TCH-Andy Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 We’re obviously deprived over here in good old blighty, no root beer, just English bitter, warm and flat by american standards but we love it Andy Quote
TCH-Sales Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 The little kids in the flash intro scared the crap out of me! Quote
TCH-JimE Posted May 27, 2003 Posted May 27, 2003 What is root beer? As andy stated, we just have beer and larger over here Jim Quote
TCH-Rob Posted May 28, 2003 Posted May 28, 2003 Root Beer is a sweetened, carbonated beverage originally made using the root of a sassafras plant (or the bark of a sassafras tree), with sassafras as the primary flavor. As per root-beer.org Quote
greatfolios sysop Posted May 28, 2003 Posted May 28, 2003 My vice is coffee, dark roast! http://www.badasscoffee.com/ Mr. Bill Quote
Lianna Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 Start the morning right: Triple shot espresso (from dark French roast fresh ground) 2 cups of crushed ice 3 tablespoons of Hershey's Chocolate Syrup (always fat free) Stir, drink with a straw for increased speed of consumption. WHAAAAA....away we go. Quote
Head Guru Posted May 30, 2003 Author Posted May 30, 2003 MY GOD PEOPLE What is wrong with you. Maxwell House. I tell you Maxwell House! BRB Going to grab can of the good stuff. Ok from the blue can of good stuff "Good to the last drop". I can make 90 cups of d' good stuff for $3.19, plus the filters and water. Figure my coffee maker does hmm 10 cups a pot. So thats 9 pot per little can. Now add filters. 350 of them for $1.99 and add water ... If my math is right I can make a cup of Coffee for about 3.7 cents. Now take this in mind. While visiting my father in the hospital I was asked to go get three "Special Coffee's" from starbucks. My sister hands me a list and give me directions. Several minutes later I am there and I place my order. The cashier tells me my total due. Folks.. I had to use my Visa Card. I dont remember the amount I am thinking it was $17.00 Of course I ribbed my sister for three days about it. I start to do some simple math in my head. If I grab a cup of coffee every morning, I like the big mugs, so lets say I poor two cups of my Maxwell House. OK so thats what.. lets call it 8 cents. 2 cups per day = 8 cents x 5 days per week = 40 cents per week. My sister spends at starbucks - 1 cup per day = $5.00 x 5 days per week = $25.00 dollars per week. ok ok im done bye Quote
leezard Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 yup, and just try ordering a regular coffee flavored coffee at Starbucks....they look at you all crazy like. Quote
Lianna Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 See? That's why you have to meet in the middle ground! So, my hubby bought me one of those Swiss engineered espresso machines for my birthday 2 years ago. I use bulk Millstone beans from Sam's Club that I vacuum seal and freeze. The Hershey's is a bit extravagant I suppose, but I have also used Girardelli Sweetened Cocoa....cup per cup, they are actually about the same price. Grand total per day for my kicks: $.21* That includes the freezer/icemaker with built-in crusher and in-door dispenser. Does NOT include the price of the maker...it was a gift, so gimme a break! Since the only Starbucks you can get in these hills is the bottled junk from the convenience store (awful by the way), at $1.69/bottle, I've found that my homemade alternative is better, cheaper, faster and more accessible. Maxwell House? Gosh that stuff's rock gut. Just try some of the good Gevalia sometime Bill. Quote
TCH-JimE Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 Hi, I just use some bog standard coffee from my local supermarket and an ice crusher I got when I was about 10. Bargain. My habit of ice cold coffee from the states 2 1/2 years ago when I went with my best mate at New Year time. It was just after the coldest xmas in 10 years and the snow was deep (we dont get deep snow here in the UK, anything more then an inch and its like WOW - Deep snow!). Anyhow, standing in Times Square after walking down from 108th I was rather hot (temp gauage said it was -12C) and I was thirsty so walked into Starbucks and ordered a coffee. Either my English accent is too much for the americans or she was singing too loudly but I got given a ice cafe latte. I was too thirsty to complain so I stood in times square, -12C having an Ice Cafe Latte. Now I have them everywhere I go, including up the sides of mountains when snowboarding! Jim Quote
TCH-Sales Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 I gotta go with Lianna on this one, I too am a lover of Gevalia. I go through about 2 pots in the morning of the light roast. So there's my explination if I seem overly perky around noonish.. Quote
boxturt Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 Generic instant for me, a new jar of Maxwell House is indeed a treat I do have the Gevalia, Lavazza and Rambout's but I would have to make that by the pot. I would drink the entire thing too thus making me the only talking turtle to ever orbit the earth. I better stick to generic instant, by the cup. -,^^,o Quote
