Are you a coffee snob?

Hard to believe but for me the best coffee I have ever had was from Taco Bueno. They use the brand "Community Coffee" They didn't last long in Omaha but I would stop by just to get a large coffee in the morning.

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Originally Posted by MyDogisCy

I don't care much for flavored coffee with the exception of a Dunkin donuts french vanilla once in a while. Most flavored coffee's are not good roasts which is why they add the flavoring imo. I currently live in hell where there is nowhere to buy coffee other than walmart, luckily I'm moving back to Iowa (DM) next week and I'll have so many more options.

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Flavored coffee is for ******* ***** pansy *****.

Dunkin black. Someone told me I need to try it with cream and sugar. Maybe someday.

Never could do the coffee thing. Always thought it tasted like burnt water. If you could burn water.

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Originally Posted by Knownothing

Never could do the coffee thing. Always thought it tasted like burnt water. If you could burn water.

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That's what my dad thought for the first 50 years of his life... Then he just found out that he wasn't drinking quality brews

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Originally Posted by Knownothing

Never could do the coffee thing. Always thought it tasted like burnt water. If you could burn water.

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Maybe if you buy it at McDonald's.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1

Coffee snob? Now that I sort of am. While I don't know anything about coffee and don't know if what I am drinking is actually "better", I know what I like. I can never go wrong with Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts (dark roasts), and there are a few more that I have tried and liked but can't remember the names.

I do NOT like Folgers or coffees that you can see through. I will drink them, however, if I must. Most hotels, for example, have pretty weak, crappy coffee. IMO.

Oh, and I also don't put anything in my coffee. Black, always.

Anyone know of any other good coffees?

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Honestly, it's usually not the brand, it's the person making it that causes the problem. Granted, some coffees are just bad taste wise, but for the most part, I can make anything taste decent, it's a matter of the right amount of grounds to good water. There are brands I prefer, but as long as it tastes like coffee, I'm usually happy.

I actually used to dread trying to find a cup of coffee in Iowa that was even half way worth a crap. I prefer a little cream in my coffee, but when I was in Iowa, no matter where I stopped if I even added one of the tiny single cups of half and half to a 20 oz. coffee, it tasted like half and half and would lose all sense of ever having any coffee flvor at all.

It's probably been about 8 years since I even bought a cup of coffee in Iowa. I usually just go for the orange juice when I'm on the road and then make a large cup my way at my parents before I head out to drive home.

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Originally Posted by benjay

Maybe if you buy it at McDonald's.

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Actually the McDonald's by my house makes a darn fine cup of coffee. I think they get so many people buying it there, it never sits and burns on the warmer. It's the Starbuck's by my house that always taste like they over roasted the beans by about 2 days.

Jamaican Blue Mountain, 100% Kona when poor.

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Originally Posted by Clonefan94

Honestly, it's usually not the brand, it's the person making it that causes the problem. Granted, some coffees are just bad taste wise, but for the most part, I can make anything taste decent, it's a matter of the right amount of grounds to good water. There are brands I prefer, but as long as it tastes like coffee, I'm usually happy.

I actually used to dread trying to find a cup of coffee in Iowa that was even half way worth a crap. I prefer a little cream in my coffee, but when I was in Iowa, no matter where I stopped if I even added one of the tiny single cups of half and half to a 20 oz. coffee, it tasted like half and half and would lose all sense of ever having any coffee flvor at all.

It's probably been about 8 years since I even bought a cup of coffee in Iowa. I usually just go for the orange juice when I'm on the road and then make a large cup my way at my parents before I head out to drive home.



Actually the McDonald's by my house makes a darn fine cup of coffee. I think they get so many people buying it there, it never sits and burns on the warmer. It's the Starbuck's by my house that always taste like they over roasted the beans by about 2 days.

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I do agree with this part. My in-laws make VERY weak coffee. Not even sure what they use. But I threw in the folgers because no matter how much I seemed to use, the bold flavor just wasn't there.

But you are right. Hotels and such are trying not to give away the farm, and thus use less grounds. Their "dark" is see-through. Comical in some places.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1

Coffee snob? Now that I sort of am. While I don't know anything about coffee and don't know if what I am drinking is actually "better", I know what I like. I can never go wrong with Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts (dark roasts), and there are a few more that I have tried and liked but can't remember the names.

I do NOT like Folgers or coffees that you can see through. I will drink them, however, if I must. Most hotels, for example, have pretty weak, crappy coffee. IMO.

Oh, and I also don't put anything in my coffee. Black, always.

Anyone know of any other good coffees?

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I would be a coffee snob if I live in the Pacific Northwest, they have some awesome brews up there.

Strange enough the best quick brew coffee I've had in the Des Moines area is at Prairie Meadows. Great stuff.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1

Coffee snob? Now that I sort of am. While I don't know anything about coffee and don't know if what I am drinking is actually "better", I know what I like. I can never go wrong with Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts (dark roasts), and there are a few more that I have tried and liked but can't remember the names.

I do NOT like Folgers or coffees that you can see through. I will drink them, however, if I must. Most hotels, for example, have pretty weak, crappy coffee. IMO.

Oh, and I also don't put anything in my coffee. Black, always.

Anyone know of any other good coffees?

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I developed my coffee habit while being a member of Uncle Sam's drunk canoe club. We use to make something we called death chud. If I have to, I can drink what is available.

I prefer my coffee strong, black, and very bold. My favorite is a good Sumatra dark roast. Fruity berry-like aroma with a slight bitter taste but not too bitter.

Starbucks can get expensive. I have found that Folgers Black Silk is ok for everyday consumption. The trick is to use a half cup of coffee grinds for a 10-12 cup pot. It tastes terrible if you make it too weak.

Buy a good whitening toothpaste because the oils in the coffee leaves a heavy stain.

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Originally Posted by DarkStar

Buy a good whitening toothpaste because the oils in the coffee leaves a heavy stain.

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Originally Posted by DarkStar

I developed my coffee habit while being a member of Uncle Sam's drunk canoe club. We use to make something we called death chud. If I have to, I can drink what is available.

I prefer my coffee strong, black, and very bold. My favorite is a good Sumatra dark roast. Fruity berry-like aroma with a slight bitter taste but not too bitter.

Starbucks can get expensive. I have found that Folgers Black Silk is ok for everyday consumption. The trick is to use a half cup of coffee grinds for a 10-12 cup pot. It tastes terrible if you make it too weak.

Buy a good whitening toothpaste because the oils in the coffee leaves a heavy stain.

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I think we just bought the Sumatra from Starbucks at the store the other day. Never had it before.

At my previous place of employment we only made coffee from whole beans. Usually good stuff.

Pear's Gourmet - Jamaica Me Nuts Flavored Ground Coffee 8 oz. $5.95 - Fresh From Nebraska, Nebraska Foods, Gifts, & Gift Baskets - Fresh From Nebraska

Light Roast Flavored Coffee - Maple Bacon Morning Coffee

Now I find folgers acceptable if you just use twice as many scoops as they recommend.

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Originally Posted by terryk

Jamaican Blue Mountain, 100% Kona when poor.

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Do you get your "blue" from Zanzibars? That's the only place I've found it in Des Moines.