Where do you get your coffee?

[biddyboo]

We're with Marty. We make our own coffee, pretty strong, Eight OClock brand that I buy in the big bags at Walmart, ALWAYS on the high shelf so I can barely reach them! We buy whole bean and grind our own so it's always fresh. We used to buy and grind Starbucks, but we read in a Consumer's Reports study that Eight OClock outscored all the more expensive brands when tested so we tried it, loved it, and drink only that now. I wake during the night looking forward to that first cup of the morning. Oh, and when I'm feeling really indulgent, I splash in a dollop of Bailey's! No wonder coffee at our house tastes so good ~G

 

[WoodlandWoman]

Boyd, you really made me laugh with that one.

Someone asked about coffee makers. We have a Technivorm and really like it. The coffee tastes better to us, compared to other machines we've used. French presses are great, too. We do like to brew a full pot and have it in a carafe, though. Plus, be able to have the pot set up to brew a bit before we need it and not have to heat water. I think that's one of those individual preference choices that would make some coffee drinkers cringe.

What we really need are a pair of those yellow BYC coffee mugs. Those are so cheery! I love those mugs! We like to have coffee out on the patio with the chickens milling around with us on nice mornings. They have a little snack and visit, before going off to forage. Those would be perfect!

 

[MoSo]

From my espresso machine. I use a variety of beans, though - some that a friend imports directly from Italy (expensive but soooooo good), but usually I buy whole beans from either Peet's Coffee, Tully or Seattle's Best. I can't drink regular drip coffee - too acid and gives me heartburn and other side effects (I know, I know, TMI!). DH drinks regular drip and he buys the store-brand whole beans.

When I'm in town and want an espresso, I buy from the Peet's inside Fred Meyer. Not as good as a regular Peet's, but this is a small town. There is a Starbuck's inside Safeway, but I don't generally shop Safeway, and the grocery store small coffee shops are never as good as the full, regular stores. There's also a Southern Oregon chain called Human Bean, which is good, and two small shops, Matteo's and Daily Bagel, but they are both out of my way, and Dutch Brothers, which is AWFUL.

I have a 10yr old Swiss Solis espresso maker, which I love but DH has had to jury-rig the pump twice and I think it's on the way out. I've been looking for a replacement. He uses a $10 Black-and-Decker.

And I do have a BYC bright yellow mug I drink out of!

 

[esthermgr]

Quote:
Boy oh boy, have I got some single girls for you to meet! (Not myself- this hot bitter gal is spoken for, but I've got friends aplenty. Although I've never met a truly bitter person who loved chickens. So you might have a prob...)

 

[RAWR]

lol i get mine from Donut Bank

 

[txchickie]

I am cheap and buy the Sam's Choice arabica blend and make it at home. Add me some creme brulee creamer and I am set!

Of course, I would never turn down a Sbux white chocolate mocha if there was a sbux near me!

 

[44Wolves]

i mkae it

 

[bwebb7]

I buy my grounds at Dunkin Donuts and brew it at home.

 

[Tala]

I make it myself, never buy the stuff anymore. I bought coffee on campus when I was stuck at school and I was cold - good way to warm up. But that stuff wasn't coffee, it was some mumbjo jumbo flavored sugared creamy drink with a little expresso shot thrown in for fun. It was good, but not coffee.

I like my coffee like I like my whiskey - strong.

As I always say,
Real men drink it black.

(uh, women too, but I always say men coz that's what the guy who I heard it from always said)

Edit: I learned to drink coffee in highschool with some New Orleans' so I have a preference for "New Orleans Blend Community Coffee with Chickory"

 

[pulletkeeper]

We have a vendor at the Lincoln Farmer's Market that buys raw beans and roasts them in all kinds of delicious flavors! It smells so wonderful when I set up next to them and my husband is in love with their German Chocolate Coffee. They sell the roasted beans whole or will grind it for you to whatever consistency you like best. It is sooooooo goood!!!!!