TCH-Don Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 I run the tap for a while to get it very cold, and get the coffee maker ready. Add the water, then grind the beans (8'oclock beans) and brew. Set timer for two minutes longer than it takes, and transfer to a thermos so it won't burn. And I have a one cup hot plate by the computer, so it will not get cold. Ahhh! Lianna, how long do you let the fozen beans thaw out? I tried that but they were rubbery, so I just vac seal and keep the beans in the fridge. Quote
Lianna Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 Turtle, The trick to vac-n-freeze is that the defrost has to be quick also...I dump the beans onto a cookie sheet in a single layer and place in a 175 degree oven for about 15-25 minutes till just warmer than room temp. Then vac in mason jars till ready to use. Keeps the moisture content without the rubber feel (I know what you're talking about). ...I bet TCH customers never thought they'd get to read the science of coffee on their web host's forum! Quote
greatfolios sysop Posted May 30, 2003 Posted May 30, 2003 I have so few other vices, It's worth a little more each month to enjoy a great cup of coffee.... Mr. Bill Found this cartoon on another site (http://www.bwanabobskonacoffee.com/java101.htm) http://www.greatfolios.com/coffee.bmp Quote
boxturt Posted May 31, 2003 Posted May 31, 2003 Bill, Mt Dew has a beverage called AMP Energy Drink Quote
TCH-Don Posted May 31, 2003 Posted May 31, 2003 The first time I tried to freeze the beans, I thawed them out over night. I thought my grinder went bad, and bought another, before I checked the beans and found they were like rubber. So now I just keep them in the fridge. Yes 8 oclock, the dark beans from the higher altitude! Quote
TCH-Rob Posted May 31, 2003 Posted May 31, 2003 Not a straight coffee fan unless it is half cream and sugar so its almost white. Now a tripple espresso caramel is another thing. Turtle, AMP isnt bad but I like Monster Energy a bit better. Great taste and works almost as good as an ephedrine. Quote
TCH-Rick Posted May 31, 2003 Posted May 31, 2003 We lived in the Coffee Zone of Colombia for a couple of years. Having gotten used to coffee fresh from the fields I've had a hard time drinking anything here since moving back. Funny thing is that the folks at the higher altitudes in Colombia tend to drink hot chocolate more than coffee. A nice cup of hot chocolate with a chunk of cheese in it to be more exact -- ummm, ummm, good. Here's a pic I took near our house driving by a coffee field. Quote
matman Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 Boxturt, instant coffee is just too vile. The only time I do instant coffee is the little packets the Army gives us in MREs. We just pour the little instant granules right in our mouths -- no time for niceties like hot water, but it keeps you awake! Quote
matman Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 As for the coffee fields in Colombia, I have a funny story along those lines. Years ago, was doing training WAY out in the VERY uncivilized central mountains of New Guinea. We're talking head-hunters and cannibals type of uncivilized, here. We were brewing some coffee in a French press a guy brought along when some farmers carrying burlap bags of fresh coffee beans to town came along (yes, they actually just carried the bags on their backs for two days to get to town to sell it). They asked us what we were drinking, and we told them it was coffee. They laughed hysterically and would not believe us -- "We are coffee farmers!" they told us. "We know that coffee is a bean, not a drink!" We just could not convince them. They knew how to grow it, knew that the red man (what they called us white men, since all the white men they'd ever seen were sun-burned all the time there on the equator) paid big money for it, but they had NO idea what we used it for! Quote
TCH-Rick Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 When my inlaws came to visit us in Colombia we took them to a coffee plantation that belonged to a friend. We toured the fields and he explained the process from planting to sending to market. Near the end we went up to the roof where they were drying the beans. They were neatly divided into two sections. One section was golden brown and perfectly colored. The other section was varied colors due to many having been eaten by the broca, a type of worm. My father-in-law asked what the difference was and he replied that the perfectly colored beans were what they exported to the States and the others are "what we drink." We paid under $1.20 for a pound of coffee there. When we came home we brought about 16 bags of coffee with us. Half of it was vacuum packed. When we checked our luggage they punctured about half the bags to be sure it was all coffee. We expected it and had masking tape to tape up the holes. A friend had gone through the week before and when he arrived in Miami his luggage was full of the coffee that had leaked out. Quote
Digirunt Posted July 25, 2003 Posted July 25, 2003 Coffee? No thanks I only drink Tea. . .milk, no sugar. . .as strong as it gets! Oh yeh and it's hot! [Not iced with lemons floating around in it?] Very little interesting science involved in making a cup and still the majority of people can't make a decent cuppa. PG RoX!! Quote
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