Coffee
-
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Coffee:
What's that coffee they sell in London that costs stupid money per cup? It's shit out by an endangered monkey or something.
Mentioned above - Kopi Luwak - Civet cat shit. Made famous by a movie that escapes me but Jack Nicholson I think.
-
@Stockcar86 said in Coffee:
Finally my specialist subject...
. Georgia cafe does a decent pour over filter coffee (and has just started offering bottomless batch brewed filters), so if I am in town I try one of those. They are supposed to be opening up their own roastery in Onekawa by the end of the year, so will need to check that out.
Do you know Benny? He’s a top bloke. When I was retired I used to go into Georgia every day but now I’m working out of Hastings I hardly ever get there. Artisan in Hastings is good. The owner roasts all her own beans and they have a lady barista who is shit hot.
Have you had Horny Goat? Is it any good?
All this talk about the Bay has me craving Rush Munros!
Ok, you have me interested.
-
@mariner4life Oh, smooooooth.
-
@Stockcar86 said in Coffee:
Finally my specialist subject...
. Georgia cafe does a decent pour over filter coffee (and has just started offering bottomless batch brewed filters), so if I am in town I try one of those. They are supposed to be opening up their own roastery in Onekawa by the end of the year, so will need to check that out.
Do you know Benny? He’s a top bloke. When I was retired I used to go into Georgia every day but now I’m working out of Hastings I hardly ever get there. Artisan in Hastings is good. The owner roasts all her own beans and they have a lady barista who is shit hot.
Have you had Horny Goat? Is it any good?
All this talk about the Bay has me craving Rush Munros!
Horny Goat is about 200m away from where I’m working. Great when it’s raining because you can drive through. Coffee is pretty good, comparable to Wild Bean. Surprisingly pricey though. They have excellent milkshakes.
There are some truly great coffee places in the Bay. Hawthorne, Wright and Co in Havelock, Mylk, Artisan, Little Black Bird, Aurum, Cupple/Ya Bon and Cascara in Hastings, Six Sisters, Georgia, Empire Coffee Roasters, Source, Crazy Good, Morena, and Picnic in Napier. And of course Bay Espresso everywhere.
-
4-6
Like my women - black, strong, no sugar.
-
@MiketheSnow said in Coffee:
4-6
Like my women - black, strong, no sugar.
Hairless and bitterer the closer to the end you get?
-
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Coffee:
What's that coffee they sell in London that costs stupid money per cup? It's shit out by an endangered monkey or something.
Mentioned above - Kopi Luwak - Civet cat shit. Made famous by a movie that escapes me but Jack Nicholson I think.
Just had one the other day in Bali. Was OK, nothing exceptional and luckily was free on the breakfast menu where we stayed.
I will probably change my coffee habit back in NZ but in London would make two short blacks to knock back before riding to work for the caffeine boost then have a flat white (ish) at work. Usually stop there but sometimes one more.
Had a really good Italian domestic machine that I brought in Oz that lasted about 12 years. You could get a good shot from it when you learned it’s ways but it was also a single boiler machine with no pressure release which meant that you had to let steam off between coffees.
Upgraded to a nice “prosumer” compact machine. Same head group as a commercial machine and double boiler (so you can steam and express at same time). Makes a great cup with freshly ground beans, even better if beans freshly roasted. The difference in how well it works is really noticeable. Have a small burr grinder that is a bargain if anyone wants one. It’s a bodum one. Only around a hundy NZ. Takes up hardly any bench space.
Will be waiting on the shipping to catch us up so will probably go for pour over in the meantime. -
@Stockcar86 said in Coffee:
Finally my specialist subject...
. Georgia cafe does a decent pour over filter coffee (and has just started offering bottomless batch brewed filters), so if I am in town I try one of those. They are supposed to be opening up their own roastery in Onekawa by the end of the year, so will need to check that out.
Do you know Benny? He’s a top bloke. When I was retired I used to go into Georgia every day but now I’m working out of Hastings I hardly ever get there. Artisan in Hastings is good. The owner roasts all her own beans and they have a lady barista who is shit hot.
Have you had Horny Goat? Is it any good?
All this talk about the Bay has me craving Rush Munros!
Horny Goat is about 200m away from where I’m working. Great when it’s raining because you can drive through. Coffee is pretty good, comparable to Wild Bean. Surprisingly pricey though. They have excellent milkshakes.
