xp to stevie I've had that creamer before & it *is* good; like, better than it should be? idk, v much into it thoug
― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 00:23 (eight years ago) link
ya I want to try the others! The only thing I don't like is that the ratio of flavor and creaminess are locked in, like i can't make it creamier w/o making it sweeter and vice versa
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 13:13 (eight years ago) link
I AM A MILLENNIAL AND I WANT OPTIONS
haha the lack of options is exactly why I like it! tho my preference on any given day fluctuates between black/cream/cream+sugar/sugar (in descending order of frequency), the fixed ratio of that particular creamer generally hits the spot for my "cream+sugar" preference while giving me one less thing to potentially screw up! (I prefer to pour cream and/or sugar first & then add the coffee -- saves the need for a spoon or stirrer, makes it easier to see how much I'm using, & raises the stakes a bit since I'm stuck with whatever comes out)
― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 14:04 (eight years ago) link
bernard snowy that is a #cof #lifehack for the ages!!!!!!!!
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 14:10 (eight years ago) link
#cofhof
― Soon all logins will look like this (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 14:17 (eight years ago) link
Coffee has oils in it that go rancid, hence I favor frequent cleaning.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 17:38 (eight years ago) link
always clean dirty things
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 17:40 (eight years ago) link
not exactly related to cleaning but i've heard it said that bialettis get better with age
― flopson, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:05 (eight years ago) link
every once in a while i attack mine with steel wool for like 20 minutes to see how shiny i can get it
guys what's your preferred roast, y'all go for the lights or the mediums or the darks? or light-medium/medium-dark?
― nomar, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link
i buy from a third wave place thats def on the light-medium spectrum, like they dont even label them as such
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:12 (eight years ago) link
its good nice fresh beans, need to buy some more had to drink a canned cof this morn
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
canned cof not the best cof
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:25 (eight years ago) link
its not... terrible tho? i think i mentioned i bought it just to have some quick caffeine around before workouts but i dont hate it tbf, i started drinking the canned cof on long drives and i kinda grew to like it in its own way, i just love sugar too, which i dont allow myself in my cof generally
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link
it can be good
the japanese have some good canned cof
my exp has been with bad canned cof in mainland china though
where the cof is not readily available
and the canned cof is all like
sugary frappucino knockoffs
cant get any caff
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
― nomar, Wednesday, March 2, 2016 1:08 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark
i like medium-dark (a 'vienna' roast i think?) for blends and low priced beans
i like the whole foods big bags they're cheap and p good
back when i used to do single origin or plantation or w/e i went with city or full city roasts for maximum flavor
i think light roast coffee can be bright/sour and fatiguing after a while i have come to appreciate the darker roasts
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
if a light roast is sour that generally means its under extracted (of course sour is subjective so it cld mean anything)
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:34 (eight years ago) link
i like medium tho cause im extremely reasonable
for me it varies by region like the central/south american coffees tend to be sour but not the african ones, same extraction meth
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
huh interesting
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
a lot of commercial "bold/dark" roasts just taste burnt to shit, we only go bold at home if we are familliar w the roaster (god that sounds like such hipster wank, sorry)
i prefer medium roast for my lattes tho
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:42 (eight years ago) link
my friend roasts his own beans and does a nice dark roast. that Danny Trejo coffee i got is a dark roast and it's pretty smooth.
― nomar, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
the dark roast makes a smooth cof
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
might make another cof right now
― nomar, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
I will take bitter/burnt over sour any day.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 21:04 (eight years ago) link
No wait just thinking about that choice makes me feel ill. I will take neither.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link
not sure i've ever had a sour cof
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link
3rd wavish
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 21:08 (eight years ago) link
third lavish floral light roasts often skew towards the sour. i feel about those the way i feel about a lot of IPAs i guess. not for me.
when i find a nice smooth chocolate/toffee/caramel/hazelnut kind of light to medium roast it's almost my ideal coffee.
― nomar, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 21:09 (eight years ago) link
some sour third wave coffee is too sour imo
― flopson, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 21:10 (eight years ago) link
― nomar, Wednesday, March 2, 2016 9:09 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ya, i was just going to say this is my preferred coffee
my local whole foods currently has a costa rica and colombia light roast that are actually described with those exact words (chocolate, caramel, respectively)
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
my ideal coffee too
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 21:17 (eight years ago) link
im sorry i introduced the word sour to the discussion most cof people say 'bright'
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link
maybe 'acidic'
same
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:25 (eight years ago) link
i too buy from a third wave place thats def on the light-medium spectrum, like they dont even label them as such
i would love to find a smooth choc/tof/caramel/nutty light to medium!! All the ones I find like that are DARK and BITTER, too gross
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:30 (eight years ago) link
rrrobyn and i had a v intersting chat in mtl abt 3 wave cof, iirc rrrobyn you said that there are maybe 2 or 3 places that do it but not really that many??
guys idk if you have been to mtl but "coffee culture" there is just, uh, "culture", like EVERY place you go (diner, take out places, maybe some bodegas/deps idk) has an espresso machine and all the coffee you ever get anywhere is just fucking GREAT, like divey little corner poutine place has the latte of yr life, it's so cool
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:32 (eight years ago) link
i got some recently that i swear to god had a pineapple taste to it, crazy days man, crazy days
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
excited to hit up mtl coffee dives this summer
montreal very good for cof yeah
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
make SURE that when you order it you order it as "le cof" otherwise they will scoff at u
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
nothing worse than a montrealian scoff
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:47 (eight years ago) link
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, March 2, 2016 5:30 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I find Colombian (non-dark-roast) most reliable for this, especially if you're not shelling out for some kind of super-coddled single estate microlot stuff.
Guatemalan, Costa Rican, Peruvian all also pretty reliable. Avoid Brazilian coffee. African coffees tend to have a more tea-like flavor imo, can be very interesting, subtle and complex but not necessarily what I want in my daily cup.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:50 (eight years ago) link
In Germany they disapprove of u keeping it within the walls of a fortified medieval structure
― Ecomigrant gnomics (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:53 (eight years ago) link
xp I got an Ethiopian recently that tasted just like bergamot!!! So crazy!!
rn I've got that Guatemalan I mentioned upthread that's really fruity/complex ("WE TASTE: Honey, Vanilla, Mango, Peach" says the website) which is great but I'm gonna ask their recommendation for like a nutty choc tof jawn next time I go
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
Would u like an extra shot with ur ice-cold xp
― Ecomigrant gnomics (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 23:02 (eight years ago) link
make SURE that when you order it you order it as "le cof" otherwise they will scoff at u― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)),
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)),
"le caf" en fait
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 23:03 (eight years ago) link
A few more third wave places have come to my attention, mostly in mile end, little Italy and near McGill. Good coffee but not really for me. But yeah the general espresso here is darker - and everywhere, thank god :)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 23:53 (eight years ago) link
lol "le cof"
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 23:54 (eight years ago) link