Very first SBUX to open in Italy. Yep Italy. Where Howard Schultz says he encountered 'cafe society', and great coffee. Then it devolved into the pissy brew people now pay 5, 6 bucks for a cup. Not very good, watered down, tiny shots of what passes for coffee...
-- Edited by Uke on Monday 29th of February 2016 03:17:02 PM
Thunderwagon5000 said
3:21 PM, 02/29/16
Q. - Why did the mafia guy cross the road.
A. - Forget about it.
Pipes FC said
4:06 PM, 02/29/16
Uke, where would a barista such as yourself go for a good cup of coffee?
Uke said
4:42 PM, 02/29/16
My kitchen.
Cy Valley said
5:32 PM, 02/29/16
Pipes, you understand that Uke's tips are, shall we say, not the kind of tips that makes a waitperson want to bring him a sterling cup of coffee. Or so I've heard.
Pipes, where would you go for a great cup?
Pipes FC said
6:04 PM, 02/29/16
Cy Valley wrote:
Pipes, where would you go for a great cup?
In order.
1.
The Areopress, with the $9 metal filter. I use it at home and it goes in my grip. If it wasn't $30 I would buy two.
Seattle's Best, cause (sigh*) Starbucks coffee is expensive. Seattles's Best is the only coffee in the store that taste remotely close. The #5 has the most flavor. If they were the same price I would get Starbuck's Colombian all day everyday.
2. The Ike French Press... the small one ($9).
Better than the coffee machine but not better than the Areopress. I've had two and managed to shatter both of them on the floor. When I we get around to going back to the madhouse known as Ikea I'll get another one
3. Startbuck's
If you can manage to block out everything around you and stand in line while the sackless effeminate dude in front of you orders his soy latte, you will actually get a good cup of real coffee. If you get the weekly special they will sometimes have make it from scratch. Not sure what *** is crying about but there's not too many places you can get a real, just made cup of coffee for $1.80.
-- Edited by Pipes FC on Monday 29th of February 2016 06:06:23 PM
Cy Valley said
6:35 PM, 02/29/16
In other words, your kitchen. Or, AFHT suite.
You are a bunch of (buncka) snooty connoisseurs. You would sneer and stick up your collective noses at Cy's coffee. Cuisinart drip coffeepot, usually make an eight cup pot, which is really four cups, we mix two scoops of Folger's with two scoops of Eight o' Clock* on most days, it makes a blend that pleases us. We are also fond of various blends from Trader Joe's and usually buy a can or tu when we get near Joe's.
It would take both hands but that should cover the number of times Cy has had Starbucks. OTOH, Cy would hate to think how many cups of gas station coffee he has consumed, although that count diminished drastically over five years ago now.
*not PHAG Hazelnut
Pipes FC said
6:54 PM, 02/29/16
Cy Valley wrote:
In other words, your kitchen. Or, AFHT suite.
Not exactly. If you can be fortunate enough to have them make you a cup at Starbuck's it better. They are professionals.
Man I hate gas station coffee, but beggars can't be choosers.
Snippy said
7:17 PM, 02/29/16
Snippy found a good coffee cup in his mailbox recently.
Troll said
8:15 PM, 02/29/16
Uke wrote:
Very first SBUX to open in Italy. Yep Italy. Where Howard Schultz says he encountered 'cafe society', and great coffee. Then it devolved into the pissy brew people now pay 5, 6 bucks for a cup. Not very good, watered down, tiny shots of what passes for coffee...
-- Edited by Uke on Monday 29th of February 2016 03:17:02 PM
Cy Valley said
8:22 PM, 02/29/16
Has Snippy a big coffee cup collection near all his warehoused trophies?
