This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee and it does
involve wood. I went to my administrators office a few minutes ago and
got a cup of coffee from one of those instant dispenser brewers that
use the individual cup cartridges. I added sugar and grabbed a wooden
stir stick which became limp shortly after I started stirring and
within a minute, the wooden stirrer broke apart. No noticeable knots
in the wood. I'll still drink the coffee- it's part of my circulatory
system - but I wonder what it would have done to a plastic stirrer.
Marc
Michael Daly wrote:
> On 27-Mar-2006, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Tim Horton's coffee
> AKA Road Crack. Addiction is serious.
When I got into better coffee I realized just how bad Tim's actually is.
I think they lace it with narcotics or something.
My ultimate cup of coffee so far was "celebes kalossi". It was
fantastic. Tasted even better than it smelled.
Unfortunately I've since gone back to the same place, even bought the
beans and brewed it myself, but have been unable to duplicate the
experience.
Chris
marc rosen wrote:
> This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee and it does
> involve wood. I went to my administrators office a few minutes ago and
> got a cup of coffee from one of those instant dispenser brewers that
> use the individual cup cartridges. I added sugar and grabbed a wooden
> stir stick which became limp shortly after I started stirring and
> within a minute, the wooden stirrer broke apart. No noticeable knots
> in the wood. I'll still drink the coffee- it's part of my circulatory
> system - but I wonder what it would have done to a plastic stirrer.
>
> Marc
>
My grandmother had an aluminum pot that always sat on the woodburning
kitchen stove at their farm in northern Minnesota. She would dump some
grounds in, wet them down really good, boil the hell out of it and toss
a spoon into the pot. If it sank, she would add more coffee.
jo4hn,
whose sphincter still clenches when I think about it.
Dave Balderstone wrote:
> I like the kalossi (I assume you're going to the Broadway Roastery?)
> but lately I've been mixing Indian Malabar and Kenya AA beans 'arf &
> 'arf.
>
> Try the kalossi with 1/4 to 1/3 Tanzania Peaberry beans added. The
> peaberry has a hell of a caffeine kick.
Yep, that was at the Roastery.
I'll have to try the mixes...been getting lazy and using store-bought
stuff lately.
Chris
In article <[email protected]>, Chris Friesen
<[email protected]> wrote:
> My ultimate cup of coffee so far was "celebes kalossi". It was
> fantastic. Tasted even better than it smelled.
I like the kalossi (I assume you're going to the Broadway Roastery?)
but lately I've been mixing Indian Malabar and Kenya AA beans 'arf &
'arf.
Try the kalossi with 1/4 to 1/3 Tanzania Peaberry beans added. The
peaberry has a hell of a caffeine kick.
"marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee and it does
> involve wood. I went to my administrators office a few minutes ago and
> got a cup of coffee from one of those instant dispenser brewers that
> use the individual cup cartridges. I added sugar and grabbed a wooden
> stir stick which became limp shortly after I started stirring and
> within a minute, the wooden stirrer broke apart. No noticeable knots
> in the wood. I'll still drink the coffee- it's part of my circulatory
> system - but I wonder what it would have done to a plastic stirrer.
>
> Marc
>
Marc:
It probably would have done the same thing to a metal spoon! Machine coffee
is even worse than 'roach coach' coffee! Get one of those little 2 cup
coffee makers for less than $10 at Wal-mart and save some miles on your
stomach!
Jay
On 3/27/2006 10:37 AM marc rosen mumbled something about the following:
> This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee and it does
> involve wood. I went to my administrators office a few minutes ago and
> got a cup of coffee from one of those instant dispenser brewers that
> use the individual cup cartridges. I added sugar and grabbed a wooden
> stir stick which became limp shortly after I started stirring and
> within a minute, the wooden stirrer broke apart. No noticeable knots
> in the wood. I'll still drink the coffee- it's part of my circulatory
> system - but I wonder what it would have done to a plastic stirrer.
