GTFO w/ your Seattle knows instant coffee bullshit. After COVID has ceased to ravage our freedoms, I am going barista on your ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
GTFO w/ your Seattle knows instant coffee bullshit. After COVID has ceased to ravage our freedoms, I am going barista on your ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
I fucking love those things. I only drink them when backpacking with the jetboil but drink it black.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
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Jesus H Christ can we at least get a little respect for tgapp here??!!
I mix my Via packets in with oatmealQuote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
Based on some of his posts I'm pretty sure tgapp is totally down with Via in the right context. Though there was some other fancy instant coffee he linked to that I assume is better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doremite
Like mixed w oatmeal maybeQuote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Mixed with an oatmeal stout: breakfast
I literally pour it straight into my mouth. Like pop rocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by abraham
Pixy sticks?Quote:
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Real men just snort it.Quote:
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via is GREAT. no seriously. like idk how they did it, but it's goddamn great instant coffee. i have no shit to talk on via, and if you have flavors to recommend, i'm all fucking ears.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
sure, i have some snobby microroastery brand i prefer more, but in a pinch, i am more than stoked on via. fucking killer shit. best product starbuck's has made, and it's at every grocery store between here and jackson.
but also if any mag is keen i have two invites to my favorite frozen coffee concentrate (this is dumb but it's in a closed beta test right now so you need an invite to join). it tastes as good as real brewed coffee and it is just easy as shit. i drink it probably 2 times a week when i dawn patrol (summer and winter): https://cometeer.com/
it's fucking incredible, really well done product, and it works in keurigs (and is totally recyclable) and is like $2/pod. cheaper than starbucks and way more convenient (and way higher quality). only downside is it needs to stay frozen.
Concur that Via is Starbucks best product. If they just served that in all their stores it’d be an improvement. I drank it for two weeks when I was a wannabe-van-lifer in Iceland and I didn’t mind too much.
It’s also useful as a “dip” when you want to stay alert when road tripping.
I'm not eating the stuff, but camping with SBUX instant always makes me wonder why they don't just serve that instead, too. I'm not sure how different it is from straight Via, but their mocha packets are better than both their coffee and their cocoa. (Admitted cocoa snob.)
It's weird how many taste-related things I'm agreeing with in this thread--I would expect individual tastes to vary enough to cover a lot of differences.
Likely cost of materials is the driver. They could add a Via pickup only storefront and that would work well.
When I first saw this in Singapore, I thought it was the most awesome thing ever!
https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i3/2...2557536788.jpg
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Perhaps I should expand my mind. I have such venom for SB that I just assumed their instant would be even worse than their drip.
Via isnt great coffee by anymeans... but when on a backpacking trip in the early morning overlooking a beautiful alpine lake it might be the best cup of joe you've had in months. Id rather have via than the kuerig pods my work supplies for free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doremite
I use it in shakes, and in baking as well.
You mean those large packages to make mocha lattes? I admit those are tasty, but way too much sugar for me to consume on a regular basis.Quote:
Originally Posted by jono
I’m partial to Pike Place via packs with one half of an International French Vanilla creamer.
Honestly, my post was a joke. However I do use the Via packets for camping as they are very lightweight and compact vs. a pour over or aeropress system.Quote:
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My sarcasm meter caught that. Hence my flippant reply. At least now I know Starbucks isn’t a complete waste of space.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
It's largely a comment on how bad their drip is that the worst case/lighter than some equipment product is better. Still kind of surprising.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doremite
Pro tip: give your cold brew a shake
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I was able to coax the citrusy sweetness out of tgapp’s sidamo shantawene organic washed processed beans with a long, slow extraction. The result is extremely light and delicate, more like iced tea than coffee.
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Originally Posted by jackattack
fuck yeah! good, high-grown ethiopian/burundi coffees can be really tea-like in their characteristic. delicate is a good word for them. i just lack the palate i think...
new set of coffees are out to 6 more mags, lmk if i forgot you - you should see 'em by friday unless you're in canuckistan. some cool shit went out today.
This thread is mostly out of my league but I do enjoy their nitro cold brew more than I’d like to admit.Quote:
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You may be in a bit of a coffee wasteland so it is all relative. My advice is to befriend tgapp - you are almost neighbors - and post-Covid have him lead you down the rabbit hole.Quote:
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only if he sends me pictures of his sister's tittiesQuote:
Originally Posted by Doremite
nahhh just kidding, i'm such a nerd that i'll share coffee with just about anyone. it's cool shit. so accessible and so overlooked.
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Lot's of interesting info here, maybe coffee roasting could be fun when my son is old enough that I have some free time.
