What's your favorite coffee?

[Marguerite53]

BTW Lettitia's remarks made me curious about the ill-effects of decaf. So I started googling and came up with an interesting article (albeit included in this company's explanation of why their product is better ) but it cites references at least. It's enough to make me totally rethink my consumption. I can certainly do without it and I think I just might give my poor stomach a rest from it. Who woulda thunk that decaf was more acidic? Will be curious to see if some of my other little "problems" are put at bay, too.

Here's the link. And thanks, Lettitia!!

http://www.teeccino.com/decaf.aspx

Marguerite

 

[Marguerite53]

And regarding Starbucks decaf...

Starbucks uses two methods of decaffeination: the direct contact method and the Swiss water process. With direct contact, a solvent (methylene chloride) is introduced to the green coffee beans as they soak. The solvent bonds with the caffeine in the beans and removes it. The solvent is then taken away from the beans and the coffee is roasted at over 400*F. Since the solvent has a much lower boiling point (114*F) the coffee bean that come from this process produce a cup of coffee that has no detectable trace of methylene chloride.


The Swiss water process involves using hot water and steam to remove caffeine from the coffee. Then the solution is run through charcoal filters (similar to a giant water filter) to remove the caffeine. Currently our retail stores offer one coffee that is processed using the Swiss water method. It is called the Decaffeinated Komodo Dragon Blend.

 

[Natanni]

And regarding Starbucks decaf...

Starbucks uses two methods of decaffeination: the direct contact method and the Swiss water process. With direct contact, a solvent (methylene chloride) is introduced to the green coffee beans as they soak. The solvent bonds with the caffeine in the beans and removes it. The solvent is then taken away from the beans and the coffee is roasted at over 400*F. Since the solvent has a much lower boiling point (114*F) the coffee bean that come from this process produce a cup of coffee that has no detectable trace of methylene chloride.


The Swiss water process involves using hot water and steam to remove caffeine from the coffee. Then the solution is run through charcoal filters (similar to a giant water filter) to remove the caffeine. Currently our retail stores offer one coffee that is processed using the Swiss water method. It is called the Decaffeinated Komodo Dragon Blend.

You do know your Starbucks Marguerite I adore my Sumantra whole bean coffee, but my little 12 oz bags have gone from around $6.50 per bag to $7.7 if I am lucky at Target (usually at least $9.00) in the last few months. We drink one bag every 5 days or so, and I am looking for ways to try and cut back I keep trying to mix in some Folgers per pot of coffee and we can't seem to get it down.

 

[zipper2]

Bought some coffee beans and lately coffees been tasting
all wrong too,but this stuffs incredible,called (KICK ASS) Kicking
horse. I'm totally addicted to it,the legend on the bag says
the summer of 1858,James Hector was kicked by a horseso hard
that the others took him for dead,as they began to bury poor Hector
they noticed his eye twitch,the legend has it ,it was the stiff cup
of kick ass coffee that brought him back to life.
Bought this last week and haven't slept with eyes open but it
does kick BUTT,i tell you it's a great coffee for strong brewers.

zipper2(Deb)

 

[hall]

We drink Folgers. I add some fat free vanilla cream.

 

[JimL]

Folgers or Maxwell House, whichever was cheaper. Then one of them switched to square containers, which don't fit in the cupboard right, so the other one that's still round. But the doc said no caffeine and no decaf, so I went to caffeine free tea from Celestial Seasonings. After six months without coffee, it tastes kind of strange -- I can only manage to get down half a cup, although I used to have a pot every morning, generally before 6.

 

[ctyguy]

does Kalua and cream count ?

 

[Jim47]

Our favorite coffee is made by crimpson cup and is called celtic grogg. the decaffinated tastes as good as the caffinated variety. Sometimes hard to find but they do have a web site and they ship it. for those in columbus it can be found at Hills market or sugarbush.

 

[hensylee]

was at a hotel last weekend and they have coffeemakers w/a carafe, right? well, I got up and couldn't find the carafe. Eventually I picked up the coffee packet and in there was a tiny box looking thing w/o a top. You slide it into a little drawer in the coffeemaker and put your styrofoam cup where the carafe usually goes and press ON. OH MY GAWD! the coffee was just awful - like instant and I put decaf in by mistake, to boot. Don't think y'all wanna try this one. next day, I passed and went downstairs to the breakfast bar.

 

[Ross]

Well I tried Chock Full O Nuts and while it's alright, it's not a favorite. So far, the best coffee is that which is too expensive to drink everyday. I did get some Melitta that is kind of pricey, but it's blowing Folgers out of the water so far.

I've found this place to have the best, but at a $1 a pot, not something to drink all the time.

http://www.berardiscoffee.com/

 

[Dina]

Well I tried Chock Full O Nuts and while it's alright, it's not a favorite. So far, the best coffee is that which is too expensive to drink everyday. I did get some Melitta that is kind of pricey, but it's blowing Folgers out of the water so far.

I've found this place to have the best, but at a $1 a pot, not something to drink all the time.

http://www.berardiscoffee.com/

My husband and I have a disagreement re coffee; he doesnt like the
expensive brands enough to spend the additional $$ , but me, Im a
spendthrift and always go for the best taste,which is , of course, pricey.
So alot of times we will mix the 'good' coffee with an 'ok' coffee to
settle the dispute. I mean HE doesnt mind drinking mud!But I do
Anyway just a suggestion--Dina

 

[Superbob]

This thread makes me want to put on a big pot of coffee right now -- and it's 10 p.m.! But I guess if I want to have a shot at any sleep, which is difficult enough, I'll have to wait til morning.

At home, it's Folgers brewed with Deer Park spring water, but I'd prefer a good coffeehouse -- Mill Mountain around these parts, Starbucks, a country store --- anytime over my coffee.

 

[debster913]

OK, before I answer-- you all gotta promise not to tell Dr. V!!! He tells me to lay off the caffeine, but do I listen? Nahhhh.

I prefer It's a Grind. It's kinda like Starbucks, but better and cheaper. One of my best friends got me on it and I practically live off coffee during the school year.

I like some of the other coffee suggestions some of you listed. Yum!

Debi (debster913)