[StoneWallJack]

and I thought that Chicory was bad!

[digger48]

My first and only cup of Starbuck's tasted like the tossed out the bean and brewed the sh!t.

[WarEagle]

be less bitter and have a different aroma than other gourmet coffee...

Not going there, not at all.

[Xenalyte]

You're only four years late! ;)

[rattrap]

Hiiiiiiiiiidey Ho!

[doug from upland]

Who in the world would have been the first to take excrement from a creature, turn it into a beverage, and drink it? I wonder if it was a dare.

[RTINSC]

"The Palm Civet or marsupial luwak of Indonesia a tree climbing animal... uses it’s sense of smell and eyesight to seek out it’s favorite treat the ripest coffee cherries.

You mean that Juan Valdez is really a monkey?

[GSlob]

"Bad to the last drop" [from the spoof on WSJ several years ago]

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

There is a famous story that this sort of reminds me of....

It seems that a coffee company in Brazil sent a shipment of coffee to Germany. En route, rats cut the coffee bags up, nested in the coffee, and damaged the whole shipment. The shipping people, however, sewed up the bags and sent them on to their destination. Two weeks later, the exporter receives a letter from the client, which went like this:


Hamburg, Germany
A. C. Company,

Schentlemen,

Der last two pecages uf Koffee vee got from you vas mit de Ratt schitt gemixt. Der Koffee may be good enuf, but the Ratt Durds schpoils der trade. Vee did not see der Ratt Schitt in der semple vitch you sent down to us.
It take too much time to peek der Durds out from der Koffee. Ve order der Kleen Koffee, und you schippt Schitt mixt mit der Koffee. It was a mistake, yes?
Vee like you to schipp us der Koffee in one sak, und der Rat Schitt in one odder sak, den vee mix to suit der Kustomer. Write please, if vee schould schipp beck der Koffee and keep der Schitt, or schipp beck der whole Schitten Vorks.
Ve vant to ride der madder, but vee do not like der dam Ratt Schitt biziness.

Mit much respekts,
Hans W.

[RTINSC]

I love Starbucks coffee. Arabica beans make the best coffee and whether you agree or disagree with Starbucks politics, it is still the best. The market says so.

[Leo Carpathian]

Mabeeee Cofffee Anal? Like the UN chieeeeef? Color and smell seem to coincidide. Hmmmm

Back to my green teeeeee

[who knows what evil?]

"So I was walking through the jungle when I looked down, and thought to myself "Say, that would make a GREAT cup of coffee'"...

[mtbopfuyn]

Some people will buy anything.

[taxcontrol]

Folks, a little secret here. Want to improve your pot of coffee, add a pinch of baking soda to the grounds before brewing. Not much, about a 1/4 teaspoon for my Mr Coffee maker.

It helps neutralize the natural acid in the coffee and makes a "smoother" joe.

[msnimje]

"The best part of waking up is doo-doo in your cup"

[wolficatZ]

 

Here's the coffee maker....

[DJ MacWoW]

Coffee ping

[martin_fierro]

[djf]

Being (almost) a Seattleite, there are espresso stands everywhere.

ONCE I tried a regular plain olde no frills espresso from a stand near my house.

Repulsive!! Undrinkable!!

The thing is, most everything they sell is flavoured with the syrups, so they can get away with buying the cheapest beans they can find.

I always buy my beans whole, grind them right before use, and brew it at almost triple strength.

NEVER Starburnt's though.

[TASMANIANRED]

Don't want no monkey schlitz coffee.

[uglybiker]

and I thought that Chicory was bad!

Den you ain't nevah had chic'ry! AAAIIIIEEEEE!!!
(I order the stuff by the case.)