Coffee - how do you brew?

[deeaa]

By the way, that's something we Finns hold the world record on...most coffee consumed per capita. I suppose it's partly because during the time Finland was a part of Sweden, coffee drinking was forbidden by law, and when it ended, it became the very thing to do at any social situation - have some coffee. You can't imagine going somewhere and not be offered coffee right away. It's just something you do every few hours, where ever you are, road trip, whatever, you have your coffee.

I don't, however, ever drink coffee after 6 or 7 in the evening. But some people have the last cup just before bedtime.

 

[FrankenFretter]

I don't, however, ever drink coffee after 6 or 7 in the evening. But some people have the last cup just before bedtime.

My fiancee can drink a cup right before bed, and drop off right to sleep. I don't understand that. I also stop drinking coffee at least four hours before I want to go to sleep. I have enough trouble sleeping without the added factor of caffeine.

 

[Rockermann]

...I suppose it's partly because during the time Finland was a part of Sweden, coffee drinking was forbidden by law...

What?? Why was that? Too many crimes because folks were all fired up on caffeine?

 

[sumitomo]

My fiancee can drink a cup right before bed, and drop off right to sleep. I don't understand that. I also stop drinking coffee at least four hours before I want to go to sleep. I have enough trouble sleeping without the added factor of caffeine.

I'm telling ya FrankenFretter Ganga Tea and you'll sleep like a baby,probably help those kidney stones also!!!!:zzz :thumbsup Sumi

 

[DeanEVO_Dude]

I do Foldgers Classic Roast only, in my second Black & Decker coffe maker. I use an old Coolaid scoop, 3 scoops, rounded with 12 cups of water, medium-strong, much better than Starbucks crap. Very pickey about my coffee, I also like Folgers Special... that all... none of that "flavored" crap or that burnt (French Roast) crap. Of course, I ruin it with cream and sugar, "coffee-regular" as the New Yorkers would say.

The first maker was bought around the time my last daughter was born (19 years ago), and for the last 10 years of its life, made at least 1 pot per day (sometimes 2 or 3!), 7 days per week... Saddly, it died 6 months ago... sniff! So, went out, priced coffee makers, then got another Black & Decker. If I get 10 years outta it, I will be very happy.

 

[DeanEVO_Dude]

My fiancee can drink a cup right before bed, and drop off right to sleep...

I am the same way...

head + pillow +/- coffee = :zzz

 

[deeaa]

What?? Why was that? Too many crimes because folks were all fired up on caffeine?

Well since you asked I looked it up...

It was seen as bad and unhealthy habit, and demanded a lot of foreign import, leeching currency overseas. Moreover, it was seen as so bitter and bad it also caused a rise in sugar consumption, also imported goods, and thus problems with importing and currency escaping.

They had it heavily taxed since 1747 but made it illegal in 1756, and the same concerned several other foreign luxury items. Gotta remember it was times of extreme protectionism and such, far cry from modern free markets.

However there was plenty of smuggling and drinking of coffee, and the ban was lifted a few times for a short period, and then forbidden again, until 1802 there was a final release of coffee drinking, as even house arrests and searches didn't stop people from using it.

 

[Bloozcat]

Just filled the french press with a half caf mix of Starbucks Sumatra (my all time favorite flavor) mixed with Tully's houseblend decaf. Yikes, I hope it doesn't explode due to that mix!!!

Tully's....you're fortunate to be able to get that where you are. Great coffee. It's one of our first stops whenever we're in Seattle.

I make my Starbucks French Roast dark and rich, but it's never as good and rich as Tully's. My wife can't drink the coffee I make for myself and I drink it black. I had read that the darker roasts have less caffeine. Or, to put it differently, a dark roast measured by volume as with a coffee scoop, has less caffeine than a dark roast measured by weight. Since I use a scooper with my French Roast, the caffeine level is lower. If I have 2-cups of regular old Chock Full-O-Nuts coffee I get more of a caffeine buzz than from 4-cups of the Starbucks French Roast. Seems counter-intuitive, but true. I don't know how they make that Chock Full-O-Nuts, but it's like rocket fuel....

 

[Rockermann]

Well since you asked I looked it up...

Wow... Based on those times, that all makes perfect sense now that you laid it out. I would have never thought that just. Thanks for looking it up... guess I could have done the same. I figured you knew already.

Thanks!

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Tully's....you're fortunate to be able to get that where you are. Great coffee. It's one of our first stops whenever we're in Seattle.

I make my Starbucks French Roast dark and rich, but it's never as good and rich as Tully's.

Interestingly, Tully's and Starbucks are really the only two chain type stores in Ketchum. And the coffee is available at the grocery stores around here too. I tend to be more a Starbucks guy, as I said, Sumatra is probably my favorite, though I also like french and Italian roasts. I also like mine dark and rich. For our regular coffee pot, we use the Costco/Kirkland beans that are roasted by Starbucks.