[conspire] Coffee

[Ruben Safir]

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 02:06:32PM -0400, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 12:59, Tony Godshall <tony at of.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 16:17, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> >>> Quoting Dire Red (deirdre at deirdre.net):
> >>>
> >>>> Yes, we got the same one you brought that one day. It's marvelous.
> >>>



FWIW you need to get Guerrilla Coffee in Brooklyn.  I do believe they
are the best in US.  Spell Guerrilla correctly in Google :)


> >>> You actually were rather pleased when you saw it in our kitchen and
> >>> pointed it out to Clement.  We thanked you for the recommendation.
> >>> (It's a Capresso 560.)
> >>
> >> The memory is the first thing to go. ^_^
> >>
> >> Did I tell you to buy coffee from Barefoot Coffee Roasters? It's
> >> available at Whole Foods. The Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is the best coffee
> >> I ever had.
> >
> > What's kind of fun is to buy the green beans (e.g. from sweetmarias.com
> > in emeryville) and roast them yourself.  And quality coffee is way cheaper
> > that way.  Tastes do vary, of course- I personally don't see the attraction
> > of the African coffees- I mix sumatra, mexican, and kona myself.  Sumatra
> > for robust flavor, mexican or central american for an acidic bite, and kona
> > for lasting warmth.
> 
> Indeed. Most of my life I thought that I didn't like coffee, until I
> had the real thing, fresh-roasted, fresh-ground, fresh-brewed from
> quality beans. I like Arabica coffee from every country I have tried,
> with Ethiopia at the very top, but de gustibus non disputandam.
> 
> There are a lot of places to buy green coffee beans online, too. A
> Google search for
> 
> green coffee beans
> 
> returns about 5.9 million hits. ^_^ You can roast just enough beans
> for a pot of coffee in a popcorn popper, if you don't mind voiding the
> warranty, and having to watch the beans like a hawk to keep them from
> getting overdone. If you ever get the perfect roast, grind, and brew
> of the best beans, you won't be satisfied with anything less. There
> are only a few cafes that come up to this standard.
> 
> > Tony
> >
> 
> 
> 
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