I Really am Snob

[eric19312]

i've gotten used to the k-cups at home for the convenience. Better than the drip coffee I usually drink at work or hotels. But so far I only like Starbucks Pike Place and Peets Major Dickenson. I buy in bulk and get them at about $0.63/cup delivered from Amazon or Starbucks direct. Amazon talked me into trying their new house brand at about $32 for 100 cups and I am so happy to be done with stuff. Was extremely light flavored, you could see the bottom of your cup...not nasty but just not coffee either.

 

[bracconiere]

That said I chug rockstars and prefer diet coke.

but you can't ferment diet coke!

 

[mongoose33]

People like what they like.

I suspect some of the like of instant coffee descends either from veterans of WWII and the Korean conflict, where that's the coffee they got.

Much like how Bud Light drinkers prefer what they grew up on.

I generally dislike using half-and-half in my coffee; I don't like the greasiness that it creates. And for all you 2%-haters out there--you can take a hike. That's my preferred coffee additive.

But then again....I like what I like.

 

[arturo7]

Life is too short to drink bad coffee.

 

[Murphys_Law]

Man I love a good cup of coffee. I have a nice machine that makes what ever I tell it to make and I love it!

I used to travel through Asia and Europe a lot and hated...HATED the coffee in the rooms. Especially Asia. Stick to tea.

And for all you who put “adjuncts” in your coffee you should also drink Bud Light because you have no taste! [emoji1]

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Two Costco Bold K cups every morning. Better than 7-11 and DD....never been to Starbucks...never plan to either

The "San Francisco Bay" K-cups from Costco are pretty good. They use a different filter and it seems to me to let a little more "coffee" flavor through... And since they're not "true" K-cups paying a royalty to Keurig, they're a little less expensive too.

Starbucks drip coffee is really inconsistent. Sometimes it's good, often times it's terrible.

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

The "San Francisco Bay" K-cups from Costco are pretty good. They use a different filter and it seems to me to let a little more "coffee" flavor through... And since they're not "true" K-cups paying a royalty to Keurig, they're a little less expensive too.

Starbucks drip coffee is really inconsistent. Sometimes it's good, often times it's terrible.

I havent seen those. Do they fit in a regular Keurig machine? I Thought the patent ran out on the K cups and and just because everyone calls them that there really made by whoever now?
I've never seen K cups at Costco cheaper than the Kirkland brand

 

[shelly_belly]

You're not a snob. You're not even roasting your own beans. Join us!

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...roasting-grinding-brewing-and-tasting.452446/

 

[applescrap]

The "San Francisco Bay" K-cups from Costco are pretty good. They use a different filter and it seems to me to let a little more "coffee" flavor through... And since they're not "true" K-cups paying a royalty to Keurig, they're a little less expensive too.

Starbucks drip coffee is really inconsistent. Sometimes it's good, often times it's terrible.

my experience with this coffee was different and less enjoyable.

 

[4of7]

Drinking coffee with family is good . Wait till you start roasting your own..that is when you become the snob..I also have a 90 inlaw and life is good.She likes the pizza,not the beer , likes the wine ,not the mead..

 

[day_trippr]

"Is it an autumnal mead?"

 

[4of7]

"Is it an autumnal mead?"

I am not sure if I should go there, I will have to go look up that mead Brew.It is a very basic mead, just honey and water and yeast.pick up for $20 per quart . from local farmers.

 

[day_trippr]

Yeah, no need to "go there".
It was a joke reference to the current Bud Lite campaign...

Cheers!

 

[4of7]

Yeah, no need to "go there".
It was a joke reference to the current Bud Lite campaign...

Cheers!

Sorry I don't watch much TV

 

[day_trippr]

Either do I, but I do watch pro sports and that ad series has been totally slammed...

 

[Pappers_]

So, I took the train to my FIL's home yesterday, which means I'm back to starting my mornings out with Folgers instant coffee. This will be it for the next four days.

I'm helping him with some household chores and visiting with an attorney with him on this visit.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Only twice in my life (that I'm aware) did I have instant coffee that was good. I was a guest both times. When I'm home I grind the coffee right before brewing, and I have a manual grinder and stovetop drip pot available if the power goes out. I have percolators as well but the course grind needed seems like a waste. Yep I'm a coffee snob, but I'm also coffee dependent so if crappy coffee is the only thing that's available I'll have a cup then switch to tea. Seriously, some of my Midwestern in laws have brewed coffee weaker than I would make tea.

 

[passedpawn]

Only twice in my life (that I'm aware) did I have instant coffee that was good. I was a guest both times. When I'm home I grind the coffee right before brewing, and I have a manual grinder and stovetop drip pot available if the power goes out. I have percolators as well but the course grind needed seems like a waste. Yep I'm a coffee snob, but I'm also coffee dependent so if crappy coffee is the only thing that's available I'll have a cup then switch to tea. Seriously, some of my Midwestern in laws have brewed coffee weaker than I would make tea.

I also have a stovetop for power outages. Works great on propane camp stove or grill. Just because a hurricane wipes out the power for a week doesn't mean we have to live like savages!

 

[passedpawn]

One of the guys in the big coffee thread posted this. It's a travel espresso kit. Pavoni. Extremely sweet. Note that even the cups and saucers are included.

 

[applescrap]

Only twice in my life (that I'm aware) did I have instant coffee that was good. I was a guest both times. When I'm home I grind the coffee right before brewing, and I have a manual grinder and stovetop drip pot available if the power goes out. I have percolators as well but the course grind needed seems like a waste. Yep I'm a coffee snob, but I'm also coffee dependent so if crappy coffee is the only thing that's available I'll have a cup then switch to tea. Seriously, some of my Midwestern in laws have brewed coffee weaker than I would make tea.

Abraham Lincoln said, if this is coffee, bring me tea, and if its tea bring me coffee and if its coffee and i can see the bottom of the cup, watch out. He might not have originated this, but is attributed to him.

 

[estricklin]

Coffee and chicory blends are great! Love it!

We keep getting these vendor branded coffees at work. Some are okay. Some are terrible. We've a morning blend now. More like mourning blend. I've to remember to bring in my own.

I freakin love chicory coffee, not sure what that says about me. I grew up around it and I have a taste for it that never goes away.

As for the K-cups, the cost breakdown is something like $30-50 bucks a pound, I cannot understand why they are so popular. You could make an entire pot, dump it all out except for one cup, and STILL come out cheaper.

I feel like a lot of the older generation had no other choices in coffee, like there are now.

 

[Pappers_]

. . . . Just because a hurricane wipes out the power for a week doesn't mean we have to live like savages!

 

[Kharnynb]

I've got a stove top on my woodstove, so I'll never be without hot water for my aeropress.