Souce's Coffee Discussion Thread

[GVF]

If you want to try some excellent hometown craft roast coffe, check out Vertical Coffee Co in Cookeville TN. Can order online. Great stuff. In the medium roasts you get that flavor.

Roasts I've had, all excellent:
Happy Camper - medium roast
Ethiopian - medium roast (tried an etiopian medium roast craft brand from walmart when this ran out. not even close to same quality)
Black Jack (tainted with jack daniels then dark roasted)

Had a coffe drink there before the holidays called The Eddie. Espresso & House made Egg Nog. Mind blowing.

As far as store shelf roasted ripe berry craft stuff, Black Rifle is hard to beat. Aldi carries a german roasted coffee in Dark and Medium roast and is pretty decent. The medium roast is better. I like it a lot because it's 17 OZ for only $8.50.

I've always leaned toward the dark roasts (misplaced understandings of roasts, flavors, strength, etc), but have discovered the much better flavor sweetness profiles that come through on the medium roasts. And this is getting nit-picky, but for the dripper, Melitta filters have those micro holes in them and that makes a notcieable difference in the drip brew.

 

[WestTennesseeFox]

Finally something decent in Cookeville

 

[Behr]

THe only thing starbucks puts out that is not burnt/roasted to a crisp is the blond roast. The rest is crap.

You and Tin Man can share a pot of whatever weakassed crap you like while staring in each other's eyes over a big ole bowl of potato salit.

 

[Tin Man]

Starbucks is the Flying J of coffee vendors.

 

[Souce]

You and Tin Man can share a pot of whatever weakassed crap you like while staring in each other's eyes over a big ole bowl of potato salit.

Dey got me all sorts of triggert!!!!

 

[Behr]

Dey got me all sorts of triggert!!!!

They needs some gum. Some warm chewy fuggum.

 

[GVF]

You and Tin Man can share a pot of whatever weakassed crap you like while staring in each other's eyes over a big ole bowl of potato salit.

Contrary to you lay people's beliefs, darker and more burnt does not equal to stronger as far as caffeine. I've had burnt toast that tasted better then starsucks.

 

[GVF]

Finally something decent in Cookeville

Well, besides me of course. Cookeville is actually a pretty decent food and coffee house scene. Especially if you include the few top notch eateries on the square in Gainesboro.

There's also a small collection of legit for real true mexican joints around here. Old house, two stoves in the kitchen with 3 meemaws cooking away. Side entrance & cash only.

 

[Behr]

Sounds like you need to learn how to make toast before you educate me on coffee. Lol