Coffee Talk

[ghostrunner]

I've been getting by with a blade grinder for years, but it's flawed for all the reasons stated. I do a decent job of mixing it around and making it as even as I can, but I still get tiny particles and then sometimes beans that are almost just cut in half. I've been doing it for so long I forget to deal with it, but this is a good reminder.

[MrSaigon]

I can't taste coffee in these. I love the taste of coffee+chocolate, but I asked them to use half as much chocolate and it still just tastes like a milkshake.

[lukethedrifter]

I've been hitting Comet Coffee on my way to work. It's a good place for you to start and not too far out of your way.
As far as Sump, sure it's crazy coffee hipster but who cares? Scott really is a good guy and the coffee is incredible.

[MrSaigon]

Hipsters often like good things. The problem is they then exaggerate or invent the cultural, moral and ethical superiority of the things they like--and of course rave about them like they're in line for an iPhone. The best way to fight this is to be a square that uses these things often. The sooner socks with sandals and soccer moms use it, the sooner the hipsters stop.

[Freed Roger]

Haltz, Luke and locals - have you guys tried any of these coffee houses in Maplewood?

http://www.lacosechacoffee.com/
http://www.stonespiralcoffee.com/
http://www.foundationgrounds.com/?AspxA ... eSupport=1

[lukethedrifter]

I have picked up la cosecha coffee at Global Foods. It's good coffee but not like the stuff we've started talking about in this thread.
Foundation Grounds is another nice coffee shop but, again, not the sort of place where you're going to taste the coffee and think, wow I didn't know coffee could taste like that.

Sump
Comet
Blueprint
and maybe Rise

if you can't tell the difference when you're drinking coffee from one of these places then you aren't trying.

[Freed Roger]

I see what you mean, when the menu of a coffeehouse gives a bunch of food first, with lattes/cappuccinos and the coffee just says coffee....Thanks -I'll get to Comet in the next few days.

[Freed Roger]

Comet Coffee - Heart Columbia - was really good. Rich and satisfying.

Purchased some expensive Intelligentsia beans from Target $13 for 12oz bag. If it's every day good, that will rack up. I'll probably go with weekends on it. For now sticking with just the regular cheapo grinder and Cuisinart drip machine - just the fresh ground is a noticeable enough improvement.

[lukethedrifter]

Comet Coffee - Heart Columbia - was really good. Rich and satisfying.

Purchased some expensive Intelligentsia beans from Target $13 for 12oz bag. If it's every day good, that will rack up. I'll probably go with weekends on it. For now sticking with just the regular cheapo grinder and Cuisinart drip machine - just the fresh ground is a noticeable enough improvement.

Just missed you this morning.

The guy in that place is very nice but he's the epitome of a hipster dork.

[slide_into_first]

Why does a coffee house do shaving experiments?