Bought a French press today and Yummmmmmmm!

[WoodSheddin]

Enjoying my first cup of coffee ever made in a French press. I sooooo should have bought one sooner.

[Rick Denney]

Enjoying my first cup of coffee ever made in a French press. I sooooo should have bought one sooner.

I had a cup of coffee made in one of those things in a coffee shop in Reston about five years ago. It was after a swim in a local lake of about a mile followed by 70 or 80 miles on the bike, in weather chilly enough to make me very glad of the wetsuit. The end of the ride was rainy, and we were cold and shivering as we sat there under the tarp in front of the shop. That coffee tasted wonderful.

But I'm just too darn lazy to put that much effort into coffee these days.

Rick "too lazy to ride 70 miles after a one-mile lake swim, too" Denney

[ThomasDodd]

The coffee tastes fresher than if I bought pre-ground coffee...but that's just me.

No ,it's not just you. I'm sure many do.
FWIW I'm picky on the beans too. I've tried may, and don't like most, especially the "gorumet" brands. Currently use the Columbian from Kroger. Much better than most, and not expensive either. I tried all the big names, and even stuff like Peetes and keep comming back to the Kroger beans. Their French Vanilla need more vanilla though.

[Captain Sousie]

I have to say that french press cofee is one of the three best ways to brew it. If you combine it with the Coal Creek Cofee Co. beans from my home town, you have never tasted better in the US IMO.

Sou

[Chuck(G)]

If you want some REALLY fresh-tasting coffee, try roasting your own green beans, then grinding and brewing immediately. I have a friend who runs a coffee-roasting operation and he suggested roasting the beans in a popcorn popper(!) and then grinding and brewing immediately.

The flavor's amazing. Said friend tells me that it takes but a few hours for the flavor of a fresh-roasted bean to degrade.

[corbasse]

If you want some REALLY fresh-tasting coffee, try roasting your own green beans, then grinding and brewing immediately. I have a friend who runs a coffee-roasting operation and he suggested roasting the beans in a popcorn popper(!) and then grinding and brewing immediately.

The flavor's amazing. Said friend tells me that it takes but a few hours for the flavor of a fresh-roasted bean to degrade.

That's something I want to do as well. Unfortunately popcorn poppers are almost none-existant around here
Luckily there's a good coffee roaster just around the corner from my work For best taste, use beans roasted at the most a week or 2, and grind only moments before you make the coffee. Some flavor components are volatile and evaporate within minutes of grinding.

For full explanation on how to use the popper and total coffee-geekness visit alt.coffee on Usenet.

[JB]

Is there anybody else who thought that this is called a "bodum"?

It is also known as a bodum; two names, same thing.

(Kinda like Orchestre symphonique de Montreal and Montreal Symphony Orchestra.)

[corbasse]

Is there anybody else who thought that this is called a "bodum"?

It is also known as a bodum; two names, same thing.

(Kinda like Orchestre symphonique de Montreal and Montreal Symphony Orchestra.)

Not quite. Bodum is a brand name. http://www.bodum.com Nice Danish design stuff.
It's more like aspirin for a painkiller.

[JB]

(Kinda like Orchestre symphonique de Montreal and Montreal Symphony Orchestra.)

Not quite. Bodum is a brand name. http://www.bodum.com Nice Danish design stuff.
It's more like aspirin for a painkiller.

Right you are, Corbasse.
(I was going for what I thought might be a simple example, given that his avatar says he is from Canada. Not exact, for sure. You are correct.)

And, it does make great coffee. (Provided you have good beans to work with.)

[corbasse]

And, it does make great coffee. (Provided you have good beans to work with.)

Yeah. Got one from Bodum myself. It was either that or an el cheapo Ikea or an el cheapissimo brand X in plastic
(Or Sylvia and Rocky, but I don't have over 1000 Euros in my back pocket to spend on coffee. If I had, I would spend it on instruments anyway )

[Dan Schultz]

If you want some REALLY fresh-tasting coffee, try roasting your own green beans

HUH?

[Dan Schultz]

Is there anybody else who thought that this is called a "bodum"?

It is also known as a bodum; two names, same thing.

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Bodum.... bong??

[ai698]

These are "green", unroasted COFFEE beans.


You get a coffee roaster and roast your own. Green coffee beans last longer than preroasted beans.

Then you'll need this-



and this-



And then enjoy!

[Chuck(G)]

If you want some REALLY fresh-tasting coffee, try roasting your own green beans

HUH?

When I was a tender lad attending college in Indiana, green beans were my introduction to regional dialect.

Me (standing in the food line): "Il'll have some of those string beans, please.

Food Server (looking perplexed): "What string beans?"

Me (pointing): "Those right there."

Food Server (with a "What a moroon!" look): Those ain't string beans; they's green beans. String beans is yeller."

Me: "Huh?"

Mind you, this conversation was between two native-born Hoosiers. One from Hammond in "Da Region" and the other from somewhere around Crawfordsville. I learned many linguistic lessons that year and was the brunt of many jokes from my more rural fellows. My favorite fried side order, for example, became known to me as "Onion Rangs". Molasses was "sorghum", etc,

[JB]

If you want some REALLY fresh-tasting coffee, try roasting your own green beans

HUH?

That was was of the funniest replies I have read in a ling time.

[JB]

Bodum.... bong??

Ah..., not quite the same thing.

[Carroll]

How about an off topic reply to an off topic subject... have you tried COLD FILTERED coffee? You put a pound of coffe and a quart of water in a funnel, filter it through a hockey pucked sized filter into a waiting carafe - in the fridge, overnight. Out a teaspoon of the resultant slidge into a cup of hot water and you have coffee. Brewed but as fast as instant. Removes much of the acid and bitterness. Most folks who use sugar do not need it with this method. The set-up I use is called Toddy Coffee

http://www.toddycafe.com/

[Chuck(G)]

Boy, I don't know...any outfit that would also offer flavored Martini mix is a bit suspect in my book:

http://www.toddycafe.com/shop/product.php?productId=60


A chocolate martini?

What a way to ruin the taste of perfectly good gin... not to mention the olive!:shock:

[corbasse]

and this-

Ah! Rocky and Sylvia. The $1000 option for true coffee lovers. And then you have to spend years adjusting the grinder and perfecting your technique to get that perfect 27 sec. god shot....
For now I'll keep my french press (very good coffee) until I financed:
a)our new house (which we haven't found yet)
b)a good Eb and BBb tuba
c)really good original crooks for my natural horn

[Adam C.]

I break out the French Press every once in a while when I'm not in a rush and have some really good beans on hand. There's just more flavor and real essence of the coffee that is able to filter through.

Bad part is it cools quickly.