What's in your cup, coffee cup that is

[bradbrennan]

The more I experience the variety in home roasted beans, the more I think it has similarities to cigars. Many cigar smokers enjoy the variety in all the options available. How about coffee drinkers, whether you are a regular coffee drinker or only occasionally, with milk, sugar or black, do you drink the same every day or change it up? Do you have wow days when you try something new?

Roasted enough for about four days, Puerto Rican Hacienda las Nubes, changes a little each day, lovely velvet feel in your mouth, slight citrus with hints of chocolate. No milk, no sugar, just beautiful black coffee!

[MPS]

Equaters Coffee Panther Zulu in my Mocha Master. Iced and add Califia Farms unsweetened almond milk.

Espresso shots during the day of Panther Coffee a local place here in Miami.

[Mckucci]

Latte in the morning when I get to work.

espresso after lunch.

Espresso after dinner.

All made with Ionia Gran Crema beans.

[Phillys]

I have a great roaster down the street with a great selection and quality, truly passionate about coffee. I tend to buy different beans every few days, I really like his espresso blend for the ristretto, medium roasted, but most of his coffee is excellent and I like variety. I have a Rancilio espresso machine and a good burr grinder, so a quick ristretto when I wake up and then a triple shot half half (water/espresso) black on my way to work.

Fresh beans and fresh grind is the key, haven't bought pre-packaged in a few years and would not go back.

[ImTripN2]

I mostly prefer Central and South American coffees and buy green coffee beans that are sourced from smaller independant farms and roast it myself. Enjoying a cup of Guatemalan Atitlan right now in fact. On the plus side, the quality, freshness and variety is incredible and after shipping, pay about 20-25% less than roasted beans from the store. On the minus side, most of these are small batch farmers and it is hard to find the same beans year after year, and when you do it is never quite the same. So it is always good, but you never know exactly what you will get from one batch to the next.

[jdackerman]

I'm surprised by how many home roasters are on here! I starting roasting at home about a year ago and while it's been fun I don't know that I can reach the flavor profiles that my fav roasters can achieve.

I looooove ethiopians, but I had a costa rican this past week that blew my socks off. It tasted like I was just drinking raspberries, just very well done.

I'd be curious to know where you are ordering your green beans and what kind of roasters you are using. Can we talk about green coffee vendors on here?

As for a roaster I've been using a Behmor 1600, I've got the plus faceplate but just haven't had the time to put it on.

[aushy]

I don't roast my own, but I only ever buy freshly roasted whole beans. For those of you in Australia I highly recommend coffeesnobs beans. I had their 'Sarah's Espresso' this morning which they say is a '50% Sulawesi Blue and 50% Rwanda Nyungwe, roasted separately to the start of second crack, cooled slowly and then blended together.' It was great!

I will either drink a latte, machiato or espresso depending what I feel like

[mgravito]

Also not a home roaster but I buy from a local roaster (Flat Black, Boston), regional roaster (Barrington) and a bigger company (Counter Culture, Sightglass). I like to mix it up, but I always drink my coffee black.

I'm of the opinion that there are few things better in life than a RyJ Ex4 or a Boli PC with a cup of black coffee in the morning.

[fabes]

I enjoyed some Blue Bottle this morning. It was an Ethiopian, but I don't remember the exact farm. Living in the bay area has me spoiled coffee-wise. Lots of fun pairing different coffees with different cigars!

Always drink it black, although a splash of milk now and then helps remind me of that creamy coffee taste which I feel people most often attribute to the "coffee" taste in cigars. I use a few manual brew methods like chemex and aeropress and other pourovers. I dig the ritual involved in being hands-on with my coffee.

[Hemsworth]

I'm running the Behmor as well. I haven't bothered with the upgrade yet. I always order the beans from sweet maria's. I will roast 1/2 lb. at a time and also enjoy tasting the differences from fresh to 3 days old. I still prefer fresh, right out of the roaster. Day three is usually pretty fantastic as well but I find the 1 and 2 day old beans seem to lose their way. It's pretty interesting, really.

I generally have 7 or 8 different beans on hand and I always drink it black. I also have settled on the single cup pour over method as the one for me.

[polarbear]

My Saturday morning Cigar and cup of Coffee is one of the highlights of my week

I always look forward to it

I like simplicity so I stick to my French Press (the missus just bought me a new Bondus after dropping my old one) and I've grown fond of Vittoria Black Label. I can source it easily and it sits in a mid range price bracket.

