Coffee Addicts Thread

[wet work]

I've always just used one of the small Krups grinders. No complaints. Looks like you can get one of their burr grinders for about $50 or so.

Also, for anyone in Annapolis who's looking for a great coffee spot check out Cafe Pronto. They roast their own beans.

[Maulik]

2p2'r "Terp" bought me a Delonghi, its one of the most thoughtful gifts I've received. No longer do I drink frozen coffee

[Pete H]

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Bought this a couple months ago and I love it.

It's so easy and fast I'm having an espresso or two almost every morning. I had a manual espresso maker before and used it only few times a month.

The milk foamer could be a little bit better, but it's no biggie for me as I'm having 20+ espressos for every cappuccino I make.

So far my favourite beans are a local blend of extra dark roast. It has an amazingly smooth taste.

[owsley]

Semi related question, I recently looked into the caffeine content of different drinks/coffees because I want to start limiting how much caffeine I drink per day, and the results were pretty supriseing. The results I found were that an 8 oz Red Bull has 80mg of caffeine, a 16oz Monster drink has 16mg, but a grande (16oz) hot coffee at starbucks (my standard drink) has 330mg???? My intuition was pretty certain that canned energy drinks like red bull/monster/etc would be a lot higher in caffeine than regular coffee but it looks like that is incorrect. What gives?

My regular day is to drink to 2 grande coffees from the starbucks next to my house, one in the morning before class and then one in the afternoon/eveningish when I sit down to do work. When I made the decision to stop drinking the canned drinks thinking they were less healthy to my current 2 coffees a day plan, I thought I would be limiting my caffeine intake. It looks like that is very wrong. How does brewed coffee have that much more caffeine in it than stuff like Red Bull? I really wasn't expecting it to be twice as powerful.

[buttonpusher]

Semi related question, I recently looked into the caffeine content of different drinks/coffees because I want to start limiting how much caffeine I drink per day, and the results were pretty supriseing. The results I found were that an 8 oz Red Bull has 80mg of caffeine, a 16oz Monster drink has 16mg, but a grande (16oz) hot coffee at starbucks (my standard drink) has 330mg???? My intuition was pretty certain that canned energy drinks like red bull/monster/etc would be a lot higher in caffeine than regular coffee but it looks like that is incorrect. What gives?

My regular day is to drink to 2 grande coffees from the starbucks next to my house, one in the morning before class and then one in the afternoon/eveningish when I sit down to do work. When I made the decision to stop drinking the canned drinks thinking they were less healthy to my current 2 coffees a day plan, I thought I would be limiting my caffeine intake. It looks like that is very wrong. How does brewed coffee have that much more caffeine in it than stuff like Red Bull? I really wasn't expecting it to be twice as powerful.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but these energy drinks contain more than one energy source. Guarana, taurine, probably others that i don't know off the top of my head are in these energy drinks. I guess the combined effects of these ingredients are what make the drinks work as well as coffee.

I still find coffee works better than these energy drinks.

[Jeff W]

My friend strongly recommends the Ariete "Macinacaffe" Burr Grinder - but like to hear any other suggestions &lt;$200 or so.

Guide to Grinders

Sub-$100 electric grinders are generally garbage.

[astroglide]

I haven't had any caffeine for almost a month now. First few days were really rough, but I'm good now. Not sure if I'll go back or not.

i've been caffeine-"free" for several years. i like being on a more even keel.

i still drink a fair amount of decaf tea, and very rarely decaf coffee. both have some modest amount of caffeine in them. i enjoy the flavor of black coffee, but i find it difficult to locally find really dark stuff that's also decaf. i'm sure it's available online, but i don't care enough to special order it.

that reminds me though, i should get around to ordering some blenheim hot ginger ale.

[Pete H]

My intuition was pretty certain that canned energy drinks like red bull/monster/etc would be a lot higher in caffeine than regular coffee but it looks like that is incorrect. What gives?

The caffeine regulations for canned drinks are quite strict. I'm pretty sure most of the energy drinks have the maximum amount of caffeine allowed.

[Ray Zee]

for me the best coffee is the cup in front of me. i aint searching all over for a specialty cup. but i like strong black coffee. the weak stuff in places out ruins it for most.

i even use those one cup coffee bags from folgers you put in a cup of water and microwave for a few minutes. makes an okay cup quickly with no clean up to do.

[LuckOfTheDraw]

There is much better coffee to be found than SBUX, but it does not suck. The company flourished more due to excellent business practices (i.e. Howard Schultz) rather than coffee quality, even though it did pretty much create the niche for "gourmet" coffee in America.

I like quite a few of Starbucks roasts. Sunani (Arabian Mocha) and the popular Caffe Verona are a couple of my favorites.

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

i've been caffeine-"free" for several years.

My name is Dave and I am a coffee addict.

[dogsballs]

best thing I ever bought. Over a grand but worth every cent. Perss the button and it grinds and brew your espresso right then &amp; there.

[bobhalford]

I know very little about coffee. I've now quit cigarettes as well as all drugs and alcohol and I find myself now spending ~$10/day on latte's/ I drink 3 a day. I start with a large at 8am and go out two more times every day. Can anyone recommend something I can buy so I don't have to go out and spend so much money? This stuff is costing me more than smoking ever did. I don't have much room in my kitchen, and I like to drink latte's. Don't know how to do it.

PS I met Rob Halford today!

[NhlNut]

I'm like ray z with coffee. I'm not too picky.
Since my machine broke down, I use the metal filter with a paper insert. Add 2 heaping TBs of Starbucks*, and run 12-14 oz of microwaved water through. Takes about 3 minutes. Re-nuke for a minute, and voila. No fuss, no mess.


*Free Starbucks using food comps at my local Station casino.

[Zeno]

for me the best coffee is the cup in front of me. i aint searching all over for a specialty cup. but i like strong black coffee. the weak stuff in places out ruins it for most.

i even use those one cup coffee bags from folgers you put in a cup of water and microwave for a few minutes. makes an okay cup quickly with no clean up to do.

Not quite cowboy coffee but not bad. Montana style let's call it. Back to the fundamental thing as Bonnie Raitt once put it.

-Zeno