I generally buy whole bean at the store and mix a half pound of dark nicaraguan with half pound of chocolate, its fantastic stuff.

i just tried irish cream today.. still like Hazelnut. I think tomorrow i'll try the stores "private blend". wooooo.. exciting..

I've tried all the fancy blends at places like hudsons such as caramel etc that sound really nice but in the end i'm just disappointed. I'll stick with a boring old latte any day!

Gevalia French Vanilla. I could down a gallon of it in an hour. In fact, I did a couple of weeks ago.

Without doubt, Illy coffee is the best you can buy in "normal" shops. I defy you to try a well made Illy cappuccino, preferably made with real milk in an Italian or French coffee maker that provides a constant PSI, prepared by an experienced barista, and not like it.

After Illy, Schibello is very good.

I have pleasant memories of drinking beautiful strong coffee in a small cafe just next door to the Pantheon in Rome. Freshly brewed Italian coffee gazing at a building nearly 2,000 years old. Can't get better than that...

Or maybe you can. Another pleasant memory is a simple French expresso on the banks of the Seine. Warm croissant, ambiance, culture... <SIGH>

And, finally, a thick black, viscous "Turkish Coffee" in a ramshackle, hot and sweaty roadside cafe in Tel Aviv, overlooking the Levant...

You Americans don't know the meaning of good coffee...

:)

Flame away...


Mr Mephisto

PS - Did I say I heartedly recommend Illy? I make a HUGE cappuccino for myself every morning, and then buy a nice cup of Schibello when I get to work.

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Best coffee with a view would have to be that double-espresso on Thursday morning of last week as I contemplated some 9 inches of fresh, light, fluffy powder from my vantage point in the stratosphere above Meribel; my boots done up tight, skis lying just beside me and pointed downhill.
Then again, I did rather enjoy the crap, instant coffee in a plastic beaker brought to me on a tray with cake by a student dressed in a tiger suit in the middle (9:30 am) of second-year English last month.
Oh, and let's not forget all those creamy caffé latte's the nuns in San Benedetto del Tronto so kindly prepared for me to drink at 11am once the penny finally dropped that I wouldn't be down for breakfast by 8. Ah, yes. Happy days:D

My favorite cold coffee is a caramel frappuccino from starbucks, with the real caramel mixed in, not the syrup. As for hot, just some maxwell house or folgers with some cream and sugar.


"Orange Mocha Frappuccino!!!" - Zoolander

How about this one:

Recipe for a Turbo Coke

Take one shot of espresso and pour it over ice. Mix in a bottle of Coke (12 oz., ideally from the classic glass bottles 'cause they look cooler) and stir it a little bit.

Suprisingly, it's really pretty good. Got that one from the Bourgeoisie Pig in L.A.

The stuff in the office coffee pot in a styrofoam cup!