no.
lol.
I’ve been drinking instant freeze dried coffee since 2018.
I’ve known people that drink instant and don’t have to, it is simple and quick with no muss or fuss.
no
way too much trouble
Lavazza is supposed to be really good coffee, from all I’ve read. ACME had a sale on it, pretty steep discount. I picked up a 12 oz bag, ground (no whole bean option). Dark roast. Man… I had high hopes and it’s pretty easy to see that Lavazza over-roasts their beans, just like Starbucks. Shame. Had to add cocoa powder and cinnamon to it to make a “pseudo mocha” to make it drinkable.
Dark roasting masks the use of shitty beans.
It’s that simple.
Robusta isn’t the correct answer.
Chris
What do you guys think about Illy? Also supposed to be one of the best.
It’s a huge brand with a great following, but Italy doesn’t grow coffee beans.
Way back in the 30s, when espresso machines were invented , Italians wanted cheap beans and those were robusta beans, which are cheaper, more bitter beans, but do have more caffeine, even when over roasted to mask the bitterness.
If you go through a can of Illy, or whatever, in a couple/few days, sure, but canned, ground stuff, goes stale pretty quickly.
Chris
Did the home roasting thing for a few months now with the popcorn popper. My assessment: ehh, not such a big deal. The roasting wasn’t terribly exact even though I timed it, because temperature varies from time to time and I wasn’t weighing the beans for consistency. Besides that, DW was complaining about the smell of some of the coffee I’d brew from these roasted beans (she has big problems with odors and the Sumatran was really setting off her sinuses). I did like the Colombian beans about the best of the 4 types I had. The Sumatran was my second favorite… they say you either love or hate Sumatran coffee, and it’s sorta true: I liked it, she despised it! 
So last week, instead of buying more green beans, I picked up a bag of Topeca’s House Decaf which is whole bean Colombian. Topeca does their roasting right here in my metro, so the stuff is pretty fresh. Good enough, and no fuss (unless you count 30 seconds of turning a crank on a hand grinder).
I find dark roasting makes the beans more bitter and then it “homogenizes” whereas it’s hard to tell if the original beans were mediocre or good.
I used to be a dark roast coffee drinker, but for the most part I had stopped and went to medium roast. That’s where the flavor comes out. Roasting your own beans is a chore… so getting freshly roasted nearby or by mail with reasonable rates is the way to go.
What do you guys think about Peets Coffee, they seem to have a cult following.
For me, just making coffee is a chore.
Fill, grind, boil, pour, stir, push, strain, wash, wash, wash, empty, sugar/cream, drink, wash.
Yeah, french press. Added step of straining through a strainer+papertowel (coffee filter clogs solid halfway through) to get out the fine silt.
If I had to roast, too, I’d just switch to tea.
GF used to get that, but I never tried it. Heard it’s okay.
Don’t forget your goat-leggings!
I actually don’t mind it. I grind for at least a handful of days, if I haven’t bought ground coffee.
- Add coffee into French press carafe
- Add a little sugar and a dash of salt, and optionally a dash of cinnamon.
- If the coffee is a little bitter, add crushed eggshells
- Boil water in electric kettle, set for French Press
- Pour water into carafe and stir briskly. Install filter top.
- Let sit for 4~5 mins.
- Push down plunger.
- After pouring into a thermos: remove top, use special spatula to excavate the grinds from the carafe. Wash/rinse carafe. Wash/rinse filter top. Wipe dry.
- Enjoy coffee with milk and either a touch more sugar or a spoonful of cocoa.
I thought the point of using a french press was to keep the oils in the coffee that a paper filter filters out .
Is Dunkin Original considered good?
It’s just another way to brew and immerses the coffee completely in the hot water, instead of dribbling the water over the grounds.
A thicker and heavier taste with more sediment in the cup.
‘Never take the last gulp from a French pressed cup of coffee.’
Chris
No. The French Press allows the grounds to soak in water longer, versus the water passing through as on drip coffee makers. Technically this should get a more satisfying flavor, but if you wait too long the coffee can get bitter rather quickly.
Maybe not the whole point but others are leaving out yes it is a benefit vs paper filter
Opinions are bound to vary, but I think it’s good and so does my DD.