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« Reply #15 on: March 27, 2009, 02:30:30 PM »

I love my French press and the freshly roasted Sumatra or even, on well-to-do weeks, Kona blend from the Farmer's market. I do not have a burr grinder, so I am not cool. But I am getting there!

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« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2009, 07:38:20 AM »

I am an especial fan of peaberries.  Caribou has an exclusive supplier, La Minita, that is my favorite coffee altogether.  I have yet to meet a peaberry that I do not like.  Sadly, Quartermaine's, which I otherwise love dearly, does not have a peaberry that they roast.

I didn't think I liked peaberry until I tried that one.

Though I will also tell you that I'm with Kris in the "dump sugar and cream into the thing" category, so there is no way I will ever reach true snob status.
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« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2009, 04:29:54 AM »

Slate had a good article yesterday comparing Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, and McCafe

http://www.slate.com/id/2223965/pagenum/all/
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« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2009, 06:20:42 AM »

Slate had a good article yesterday comparing Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, and McCafe

http://www.slate.com/id/2223965/pagenum/all/

I am amused (and somewhat vindicated) by the fact that Starbucks came in dead last. Oh, hey, spoiler alert: Starbucks loses.
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« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2009, 06:40:50 AM »

I like cold-brewed coffee, and I just read somewhere that you can make it using a French Press, so I am planning to try that.
(It's cheaper than buying a Toddy System or an HourGlass.)

According to http://www.cookography.com/2007/cold-brewed-coffee-using-a-french-press
you can make it with a French Press, 1 cup of drip-ground coffee, and 2 cups of water - just let it sit overnight to "steep".
Well, 12 hours. That's longer than just overnight if you ask me.
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