I love the way my coffee turns out...

I like strong, flavorful coffee...so for that reason I buy the beans and grind them (fine) myself...

For one mug, I normally use about 2 3/4 rounded scoops for 2 cups of water...and it's enough to keep me going all day!  :D

Yeah, it helps when the beans are grown locally....I had the BEST coffee when I was on Kauai.....at the "Plantation" ;)


To be honest, I don't drink much coffee that's made our locally grown beans...I save that for 'treats'!  ;)

What I've done when our water gets REALLY bad is just boil it and store it in an empty gallon water jug (don't use milk jugs because no matter HOW MUCH you clean them, there's still a milky residue).  Do you just rinse the pot or run the vinegar through the cycle?  It stinks to high heaven, but if you run it through the cycle, then follow with 1-2 cycles of water, it cleans out all the gunk inside :)


I run it through a couple of times, then do it with fresh water to make sure the vinegar is out.  About the eggshells in the garden, always do that.  When I was growing up my father always had a garden, it
was his way of staying out of the house, but everything but meat and meat by products were put in a
paper bag and buried in a corner of the garden. Coffee grounds were always thrown around, it works
on houseplants, too.  For more tips like this you should check out Jerry Baker.  He did a couple of shows
on PBS, and has a lot of household remedies for improving plants and gardens,  and as crazy as some sound, they all work  ;)

www.jerrybaker.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=2

My parents just get Maxwell House and go by the box.. my teacher used to make it so thick it was basically moist sand.. mostly dry, though.  :P

I drink coffee.Sometimes my coffee is too dark so I lighten it with Coffee Creamer.

My parents for years have always drank Taster's Choice by Nescafe.

I don't know if it is only available in Canada - but it sure smells good when it's brewing.

I am not a coffee drinker - but I am sure others know how else to make a good cup of Joe.
So I revived this thread!

I like Cajun coffee. :)

Kenyan and Colombian are good too.

I have found that a pinch (a small pinch) of cinnamon in cheap coffee makes it much better without "flavoring" the coffee too much. But I really enjoy good coffee and my current favorite is the plaza blend from The Cultured Cup

I just bought some at Sam's Club.  It is a Brazilian breakfast blend.  Delicious.

I use the same method as CeramicsFanatic. I buy whole beans and grind them myself with a grinder I bought from Starbucks, however I prefer to buy whole beans from Peets coffee (the best in Northern, Ca.) It costs me about $10-14 per lb but it's worth it because the brew is so flavorful. You can buy lesser expensive and still have a tasty cup of joe. I use a coffee scoop that holds 2oz of ground coffee, but I make it a heaping scoop because i like it a little bit strong and dark. I use about 12oz of cold water, preferably bottled, but tap will do, per scoop. I use paper filters brown or white. I've heard that rinsing them first helps, but i don't do that. So basically it's 1oz (1tablespoon)coffee to about 6oz water. You can buy it already ground if it's too much trouble, but I make enough every morning like Don Carlos for 2-3 big cups. I recommend you buy the good stuff because it does tastes better. No offense to any previous posts, but i would not add anything like ashes, shells, or whatever to my precious coffee beans, but each to their own. If you get the hang of it, the wonderful cup of joe should provide all the flavor and enjoyment you desire. My 2-3 cups of coffee every morning have to be good or I'm gonna be grumpy  >:(   Once you get the right formula, you will totally look forward to that first cup in the morning.   good luck

Anyone else like the different-flavored coffee creamers(from Coffee mate)? ???

My favorite is Toasted Almond.

French Vanilla is my fave

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I know what you mean, CeeKay, it is that one brand thats so good.  I'm the same way about the fat content.  Also I put sugar in my coffee not Splenda, its just a teaspoon so you might as well get the real thing.

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I like French Vanilla and Hazelnut.  After using flavored creamers, I can't stand to drink it with just plain creamer anymore.


Same here.  I had breakfast at McDonald's this morning and I noticed how bad the coffee tasted to me with regular creamer.

The best cup of coffee is one that has been perked.  But who has time for that?

