Coffee?

[normiss 816]

so a friend was kind enough to share a killer coupon (thanks! ) with me that resulted in my buying the coffee maker I've wanted for some time now. It grinds fresh beans for each brew...yummy! I've never had coffee so fresh and tasty at home before!!! So in only 2 days I see myself becoming a coffee bean snob.
Suggestions for places to buy better quality coffee beans????

oh...I also got one of those spatulas someone mentioned last week in the kitchen tools thread...it's sweet too. oh! and a special lime slice container for my Corona problem preference!

[curiouslykate 0]

If you have a Cost Plus World Market near by they have a great selection of whole bean coffee from all over the world. I get mine there and I try a new one every time, but I do have my faves.
Kate

Kate

[SARLDO 0]

I'll keep this simple and save you a lot of time. Dunkin Dohnuts whole bean, regular. You have to try it to understand just how good their coffee is.

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens

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Dudeist Skydiver #68

[micduran 0]

Boca Java has pretty good beans. Coffee clubs like this are a great way to try a lot of different varieties. Coffee snobs are cool.

Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours.

[normiss 816]

I'll give it a go...but with some skepticism since I went in and asked for cup of tea once. The girl turned around and took tap water - from a sink with serious mineral stains and corrosion - and promptly put the cup in the microwave to heat.
I declined the cup of tea.

[angrypeppers 1]

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I'll keep this simple and save you a lot of time. Dunkin Dohnuts whole bean, regular. You have to try it to understand just how good their coffee is.

Agreed. We're on a coffee subscription with DD...four pounds of beans delivered to the house every other month. Works out great, and the wife and I get to have Dunkin's every morning.

Burn the land and boil the sea,
You can't take the sky from me.

[normiss 816]

on that note...someone else just pointed me to:
Sweet Maria's

[SARLDO 0]

I'm in the Navy. Ergo, a coffee cconnoisseur. Trust me and brew it yourself. Use filtered water for best results.

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens

MB#4300
Dudeist Skydiver #68

[normiss 816]

water is filtered at the tap and the new maker has a filter as well.

Navy coffee??? boy does that bring back memories...
sock filters, "tricks" played on the "O" coffee pot...

[micduran 0]

I don't know if I have the energy (or want to make the time) to roast my own beans. It couldn't get any fresher than that, though. hmmmmmm

And for the record - Dunkin' Donuts coffee is terrible! If you want donut shop coffee, you need to find a Tim Horton's

Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours.

[NWFlyer 2]

Trader Joe's.

I'm totally hooked on their Peaberry.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[warpedskydiver 0]

go to godoyscoffee.com

You will be very happy with what they offer.

Godoys de Guatemala is a medium-sized, family operated coffee business. The Godoy family is dedicated to bringing you the finest gourmet coffee from Guatemala. The family plantations were planted a century ago, on the Moyuta Volcano, near the border with El Salvador, using the original gourmet quality "bourbon" coffee beans.


The farm is located 5,000 to 6,000 feet in elevation. The farms have never been sprayed with chemical pesticides or fertilized with non-organic sources since they were planted. The natural fertilizers that are used come from the coffee process itself and on-farm produced compost. All of the coffee is shade grown, using nitrogen-fixing trees to help improve soil composition and provide a natural bird and animal refuge.

All the coffee is hand-picked, picking only the ripest beans. On farm is located a small, wet-mill which takes the coffee berries from the wine-colored, sweet sticky fruit to the parchment covered seed. During the wet-mill process the berry is de-pulped, and the remaining seeds are stored overnight for fermentation to remove the remaining slimy fruit. Then the seeds are washed in running water and set out to sun dry. The wet-mill system used on the Godoy farm recycles the water to minimize environmental impact. All the water used after the wet-mill process is reabsorbed into the soil, where it fertilizes instead of contaminating water sources.

The roasting facility in Guatemala City roasts coffee daily on order to insure freshness. When and order is received the coffee is roasted within 24 hours and shipped out immediately.


This original part of the farm was planted by Eduardo Godoy's grandfather, Carlos Menendez Marin, in 1908, almost a century ago. The coffee plants that were planted at this time were the original arabica varieties, "bourbon," "arabigo" and "tipica."

These varieties are now rarely seen in modern day farms as the newer, more resistant, hybrids yield more productive crops. However, with the advent of the gourmet and specialty markets, more farms are going back to the original, more flavorful varieties. Many of these original century old trees still exist in the cool, shady forest of this property. Every 10 years they are radically pruned down to 12 inches of trunk, where the faithful roots coerce the foliage back once again.

This farm, as well as the newer parts of it, has always been shaded with native trees, mostly nitrogen-fixing variety to nourish the soil. There has never been a need for chemical fertilizers or pesticides in this nature reserve. The natural fertilizers that are applied to the trees are by-products of the coffee process itself, composted with other on-farm produced organic material.


In 1992, the wet mill was built in Las Margaritas, the newer section of the farm. This was installed because of the need to maintain the quality and integrity of the farm's production. Until then, the beans were mixed with that of other farms and exported in green bean. This was the year that Godoys de Guatemala, S.A. was formed with the purpose of producing a quality roasted coffee for consumption and export.

[kbordson 8]

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go to godoyscoffee.com

Godoys de Guatemala is a medium-sized, family operated coffee business. The Godoy family is dedicated to bringing you the finest gourmet coffee from Guatemala. The family plantations were planted a century ago, on the Moyuta Volcano, near the border with El Salvador, using the original gourmet quality "bourbon" coffee beans.

Best coffee I ever had was when I was in Guatemala! It was WONDERFUL!

[warpedskydiver 0]

I love this coffee, I only consider Kona fresh brewed at the Mauna Lani in Kona to be equal.

[warpedskydiver 0]

These people educate and house their employees, give them medical care, and keep the Guerrillas at bay as well.

They run the place like the employees are their own flesh and blood.

The wife is an American.

[BIGUN 1,344]

Is this a "Frasier" re-run?
"I'm in the Navy, therefore I'm a coffee connoisseur..." Now THAT is the best example of an oxymoron ever heard.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[warpedskydiver 0]

Try a small bag of Godoys, you will be ordering the five pound bag on your next order.

And this coffee is very inexpensive for what you are getting.

[normiss 816]

right on dude!

[warpedskydiver 0]

Glad I could be of help.

Now I know what to get a certain person on DZ.com for christmas.


No not you dude, heck I don't vote democrat either, so don't getting nervous.

[normiss 816]

I hear she goes well with rum.

wait...that sounds wrong...

[warpedskydiver 0]

She does not like rum, rum likes her.

[marcandalysse 0]

try one of the many brazilian grocery stores in orlando....but brew it very strong!

hey, PM me or call I'm in Orlando

"The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton

[airtwardo 7]

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[kbordson 8]

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She does not like rum, rum likes her.

And... I've heard that she doesn't pick up on *cough* subtle conversations that might be about her

[warpedskydiver 0]

Ears like RADAR, Mind of genius, Skydiving chick with an itchy trigger finger, rum drinker, loooong legs.

Nope, nothing to see here folks, move along now

Probably has a supehero cape for lingerie