  Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 549 Registered: 05-2008 |
One of the posters mentioned a brand of coffee they'd drive out of their way to purchase. What are the favorite coffees of forum posters? I'm hoping to learn of a few new brands as Hubby LOVES coffee. I'd like to surprise him with different coffees. | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 967 Registered: 02-2008 |
The City Brew at City Coffeehouse in Allen Park is really good. They also have some other good ones, too. http://www.citycoffeehouseinc. com/ | ||
Alley Member Username: Alley Post Number: 632 Registered: 02-2008 |
I like any place with Cadillac Coffee | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1987 Registered: 08-2006 |
My favorite is the brew they serve at Dunkin Donuts. All the fancy places have coffee that is just too bitter. | ||
Jiminnm Member Username: Jiminnm Post Number: 1782 Registered: 02-2005 |
New Mexico Pinon Coffee. Everyone who visits us goes home with some and some buy it off the web. http://www.nmpinoncoffee.com/n pc_shop/index.asp Cambrian, Costco here in NM sells Dunkin Donuts coffee beans (5 lb bags I think). | ||
Maof2 Member Username: Maof2 Post Number: 543 Registered: 06-2008 |
if i'm buying at the grocery store, i flip-flop between folgers or maxwell house, whichever is on sale but, prices have gone up and i have been known to buy kroger brand which isn't too bad. now, if i treat myself, mcdonald's coffee is pretty good. | ||
Tarkus Member Username: Tarkus Post Number: 583 Registered: 04-2006 |
Costco sells Biggbys $11 for 2.5lbs. whole bean. Yumm | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3643 Registered: 01-2005 |
For a quick hot cup of coffee, I'll take 7-11 any time -- with Dunkin' Donuts a close second. | ||
Vetalalumni Member Username: Vetalalumni Post Number: 1144 Registered: 05-2007 |
Brewed from the grocer, Folgers Brewed online, coffeefool.com For the occasional instant, Lingzhi is surprisingly tasty | ||
Detroitbred Member Username: Detroitbred Post Number: 99 Registered: 06-2008 |
Cambrian, I am with you! Dunkin Donuts has been my favorite for years ( with or without the donut )! I was excited when they started to sell it in the stores. | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 969 Registered: 02-2008 |
When you're in Chicago check this place out, its coffee heaven. They even have a $20 cup of coffee. http://www.intelligentsiacoffe e.com/ | ||
Awfavre Member Username: Awfavre Post Number: 288 Registered: 08-2005 |
Some of my all-time favorite coffee is from Raven’s Brew. You can buy the coffee at the Raven Coffee House in downtown Port Huron, or you can buy it online. http://www.ravensbrew.com/NewF iles/shopping.html Their decaf coffees are absolutely the best I’ve ever had. | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1969 Registered: 10-2003 |
Meijer brand french roast coffee that you grind in the store is my fav. Reasonably priced, too. On the go, Speedway is my choice. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 550 Registered: 05-2008 |
Thanks so much, everyone! He'll be tickled pink when some of these show up in the cupboard. My personal favorite is Dallmayr Prodomo. I make it in my mini coffee pot. I don't like the strong stuff the way my husband does and this tastes good to me. I pick it up at Meijers in the International Foods section. If you like a mellow coffee without that strong, burned taste, try it. | ||
Jiminnm Member Username: Jiminnm Post Number: 1784 Registered: 02-2005 |
Tarkus, we were in Kalamazoo a month ago and brought home a bag of Water Street and a bag of Biggbys. They're both pretty good, but I still like the pinon best. (Message edited by jiminnm on September 12, 2008) | ||
Jita1 Member Username: Jita1 Post Number: 88 Registered: 08-2008 |
Dunkin' Donuts coffee is the best. | ||
Mackenzie68 Member Username: Mackenzie68 Post Number: 34 Registered: 03-2008 |
I just went to Costco and they had a setup for Espresso Royale to do tastings and grind their beans for customers. $9.99 for two pounds, dark roast, medium roast or decaf. I tried the decaf and immediately bought a bag of it and one of dark roast. It's roasted in Ann Arbor. I usually drink Bay Blend from Trader Joe's, mixed two parts decaf to one of regular, just so you know my tastes. Coffee out is Dunkin', Panera, Tim's, Biggy or Bearclaw. Caribou has stuck me with regular instead of the unleaded too many times, they are off my list. (Message edited by mackenzie68 on September 13, 2008) | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2726 Registered: 01-2006 |
I drink a lot of coffee. I mean a LOT of coffee. (Perhaps that is evident in my posts.) Therefore, I can't always indulge myself in premium coffees. I will add that I owned (and still own) a Sunbeam-brand grinder 'way before grinding your own was as fashionable as it now is, which led me to discovering that Eight O' Clock Hazelnut is, to my surprise, actually pretty good, BUT speaking of hazelnut, I don't know if Merchant Of Vino is still around, but their hazelnut ("Creme de Noisette") coffee was some of the best coffee I have ever tasted. (Whole bean, ground at home, of course.) Way back when, I used to mix Chock Full O' Nuts coffee and Progresso (brand) Espresso at about a 3/1 ratio and brew it in an aluminum percolator. Don't look at me like that!