Ha ha ha!:1rotfl:

Why was cleaning a filthy coffee pot in a rental a faux pas?

:confused: Rental?????

Thank you for your service! I also drank C-Rats coffee out of canteen cup. Used the little heat tab too. Which reminds me of a time when a buddy was using a heat tab for his ham and lima beans (not what we called them) He made a triangle out of what he thought was 3 spent casings (M-14) putting the heat tab in the middle. They figured out two were spent and one was a live "blank cartridge" after it :boom: exploded between his legs as he sat on the ground with his legs folded in front of him "native american style" as the PC would say. Still makes me cringe thinking of it! :eek:

He said "a new guy signing into my unit." I assumed that meant a rental. Obviously not, from your answer to him. Sorry.

I'm a big Starbuck's fan. I like a cup of coffee with a lot of body and Starbuck's fits the bill. I purchase Starbuck's Decaf Sumatra coffee at their shop and they grind it for me. Drink it with a bit of real Half & Half, Don't need sweeteners of any kind and always drink decaf.

Now....when i'm out and about, I love some Starbuck's and order a tall decaf. Fix it like I do at home with Half & Half.

I look forward to the holiday menus in Fall and Winter. During fall, a tall decaf pumpkin spice latte made with skim milk is a treat a few times during the season. Yes to the whipped cream. YUM!

Christmastime it is always a treat to order a tall, decaf peppermint mocha latte made with skim milk. YUM! YUM!

I'll take the sweetness in the holiday drinks because they are more of a desert, not really a cup of coffee for me.

During holiday celebrations, must have Espresso with a shot of Anisette!

This is a fun thread. Thank you OP!

WOW.....after reading your post, I just realized I've been drinking stale coffee all these years.

I’m now drinking Maxwell House but only dark blend as it is easier for those of us with sensitive stomachs. I get annoyed with Keurig that waters it down and is less hot than I would like. I fill my own reusable bumps with it. Additives re half and half, sometimes fat free and occasionally cinnamon...tried a little butter ad advertised...yuck.

Give me 3 spoon strong instant coffee, half & half and honey. Wakes me up every morning.

We also enjoy Maxwell House Instant Coffee, but only one spoonful with sugar free Nestle Coffee Mate French Vanilla. I can't tell the difference from the instant and brewed coffee. Two cups every morning and that's it, I'm awake and that serves it purpose and I'll have no more the rest of the day. For that reason, I've never had a Starbucks Coffee. I may once in a great while have a cup if I'm eating breakfast at Bob Evans in the morning. We usually pick up the jars of Maxwell House when Walgreens have their sales about every other month, sometimes as low as $2.99, it's a cheap drink.

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Blue Mountain or Kona whole bean, French press. Stevia. Hot only one cup at a time

Folgers, hot and black

A couple of our clan do "pour over".
Grind fresh per cup then pour through filter.
Great flavor full coffee....as long as they are doing it.
Much too long of a process for me.
While great tasting, however not so much that I would convert to the process.

Hi, I just registered here so that I could reply to this post (I've been reading here for years, just had not registered to post). I love coffee and was so happy to see someone else roasting coffee! I don't drink it for the caffeine but just because I have always loved it since I was around 12 years old and used to see my dad enjoying coffee so much. I've been roasting my own coffee (green coffee beans) since probably around 2000 so close to twenty years and although I am by NO means an expert, I definitely know more about coffee than the average person. What OpusX1 says is completely correct, ground coffee is stale very quickly, within days, and that is regardless of whether it is vacuum packed or not. Now, this does not mean people won't enjoy it, most people are used to stale coffee because that is all you'll find at the grocery store, and they love it because that's what they are used to, totally understandable. And some will never appreciate fresh roasted coffee no matter what.

But there are so many other factors that go into a good cup of coffee, and freshness of the coffee itself is only the beginning (you can actually still make a really bad cup of coffee with fresh beans). It also needs to actually be good quality coffee, the water used to brew it needs to be good and of the correct temperature (hardly any drip coffee makers heat the water to the correct coffee-brewing temperature), and the brew method also makes a huge difference. I purchase green coffee beans at Sweet Maria's online and also learned all about coffee roasting from that site, so if anyone is interested they have tons of info there and roasting coffee is really easy, you guys should try it! I have no affiliation with them by the way, just that I have tried many different places online to buy green coffee beans and always go back to them.

