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I used to drink a brand called Fench Market when I lived in Louisiana. If you made it right, you could stand a spoon in every cup!
Up here, I just ask for the house mud, tastes good on a day like today. Mixed snow/rain clouds.

You talking about Cafe DuMond coffee with Chickory. Wicked good with beignets by the Mississippi. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

You spoke of making whiskey. My Daddy was a moonshiner from Wva and I do know how to make the best shine ever. I can make XX or XXX also no I don't make it. It would be too riskey you get a year and a day in Wva if you are caught making it..I am getting some real good Ideas from all the entries.. keep them coming...thanks.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Irish Coffee! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> It contains all four of the major food groups, sugar, fat, caffeine and alcohol.
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Oh, Me oui!! das for true <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Coffee is like wine is like chocolate is like beer is like...

Meaning you like what you like, hard to tell another person what is good except in reference to their own taste buds.

Some like very tannic wines, very hoppy ales, strong or bitter coffee. Some like smoother or lighter tastes. Back in Miami the Cuban ladies in the office would make Cafe' Cubano in the afternoon, very strong and served in tiny cups, one of which would perk you right up. In the morning at breakfast a smoother, less strong coffee is preferred.

Best thing to do is try a few and find what pleases your palate.

Actually, best is to try several different wines or beers in the evening, that will make the coffee in the morning so much more, shall we say, beneficial! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Jim,

You're correct! But, as a whole, we as Americans like the lightest, least strong, least robust, least tasting things of any culture in the world! We are champions at "perfecting" a good thing so that the masses can enjoy it without having to aquire the taste for the real thing. Also known as "dumbing down". Its why places like Ruby Tuesdays, Applebys, Oh Charlies, etc, etc. can all co-exist...because the American public as a whole will tolerate, and learn to accept everything tasting the same!

My grandfather has a saying about coffee - "There is no bad coffee, just good, better, and best." At one time, I might have agreed with that, and could drink the Folgers, Maxwell House, etc.'s of the world. Since then, I have had lots of bad coffee, and one cup of coffee in particular that still gives me goosebumps and the gag reflex when I think about it. I can barely tolerate the Folgers anymore unless it is made exceedingly strong - my in-laws make a version that is not much darker than tea. Aggravates me every time we go visit. Sumatra is very hard to beat, and my current personal favorite. Grind your own beans!!

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We have the same Bodum press, but the caraf is faitly fragile (or I'm a klutz) and have broken 4 of them (IIRC). I now use THIS ONE

from REI. It's lexan-virtually unbreakable (I could if I tried) and has an insulating jacket. It's only $20!

Well said. If you get a chance to try the Illy brand products they are used in high end restaurants and a very good especially the expresso beans.

Miss T-
Have you ever tried Tenneessee Mud? Same food groups...

In a large mug:
Shot of John Daniels
Shot of Amaretto
Fill with strong coffee
Top with whipped cream

It's awesome on a winter afternoon--probably as good on a boat! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

as long as it's hot and fresh I don't care, JUST GIVE ME SOME!

Run over to Biltmore coffeee and get a cup!

Real Men prefer a styrofoam cup o' cold Super America coffee with the floating oil sheen - the kind that looks like someone was running a 2-cycle outboard in the coffee pot.

Mo' betta if you can nuke the cup in the microwave for a couple minutes...

My grandfather is/was a construction worker for a good sight better than 40 years.

I learned to drink coffee from him; and if it wouldn't float a 16 db nail, it wasn't ready yet.

That said, I acquired a finer taste for coffee, and the three best things you can do are:

Buy the best beans you can;
Grind your own;
Use a press.

Those three things alone take coffee to a whole new level.

I say this, and haven't had a cup in over 3 weeks... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

OK, you gourmets, enough of the foreign, exotic stuff. Let's hear gourmet CAMPFIRE stuff. I mean the real campfire, black coffee can, handful of this or that recipes.

AFTER ALL THIS IS 24HOUR CAMPFIRE!!!

i ran out of azotea about a year ago. then my in-laws made a run to antigua, guat., to see their son (my brother-in-law, who's a missionary there), and brought me back 10 pounds of azotea beans, straight from the plantation. hadn't had a REAL cup in almost a year ... first cup of fresh ground azotea, my head nearly popped off because of the caffeine rush. ain't nothin' like it ground-up and pre-packaged on the supermarket shelves.
yee-haw!

Try Jamaican Blue Mountain,Mayan Black Onyx(Millstone organic,the strongest I'v found)and most of the Sumatran and Malaysian varieties are good.Kona is alright but I prefer the stronger/darker mo' robust blends. "Azucar",(Mexico,Puerto Rico etc) is an abomination unto ______ ,fill in the blank. Kind of a pre-sugared sludge that would be the best excuse for illegally immigrating that I can think of. To get away from the coffee.

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For example, American beer.

Re: your link to a French press site, I was composing my rant when you posted. I didn't get to see yours first. I use a French press myself. I was calling it a Freedom press for a while, but I'm over that.

Oh, and I didn't mention the water! As in good whiskey making, if the water tastes awful, then the coffee will, too. I use city water through a Brita filter, or bottled.

- TJM

Blue Mountain coffee is the best I've ever tried. I think the Japanese import like 95% of the world's supply of it. Brewed in a siphon pot and served immediately, it's simply outstanding.