-- it was really, really good, and smoooooth. In the 70's, the Kona coffee served at Formerly Alvin's, on the campus of Wayne State, was superb. Grocery store: I find that Folger's and Maxwell House are O.K. IF and ONLY if I buy the Columbian. Folger's makes one called Gourmet Supreme. It's pretty good, but it's a rather dark roast; I wouldn't suggest drinking it for many days in a row, as it could wear out its welcome. Folger's also test-piloted a new one, recently, called Black Silk. Of course, I had to try it. It was interesting, and O.K., really, but it is not only very dark and robust, it also has a kind of smokiness to it which, again, makes for a good change-of-pace, occasionally, but not every day. I can't truly give it a definite thumbs-up or a definite thumbs-down. I even used to belong to a coffee-of-the-month club, for a while, and that was fun, but CRIPES, once my wife told me how much it cost, it almost became difficult to really enjoy the coffee. Still... After the day at work, to be at home, with some freshly brewed coffee and a pipeful of Haymarket tobacco from Hill & Hill... Life is pretty good, in some small-but-invaluable ways. Yeah, that's right; I'm a shameless sensualist, in my fashion. Don't even get me started about chocolate. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2727 Registered: 01-2006 |
I'm sorry; that was just ridiculous. Lodgedodger, check to see if the Merchant Of Vino still has a store, around here. I loved the Creme de Noisette I mentioned, but their Jamaican Blue Mountain was terrific, too, and I'll bet that all of their coffees are top-notch. Also, you could buy it in whatever quantities you choose, so you might be able to bring your coffee-loving spouse a basket of assorted little bags of delicious samples. If you don't have a grinder, buy one. They're inexpensive. You're a GOOD wife! | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 6367 Registered: 12-2005 |
Kopi Luwak Eeuw! | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2729 Registered: 01-2006 |
Yeah, Jimaz, thanks for that. Suddenly, a nice can of Chase & Sanborn-- whose coffee tastes like it was pulled out of a mildewed basement shortly before the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand-- sounds kinda yummy. | ||
Olddetroiter Member Username: Olddetroiter Post Number: 1393 Registered: 04-2008 |
I don't like those fancy flavored coffees. After many, many years drinking coffee out of machines at work anything that's actually brewed tastes good. Even most instants taste better. My favorite is whatever is on sale. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2447 Registered: 12-2005 |
I just really like Tim Horton's Coffee, the right viscosity (a big thing with me and coffee, can't stand the brown dishwater at most gas stations) and full of smooth flavor. Don't like Starbucks, too bitter. try the Green Mountain brand that some Mobil stations sell, a great cup of joe at a regular price. | ||
Transitrider Member Username: Transitrider Post Number: 69 Registered: 01-2007 |
Rouge Roastery Custom roasted locally by Big Dave, great selection of beans, makes the best coffee: http://www.rougeroastery.com | ||
Chalu64 Member Username: Chalu64 Post Number: 264 Registered: 08-2005 |
Another Dunkin Donut fan. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 3733 Registered: 04-2005 |
OK, everybody, you can yell at me all you want, but mine is Starbuck's Ethiopian Sidamo,Sulawesi, Arabian Mocha Sanini, Anniversary blend or Komodo Dragon. I like my coffee strong and rich. Awfavre, the Raven is also very good. I like their Three Peckered Billy Goat and Deadman's Reach. The actual coffee house is very cool. Much cooler than Starbucks, but harder to get to. | ||
Maof2 Member Username: Maof2 Post Number: 573 Registered: 06-2008 |
wow, that's a mouthful  jcole, when you order it, do you have to say the whole name or is there a broken down version? something like, "I'll have SESSAMSA". | ||
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie Post Number: 3093 Registered: 08-2007 |
An Italian friend of mine makes the best brewed Espresso. She has her mother's small wooden coffee grinder that her mother brought with her when she left Italy. She grinds the espresso beans by hand and puts them into a two tiered silver coffee pot, also brought over on the ship from Italy. Sets it on the stove, and oh...the aroma. I've often thought if I could dab a little bit of that aroma behind each ear, I'd have Italian men seeking me for miles around! LOL Once the brew is done to perfection, she pours the dark precious liquid in an oversized espresso cup and places it on a saucer and adds a shot of anise liquor to it. Oh...heaven just conjuring up the experience. What a treat! That is my favorite coffee in the world | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 971 Registered: 02-2008 |
Eriedearie, that 2 tiered silver pot is a Moka pot. They make good strong coffee, but not a true espresso. They don't provide enough pressure to make a real espresso with crema. The anise helps to tame the bitterness. Good stuff, just not espresso. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 559 Registered: 05-2008 |
Erie, Check this out. I LOVE mine! Treat yourself! I checked out the Raven's Brew site. I think I'm going to order one of the t-shirt|coffee|travel mug combos and leave it for him one morning. He'll love it. Thanks for the heads up on that one, Awf! | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 728 Registered: 09-2007 |