>
> Marc
>
I start my morning at work with a triple espresso of Sumatra. Yes, we
have those Flavia machines at work. This is after my half pot of coffee
I have at the house before hoping on the motorcycle for my 1+ hr commute
to work.
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On 2006/3/27 6:50 PM, "jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote:
> marc rosen wrote:
>
>> This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee and it does
>> involve wood. I went to my administrators office a few minutes ago and
>> got a cup of coffee from one of those instant dispenser brewers that
>> use the individual cup cartridges. I added sugar and grabbed a wooden
>> stir stick which became limp shortly after I started stirring and
>> within a minute, the wooden stirrer broke apart. No noticeable knots
>> in the wood. I'll still drink the coffee- it's part of my circulatory
>> system - but I wonder what it would have done to a plastic stirrer.
>>
>> Marc
>>
> My grandmother had an aluminum pot that always sat on the woodburning
> kitchen stove at their farm in northern Minnesota. She would dump some
> grounds in, wet them down really good, boil the hell out of it and toss
> a spoon into the pot. If it sank, she would add more coffee.
Sounds about right. My favorite is the campfire coffee made in a porcelain
coffee pot that sits at the edge of the campfire all day. When ti gets low,
add more grounds and water, let it come to a boil and add some egg shell to
settle the grounds and move a bit farther away from the fire. After about
two days of this, you have real coffee.
Personally, I think it's in the cream. We brew their coffee at home (my
wife works there), and it's not the same. I think their cream must be 18%
bf, or more.
For those of you who don't take cream in your coffee, I don't see the appeal
to Timmie's coffee. :)
As far as the "salon" coffee goes, that's one of my peeve's with the place
in our office building. It's just not consistent enough. Sometimes it's
fine, sometimes it tastes burned... The whole "hand-roasted" thing isn't all
it's cracked up to be, IMHO.
Clint
"Chris Friesen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Michael Daly wrote:
>> On 27-Mar-2006, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Tim Horton's coffee
>
>> AKA Road Crack. Addiction is serious.
>
> When I got into better coffee I realized just how bad Tim's actually is. I
> think they lace it with narcotics or something.
>
> My ultimate cup of coffee so far was "celebes kalossi". It was fantastic.
> Tasted even better than it smelled.
>
> Unfortunately I've since gone back to the same place, even bought the
> beans and brewed it myself, but have been unable to duplicate the
> experience.
>
> Chris
They do sell regular coffee. Believe me, I've gagged on it. They have to put
all that crap in it to hide the taste.
"Tim and Steph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:nS2Wf.1027$ui7.417@trndny09...
>
> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > You don't like burned coffee? Starbucks made millions on it.
>
> Half-caf mochalattechinochais with a twist? At 4 bucks a pop? Where do I
> sign?
>
>
On 27-Mar-2006, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
> You don't like burned coffee? Starbucks made millions on it.
Charbucks, as I always called it.
Mike
"Robert Haar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:C04DE9BA.13E086%[email protected]...
> On 2006/3/27 6:50 PM, "jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> marc rosen wrote:
>>
>>> This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee and it does
>>> involve wood. I went to my administrators office a few minutes ago and
>>> got a cup of coffee from one of those instant dispenser brewers that
>>> use the individual cup cartridges. I added sugar and grabbed a wooden
>>> stir stick which became limp shortly after I started stirring and
>>> within a minute, the wooden stirrer broke apart. No noticeable knots
>>> in the wood. I'll still drink the coffee- it's part of my circulatory
>>> system - but I wonder what it would have done to a plastic stirrer.
>>>
>>> Marc
>>>
>> My grandmother had an aluminum pot that always sat on the woodburning
>> kitchen stove at their farm in northern Minnesota. She would dump some
>> grounds in, wet them down really good, boil the hell out of it and toss
>> a spoon into the pot. If it sank, she would add more coffee.
>
> Sounds about right. My favorite is the campfire coffee made in a porcelain
> coffee pot that sits at the edge of the campfire all day. When ti gets
> low,
> add more grounds and water, let it come to a boil and add some egg shell
> to
> settle the grounds and move a bit farther away from the fire. After about
> two days of this, you have real coffee.
