Who's coffee do you drink?

[DainBramaged]

I know we aren't rich (as a group) and buying coffee when you go to work or out is a luxury. I used to swill 4 or 5 16 oz coffees a day from this little deli withing 5 minutes walking distance of my house (they used Martinson's exclusively) and only charged 99 cents a cup. I'd go out of my way to drive there just for coffee. Now I drink green tea for health reasons, but I am curious, (brown).

Oh, and if you do go "elsewhere" tell us where. I only included the big guys I am aware of.

[MADem]

1. I buy it in Brazil and make it at home. NT

[MrSlayer]

2. I don't like coffee.

Smells great, tastes like shit.

[0007]

6. I know whatchat mean jellybean

[klyon]

37. yes agreed

blah

[Taverner]

3. Peets and Allan Brothers

Nuff said

[goddess40]

4. I'm a tea drinker but the coffee drinkers in my house drink free-trade

We buy it at church every week.

[Echo In Light]

35. I switched from coffee to tea almost exclusively

I'll still have the occasional cup...Millstone, or if I'm out and about, whatever brand the gas station I'm closest to has brewed.

[vademocrat]

5. Grind my own beans bought in bulk at Costco n/t

[DemReadingDU]

7. whatever is on sale at the grocery store

[walldude]

8. I have enough vices thanks..

And honestly when I pick up a 7 dollar cup of coffee for a friend I'm grateful I smoke pot... it's cheaper.

[Speck Tater]

9. Tea drinbker here. No coffee in the house. NT

[murielm99]

10. I can't have it any more.

And I love coffee.

I make decaf at home. On rare occasions, I buy a decaf to go. The ones from Starbuck's taste almost like real coffee.

Now that I have quite coffee, I notice a real difference when I get it by mistake. (I went to a restaurant last week and forgot to specify decaf). I am not used to the stuff any more. It makes me anxious and keeps me awake.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Been off the bean for two years now

Loving my Earl Grey tea.

[DainBramaged]

12. I had to stop last year, no more caffeine

Lipton Citrus diet green tea exclusively. Bramaged brains don't like caffeine.

[Ms. Toad]

39. You do know green tea has caffeine,

right?

http://www.pepsiproductfacts.com/infobyproduct.php

The brand you are drinking has 11 mg of caffeine per 8 oz (about half as much as Diet Pepsi - at 24 mg per 8 oz). Still low compared to coffee (at around 165 per 8 oz) - but its not quite none.

[Cooley Hurd]

13. Where all Java Junkies go to dry out...

"Maxwell House"

:D

[DainBramaged]

16. I used to drink their 1894 blend, amazing stuff and 16 oz. can

Then they stopped making it so I called them. Their "excuse" was that people wanted SMALLER serving resealable containers, not metal cans so they discontinued it.

What a crock of shit.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. Isn't this a Lounge post?

And just to answer your question, I drink mostly locally roasted, free-trade, shade-grown, organic coffee (four virtues! :-) ) that is delivered to stores by bicycle (make that five virtues).

[DainBramaged]

28. No, but it's a morning maniac post

:hi:

[gateley]

15. Vivace -

Roasted in Seattle and mailed to me here in NC. The BEST.

Out on the road, I'll drink what I can get if I need the buzz.

Do yourselves a favor:

http://www.espressovivace.com/

[deutsey]

17. "Coffee East": An independent coffee house where I live. n/t

[Buzz Clik]

18. You're supposed to drink it?

[frogcycle]

19. all of the above

and more

[Swamp Rat]

20. Costa Rican and Brazilian beans

:9

[SteinbachMB]

21. Never

..Starbucks. I make instant coffee by making a paste out of coffee/sugar/milk then add some more milk, then add boiled water, put it in the mic until the milk starts to froth........drink.

[malaise]

22. We grind our own

Blue Mountain coffee is the one luxury we will not give up. To cut costs we've reduced our number of cups per day from four to three.

[tkmorris]

26. Where do you get it?

I can't find a decent source, just bad blends.

[Warren DeMontague]

23. Other: Ernesto Illy, may he rest in peace.

I make my own espresso. Sure, it's expensive stuff, but worth it- and it's not $4 a latte.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

24. Instant generic gravel

from the Kroger.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. We grind our own coffee that we get at Costco...

The only time I have a latte or whatever is when we pick one up at the gas station on our way out of town.

[Lex]

27. Larry's - fair trade / shade tree

http://www.larrysbeans.com/

The beans make delicious pots of coffee.

I'm a recent convert to Larry.

[eShirl]

29. instant Nescafe Mountain Blend ("Extra Smooth")

it's what I can usually manage to make when I first wake up, that doesn't eat away my stomach lining

[KharmaTrain]

30. Joe DiMaggio...

I am a big coffee drinker, but am very proud to say I have never walked into, yet wasted any money at a Starbucks or some "gourmet" coffee place. Back in the 80's, the price of coffee soared, and we got into the habit then of stocking up on regular grind...usually having a couple pounds on hand and, honestly, I can think of a lot more things we buy and use that have gotten more expensive.

I also have a rule...no caffine (coffee) after 6pm, no alcohol (which I rarely drink) until after 6pm...and I avoid ever trying to mix the two. While I love coffee, I hated the "buzz"...especially from a Mickie Ds or Starbucks. To me, going into one of those places is like throwing money away...or like spending $3 for a bottle of water that is free in a nearby tap.

[DainBramaged]

32. A blast(s) from the past

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9hwVfqOwKg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io4B2O5rJgI

[npincus]

31. I buy Starbucks ground coffee at Target

and make it at home. It's at leat $2 cheaper at Target than at my supermarket, and I get to enjoy a 'bottomless cup" at home. I'm a caffeine addict.... girl's gotta have it!

[ourbluenation]

34. we do too. french roast. n/t

[npincus]

36. we buy Sumatra... or cafe Verona if that's sold out.

Yum! I'm drinking a cup right now!

[marmar]

33. I occassionally drop into a 'Bucks .....

.....for a soy latte - the only way I can palate their overly-bitter brew is when it's countered with steamed soy milk, but mostly I brew my own. I love some of the Whole Foods Allegro coffees.

[kenny blankenship]

38. Mostly I roast my own. But I'd like to plug Intelligentsia, Paradise Roasters, and Counter Culture

There are some other artisan roasters we could list but I want to be brief:

www.intelligentsiacoffee.com
www.paradiseroasters.com
www.counterculturecoffee.com

Order from these folks directly online, you will receive coffee fresher than anything you can get unless you roast it yourself or know a local roaster personally. Yeah you can get freshly roasted coffee at Costco --but quality it ain't!
The surprising thing about the first rate coffee you can get online from these artisan roasters is that it doesn't cost much more than the truly vile, undrinkable shit that you find on most store shelves to get the world's best coffees done to perfection and shipped directly to you in the mail.

[dysfunctional press]

40. never have, never will.

in my 47 years so far, i've had exactly 3 small sips of the vile revolting brew.
never again.

[frogcycle]

41. whose

[mondo joe]

42. Sometimes Starbucks, often Peets, often small roasters. Seattle has a lot of choices

and I use them all.