Javaholics!

Howdy everybody! I just wanted to post something that I love besides cat and my husband and son and that is COFFEE!

Anyone else feel the same way here? I'm an admitted javaholic! It was tough during the pregnancy to go cold-turkey but then I picked back on it when his pediatrician said that it wouldn't affect him if I had one or two cups. Of course, she didn't know that I used to drink the mega cups of coffee, not your regular 6-8oz cups.

Anyway, so I'm on this search for the best coffee, my husband and I got a new coffee maker from a friend of his and we are having a hard time finding a good coffee. Either I'm making it wrong, which I probably am, I like mine stronger than his, but there are so many flavors and brands out there. Any suggestions?

Here in Texas, the main popular stores are HEB, Randalls and Albertsons. I have tried HEB brand coffees, they are okay, Randalls is okay and the Albertsons isn't bad, I'm drinking right now a cup of their springmint coffee which is actually not bad, I mixed it with Maxwell's coffee. The main thing that my husband and I agree on is that we don't want too much acidity or a bitter after taste. Any suggestions or brands that you like or methods of making it? I currently put a tablespoon per 6 oz, but now I started putting one less tablespoon which is a little bit smoother in taste, meaning if I make 5 cups, then I just put 4 tablespoons of coffee. Anyway....

for coffee lovers alike, put down your thoughts, suggestions, favorite way of drinking your cup of java, etc....

Hurray for coffee! *sounds like the hurray for red beer commercial* LOL!

Hey! Im glad to see a coffeeaholic like me here!



Thats the coffee making me hyper.
Actually, Im drinking an espresso. I too have the big cups

Can't live without coffee. Must have it.

The kitties, dog and my Hubby all know not to even bother me until that first cup of coffee. I will sit in my coma for about 30 minutes with a cup of coffee. Then all of the furbabies will come around me when the see me go for that second cup. That is the only thing that will get in a civilized mood.

Bill ALWAYS amkes sure that the coffeepot is set up, before he goes to bed. That way, if I get up first, the coffee will be made. If I don't get my coffee, I am liable to HURT someone.

The best coffee, on Earth, is Jamaican Blue Mountain. Locally, it costs about $32/lb. When I was in Jamaica, 5 years ago, I bought a one-pot package, for $3 and saved it for Christmas.

Millstone makes some good coffees. Their Breakfast Blend is a shake-up and wake-up brew. I like French Market New Orleans Style with chicory, too.

I'm a javaholic too! My thesis advisor used to joke that everyone knew not to talk to me until I had at least one cup of coffee!

Personally, I love Gevalia's coffees, especially their Dark Roast and their Greco blend. It's expensive, but not as expensive as Jamaican Blue Mountain, which really is the best coffee in the world. We use Millstone at work, and I like their Breakfast Blend and their 100% Columbian.

The Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee sells here in the mountains for $45

Originally posted by Kiwideus
The Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee sells here in the mountains for $45

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Yeesh...It's $32 a pound in Maryland. I could only afford 1/4 pound, and I made that last as long as possible...

I have to have my one MEGA cup in the morning, with French Vanilla creamer.

Yeaaa!! There are other javaholics!! Hurray for coffee (sounds like hurray for red beer)

I haven't tried Jamaican in a loooong time but thus far don't remember seeing it here in my town. Hmmmm...

So anyone else try the Gavelia? I have seen their website and wondered and pondered of buying one or two from them to try.

I'm a hazelnut creamer gal!!! What are ya's favorite creamers?
And I'm the kind that has more sugar than coffee so I'm not your average coffee conneisuer *spelling?*

I like my coffee and my men the same way - hot and sweet!

I love coffee, too. Gevalia is pretty good, they have a lot of varieties to choose from. Starbucks is sold in grocery stores here, and I like Border's blend. Do you have a coffee grinder? I like coffee much better when it is freshly ground.

Originally posted by katl8e
I like my coffee and my men the same way - hot and sweet!

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AMEN Sister!

I like cuppachino and frappichino myself .

Coffee is not a big thing of mine- BUT Tea is, I love coke as well.

Coffee should be...
As black as night
As strong as death
As sweet as love

(A friend bought me a boomark with that on it. It's an old arabic saying).

My name is Tammie, and I'm a javaholic. When I first came to this program, I had the hardest time with the first step: Admitting I was powerless over coffee and it was making my life unmanageable.

Here's my .02: Buy coffee beans and grind your own every morning. Nothin' like it! And preferable Starbucks. Starbucks is expensive but OOOOOHHHHH so good! A medium blend has the richest most flavorfull taste to me. If you don't want to spend the money for Starbucks, try the whole beans you can buy in the machines at the grocery store. There's one I think is called "Java" and that one is pretty good. But nothing beats grinding your own coffee fresh. Even the smell is addicting!

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Coffee should be...
As black as night
As strong as death
As sweet as love

(A friend bought me a boomark with that on it. It's an old arabic saying).

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I love it! Having been married to an Arab I can testify to that arabic saying! They grind their coffee very fine, put it directly in the water and boil the hell out of it. Then they use the tiny little middle eastern cups that are the same size as a childs china tea set and dump 5 pounds of sugar in it! I like my coffee strong but HOLY COFFEE BEAN BATMAN!

I have been a coffeholic since the age of three, thanks to my dear Grandpa, who would let me sip his coffee. I drink mine the same way he drank his; very light and very sweet. By the time I was in 6th grade, my mom was letting me have a mug of coffee with my breakfast, heck, she had one too.

It was sometime after I moved out on my own that I came up with the theory that I need a minimum of two cups before I face the world: one to open each eye. I still subscribe to that theory, of course with extra coffee and Pepsi throughout the day.

When I first graduated nursing school, I was hired for nights, 11 PM-7 AM. It was then that I learned I could drink a pot of coffee by myself, and still go home and go to sleep.

IMO the best coffee I have ever had, better than Blue Mountain or Kona, is Ethiopian Yirgacheffe. The Coffee Beanery sells it. Smooth as silk!

Coffee is a food group at my house. I grind my own, too. I love Gevalia, but I don't want to put anything on my credit cards, so I don't get it any more. If anyone has a Harris-Teeter grocery store near you, the H.T. Trader's Columbian is almost as good as the Gevalia, at $3.29 a lb.

We adore coffee. My husband is one of those who likes 4 shots of espresso in his starbucks orders <G>. For cost reasons and overall decent taste, we buy a 5 gallon bag of Pleasant Hill Farms gourmet coffee at Costco, works out to less than 4 cents per cup and it's very nice.

That said, best coffee we have ever had was a Gevalia limited edition coffee, don't recall name exactly but Jamaican and blue were part of the name..and it was about $27 a lb. Incredible coffee!
Something we will buy once a year as a treat.

I don't grind my own beans any more but think the coffee is better when you do...and I love our coffee maker, which features a separate espresso maker and foamer as well as the drip coffee pot.

I've always liked coffee, especially espresso since my family on my father's side is Sicilian, but moving to the Pacific NW just really exploded my use <G>.