I like Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee from the local grocery store chain, but Burundi coffee is also good.

LOL

@Putin - Look into who owns Caribou Coffee and see if you are still laughing.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/caribou.asp

They no longer have ties with the guy from Union for Good. I try to do a non-political thread and you want to bust my chops.

@abge, Lmao

No, just derailing it like you do. :-)

Oh, and my opinion... There is no such thing as best tasting coffe cause it all tastes bitter and disgusting. Give me Chai or Earl Grey or one of dozens of other teas (black, green white, herbal, whatever) any day over coffee.

Last I checked earl grey wasn't exactly sweet. I enjoy strong flavored teas. I wish we had a Wegmans around here so I could buy their loose leaf tea since it's so cheap.

The best coffee I ever had was on Maui, Hawaii, I think the name was Kona Coffee. Second best is an iced coffee with a shot of hazelnut from McDonald's, you can see how refined my taste in coffee is, lol.

@Draugnar, agreed, tea is better then coffee any day.

The best I ever had was called "Highlander Grog" from a local shop when I was in school. There have been imposters that I've come across, but the only place I know that has it is a international store (and it is expensive, so I only have it rarely).

AW COME ON DRAUG YOU DONT EVEN DRINK COFFEE??

I love coffee so damn much. Oh my fucking God.

I'll have to try your recs, Putin.

Dont know if you can get it outside Texas but Ruta Maya coffee is fucking good. There is also Three Avocados Coffee which is a non-profit, so that is cool.

The best coffee I have ever had.......... I unfortunately do not know what the brew was - but it was in Houston's Third Ward at a coffee shop/ice cream parlor run by a 90 year old black man.

Oh shit it was so good. I havent been back in town since then though.

I can go on and on about coffee so I guess I will just stop there.

No I wont Putin how do you make your coffee?

French Press? Drip? Whole bean? I could go on but fear appearing as a coffee snob.

The second best cup of coffee I ever had was at Dunkin Donuts in Boston with the IRL f2f this summer.

And obviously I am addicted to Starbucks Iced Vanilla lattes, I can;t tell if they are good or just familiar anymore.

I also drink McCafe sometimes in a pinch - in fact I drink any coffee in a pinch.

Real brewed coffee is much more uncommon here in Dakar, I often buy cups of Nescafe for 10 cents (50 francs CFA) from the street dealers though - yes its instant but I am growing fond of them. Its better than NO coffee anyway.

oh yes there is a coffee shop in austin called Mozart's they brew fantastic coffee as well.

long story short Ruta Maya is what I brew at home

Sabah tea, is where it's at. If you go to Borneo, buy some. Actually, buy lots.

I do French press and always buy the whole beans, also Turkish and Nescafe sometimes. Nothing better than a good cup of Turkish coffee. I drink it less regularly because I don't make it as good as the cafes. I always seem to burn it.

Anybody like Darjeeling? My wife bought some but I haven't tried it yet. Supposed to be like oolong, right?

I was going to say "I always make sure to buy my coffee beans straight from the Colombian mob" but I see someone beat me to the derailing punch. =P

On the rare occasion that I have it, I like coffee. Straight black for me, though, no creams or sugars about it. I've always wanted to be even remotely knowledgeable about coffee brands but I can't spare the luxury of a coffee every morning to figure out what I like.

Bah coffee is cheap when you consider it cup per cup vs soda and other things.

I don't know about everyone else, but I don't drink it on a regular basis because of the caffeine.

Coffee from the Dip 'n Sip at Kingston Road and Main Street, here in the Beach.

It happens to be the coffee shop where Kick-Ass fended off those muggers. The billboard where he yells, "Fuck you, Mr. Bitey" is there.

That's not why I love their coffee though. I was a regular there for about 15 years before the movie came out.

I use a Mr. Coffee so that coffee is ready when I get up, but I do French Press on occasion. I usually grind my beans at the store because I'm lazy, too.

@Putin: not sure about how it stacks up to Cokes or what not, but I don't drink those regularly anyway (in part on account of cost) so I wouldn't know. *shrug*

What do you drink?

On a regular basis, water, milk, and <apple/orange/grape> juice, depending on which kind I buy at the local store. I'm not inherently opposed to any one drink, though.

Tea or Chai (hot or iced), always freshly brewed. Depending on the tea, it may get a spash of milk if hot, squeeze of lemon if iced, or some I drink straight. Chai gets a splash of milk both hot and iced. Being a diabetic, I rarely sweeten and then only with Splenda.

Breakfast is Earl Grey, hot and straight. No lemon, no milk, no nuttin! Wakes me up like nothing else.

What's the difference between tea and chai? It's the same word in two different languages so I'm wondering how do you distinguish them.

It could mean the way they are made. When you say tea in India (i.e. chai), it is quite different to English/Western tea. However, I'm not sure what cafes mean when they say chai or chai latte (the worst is saying chai tea).

Best coffee I ever had was from a vending machine in a service station somewhere between Caracas and Cumana. One of the best drinks I've ever had in my life!

The only things to rival it have been a certain type of black tea I was given in Egypt (but can't for the life of me remember the name :( ), and a pint of Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild. Truly God's gift to mankind!

So, chai means spiced tea and tea means tea? I can see the point there. Our teahouses use the term Masala instead of chai, which is also incorrect but it sounds better :)

Karkadé is nice Egyptian tea, but it's herbal, not black one.

Well, here in India it does mean the same thing. Chai specifically refers to the drink itself. Tea could be used to refer to that snack in the evening, the plant or the drink. Masala-chai is (really really) spiced tea.

Oh, I forgot totally about a local place called Nick's Original House of Pancakes (ironically enough, a refurbished Big Boy). They have excellent coffee, and great food. When I'm able, I try to take the family there for breakfast. Usually 2 times a month or so.

Tastiest coffee?

Morning coffee.... like the one I'm having now.... hmmmmmmmmmm!!!

I am also imbibing my morning coffee. Second cup.

I've found that the taste of coffee has a lot to do with how it's mixed and cooled down as well. Check out this video of a waiter in Kathmandu in Nepal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0YbUZzl9cg

They do this in the south as well, and believe me, coffee cooled like that is an experience in itself. It's actually aerated because of the aggressive mixing, so normal coffee has a cappuccino effect.

I thought chai (as it is known in the West) had milk, cardamom and cinnamon in it. Maybe cloves too.

The reason chai is the name for tea in so many languages is because the Chinese (both main dialects) word for tea is "cha". The Fujian people called it "te" and many of them moved overseas or to the West so that's why English uses that word instead.

Yes, when I say chai, I'm referring to the tea with cardamon, cloves, and cinnamon. The US equivalent of India's spiced tea. Sometimes, they even label it "spiced chai" on the store shelves.

I'd like to try coffee made from freshly picked beans. I am currently going through a bag of First Colony: Traditional French Roast, which is less bitter and acidic than other coffees I've tried; while having a rich, bold flavour Time for the questions:

Dark or light roast? Never tried light roast.

Filtered or unfiltered?

After drinking true Colombian coffee for two years, I was spoiled on it. It was by far the best and I've never been able to truly enjoy a cup of coffee here in the US again ever since.

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