OT: Sens Lounge LXXVII | A Fridge Too Far Edition

[BonkTastic]

And they don't taste like metal?

Wait, my water's done boiling, I was about to go make a coffee anyways. Let me go and check, so I'm 100% sure I'm not giving you bad advice.

 

[BonkTastic]

OK, so while we wait for my coffee to be ready so we can get this impromptu "metal taste test" done with, I'd like to add that if you're making coffee with a percolator, you're doing it wrong. French Press is the one true home coffee method.

Turkish coffee is great, but sometimes you just ain't got time fo that. I still haven't tried an Aeropress, but I've been procrastinating on that since all my friends who have one tell me it's fairly indistinguishable from a french press.

Coffee Tips, Part II: while burr grinders are good, 90% of the coffee-drinking world don't need them - it's almost impossible to tell the difference with basic beans in a standard pressed coffee. Don't waste your money unless you are buying it for espresso use (in which case, it makes a world of difference).

 

[Caeldan]

OK, so while we wait for my coffee to be ready so we can get this impromptu "metal taste test" done with, I'd like to add that if you're making coffee with a percolator, you're doing it wrong. French Press is the one true home coffee method.

Turkish coffee is great, but sometimes you just ain't got time fo that. I still haven't tried an Aeropress, but I've been procrastinating on that since all my friends who have one tell me it's fairly indistinguishable from a french press.

Coffee Tips, Part II: while burr grinders are good, 90% of the coffee-drinking world don't need them - it's almost impossible to tell the difference with basic beans in a standard pressed coffee. Don't waste your money unless you are buying it for espresso use (in which case, it makes a world of difference).

Or you can get a Tassimo, and toss your coffee in a metal mug cause it doesn't matter anyway... besides once you add coconut oil (and maybe a touch of honey), that's really what you taste.

Also, not a fan personally of Turkish coffee... dated an Albanian girl and tried it a few times, not my thing.

edit2: I do also add to the recommendation of French Press though. Got myself one in England so I didn't have to drink the instant stuff in the lunch trailer anymore... definitely was worth the wait to get that coffee. Not sure what I did with it though, somehow it didn't come back to Canada with me.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

I like htat people here actually drink coffee, and not that coffee flavoured cream stuff they seem to sell everywhere nowadays

 

[BonkTastic]

Or you can get a Tassimo.

Not even commenting on the taste, but I'm firmly and consistently against Tassimo for both it's incredible waste, and it's stupidly overpriced cost.

Also, not a fan personally of Turkish coffee.

Yeah, not everyone likes it. I wouldn't drink it every day, but it's nice to change things up every now and again. I have a friend who drinks it religiously, and when I go to her house for coffee, I always take her up on the offer.

 

[Caeldan]

Not even commenting on the taste, but I'm firmly and consistently against Tassimo for both it's incredible waste, and it's stupidly overpriced cost.

For the convenience I'll pay 0.44 a cup.

I admit I'm probably one of the least green people I know though when it comes to waste.

 

[BonkTastic]

coffee flavoured cream stuff

I'm not sure what this is referring to.

 

[BonkTastic]

OK SMEDDY.

Coffee's ready, let's do this.




*RESULTS*

BLEND: Toraja
MILK ADDED: ~1/3 cup
SUGAR ADDED: none (obviously)
TASTE: delicious.
METAL-NESS: none
CAFFEINE: please.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

If you'd like to avoid the high cost of pre-packaged Tassimo cups, you can get a refillable cup for the Tassimo and use any bulk coffee.

I'm not a coffee buff. I usually just buy what ever is the most economical when it goes on sale. Usually Foldgers.

Is there a bulk pre-ground coffee that is considered to be the best taste wise by coffee enthusiasts? Does such a thing exist?

 

[BonkTastic]

Is there a bulk pre-ground coffee that is considered to be the best taste wise by coffee enthusiasts? Does such a thing exist?

I don't think there's a coffee enthusiast anywhere that would say that ANY pre-ground bean is good, at least in comparison to almost any whole bean.

That being said, some of the vacu-sealed espresso pre-ground bean bags are pretty decent, but they lose their taste very fast once opened and they're way more expensive than if you just went out and bought a $20 grinder at Walmart and started buying whole beans.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

OK SMEDDY.

Coffee's ready, let's do this.




*RESULTS*

BLEND: Toraja
MILK ADDED: ~1/3 cup
SUGAR ADDED: none (obviously)
TASTE: delicious.
METAL-NESS: none
CAFFEINE: please.

Love it! You have really kept me on my toes for the last minute while I caught up on this thread. We take our coffee the same way, except I usually go for a lot less milk. I will now look into the Starbucks travel mug.

Would you hate me if I said I use a keurig? In my defence at least, I use the reusable filter and fill it with nabob breakfast blend, so it isn't as wasteful and expensive as normal k- cups.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

Also, getting live coffee updates from a person I don't even know in real life on the other side of the world, what a time to be alive.

 

[BonkTastic]

If you'd like to avoid the high cost of pre-packaged Tassimo cups, you can get a refillable cup for the Tassimo and use any bulk coffee.

Would you hate me if I said I use a keurig? In my defence at least, I use the reusable filter and fill it with nabob breakfast blend, so it isn't as wasteful and expensive as normal k- cups.

Yeah, totally ok. Not my preferred method of coffee preparation, but it eliminates both the "waste" and the "expensive" complaints I have against the concept of the machines.

That being said, I read an article about how those pod-coffee machines are going to be real high-tech real soon, and no longer recognize 3rd party capsules & re-fillable capsules. I'll look for the article, but it was interesting - the companies are trying to make it so you HAVE to buy their throwaway pods. I think it was Nespresso that started it? Of course Nestle is the one to lead the charge in this fight. Buncha jerks.