Costs more than most; well worth it - Caribou Coffee http://www.cariboucoffee.com/a sp/shop/index.asp | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 560 Registered: 05-2008 |
It's probably helpful to insert the link... http://www.bialettishop.com/Mo kaExpressMain.htm | ||
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie Post Number: 3097 Registered: 08-2007 |
Sorta looks like the coffee pot, but hers seems to be taller and thinner. And its been in use for over 85 years. I'll have to ask my friend if there's a name on hers. We refer to it as espresso and ever since I was a young girl I drank the coffee from that pot. Wish I could still drink the strong stuff and sleep at night. But caffeine really does a number on me anymore. I have any caffeine after 1pm and my eyes won't slam shut all night. I drink espresso rarely - only when visiting my friend. Then it's a real treat for me. Good company, great conversation, and a delicious beverage. What more could one ask for? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 3738 Registered: 04-2005 |
Erie, that is the original stove top espresso maker, from before there were electric ones. http://www.espressozone.com/es presso-makers.html There are a ton of different styles, as you'll see at the above link. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 3739 Registered: 04-2005 |
Actually, although it tastes really strong, espresso has less caffience per cup than coffee, because it's steamed and only in contact with the grounds for a short period of time. But, it does have a very high oil content,because it's not filtered. So it can raise cholesteral. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 3740 Registered: 04-2005 |
Mao, no I just order whatever is brewing. Now they only brew the Pike Street blend, which is a good general coffee. I buy the others that I mentioned for home drinking. The ones I listed are pretty much Starbucks Full-bodied flavors from Asia and couple African ones. | ||
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie Post Number: 3100 Registered: 08-2007 |
Jcole - I just know that when I drink espresso, I am WIRED! If I want to get a lot of housework done and be able to go, go, go all day long that's what I can count on. When I was working out of the home I made the mistake of stopping at Starbucks and ordered an espresso to go. I drank that and had the most productive work day ever! LOL - I never made that mistake again | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 733 Registered: 09-2007 |
I am told my our resident coffee expert - and son; the lighter roast coffees have a stronger caffeine content. The dark roasted coffees literally have the caffeine cooked out of them. | ||
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie Post Number: 3104 Registered: 08-2007 |
Chuckjav - that is interesting. Ask your son if that is the way decaf is processed? | ||
Servite76 Member Username: Servite76 Post Number: 72 Registered: 02-2008 |
I bought a Cuisinart "Grind and Brew" a couple years back. That, with fresh whole beans from Dunkin Donuts makes my day. | ||
Jita1 Member Username: Jita1 Post Number: 89 Registered: 08-2008 |
Servite76, you know your stuff. I did the same thing. I got a Cuisinart Brew Central last Christmas. Along with the very smooth and tasty Dunkin Donuts coffee, it can't be beat. (Message edited by jita1 on September 15, 2008) | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 2579 Registered: 08-2007 |
I like the New Mexico pinon coffee, too, and you can get it at Trader Joe's. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 737 Registered: 09-2007 |
Eriedearie....Sammy sez that Caribou uses water (universal solvent) to leech caffeine from the beans. Evil Starbucks, on the other hand, uses chemical solvents to decaffeinate their coffee. Uh-oh...I've started a war! | ||
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie Post Number: 3127 Registered: 08-2007 |
Thanks for the info Chuckjav! Next time I'm around one I'll have to stop in at Caribou and try it to see if I can tell the difference. And thank Sammy for me | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 1891 Registered: 04-2006 |
Tim Horton's and Illy. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 739 Registered: 09-2007 |
Eriedearie...Will-Do | ||
Girlygirl Member Username: Girlygirl Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2007 |
Cafe Bustelo and Illy brewed in my little silver Moka pot..........ummmm, good!! | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 3773 Registered: 04-2005 |
I don't drink decaf so I don't care how they get the caffeine out of it, just so long as they leave the caffeine in mine. | ||
Newlaster Member Username: Newlaster Post Number: 258 Registered: 06-2004 |
Definitely have to second stopping at Intelligentsia Coffee while in Chicago. Order a cappuccino. No qualifiers. Just cappuccino. I had been drinking 'specialty coffee' for 10 years before I tried a cappuccino from Intelligentsia and it changed how I thought about coffee. It was a 'see the light' moment. | ||
Django Member Username: Django Post Number: 1953 Registered: 10-2003 |
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Mikie Member Username: Mikie Post Number: 175 Registered: 06-2006 |
This is my personal favorite. You can buy it at Rafal's or Rocky's in Eastern Market. http://www.gimmecoffee.com/Eth iopia-Harar-P15C13.aspx (Message edited by Mikie on September 19, 2008) |
