how do you take your coffee?

[Matthew J]

Black Aeropress at home.

Straight Espresso at the coffee shop.

[Der_kruscher]

Then you probably shouldn't read my entry in the "How do you take your cigarettes?" thread...which, by the way, is through a quellazaire shoved into my urethra.

Now that was more than I wanted to know.

[jetbike]

Doppio Ristretto, and repeat.

[jscott]

Black Aeropress at home.

Straight Espresso at the coffee shop.

Word. Just finished my Aeropress morning jolt...black like my heart.

Gotta go ride now!

[WadePatton]

i found the cup, 'twas Mountain Flyer. the kettle squeals in delight just now, only minutes from a good cup.

do you press users "punch the cap" or just steep and mash. i read somewhere about releasing the gases...can't tell a diff, but if i'm standing 'round the kitchen whilst it steeps, i'll stir the gases out.

[XR2]

Then you probably shouldn't read my entry in the "How do you take your cigarettes?" thread...which, by the way, is through a quellazaire shoved into my urethra.

Seek help it's out there.

[Bob Ross]

Just like my women - cold, dark & bitter or ground up & in the freezer

Saw this quote from Conan O'Brien just the other day: "I like my coffee the way I like my women. Yes, that's right, I like my coffee blond, slutty, and with low self-esteem."



Me, I prefer my coffee with as much cream & sugar as you can possibly cram in there. I want it to taste like Hagen Daz coffee ice cream, only hot. (But not too hot.)

Basically, I hate the taste of coffee. And yet I drink a ton of it!

[Eric Estlund]

There are "ways"?

Black as midnight, black as pitch, blacker than the foulest witch.

(copious espresso, or as close to it as is available)

[mimbresman]

At a cafe here (post-ride coffee) I do local Venezuelan style: Marron [double shot espresso with a steamed milk, one sugar]
At home, if I have my espresso maker set up (been put was to make space for baby bottle fix'ns): the same [double shot with steamed milk, spoon of sugar].
At work (formerly), drip type coffee maker: black, no sugar.
At Starbucks or other US coffee house: house coffee black, no sugar.
Road tripping, i.e., Love's Travel Stop or 7-11 coffee in the US: black, no sugar.
Bike tripping: Big Sky Bistro French Press, black, no sugar
I like coffee

[lukasz]

Just replaced my started espresso setup (and by starter I mean that I used it every day for over 5 years) with something more... timeless:



I've had the La Pavoni for a few weeks, and my old grinder just wasn't cutting it. I saw the Mazzer on ebay for a song and scooped it up. I spent yesterday with an air compressor and various solvents cleaning 10 years of beans out of it, changing the burrs, and messing with the circuits so that the on/off/start switch worked the way I wanted it to. I still need a more elegant dosing solution but the Pepsi bottle will do for now. Let me tell you, my girlfriend wasn't happy when she saw the grinder, haha.

Action shots:

Mmmm, 10 year old espresso grounds


The operating table


What I found between the upper burr carrier and the burr


The front of the beast

[roguedog]

straight up black if it's coffee. in italy i discovered the espresso w/ a small bit of sugar. yum

Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love - turkish proverb.

[alexstar]

Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love - turkish proverb.

I'm a big fan of that proverb. The other one i like: Black as night and sweet as a stolen kiss.

Generally if I'm making coffee at home, with my french press, I drink it black. At work, with the break-room coffee maker and beans from Costco, I'll do what needs to be done in order to make it palatable.

Espresso: with sugar.

The occasional fat-fuck-accino if the mood strikes.

[72gmc]

Enema administered by my wife in a candy-striper outfit...

Do you have a drive-up window? I tip.