[ramon_cojones]

I just buy mexican beans from whole foods, grind a small batch, and store them in my le parfait mason jar to use in my french press later. Will buy a burr grinder when I care enough to use it.

[Rushman]

I typically don't enjoy coffee in most styles.

I do enjoy espresso, but I'm picky.

I've enjoyed espresso in many places but HANDS DOWN Omaida or Wallace at LCDH Cayman makes the best cup of espresso.

I enjoy one with most visits there which at most can be 4/week or so. Truly makes my smoking experience.

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[StingMeadery]

Just four days into my annual few weeks break from my "two, triple shot a day" Latte habit.

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[bradbrennan]

I'm surprised by how many home roasters are on here! I starting roasting at home about a year ago and while it's been fun I don't know that I can reach the flavor profiles that my fav roasters can achieve.

I looooove ethiopians, but I had a costa rican this past week that blew my socks off. It tasted like I was just drinking raspberries, just very well done.

I'd be curious to know where you are ordering your green beans and what kind of roasters you are using. Can we talk about green coffee vendors on here?

As for a roaster I've been using a Behmor 1600, I've got the plus faceplate but just haven't had the time to put it on.

I use the Behmor roaster as well and I did the upgrade not sure if it made a big difference though finally settled in to roasting smaller batches you have plenty of control that way. I don't think there's any reason you can't mention coffee vendors I buy my green beans from Burman coffee traders for the last few years quite pleased

[garbandz]

roasted some Brazil Samambia today,and some Sulawesi on Sunday.

It's neat to look in my pantry and see beans from 6 or 8 countries,and a lot of fun figuring out which roast level to use so I can best blend with what I have roasted in the cabinet

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Generally I roast to city+ or full city,and do a batch of Brazil occasionally to a really dark roast,for blending.

Mods,any problem discussing green coffee sources?

I use Sweet Marias',Berman's,Bodhi Leaf coffee traders,and Gen X.

These four cover the bases,if it's in the country they probably have it.

[cooper669]

Just had a cup of home roasted Brazilian Sitito Tomazini (full city ++), added a little cream and it tasted just like hot cocoa. Very good for a stormy night after a Monte 4.

[rsanz]

My coffee of choice is Havana Cuban (http://www.havana.co.nz/product/type/21 - are we allowed to discuss sources?).

Almost every week day morning I'll make a brew in my stove top espresso, fill a takeaway cup and drink it on the way to work, usually accompanied by an RASCC.

At work I use the same take away cup (does that count as recycling?) but make do with the coffee in our espresso machines, which is still pretty good .

[cigcars]

Once upon a time I drank coffee throughout the whole day, powerfully brewed by folks on the job, and usually Chock-Full-O-Nuts. Nowadays I drink only one big cup per day. And it's instant. The best instants I've enjoyed have been Davidoff's Ethiopian Reserve, Carte Noire varieties, and Trader Joe's 100% Colombian. I've also kept on hand Elite instant coffee from Israel, and what a powerful kick it has!!

[bradbrennan]

my sister in law is big into Christmas gifts, she found this coffee for me. not sure I'm a big fan of it but if you like bourbon it has hints of the barrel

[leftimatic]

Doi Chaang in the French press for the morning and just instant any other time through the day. Generally avoid all the big name coffee shops for some reason they tend to give me a stomach ache. Starbucks and Timmy Ho's especially.

[EuroTrash]

I keep it simple with a French press and occasional aeropress. I normally buy lavazza espresso on sale and find it does the trick and is great value at $12/kg

[tacosowner]

Lot of these sound great....furiously taking notes

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[LGC]

One of the following:

-drip brew in the Bonavita

-French press

-latte or cappuccino using the Nespresso

-Greek/Turkish coffee on the stovetop (using preground, or sometimes a hand grinder with fresh roasted beans)

I currently am roasting Ethiopian Yergacheffe or Bolivian Organic. Besides the Nespresso and Greek coffee, I will use beans that I roast.

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[fokker4me]

I love a good french pressed coffee during the weekends, most of the time its a new blend from LAColombe coffee roasters, however most days its 2 shots of Nespresso in the morning before work. Its quick, easy and relatively good.