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MisFiT Discussions => MisFiT Lounge => Topic started by: Sassafras on March 03, 2007, 09:10:49 AM
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Every morning Mick reboots his computer, lets the dog out, feeds the cat, makes a pot of coffee, and does the dishes usually before 6 o'clock in the morning. By the time the dishes are done, the coffee is ready and he is able to play boxerjam on the Internet. The games of choice: Strike a Match (regular and beta), Know It All (regular and beta), and Wasabi.
Now, coffee is very important in our house. For quite a while we used a Restaurant Blend which we found at a neighboring Gas Station. Don't knock the the location. We have used Maxwell House and Folgers - all different blends - French Roast, Colombian, and Regular. The Restaurant Blend consisted of an amazing aroma and rich taste.
About a year ago, we started searching for a new blend. Every time we visited a coffee shop in Mackinaw City, Michigan, we would get a coffee called "Fog Chaser". I would probably characterize it as more of an afternoon coffee than a morning coffee. It was quite bitter at first. Then it grew into this robust, ethnic style taste maybe found in Central and South America. So our search continued.
Recently, we have fallen in love with a Hawaiian Kona. There is a shop in Jackson, Michigan which first introduced us to it and we then found a similar Kona at a BIG chain store (which I really don't care to say out loud, but I will say starts with an "M"). :-X
Currently, we are sure we found the perfect Kona from a local shop in Nunica, Michigan called Magnum Coffee Roastery (http://www.magnumcoffee.com/). But, I have to say, buy the prepackaged coffee, not the bulk coffee. We have tried both and the prepackaged coffee is much closer to the real thing. The bulk coffee is very weak. We still have some of the bulk coffee left and are blending two small scoops of the Kona and two large scoops of the Restaurant Blend for each 12-cup pot of coffee.
Something else that is essential to making an awesome cup of coffee is grind you own. Every time you make a pot of coffee, grind ONLY the amount you need for THAT pot of coffee.
We really don't get into the flavored coffees like cherry or chocolate or mocha or cappuccino or nutmeg or anything else. We prefer the ethnic blends, but there is nothing wrong with any coffee as long as you grind your own. I am a true believer of grinding your own coffee.
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I am a coffee freak, i usually have at least one cup in the morning (cannot function properly w/o it) and most times, i have another cup when i arrive home from work... It gives me a nice boost to get into my activities, one of which is listening to records. With both the nector and sound of the Gods, i'm in pretty desirable company usually ::D
I drink a local coffee "Community Dark Roast" and i usually like it with a couple teaspoons of sugar and a splash of whole milk, just enough to lighten the color and cool it down to perfect sipping temp.
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Kona [[~~]]D is the best!!!
We still use Kona and a regular blend - 3 scoops of Kona and 1 regular these days. The Kona we are using now is a Spartan brand. We are still grinding our own and we try to grind only the amount we need. If we grind too much, the coffee tastes old. Also, I have been putting each pot into a coffee yearn so each cup is hot and so the last cup of coffee tastes just as good as the first. (;D)b
I haven't had sugar and milk in my coffee for a while. Though, there are those days that I like it all doctored up. ((:D))
Mick and I are going to be offering coffee in our store. Our customers will be OOOOOOO off the walls!!! Is that mean?
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My Father-in-law likes his coffee, but never more than 1/2 a cup. He stops over almost everyday and has ten 1/2 cups.
So it's like this: "would you like some coffee?" and he replys "just a half a cup." I pour it.
Later: "would you like some more coffee?" and he replys "just a half a cup. And so it goes.........
Over and over and over again. He is always [welcome]
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I like coffee too. Sadly I only have one coffee cup and my Father-in-law is always using it. If I only had one more cup. :)7
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I never did drink coffee until about the age of 36. One cup of Tim Horton's cappachino and I was hooked. Sadly... or maybe it's a good thing..., coffee goes straight to my central nervous system, which has been inflicted since childhood. I used to drink 3-4 cups per day just for the taste, until I began having caffeine seizures. I have reduced the amount of coffee I drink, making just a small cup at a time and drinking only a quarter of it. Now, I can take a little of it or I can leave it.