Buying coffee to bring home?

[Kritter]

To be clear, when I 're-roast' my beans, I don't put it through a process as extreme as what you're indicating, Monk.....have never generated any smoke. I merely put them in a hot skillet for a minute or two before grinding them ... and have been doing that for years with JBM coffee. Makes a notable improvement .......

[monk]

To be clear, when I 're-roast' my beans, I don't put it through a process as extreme as what you're indicating, Monk.....have never generated any smoke. I merely put them in a hot skillet for a minute or two before grinding them ... and have been doing that for years with JBM coffee. Makes a notable improvement .......

hey kritter, the important thing is you enjoy it. everything else is just conversation lol. i'm a bit of a fanatic. some people improve their coffee with rum, or dip their cigars in cognac. guess i'm more of a purist jerk when it comes to that stuff lol.

sounds like from what you are saying you enjoy the roast in a coffee, not so important to you are what are called the origin flavors, which can be delicate.

how do you grind/brew? have you ever taste tested other coffees using your warm up method?

[Kritter]

hey kritter, the important thing is you enjoy it. everything else is just conversation lol. i'm a bit of a fanatic. some people improve their coffee with rum, or dip their cigars in cognac. guess i'm more of a purist jerk when it comes to that stuff lol.

sounds like from what you are saying you enjoy the roast in a coffee, not so important to you are what are called the origin flavors, which can be delicate.

how do you grind/brew? have you ever taste tested other coffees using your warm up method?

I have tested other coffees using my 'warm up' method .... but only if I'm not satisfied with the flavor straight out of the package. I'm picky about my coffee, but not a 'purist jerk' like you Monk (LOL). I can't stand the flavored coffees, get irritated when someone uses my coffee pot for that sh** (can never get the smell out). I would never put rum in my coffee ... mainly because I like my coffee black & unadulterated, but also because I only buy the expensive rum ..... and I only drink that straight & unadulterated, too

You asked how I prepare my coffee: Depends on where I am - I have a burr grinder at home, but have a blade grinder in my motorhome, and an old-fashioned, manual crank grinder at my cabin. And depending on where I am and what I have access to, I either prepare it as drip, in my Italian coffee maker, in my French press, in my old-fashioned, stove-top percolator (at the cabin), or other. When I lived in JM, I didn't have a coffee maker, so I did it the way the ladies on the B Mtn showed me ...... add coffee grounds to a pan of water, steep sufficiently, strain & serve. I'm a hopeless addict .... have to have it every morning .... and I do enjoy it!!!

[monk]

I have tested other coffees using my 'warm up' method .... but only if I'm not satisfied with the flavor straight out of the package. I'm picky about my coffee, but not a 'purist jerk' like you Monk (LOL). I can't stand the flavored coffees, get irritated when someone uses my coffee pot for that sh** (can never get the smell out). I would never put rum in my coffee ... mainly because I like my coffee black & unadulterated, but also because I only buy the expensive rum ..... and I only drink that straight & unadulterated, too

I hear you on that. Life is too short for the cheap stuff lol.

You asked how I prepare my coffee: Depends on where I am - I have a burr grinder at home, but have a blade grinder in my motorhome, and an old-fashioned, manual crank grinder at my cabin. And depending on where I am and what I have access to, I either prepare it as drip, in my Italian coffee maker, in my French press, in my old-fashioned, stove-top percolator (at the cabin), or other. When I lived in JM, I didn't have a coffee maker, so I did it the way the ladies on the B Mtn showed me ...... add coffee grounds to a pan of water, steep sufficiently, strain & serve. I'm a hopeless addict .... have to have it every morning .... and I do enjoy it!!!

i like those old school hand cranks!