If you grind your own beans, give it a quick roast in your hot wok and let it cool before you grind it. The difference is dramatic.
Best coffee beans ?
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It may be great, but I'd kind of like a store in the GTA. They don't even have one in Canada, according to their web site.
Wow, $60/lb!!! The good doc was paying $20/lb but that was long long time ago. Inflation must have taken its toll eh??? How about Gevalia coffee? It is a mail order outfit but not sure if they do business in Canada. They have some excellent coffee at about $8 per 1/2 lb. Of course, some very expensive one too if you can spare the change. LOL!!!
www.gevalia.com
Did you know you can roast already roasted beans in a wok. Try it, you will be glad you did. It also give an aroma of freshly roasted beans.
shakenbake
Senior Turgid Member
Everyday Gourmet Coffee on the lower/'basement' level of St. Laurent Market sells pretty good coffee beans at reasonable prices, and they also have premium stuffs like Kona and (sometimes) Blue Mountains (not to be confused with their Blue Mountain blend). They roast their beans, too.
Blue Mountain is a smooth coffee. If you like your coffee strong and/or 'acidic' it is not for you. To be honest I will not have it in the morning (regardless of its price): it is a coffee for the afternoon esp. a lazy cozy Sunday afternoon. Cuban is pretty good, too.
As with everything in life like wine, clothing, car, watch, ... only you can tell if it's worth paying for good beans.
Blue Mountain is a smooth coffee. If you like your coffee strong and/or 'acidic' it is not for you. To be honest I will not have it in the morning (regardless of its price): it is a coffee for the afternoon esp. a lazy cozy Sunday afternoon. Cuban is pretty good, too.
As with everything in life like wine, clothing, car, watch, ... only you can tell if it's worth paying for good beans.
The Aeropress is amazingly good. The microfilter is lab-grade (or better), durable, and probably reusable. It makes the best coffee concentrate for ice cap
. Stick some in a blender with ice and mik, and Timmies will curse your name and miss your money.So I have to be home to get my coffee delivered or have it sit on my door step until I get home. There's easier ways to get a great cuppa.
I thought the Forum needed a pick me up so I resurrected this old thread.
I've been a big fan of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe when I wanted to treat myself to something special and I can get it anytime at my favourite shop. EY is considered the best out of Africa, if not in the world. THe same shop offered Ethiopian Kaffa Forest Limu, an amazing wild forest grown coffee and from only one source. I'm sitting in front of my monitors and enjoying it right this moment. It lives up to the press and not a civet cat insight.
Ethiopia has it's problems but they grow a great bean.
YIRGACHEFFE COFFEE
The Yirgacheffee coffee bean, is the most favored coffee grown in southern Ethiopia. It is more mild, fruitlike, and aromatic. Ethiopian Yirgacheffee coffee may also be labeled as Sidamo, which is the district where it is produced.
LIMU COFFEE
Limu coffee comes from the western highlands of Ethiopia - the area around the town of Limu and Kaffa (the name possibly drawn from "coffee"). The coffee tree is indigenous to this land. It is the home of the original wild "Arabica typica" species - the ultimate coffee. Many coffee trees still grow in the wild in these highlands; and the Limu coffee contains fruit taken from these wild trees. This area represents the perfect habitat to grow truly superior coffee. The Limu crop is handpicked from a high altitude trees and wet processed. Several stages of sorting are employed. The beans have a distinctive rounded shape and bright greenish colour.
Limu coffee is renowned for its good balanced cup and sweet winey flavours. It is commonly enjoyed as pure single origin coffee. It is popular with connoisseurs in Europe.
http://www.kurtuinternational.com/export-products/coffee.html
I've also noticed a larger number of shops offering home delivery of beans. Hmmmmmm!
Cheers.
I've been a big fan of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe when I wanted to treat myself to something special and I can get it anytime at my favourite shop. EY is considered the best out of Africa, if not in the world. THe same shop offered Ethiopian Kaffa Forest Limu, an amazing wild forest grown coffee and from only one source. I'm sitting in front of my monitors and enjoying it right this moment. It lives up to the press and not a civet cat insight.
Ethiopia has it's problems but they grow a great bean.
YIRGACHEFFE COFFEE
The Yirgacheffee coffee bean, is the most favored coffee grown in southern Ethiopia. It is more mild, fruitlike, and aromatic. Ethiopian Yirgacheffee coffee may also be labeled as Sidamo, which is the district where it is produced.
LIMU COFFEE
Limu coffee comes from the western highlands of Ethiopia - the area around the town of Limu and Kaffa (the name possibly drawn from "coffee"). The coffee tree is indigenous to this land. It is the home of the original wild "Arabica typica" species - the ultimate coffee. Many coffee trees still grow in the wild in these highlands; and the Limu coffee contains fruit taken from these wild trees. This area represents the perfect habitat to grow truly superior coffee. The Limu crop is handpicked from a high altitude trees and wet processed. Several stages of sorting are employed. The beans have a distinctive rounded shape and bright greenish colour.
Limu coffee is renowned for its good balanced cup and sweet winey flavours. It is commonly enjoyed as pure single origin coffee. It is popular with connoisseurs in Europe.
http://www.kurtuinternational.com/export-products/coffee.html
I've also noticed a larger number of shops offering home delivery of beans. Hmmmmmm!
Cheers.
Still gotta endorse:
http://coffeetree.ca/
Bloor & Jane area, they roast their beans on premise (which you can smell walking down the street), and I believe they carry a variety of beans (when in stock) which you can order.
http://coffeetree.ca/
Bloor & Jane area, they roast their beans on premise (which you can smell walking down the street), and I believe they carry a variety of beans (when in stock) which you can order.
So that 'was' you.
Update; Limu was very good, but a little lighter texture than EY. EY is still my favorite from Ethiopia 'and' less expensive.
Has anyone here experienced Kopi Luwak coffee that they dig out a civet cats ass?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak
I have had $20 a cup Kona Hawaiian coffee, but I have not tried the $200 a cup coffee from a civet cats ass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak
I have had $20 a cup Kona Hawaiian coffee, but I have not tried the $200 a cup coffee from a civet cats ass.
shakenbake
Senior Turgid Member
I have found interersting beans at Everyday Gourmet Roast at the St. Lawrence market, in the basement. They roast lots of beans on-site.
http://www.everydaycoffee.com/
Drink what you like and like what you drink!
I gave up coffee probably about 7 years ago and was very proud of myself for also limiting myself to other caffeinated drinks such as tea and cola as well. Anyway, this week I was at McDonald's grabbing breakfast and they offered me a free coffee (promotion free cup until November 28th). At first I declined, but the server mentioned they had really good decaffeinated coffee as well. Her manipulative jedi mind trick worked on me and I accepted a cup of decaf. Needless to say, I'm now hooked on coffee again. My question now is where do I buy really good decaffeinated coffee beans?
The seven year itch strikes again! I just lost!!! LOL
The seven year itch strikes again! I just lost!!! LOL