>
>
You should post this to alt.coffee.......put on your flame suit first!
Gary
You don't like burned coffee? Starbucks made millions on it.
"Clint" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Ih_Vf.15928$%H.11968@clgrps13...
> Sometimes it's
> fine, sometimes it tastes burned... The whole "hand-roasted" thing isn't
all
> it's cracked up to be, IMHO.
In article <[email protected]>,
"marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee and it does
> involve wood. I went to my administrators office a few minutes ago and
> got a cup of coffee from one of those instant dispenser brewers that
> use the individual cup cartridges. I added sugar and grabbed a wooden
> stir stick which became limp shortly after I started stirring and
> within a minute, the wooden stirrer broke apart. No noticeable knots
> in the wood. I'll still drink the coffee- it's part of my circulatory
> system - but I wonder what it would have done to a plastic stirrer.
>
> Marc
Aside from all the other huge reasons to live in Canada, Tim Horton's
coffee is as good as any other reason and certainly world class.
In the bigger cities there are special wings attached to most hospitals
especially designed to treat those who have gone more than 24 hours
without their 'Timmy'...and to treat those who suffered severe beatings,
knife wounds or gunshot wounds for bad-mouthing 'Timmies'.
r
Rrrrroll up to Win! (The rim of the coffee cup has prizes printed on
it...it's not a slogan for a new condom...)
r
In article <Ih_Vf.15928$%H.11968@clgrps13>,
"Clint" <[email protected]> wrote:
> We brew their coffee at home
A friend of mine owns 2 Tim Horton franchises and I assure you, that his
coffee at his house tastes no different than at one of his outlets.
He assures me it has to do with 190+(?) degree water... calibrated.
Personally, I use a French press when I drink coffee, which isn't all
that often. I'm a green tea man.
r
Jesse <[email protected]> wrote:
:>r
: I am surprised at the popularity of Tim Horton's, a few years in the
: past I too would have voted there with my dollars. I find that they
: (TH) have become a victim of their success, the coffee is often
: bitter, the service is poor and the attitude is rotten.
You sure you don't mean Starbuck's?
To relate to RAM: Anyone read Aaaron Elins' Twnety Blue Devils?
The main scam, I swear, is lifted from what Starbucks actually does.
-- Andy Barss
marc rosen wrote:
> This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee
Driving back from Arizona last summer non-stop except for gas, eats,
and coffee stops, I stopped at a rest area in the middle of Texas early
early early in the morning and grabbed a cup of coffee from one of the
dispensers. WHEW! Kept me going clear up into Kansas someplace.
On 27-Mar-2006, Chris Friesen <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I got into better coffee I realized just how bad Tim's actually is.
While not spectacular, Timmy provides consistently good coffee. Unlike
the fellow in Alberta, here in the east I find the quality better than any of
the competition. And at a better price.
> I think they lace it with narcotics or something.
Must be, we keep going back - and I'm not a coffee drinker!
Mike
On 27-Mar-2006, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tim Horton's coffee
AKA Road Crack. Addiction is serious.
Mike
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:04:29 -0500, Robatoy <[email protected]>
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> "marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee and it does
>> involve wood. I went to my administrators office a few minutes ago and
>> got a cup of coffee from one of those instant dispenser brewers that
>> use the individual cup cartridges. I added sugar and grabbed a wooden
>> stir stick which became limp shortly after I started stirring and
>> within a minute, the wooden stirrer broke apart. No noticeable knots
>> in the wood. I'll still drink the coffee- it's part of my circulatory
>> system - but I wonder what it would have done to a plastic stirrer.
>>
>> Marc
>
>Aside from all the other huge reasons to live in Canada, Tim Horton's
>coffee is as good as any other reason and certainly world class.
>In the bigger cities there are special wings attached to most hospitals
>especially designed to treat those who have gone more than 24 hours
>without their 'Timmy'...and to treat those who suffered severe beatings,
>knife wounds or gunshot wounds for bad-mouthing 'Timmies'.
