Coffee

I like black coffee, sort of ashy tasting. The stronger, the better. Typically French Roast, but some places don't roast their beans enough. 

My favorite is Peet's, but the best around Nebraska is Starbucks. Even Starbucks is getting weaker because everyone is ordering milkshakes instead of actual coffee. 

When I make coffee at home it's French Roast or Komodo Dragon, in a press. Black, no sugar.

 
I drink a lot of coffee.  Mostly black and I like it strong.  I'm perfectly fine, every once in a while if I'm around a good coffee shop to get a latte or a mocha.  During the holidays I have to have some pumpkin spice lattes.  

I'm not a cold coffee guy.  Even when I worked construction in the middle of the summer in heat, I had hot coffee in the morning on the job site.  

I also, really don't care how you like your coffee.  I don't judge.  

 
Black. We did get an espresso machine and my wife will make me a flavored latte but she doesn't overpower the espresso. But I also drink the espresso black too in one of those douchey mini cups lol

I like iced coffee/cold brew too but not with a ton of stuff in it. Splash of milk and maybe a tiny bit of a syrup

 
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I have been on exactly one cruise. 20 years ago. Best coffee I have ever had, and it's not even close. Wish I knew what it was or exactly what they did...

 
knapplc said:
I like black coffee, sort of ashy tasting. The stronger, the better. Typically French Roast, but some places don't roast their beans enough. 

My favorite is Peet's, but the best around Nebraska is Starbucks. Even Starbucks is getting weaker because everyone is ordering milkshakes instead of actual coffee. 

When I make coffee at home it's French Roast or Komodo Dragon, in a press. Black, no sugar.
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What does the press do exactly?  I have seen them but never used one, does it change the makeup of the coffee?

 
BigRedBuster said:
I drink a lot of coffee.  Mostly black and I like it strong.  I'm perfectly fine, every once in a while if I'm around a good coffee shop to get a latte or a mocha.  During the holidays I have to have some pumpkin spice lattes.  

I'm not a cold coffee guy.  Even when I worked construction in the middle of the summer in heat, I had hot coffee in the morning on the job site.  

I also, really don't care how you like your coffee.  I don't judge.  
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That pumpkin spice stuff is like a drug, just inject it right into my veins.  

 
teachercd said:
What does the press do exactly?  I have seen them but never used one, does it change the makeup of the coffee?
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Coffee will have better flavor the longer the beans are in contact with the water. In a traditional drip coffee maker, that's a very short time. It's longer with those older perk coffee makers, where the water percolated up through the central stem into the basket with the beans, and circulated over and over. With a press, the beans and water interact for several minutes before you push the plunger down, which screens out the beans from the water (now coffee).

 
knapplc said:
Coffee will have better flavor the longer the beans are in contact with the water. In a traditional drip coffee maker, that's a very short time. It's longer with those older perk coffee makers, where the water percolated up through the central stem into the basket with the beans, and circulated over and over. With a press, the beans and water interact for several minutes before you push the plunger down, which screens out the beans from the water (now coffee).
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Ahhhh, got it.

Does it make it "stronger" or just have more flavor, if that makes sense?  

 
teachercd said:
Ahhhh, got it.

Does it make it "stronger" or just have more flavor, if that makes sense?  
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Kinda depends what people mean when they say "stronger." To some that means more caffeine, to some more flavor. The press definitely amplifies the flavor. 

The amount of caffeine in coffee is tied to how the beans are roasted. Darker roasted coffees lose more water/oil during the roasting process. Caffeine is leached out  via that moisture, so the longer the roast, the less the caffeine. Which is a bit counterintuitive to some people, who believe darker roasts are necessarily "stronger" coffee. 

 
knapplc said:
Kinda depends what people mean when they say "stronger." To some that means more caffeine, to some more flavor. The press definitely amplifies the flavor. 

The amount of caffeine in coffee is tied to how the beans are roasted. Darker roasted coffees lose more water/oil during the roasting process. Caffeine is leached out  via that moisture, so the longer the roast, the less the caffeine. Which is a bit counterintuitive to some people, who believe darker roasts are necessarily "stronger" coffee. 
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Got it, makes sense.

I wonder if it would matter much for me, I use so much creamer or cream and sugar that I probably would not even notice a huge difference. 

 
Black, thick and straight…..oh wait, wrong thread.  :B)

Drink it black most of the time. Starbucks Sumatra dark roast in the Keurig is my go to. Also do some Cafe Bustelo espresso style dark roast.  I have a little frother/hot pot and will occasionally add some heated or frothed milk. Makes it like a latte. If I get it from a coffee place, I like a plain latte, no flavor added with an extra shot or two of espresso. I like to taste and smell the coffee. I don’t like it cold or iced.

Now when my daughter says she is getting coffee, she is talking about some sugared up cold concoction that you wouldn’t even know contained coffee.

 
I'm going to admit I'm a low life coffee drinker.  During the week, I wake up around 5:30 and my first cup is instant.  I know...don't judge.  I'm still half asleep and have no desire to make it any other way.  I sit on the couch and drink my one cup before getting up and ready for work.  

 
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