I tend to like dark roaster central/south american coffees and dislike anything fruity or acidic coming from africa, maybe that means I have unrefined tastes but that wouldn't be surprising. When in Seattle I liked Lighthouse's blends, and I have disliked everything I have tried from stumptown as too light and fruity. Any recommendations for reasonably priced 2-3lb bags that I can get shipped to me or pick up north of boston? I have been drinking crap (coffee and figurative life) too much this year and upping the quality will help me want to get out of bed.
that's not basic, it just sounds like you know what you like. i would also add GOOD sumatrans to your list - wet-hulled coffees have an earthiness that is very brooding; big-bodied, dark, comforting. good guatemalans are also chocolate-bombs, rich with big mouthfeels - and of course, brazillian dry processed coffee tends towards nutty chocolate flavors as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by carlh
for boston - the obvious choice is george howell: https://www.georgehowellcoffee.com/
for anywhere else - seriously, there are a million great roasteries. paradise tends to do stuff that is darker, and they are very good. check out something like this: https://paradiseroasters.com/collect...cialty-robusta - it's a fucking robusta though, so who knows. or maybe this - klatch is phenomenal: https://www.klatchroasting.com/colle...rainha-natural
this is what i'm having this morning (my own roast, but their beans): https://www.klatchroasting.com/colle...natural-catuai. fucking killer good.
The drugs have arrived.
Will brew some up in the AM.
Thanks tgapp, real nice.
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hahahaha ok so you're the lucky mag!! so i basically just sent you those two coffees because they are WILDLY different sizes and i think it's funny. sorry. pretty dumb shit i know, i just think it's cool to see the big beans and the small beans next to each other.
the ethiopian is a native heirloom landrace (all coffee comes from the african crescent) and it's a very small, very hard little bean: https://www.sweetmarias.com/ethiopia...reen-6315.html - very prune/plum like
the nicaraguan is a cross between "caturra" (a very standard type of coffee) and this big-ass elephant bean (margogype). it's kind of a winey coffee. https://www.sweetmarias.com/nicaragu...urra-6137.html
sorry that's pretty dumb, but after i roasted all the coffee i figured someone should get both the REALLY big beans and the REALLY small beans.
I had black lentils for dinner and they definitely look similar. I’ll grind some of those little guys up tomorrow.
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Nice! Buku is one of my favorites.
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^^^^NICE!!!
For anyone interested, my favored brand is currently on sale. Give it a try. It does not disappoint:
https://www.cafebritt.com/home?aff=l...78235126709515
yeah! the durato bombe is what i'm drinking today and it's pretty fucking great. both of those coffees are from the sidamo valley, which is one of three trademarked exporting regions in Ethiopia (along with harrar and yirgacheffe). the sidamo valley is characterized by high elevation growing sites and loamy, volcanic soil. over the past few years processors have really upped their game, and they're now producing what are widely considered the best natural process coffee in the world.
bombe is really pretty simple coffee - open the bag and smell it, and it'll smell dead on like pineapple and blueberries. pretty wild stuff. as espresso - it's fantastic. here's the exact coffee: https://www.royalny.com/offering/eth...be-grade-1-gp/
the keramo - it's been a minute since i've had that - but it's mostly like dried fruit with some nice floral notes if i recall correctly. also great coffee.
Wow. The Ethiopian is delicious.
Thanks again.
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I think tgapps's beans spent a couple extra days in my mailbox thanks to the long weekend, but I'm finally tasting the goods. Very nice!
Started with the Sidamo Keramo. My descriptions of coffees are mediocre at best, but it's lit up the brain, anyway. Definitely a lot of "light" flavors going on. I thought I may have brewed it slightly strong but there's still nothing overpowering about it. Really balanced. A tenth of a gram of sweetener and about 6 drops of half-and-half in a big cup filled it out noticeably.
For some reason now I'm wondering what tgapp's Christmas shopping looks like? Is it super easy, just send out coffee? Or does he go full KQ and obsessively roast up a dozen different sets of beans to match the tastes of everyone on his list? I'm kinda betting it's the latter.
Thanks again tgapp! Awesome thread. Will re-read it tomorrow over some more of this Ethiopian goodness.
What roaster is that? I used to have a Hottop programmable roaster but sold it when they announced their 1lb version, but they never came out with it and I stopped following the industry. Is there a well agreed upon nice 1lb+ roaster to buy these days that isnt quite as expensive as the Aillio Bullet?
my whole family is mormon so i really don't get to share coffee with many people. i roast coffee for a few friends locally, but it's a small group - good for getting prodeals though :).Quote:
Originally Posted by jono
keramo is great coffee; again, ethiopian dry processed coffees are my "home base". pretty magical tasting coffees.
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Originally Posted by couloirman
i'm on a quest m3s. i wish i could do 1lb batches! i run 200g which is pushing it - i should run 150-180g but i'm a lazy fuck.
there are a couple really interesting roasters in the ~1lb range right now, but they're mostly gas and they're also pretty expensive - cormorants (i think $2.5k), buckeyes (around $4k), and finally, the huky (also around $2.5k). the quest m6 can handle a pound and costs $1,900, but if i were to buy a new roaster, i'd just get a bullet... by the time you have AmpProbe/thermocouples all hooked up, you're close enough to a bullet in price anyway. bullet's are so fucking cool.
Ya, my palate runs more toward burnt hydraulic fluid. Reheated day old Cafe Bustelo is the bomb. But I have always had a greatly reduced sense of smell, which severely affects how things taste.Quote:
Originally Posted by tgapp