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.
------------------ Rams Learning most of life's lessons the hard way. . You are only young once but, you can be immature indefinitely.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.)
Radar,
Get one of the Keurig bulk coffee modules and load your own preferred drink. The modules are reusable and relatively inexpensive. If you have any questions, feel free to call me.
I like using a drip coffee maker, as I can then add whatever else I wish along with the ground coffee of my choice. I add turmeric/black pepper, ginger, cinnamon (all dried and ground), and a pinch of baking soda. It's not just a cup of coffee that I make, it's a medicinal health beverage!
I do not regularly drink coffee. When I do, I like it out of a percolator.
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a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
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Originally posted by blackrams: One way to drink coffee I've never understood was "ICE Coffee". Just not something right about that. Rams
Not being a coffee drinker, I can not speculate. However tea is boiled before it becomes ice tea. Me being from England, I acquired the taste of hot tea. I would likely drink that before coffee.
My wife is a pro at making good, strong, tasty coffee. She mixes Sumatra, Hazelnut & “Cafe De Munde” coffee & chicory (in the small metal yellow can) all together. (don’t know the exact ratio she uses but I believe Sumatra is the predominant ingredient) As an fyi, the Sumatra & Hazelnut she uses are whole bean so she grinds those on demand. She uses a quality drip coffeemaker with a cone filter, not basket. (this is all important)
My opinion on other methods: Keurig (and all the other cup ones) : An easy and maybe tasty way to do your coffee but WAY too expensive IMO! Starbucks: Good coffee but expensive if you go every day and as far as I’m concerned, Starbucks is mostly for people who like “fluffy foo-foo”. You know, the ones who can’t bear to have a simple, manly black cup of coffee but rather insist on all that extra crap they put on it like foam, cream, cinnamon, sprinkles, nutmeg, blah, blah, blah. Instant Coffee: Acceptable if you’re camping in the middle of nowhere but otherwise it’s absolutely hideous! I wouldn’t serve that stuff to my dog! (especially Folger’s Crystals)
Coffee trivia fun fact: Sumatra is well known for getting rid of headaches. ☺️
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Standard drip coffee maker here. I get the beans at Costco and grind them there. One pot a every workday which I finish right before lunch.
I don't like fancy coffee and don't buy it out on a regular basis, only on LONG road trips. Also I don't get Keurig's but there is a lot of the modern economy I don't get. Why take a commodity item that you can make in almost any machine into a specialized higher priced pod that needs to be made in a special machine.
Why take a commodity item that you can make in almost any machine into a specialized higher priced pod that needs to be made in a special machine.
I agree. Makes as much sense as a "feature" on some drip makers, where if you want weaker coffee, you move a lever (or press a button) which causes a percentage of the heated water to bypass the coffee in the filter on its way to the pot. In my world, if I want weaker coffee, I put less ground coffee in the filter!
I drink coffee, strong and black, usually out of a Mr Coffee type machine but I DO also have a keurig. I'll drink between 10- 16 cups per day, every day and doesn't matter what time. Both my Mr Coffee and keurig are around 10 years old. I do NOT do Starbucks, Black Rifle or any of the other "Oh, look at me and my designer cup of something) (My Marine Old Dog group does meet every Sunday afternoon at BRCC but that's just because it is a convenient place to meet.) I used to buy pods but considered it to be cost prohibitive after awhile. Now, I buy the paper filters and save about 1/2 or more the cost of store bought pods.
No decaf, no ice coffee. Decaf is when you pull a calf off it's momma's tit. No instant. I had enough C-ration instant 'coffee' to last me a lifetime.
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I drink coffee, strong and black, usually out of a Mr Coffee type machine but I DO also have a keurig. I'll drink between 10 16 cups per day, every day and doesn't matter what time. Both my Mr Coffee and keurig are around 10 years old. I do NOT do Starbucks, Black Rifle or any of the other "Oh, look at me and my designer cup of something) (My Marine Old Dog group does meet every Sunday afternoon at BRC but that's just because it is a convenient place to meet.) I used to buy pods but considered it to be cost prohibitive after awhile. Now, I buy the paper filters and save about /2 or more the cost of store bought pods.
No decaf, no ice coffee. Decaf is when you pull a calf off it's momma's tit. No instant.
Other than limiting myself to (usually) four 12 oz. cups of coffee every morning, we're on the same sheet of music. My Spousal Unit likes different flavored versions, she used to be a democrat. I have no other explanation.
In my world, if I want weaker coffee, I put less ground coffee in the filter!