Crappy.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

Yeah, totally ok. Not my preferred method of coffee preparation, but it eliminates both the "waste" and the "expensive" complaints I have against the concept of the machines.

That being said, I read an article about how those pod-coffee machines are going to be real high-tech real soon, and no longer recognize 3rd party capsules & re-fillable capsules. I'll look for the article, but it was interesting - the companies are trying to make it so you HAVE to buy their throwaway pods. Crappy.

Wouldn't surprise me, I'm sure they make an absolute killing off of those cups.

I don't even care for it that much, it just happens to be the coffee maker we have in my house. I'd be perfectly fine with a normal coffee maker. My tastes aren't exactly picky enough to get into that press stuff though, at least not yet.

And does nestle ever do anything that doesn't make the world a worse place to live in?

 

[BonkTastic]

OK yeah.
So, articles about "Coffee DRM". My bad, it wasn't Nespresso, it was Keurig. Nespresso tried to block 3rd party coffee pods on a copyright thing, and was rejected in 2012. So they were the first, but not the most recent. Kuerig is taking it a step further and making it so their machines ONLY recognize their own proprietary pods:


"Keurig is busy making plans to embed new technology in their new "Keurig 2.0" line of coffee makers that will reject unsanctioned (read: less expensive, competing) coffee pods. The technology would also presumably prevent the use of manual re-usable filters, which are usually found for between five and fifteen bucks online."

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

I have no idea how people drink their coffee with abundant amounts of sugar and/or milk. Ends up tasting like dessert and/or not coffee. Plain black for me, thanks. And I'd love to try a cold brew or a french press one of these days.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

OK yeah.
So, articles about "Coffee DRM". My bad, it wasn't Nespresso, it was Keurig. Nespresso tried to block 3rd party coffee pods on a copyright thing, and was rejected in 2012. So they were the first, but not the most recent. Kuerig is taking it a step further and making it so their machines ONLY recognize their own proprietary pods:


"Keurig is busy making plans to embed new technology in their new "Keurig 2.0" line of coffee makers that will reject unsanctioned (read: less expensive, competing) coffee pods. The technology would also presumably prevent the use of manual re-usable filters, which are usually found for between five and fifteen bucks online."

Lmao, their pathetic twitter defence makes it even worse. Looks like I'm never gonna purchase a new keurig machine, although I'm sure it'll suck missing out on their new interactive enabled benefits.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

I have no idea how people drink their coffee with abundant amounts of sugar and/or milk. Ends up tasting like dessert and/or not coffee. Plain black for me, thanks. And I'd love to try a cold brew or a french press one of these days.

Black is a little too bitter for me but a little bit of milk makes it perfect. I couldn't imagine dumping a jar of sugar in my coffee every morning though.

 

[BonkTastic]

I have no idea how people drink their coffee with abundant amounts of sugar and/or milk. Ends up tasting like dessert and/or not coffee. Plain black for me, thanks. And I'd love to try a cold brew or a french press one of these days.

I used to drink my coffee black, but then I moved to Vancouver and could not for the life of me find a coffee shop on the way to work that didn't burn the hell out of their beans, so I started adding milk.

No sugar, though... especially in the amounts some people add. You might as well just have a slice of cake for breakfast.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Black is a little too bitter for me but a little bit of milk makes it perfect. I couldn't imagine dumping a jar of sugar in my coffee every morning though.

I used to drink my coffee black, but then I moved to Vancouver and could not for the life of me find a coffee shop on the way to work that didn't burn the hell out of their beans, so I started adding milk.

No sugar, though... especially in the amounts some people add. You might as well just have a slice of cake for breakfast.

A bit of milk definitely makes it a bit smoother, true. I knew someone who drank a cup half-full of coffee, half milk. Blew my mind.

Good point about the burnt coffee, though. Used to grab my coffee at the Timmie's around the corner from my office, but after they burned my drink three days in a row I switched to office coffee.

 

[BonkTastic]

Lmao, their pathetic twitter defence makes it even worse. Looks like I'm never gonna purchase a new keurig machine, although I'm sure it'll suck missing out on their new interactive enabled benefits.

My favorite defence was that it was that it was "critical for safety reasons that our new system includes this technology".

Like... WTF am I going to do to hurt myself making a non-Kuerig cup of coffee? The technology is incredibly simple.

"Honey, did you fill that reusable pod with the Arabica blend I bought yesterday?"
"Arabica blend?.. OH NO! I filled it WITH A HANDFUL OF RUSTY NAILS AND RAT POISON!!!"

 

[StefanW]

I used to take sugar in my coffee, until one day I figured out how many sugar packets I consumed per week. I cut sugar out cold turkey for work coffee, and I only add it now when I am having breakfast at a restaurant where the coffee sucks royally.

I have a Keurig and home, and we have one at work as well. Daily coffee costs a lot more, but I enjoy being able to drink 2 or 3 completely different coffees in the morning if I feel like it. Plus my wife and I don't agree when it comes to coffee, which essentially meant that when we had a more traditional coffee maker I hated every cup of coffee I drank while at home.

 

[BonkTastic]

I used to take sugar in my coffee, until one day I figured out how many sugar packets I consumed per week. I cut sugar out cold turkey for work coffee, and I only add it now when I am having breakfast at a restaurant where the coffee sucks royally.

A friend of mine takes Stevia in his coffee, and I tried it. Not bad, DEFINITELY better than sugar, but at the end of the day, I still prefer it unsweetened.


I have another friend who adds butter to his coffee. It's called "bulletproof coffee" or something like that.

He's weird.

 

[Harbinger]

I have a Kurig coffee brewer and it is simply awesome.

 

[Caeldan]

Bulletproof coffee is pretty awesome. I use coconut oil since I'm too lazy to source grass-fed butter and pure mct oil