There are some truly great coffee places in the Bay. Hawthorne, Wright and Co in Havelock, Mylk, Artisan, Little Black Bird, Aurum, Cupple/Ya Bon and Cascara in Hastings, Six Sisters, Georgia, Empire Coffee Roasters, Source, Crazy Good, Morena, and Picnic in Napier. And of course Bay Espresso everywhere.
One of my old school mates owns the Horny Goat, but for some reason I never make it there when I'm back.
I've been to a few of those, I've always liked Bay Espresso, at least at the original Waipatu one. I'll make a note of the other ones for my next trip back.
-
Most mornings I have a pre workout just after waking before I go to gym so anywhere from 300mg to 800mg of caffeine. Means I typically don’t drink a lot of coffee in the day, usually only one mid morning.
Weekends usually have a couple, breakfast and mid morning at kids rugby or cricket
-
@Crucial First had Kopi Luwak 20 years or so ago and gain within the last 5. Like everyone else don't get it. It's a mild pretty flavourless coffee. What's the point?
Evert tried the coffee fruit itself? I'm told its bloody good - as is carob apparently. I get dried coffee fruit husks and make tea from them. Really good and you can leave a pot on the go all day as it doesn't stew.
I used to do the full on triple shot expresso for years but now I have a flat white at 6.00 am on the way to work. Get a second at the weekends and a couple of times a week at work. Quite a come down as I used to be a 15 cups a day guy.
I remember listening to a programme on sports doping years ago which explained the caffeine hit - which is something I have never experienced. Apparently a small minority of people have a gene which means they store the caffeine in their system rather than immediately access it. These people never feel any effects from coffee and ironically are the ones who should limit consumption the most. Oh well just add it to the list of over indulged drugs.
I have a habit of going to Taste Auckland drinking too much and walking out with the latest food accessory - BBQ, micro-brewery etc. Few years back I bought two double boiler Italian Expresso machines. I hardly ever (maybe half dozen times a year) use mine as I already get up at 5:30 and I resent the extra ten minutes it would take. But damn it looks fine as a very expensive gleaming chrome industrial art piece on my kitchen bench.
-
@Crucial First had Kopi Luwak 20 years or so ago and gain within the last 5. Like everyone else don't get it. It's a mild pretty flavourless coffee. What's the point?
Evert tried the coffee fruit itself? I'm told its bloody good - as is carob apparently. I get dried coffee fruit husks and make tea from them. Really good and you can leave a pot on the go all day as it doesn't stew.
I used to do the full on triple shot expresso for years but now I have a flat white at 6.00 am on the way to work. Get a second at the weekends and a couple of times a week at work. Quite a come down as I used to be a 15 cups a day guy.
I remember listening to a programme on sports doping years ago which explained the caffeine hit - which is something I have never experienced. Apparently a small minority of people have a gene which means they store the caffeine in their system rather than immediately access it. These people never feel any effects from coffee and ironically are the ones who should limit consumption the most. Oh well just add it to the list of over indulged drugs.
I have a habit of going to Taste Auckland drinking too much and walking out with the latest food accessory - BBQ, micro-brewery etc. Few years back I bought two double boiler Italian Expresso machines. I hardly ever (maybe half dozen times a year) use mine as I already get up at 5:30 and I resent the extra ten minutes it would take. But damn it looks fine as a very expensive gleaming chrome industrial art piece on my kitchen bench.
I know I am being a bit of a pork chop but it's Espresso (Isn't it??)
-
@mariner4life Oh, smooooooth.
oh i am not trying to pull you
I'm just saying, if i was setting up a profile to catfish lonely dweebs on a sports forum, a bisexual chick who loves footy and writes porn is a pretty fucking good place to start
-
@mariner4life said in Coffee:
@mariner4life Oh, smooooooth.
oh i am not trying to pull you
I'm just saying, if i was setting up a profile to catfish lonely dweebs on a sports forum, a bisexual chick who loves footy and writes porn is a pretty fucking good place to start
Don’t ruin this for me bro
-
Coffee is a big part of my life. I love the aroma, the taste and the little kick the caffeine gives me. Very strong, short and black (no milk or sugar). Basically a double espresso. Probably drink about five or six cups most days, never more than ten.
Loathe decaf.