I like my coffee strong and black, I usually use Folgers Dark Roast.  Sometimes I'll splurge and by the expensive stuff...anything other than Starbucks.  Hate Starbucks, tastes burned to me.

I usually brew an entire pot, 12 cups.  I add one rounded tablespoon for every two cups and then an extra tablespoon.  So that would be 8 spoonfuls.

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Hopefully I won't be kicked out of this thread for not mentioning coffee, but I had (the other day) a cup of hot tea from the Maxwell House brand of tea.  I loved the flavor of it.  Anybody tried this brand of tea?

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Hopefully I won't be kicked out of this thread for not mentioning coffee, but I had (the other day) a cup of hot tea from the Maxwell House brand of tea.  I loved the flavor of it.  Anybody tried this brand of tea?

You won't get kicked out! ;)

I personally don't drink coffee or tea, but my neighbor swears by Maxwell House's tea. (I believe this is what it is)
It's funny - I can't drink tea because there is simply too much caffiene and I end up bouncing off the walls! Like I don't have that problem already! And coffee, as I said before, love the smell but cab't stand the bitterness. Tried will all kinds of sweeteners and flavoured creamers but still can't do it!

All I can say is that I am obsessed with Starbuck's "Caramel Macchiato".....so very yummy!!

All I can say is that I am obsessed with Starbuck's "Caramel Macchiato".....so very yummy!!
that ain't a cup of Joe, that's a frikken dessert in a cup  ;D  j/k.  you like what you like and that's cool, just order a extra shot of espresso in it next time  ;)

my mother in law just returned from a Hawaii vacation and was on the island of Kona, and brought me back some Kona coffee "grown on the fertile slopes of the volcano"  so tomorrow morning, I'll be brewing some.

Oh man, coffee from Hawaii! I bet its good.  Let us know how it is, Mike.

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I've had a ton of different types of coffee.. nothing foreign (I wanna try that Turkish coffee that, like, apparently keeps you up for 3 days and tastes like the most powerful cough syrup on Earth), but many, many types of stuff, different beans, etc. And.. I just.. don't like coffee. I enjoy the smell, that's about it.

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I don't often keep track of the types of coffee I've drunk; I just like to try different kinds. :)

I use Folger's. To me, coffee is like wine: it all tastes the same. However, I LOVE the flavored CoffeeMate creamers. They have one (not sure if it's sold everywhere) that is toasted coconut. It's delicious.

I use Folger's. To me, coffee is like wine: it all tastes the same. However, I LOVE the flavored CoffeeMate creamers. They have one (not sure if it's sold everywhere) that is toasted coconut. It's delicious.



I love them too!  My current favorite is Vanilla Caramel.  I haven't tried the coconut one yet, but it sounds heavenly. 

I love them too!  My current favorite is Vanilla Caramel.  I haven't tried the coconut one yet, but it sounds heavenly. 


I bought some Coconut creamer the other day.  WOW!  Good stuff!!

I use Folger's. To me, coffee is like wine: it all tastes the same. However, I LOVE the flavored CoffeeMate creamers. They have one (not sure if it's sold everywhere) that is toasted coconut. It's delicious.

I bought some Coconut creamer the other day.  WOW!  Good stuff!!


I used to love the flavored creamers, but a few years ago I started drinking my coffee black and now I just don't like the flavored stuff.  I also used to buy flavored coffee, I used to love the chocolate raspberry one.

I used to love the flavored creamers, but a few years ago I started drinking my coffee black and now I just don't like the flavored stuff.  I also used to buy flavored coffee, I used to love the chocolate raspberry one.




Funnily enough, I used to drink my coffee black and didn't like flavors.  Go figure!  :)

I bought some Coconut creamer the other day.  WOW!  Good stuff!!


It is. I wish I would've bought that instead of the Chai Spice flavor. That stuff is nasty! :P

My mom used to work for Gloria Jeans in the AP department, so they would give them bags of coffee beans every pay period. They also had the training classes at the building, so she'd bring home some of the different flavors of iced coffee and stuff.

Funnily enough, she hates coffee, so I don't know how she wound up working there.