>
>r
>
>Rrrrroll up to Win! (The rim of the coffee cup has prizes printed on
>it...it's not a slogan for a new condom...)
>
>r
I am surprised at the popularity of Tim Horton's, a few years in the
past I too would have voted there with my dollars. I find that they
(TH) have become a victim of their success, the coffee is often
bitter, the service is poor and the attitude is rotten. Off course I
am in the Alberta corridor, Calgary to Edmonton, business is so
successful here that most feel they can now dispense with service.
Sorry to be so negative about them (TH) but they have really gone
downhill. jesse
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You don't like burned coffee? Starbucks made millions on it.
Half-caf mochalattechinochais with a twist? At 4 bucks a pop? Where do I
sign?
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:39:26 GMT, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote:
... snip
>I am surprised at the popularity of Tim Horton's, a few years in the
>past I too would have voted there with my dollars. I find that they
>(TH) have become a victim of their success, the coffee is often
>bitter, the service is poor and the attitude is rotten. Off course I
>am in the Alberta corridor, Calgary to Edmonton, business is so
>successful here that most feel they can now dispense with service.
>Sorry to be so negative about them (TH) but they have really gone
>downhill. jesse
Down here anyway, I've noticed over the years that as a company or store
becomes more popular and starts to advertise more, the quality of its
products go downhill proportionately. They have to pay for the advertising
some way, and most of the time it appears to be by shaving off quality. It
doesn't start out as much, but a little here, and little there later, and
pretty soon they are as mediocre as the competition they once had
outshined.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Michael Daly wrote:
> On 27-Mar-2006, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Tim Horton's coffee
> AKA Road Crack. Addiction is serious.
Road crack. Harf! I love it!!! }:O)
--
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(((:~{>
Michael, Son of George wrote:
> marc rosen wrote:
>
>> This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee
>
>
> Driving back from Arizona last summer non-stop except for gas, eats,
> and coffee stops, I stopped at a rest area in the middle of Texas early
> early early in the morning and grabbed a cup of coffee from one of the
> dispensers. WHEW! Kept me going clear up into Kansas someplace.
I'll tell you, truck stop coffee has the realest coffee around. I used
to drive from Texas to Michigan in 22 hours. Id get a new cup of that
stuff each time I filled my gas tank. Diesel Coffee :)
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Thank you,
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man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16
Robatoy wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>This is only on topic because many of us drink coffee and it does
>>involve wood. I went to my administrators office a few minutes ago and
>>got a cup of coffee from one of those instant dispenser brewers that
>>use the individual cup cartridges. I added sugar and grabbed a wooden
>>stir stick which became limp shortly after I started stirring and
>>within a minute, the wooden stirrer broke apart. No noticeable knots
>>in the wood. I'll still drink the coffee- it's part of my circulatory
>>system - but I wonder what it would have done to a plastic stirrer.
>>
>> Marc
>
>
> Aside from all the other huge reasons to live in Canada, Tim Horton's
> coffee is as good as any other reason and certainly world class.
> In the bigger cities there are special wings attached to most hospitals
> especially designed to treat those who have gone more than 24 hours
> without their 'Timmy'...and to treat those who suffered severe beatings,
> knife wounds or gunshot wounds for bad-mouthing 'Timmies'.
>
> r
We have plenty of Tim Horton's in Detroit. They do have 'respectable'
coffee. The best I have comes from Einstein Brothers. An overall
superior establishment since im not really a sugar man and prefer bagles
to donuts.
Starbucks has THE worst coffee around. I rate their stuff on the level
of the stuff we get free at work. Of course I didn't try any funky
blend. But if the house is not top notch I don't have time to bother
with the rest.
I miss my Einstein brothers since my job moved...
>
> Rrrrroll up to Win! (The rim of the coffee cup has prizes printed on
> it...it's not a slogan for a new condom...)
>
> r
--
Thank you,
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16