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AndyC_772:
Monsooned Malabar, whole beans ground to the correct fineness on demand, and brewed using a real coffee machine.

Essential lab equipment, IMHO. Life is too short to drink bad coffee.
steve30:
I use Marks & Spencer's Italian Blend coffee. I find it is the best compromise between price and flavour. It was £2.80 a bag, but it recently came down to £2.50 :D.
Wilksey:
I prefer an instant coffee to those you get at the likes of Costa, Starbucks etc.

My goto is Nescafe Gold Blend, or Alta Rica if it is on offer, they do these tins of coffee too which are expensive but nice as a treat.
I had a coffee machine once but got fed up waiting for it to do its thing, plus by the time you've bought all of the bits and pieces, coffee filters, the coffee itself, it works out just as good to get instant (and I prefer the taste of instant).

I must be immune to it as I can happily drink a few cups at 1am and still get to sleep by 2am.
Bassman59:

--- Quote from: raptor1956 on September 01, 2020, 09:47:20 am ---I'd guess that many of us are tea drinkers, but that many or most also drink coffee -- I'd like some feedback on coffee.

As a general rule I tend to prefer Columbian style coffee but I also like to add some French Roast or Espresso to kick it up a bit.  What coffee or blends do YOU like?

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My city has a few local coffee roasters, so there's never a need to buy either supermarket coffee or the Bucks of Star. I prefer the Ethiopian Yirgachef beans, medium roast, in a French press.  French and Italian roasts are generally burnt. Espresso is so overroasted that it actually has less caffeine than a lighter roast.
blackdog:
Hi,

I drink coffee  "Dutch Style"and that's called "Koffie Verkeerd". translated it is something like "wrong koffie"  ;)
This is actually a "Caffè latte" with strong coffee.
When I started drinking this in the 1960's, the coffee that was made was a lot less strong.

In the years 1975, 1980 more and more cafes in Amsterdam were opened with an Italian coffee machine.
After that you could also buy a "Koffie Verkeerd" based on espresso.
The milk used was "full-cream" milk.

At home I experimented a lot with many kinds of coffee and also tested the coffee in many cafes in Amsterdam.
To my taste, a "Caffè latte" made with Illy coffee with whole milk is one of the best.

Another very good coffee is with a coffee chain here in the Netherlands and that chain is called: Bagels & Beans, they sell a "Big Latte" which I like very much.
At home I make the coffee a little different because I don't have a coffee machine and make the coffee by hand and a filter.
That's one cup at a time or two cups if my girlfriend is there as well.
I prefer to use packs of coffee beans, which I then grind myself with a small coffee grinder.

Below is a picture of two brands of coffee that I really like.


And to make it completely divine, first take a piece of this chocolate in your mouth and then a sip of coffee!


Kind regards,
Bram

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