The Krink said
2:06 AM, 03/01/16
I really want to give coffee lessons right now but I'm not thinking to clearly. Clues to work with....Melitta....2-cup plastic device funnel...box of No 2 "Super Premium Coffee Filters...Brown"....and buy some fresh "whole bean" coffee that you grind yourself...if you don't have a grinder..buy one...then all you need is near boiling water that doesn't have chlorine and fluoride and lead. If you are at a AFHT..you bring your own bottle watter to make coffee. I know I'm talking to the Folgers..Yuban..Maxwellhouse..MJB etc members... those that grew up on "Robusta" coffee beans/coffee. Arabica coffee beans/coffee has a lot more to offer and there are some other rare coffee beans discovered in the last few years. Of course you can find coffees from the whole world by just entering a Starbux store. Just buy a half pound of some coffee you never tasted before.
Very first SBUX to open in Italy. Yep Italy. Where Howard Schultz says he encountered 'cafe society', and great coffee. Then it devolved into the pissy brew people now pay 5, 6 bucks for a cup. Not very good, watered down, tiny shots of what passes for coffee...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/starbucks-italy-shot-two-025123687.html;_ylt=A86.J77DwNRWNxsApTknnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByNWU4cGh1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--
http://tinyurl.com/zu3pe8b
-- Edited by Uke on Monday 29th of February 2016 03:17:02 PM
Q. - Why did the mafia guy cross the road.
A. - Forget about it.
My kitchen.
Pipes, where would you go for a great cup?
In order.
1.
The Areopress, with the $9 metal filter. I use it at home and it goes in my grip. If it wasn't $30 I would buy two.
Seattle's Best, cause (sigh*) Starbucks coffee is expensive. Seattles's Best is the only coffee in the store that taste remotely close. The #5 has the most flavor. If they were the same price I would get Starbuck's Colombian all day everyday.
2. The Ike French Press... the small one ($9).
Better than the coffee machine but not better than the Areopress. I've had two and managed to shatter both of them on the floor. When I we get around to going back to the madhouse known as Ikea I'll get another one
3. Startbuck's
If you can manage to block out everything around you and stand in line while the sackless effeminate dude in front of you orders his soy latte, you will actually get a good cup of real coffee. If you get the weekly special they will sometimes have make it from scratch. Not sure what *** is crying about but there's not too many places you can get a real, just made cup of coffee for $1.80.
-- Edited by Pipes FC on Monday 29th of February 2016 06:06:23 PM
In other words, your kitchen. Or, AFHT suite.
You are a bunch of (buncka) snooty connoisseurs. You would sneer and stick up your collective noses at Cy's coffee. Cuisinart drip coffeepot, usually make an eight cup pot, which is really four cups, we mix two scoops of Folger's with two scoops of Eight o' Clock* on most days, it makes a blend that pleases us. We are also fond of various blends from Trader Joe's and usually buy a can or tu when we get near Joe's.
It would take both hands but that should cover the number of times Cy has had Starbucks. OTOH, Cy would hate to think how many cups of gas station coffee he has consumed, although that count diminished drastically over five years ago now.
*not PHAG Hazelnut
Not exactly. If you can be fortunate enough to have them make you a cup at Starbuck's it better. They are professionals.
Man I hate gas station coffee, but beggars can't be choosers.
-- Edited by Uke on Monday 29th of February 2016 03:17:02 PM
I really want to give coffee lessons right now but I'm not thinking to clearly.
Clues to work with....Melitta....2-cup plastic device funnel...box of No 2
"Super Premium Coffee Filters...Brown"....and buy some fresh "whole bean"
coffee that you grind yourself...if you don't have a grinder..buy one...then
all you need is near boiling water that doesn't have chlorine and fluoride and
lead. If you are at a AFHT..you bring your own bottle watter to make coffee.
I know I'm talking to the Folgers..Yuban..Maxwellhouse..MJB etc members...
those that grew up on "Robusta" coffee beans/coffee. Arabica coffee beans/coffee
has a lot more to offer and there are some other rare coffee beans discovered
in the last few years. Of course you can find coffees from the whole world by just
entering a Starbux store. Just buy a half pound of some coffee you never tasted before.