefinitely.

Cliff Pennock JUL 14, 05:22 AM
Coffee - any kind of coffee - is really an acquired taste. If you drink the same type exclusively for a few months, it’ll eventually become your favorite.

I used to drink brewed coffee and couldn’t stand anything else. Then one day, I got an instant coffee machine as a gift. At first, I thought it was awful, easily the worst coffee I’d ever had. But over time, I got used to it, and eventually I even thought it was the best coffee out there.

Then the machine broke, and someone gave me a Senseo. Same story: hated it at first, loved it later. A few years down the line, it happened again, I got a cup machine. Same routine.

Now I have a pad machine, and guess what? I (now) love it.
blackrams JUL 14, 07:30 AM

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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:

Coffee - any kind of coffee - is really an acquired taste. If you drink the same type exclusively for a few months, it’ll eventually become your favorite.

I used to drink brewed coffee and couldn’t stand anything else. Then one day, I got an instant coffee machine as a gift. At first, I thought it was awful, easily the worst coffee I’d ever had. But over time, I got used to it, and eventually I even thought it was the best coffee out there.

Then the machine broke, and someone gave me a Senseo. Same story: hated it at first, loved it later. A few years down the line, it happened again, I got a cup machine. Same routine.

Now I have a pad machine, and guess what? I (now) love it.



An Instant Coffee Machine? I had to google such a device. Never heard of that before.

Rams
1987RedFiero JUL 14, 07:55 AM
I brew a pot of 8-12 cups. What doesn't fit in the thermo's, goes in a empty O/J plastic bottle and stuffed in the fridge for ice Irish coffee later.
The K -Kup machines are fast. Although once you look at the unit tag price you are paying per pound. You might toss that . You'd have to waste a hell of alot of coffee to even get near the same cost of using those k-kups.

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cliffw JUL 14, 09:38 AM

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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
Coffee - any kind of coffee - is really an acquired taste. If you drink the same type exclusively for a few months, it’ll eventually become your favorite.



Beer - any kind of beer - is really an acquired taste. If you drink the same type exclusively for a few months, it’ll eventually become your favorite.
blackrams JUL 14, 10:16 AM

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Originally posted by cliffw:


Beer - any kind of beer - is really an acquired taste. If you drink the same type exclusively for a few months, it’ll eventually become your favorite.



Guess'n I didn't give beer enough of a chance, never did really like it. I assure you, I tried from about the age of 15 through 18. Just never developed or acquired an appreciation for it.

Rams