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SilverSnurfer · Joined: 25 Aug 2008 Posts: 49 Location: The Salty City

The hardware:

Durable, easy to clean, travels well, makes happy good morning sound while perking, slight metallic taste preferable to even the smallest "hints of grilled steak and maybe some mushroom" or "honey nut cheerios" in the final brew.
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Sawyer · Joined: 27 Mar 2009 Posts: 921 Location: 802

Not always, but sometimes. (Jetboil french press)

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Matt J · Joined: 09 Dec 2009 Posts: 2640

climbhoser · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:19 pm Post subject:

Matt J · Joined: 09 Dec 2009 Posts: 2640

the older I get the less I consume drugs and alcohol

coffee - 1 latte every morning made at home - very special to me

liquor - prefer single malt Scotch

beer - locally brewed and dark

wine - I'll try anything that wholesales between $6 and $20 although I may opt for 1 glass rather than the usual 3 I get when I drink a nice one with my wife

tobacco - bad topic right now in my family, but who can resist a puro?

pretty cliche as they are all acquired eurocentric tastes, guess you can't fight who you are, right?

illicit goes along the same lines - less quantity more quality Laughing

polemonium · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:02 pm Post subject:

The camp perker is traditional but I sought another way (don't really care for perked coffee). My car camping rig:

12 cup moka pot, yard sale find. Will caffeinate a large group. I have a small one for 1-2 people, although admittedly I rarely carry it backpacking.

climbhoser · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:05 pm Post subject:

I like beer, but don't like the effects much anymore. Seriously. Weird juju. Same with wine. Coffee's my only drug...about 3 small cups a day. If I had cheap, quality espresso I'd be on 3 americanos a day. I don't, though.

Haven't smoked tobacco in years. Even longer for the wacky variety. But, I am a parent. It does make a difference. It's my career of choice, and doesn't leave much room or time for intoxicants. I get high on my daughters' smiles.
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Clydesdad · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 426 Location: Tahoe Paradise

I went for the sample deal.....Sometimes the more it costs, the more it's worth Razz

I have a coffee buddy who's coming to town and the thought of offering him $50/lb coffee seems interesting. I'm curious if the bags will be "date-stamped" which is the innovation employed by Bluebottle down in the Bay Area. Maybe we'll try a blind tasting (of espresso shots).... trying the Oregon coffees against some of that stuff and my own home roasted (I buy greens @ $5-6lb from Sweet Maria's)..... Frankly, a nice blend (with a good proportion of the bigger, cheaper low grown beans--for body, etc.) seems just fine to me, if it's roasted properly and reasonably fresh. The up-charging on "drugs" never ceases to amaze me.....

Local roasters around here have plenty of decent offerings in the $12-15 range which is what I charge my customer/friends if they "need" beans. I think this sort of cooperative model is the way to go....I just need to get/build myself a better (and higher capacity) roaster, so I can start buying bigger (cheaper) bags direct from the importers.....

C-Hoser.... Cheap espresso? I've got some grinders and Gaggia (home) machines ClydesMom wouldn't mind me getting out of the house.....PM me if you're innerested.....

Mtngrrrl · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1293 Location: Colorado

I drink drip when I'm camping, but I don't drink it at the house anymore.

I blame Snowflower and Baetis.

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Sawyer · Joined: 27 Mar 2009 Posts: 921 Location: 802

I was not aware of the colo-rectal coffee. Shocked

My idea of good coffee comes from these folks in the form of peaberry. When I worked in Hawai‘i last summer, these folks peddled this stuff brewed at the farm market. Pretty awesome.
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dakotakid · Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 706 Location: Thalt Lake Thity

$52? For that money it ought to shallow for me.

skizix · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 1259 Location: da 'Ville

I just drink the free shit at work, black. The horrible taste snaps me out of my stupor easily as well as the caffeine.
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Sawyer · Joined: 27 Mar 2009 Posts: 921 Location: 802

I worked at a place that had one of those pod machines. $50/lb for the coffee in those pods Shocked

I think I'll stick with the expensive good coffee.
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telorti · Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Oregon

I checked out the Deep Cello offer. Looks like you pay shipping so total is $11.95 for 12 to 16 ounces. Not bad if you end up with the full pound. I wish I could afford to drink $15/lb coffee all the time because yes, as previously mentioned, you get what you pay for.