And p.s. to answer the original question, I like cream and sugar in my coffee, and that is real cream from our cows. You people drinking low fat half and half just make me so sad lol. :)

Newman’s special Blend K-cups from Costco. 2-3 cups per day in the AM only. Add a splash of coffee mate sugar free French vanilla creamer.

I am impressed with your expertise, but do not intend to emulate you. I have been drinking coffee since I was very little, four or five, when given a little coffee and a lot of milk and some sugar. I grew to be 5'9" so it did NOT stunt my growth as I have sometimes heard and I love coffee, hot OR cold, always with half and half and the best is brewed by the lovely folks who live at my house from a red plastic can that says Folgers in the morning and a green can in the evening. I have...….maybe three cups a day and it keeps me from doing violent things. ;)

Folgers 1/2 caff in a one cup Keurig. Surprisingly good drunk black.


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I like mine extra strong with powdered creamer and Stevia.

folgers 1850 black gold, one splenda tablet, spot of cream...2 or 3 cups.
i wont tolerate having no coffee.

Cappuccino is my go-to favorite. Currently drinking Cafe Bustelo from the vac-pac into a washable filter for my Keurig. Instead of the usual 2-ounce shot of espresso I let it brew into a 6-ounce coffee. Since I'm steaming and frothing the milk I'm using 1% or 2%. Full-fat milk doesn't froth as well. I add 1 teaspoon sugar, and a pinch of ground cinnamon.

When I'm drinking with a Melior or drip, my favorite is Sumatra Mandheling, fresh-roasted, whole milk, 1.5 teaspoons sugar.

I will not tolerate "flavored" coffee. Especially hazelnut. The smell nauseates me. If I want a mocha or mochaccino I add unsweetened cocoa powder or steep some cocoa nibs in the coffee for a minute. For cinnamon flavor I use actual cinnamon. That's as "flavored" as I can tolerate. Also can't tolerate "creamer" or flavored milks or non-dairy nut-juice or artificial sweeteners, stevia, or even honey - in my coffee.

A coffee connoisseur. Love it. What kind of roaster do you have and where do you buy your green beans?

When I was younger, I visited a coffee plant in New Jersey. They told me green beans will last forever, as they don't decay and there are no pests to eat the beans. Once coffee is roasted it immediately starts to decay, and not even vacuum packaging will save them. They did say that putting the coffee in the freezer helps prevent decay, but by the time we buy coffee, off the store shelves, the coffee is so far decayed, it tastes like mud, to me.

With that said, I don't roast my coffee, but I would like to do so, in order to get back to tasteful coffee again. In the meantime, I buy Folgers or Maxwell House, whichever one is on sale at the time. I prefer a half a packet of organic stevia with Greenwise half & half. Kona is also my favorite, but real kona coffee is quite expensive.

Green Mountain Dark Magic straight up. Usually 3 cups unless I'm headed for the pool.

I used to fuss around with grinding, etc., but just got lazy. Same reason I don't home brew beer.

Either Green Mountain Dark Magic or Costco Pacific Bold. Always black, no sugar or cream. One 1st thing when I wake and again sometime after lunch.

Black, grind my own beans. But will drink most anything.

I buy coffee from HOME Kona Purple Mountain Coffee - Pure 100% Organic Kona Coffee
And Coffee Bean Direct - Free Shipping on Orders of $35+. Another good source is Sweet Maria's Home Coffee Roasting. I use a fresh roast roaster but you can start with a stove top roaster or and old air pop corn popper. I roast most of my coffees to a light city, the first crack, 2 cracks is full city. Dark roast and French roast is basically burned but some people like that, it’s all about what you like.
Yes green beans will not spoil as long as you keep them dry. I pay around $30 per lb for Kona, it’s our weekend coffee, Jamaican Blue mountain is more expensive and imho not as good, and around $10 per lb. for regular coffee’s.

Here are some fun stats from Daily Coffee News, including where, when, and what types of coffee are being consumed. Younger consumers are driving the growth of gourmet coffees. :icon_wink:

I'm in the minority in never drinking coffee. I'll have green tea maybe once a week.

:ho: I drink Kopi Luwak when my neighbor doesn't pickup after his Civet. :icon_wink:

I got turned onto illy coffee and I like it a lot. My machine lets me make cappuccinos! It's become a new morning ritual

Civet poop... it's what's for breakfast.:shocked: