Favorite Coffee Brands and Brewing Habits

[DonTom]

Phil & Sebastian's coffee in Calgary, AB.

Tom & I was once in Calgary, RVing our way up to Edmonton. I cannot remember if we stopped anywhere for coffee, your message is around 25 years too late.

-Don- Richfield, UT

 

[LarsMac]

I can tell you my LEAST favorite coffee...Navy chow hall coffee.

Ah come on. Navy had Good Coffee.
Well, ..., compared to the Air Force, anyway.

My favorite Coffee has long been Community Coffee.
I still look for their sign as I'm driving through New Orleans.
Back in the days, I always knew we were close to Grandma's house.

 

[John From Detroit]

By default, they put cream & sugar in their coffee.

I will give this to my favorite restaurant come Oct.

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[NY_Dutch]

Nothing fancy here, Folgers or Maxwell House are fine with me. Drop in a packet of Sweet & Low and I'm good.

 

[SMR]

We like Trader Joe's dark coffee and Seattles Best Post Alley.

 

[Rene T]

None.
Neither DW nor I drink coffee. Don't like the flavor.

Same here. Both me and the wife hate coffee. She likes tea and I also hate that. Give me a big glass of milk or water

 

[DutchmenSport]

My wife is the coffee drinker, not me. I've never liked the taste of coffee. In the past, I liked to surprise her by getting different flavors and brands of coffee. When we travel I always encourage her to try a local coffee house and try a new flavor. I'll pick up brands or flavors she's never seen or heard of as we travel and seems to enjoy the "taste adventure."

Then we landed in Louisiana on a state historic site and my quest to re-learn portions of American History skyrocketed. The year primarily is 1821, and the history of Louisiana for that time period is simply awseome, complex, and mind-boggling all at the same time.

One thing I stumbled into in my studies and research was the use of Chickaree as a substitute for coffee which is what many of the Confederate soldiers drank as actual "coffee" was not available for them during the Civil War.

Today, you can get coffee with Chickaree in it, but it's hard to find. Community Coffee brand makes it, but you won't find it in the "Northern" states, but is quite common in Louisiana.

Even Wall Mart's in Louisiana carry Chickaree coffee, but in the "North" you can't find it anywhere. We did find a supplier that will ship Community Chickaree Coffee, and you guess it, it's good old "Amazon" on-line. But the cost is slightly higher than at Wall Mart in Louisiana.

My wife loves this coffee. I have found other brands that have Chickaree also, but she says the best is the Community brand coffee.

So, as you can imagine, when we are in Louisiana at the Historic Site, when our time comes to leave, we stock up with several packages of Chickaree Coffee. I date them on the purchase date, and purchase them over a 2 or 3 week period. Then when we are away for a month or 2, she still has her coffee.

We are currently in North Carolina right now as camp hosts at a state park for August. I would have thought that the grocery stores in North Carolina would have carried Chickaree Coffee also, considering North Carolina was the 9th of the 11 "Southern" states to succeed from the Union during the Civil War period, I would have expected Chickaree Coffee to be quite common here too, but it's not. Actually, when asking store employees and when I talk to other folks who are camping here, I ask about Chickaree Coffee and they all have a blank look on their faces because they've never hear of it.

FYI, Louisiana was the 7th state to succeed:
The order of succession: first to the 11th:
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Virginia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Tennessee

So much for the history lesson today folks.... if you've never tried it and you are a coffee drinker ... consider Chickaree Coffee. Who knows? You just might (or might not) like it!

 

[Wasillaguy]

None.
Neither DW nor I drink coffee. Don't like the flavor.

I don't mind the flavor, but the caffeine is too much for me. I wake up as fresh and energetic as I'll be all day. If i drink coffee I'm as jittery as a prostitute in church.
Never drink soda either, don't like the carbonation. Wouldn't even drink if from a bottle as a toddler.

 

[DonTom]

but the caffeine is too much for me.

My main reason for coffee every morning, such as I am now having. Helps me wake up. I never have coffee except in the morning and I never have de-cafe.

The more caffeine the better!

-Don- Richfield, UT

 

[Larry N.]

the use of Chickaree as a substitute for coffee

Interesting spelling- I've always known it as chicory - chickaree apparently is a squirrel, according to my web search.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

I didn't like coffee when I was young, but when I got into the data processing business I learned it was a a necessary part of the job (along with pizza, but I was already good at that!). After years of slurping mediocre coffees I tried some premium grades from Gevalia and found a medium-dark roast Arabica to my liking. I special ordered it for years. Then one day I noticed that Walmart offered something of the same description in their Great Value house brand, at half the price of the Gevalia. I tried it and found it delicious, so now buy 3-4 bags at a time (4-6 weeks worth).

I know of a few breakfast restaurants/diners that serve coffee I enjoy, but most restaurant coffees aren't better than fair (to my tastes, anyway). These days I only have coffee in the early a.m. anyway.

 

[DutchmenSport]

Interesting spelling- I've always known it as chicory - chickaree apparently is a squirrel, according to my web search.

I do believe you are correct in the spelling. Thank-you.

 

[DonTom]

I know of a few breakfast restaurants/diners that serve coffee I enjoy, but most restaurant coffees aren't better than fair (to my tastes, anyway). These days I only have coffee in the early a.m. anyway.

McDonald's probably has the best tasting coffee of any restaurant, IMO.

-Don- Richfield, UT

 

[Lou Schneider]

My default coffee is a cup of green tea. Hot or cold.

 

[DonTom]

My default coffee is a cup of green tea. Hot or cold.

I also enjoy green tea, but it must be hot.

I cannot stand cold coffee or tea.

-Don- Richfield, UT

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[DutchmenSport]

Just for the record, my wife is the coffee drinker. I absolutely do not like the taste of it, but I like the smell. (weird I know). But I MUST have my caffein. I am an avid Diet Coke drinker. When the wife reaches for that first cup of coffee in the morning, I reach for the Diet Coke!

 

[TheBar]

When in college I worked summers at an Air Force base Officers Club. When I first got out of college in the 70's I was a restaurant manager for 5 years. I worked first at a well known coffee shop. Both places had exceedingly high standards and only used Farmer Brothers coffee. Back then it was only for sale to commercial customers not to the general public. It was the reason we had such loyal customers. I have an expresso machine now so I don't know if it is the same as it was back then.

Most people don't know this but the reason restaurant foods are better than you can duplicate at home is restaurant supply houses have superior brands only available to commercial customers. When my sister was a single mother in college back in the 60's she got commodity food from the government. If you ever tasted the government commodities you know how much better they were than anything you could buy in a grocery store. Especially the peanut butter . At least back then these were the same groceries available to fine restaurants.

Like high end restaurant aged beef is seasoned with many different expensive varieties of fungus. The first time I saw steaks in the walk-in with 1 inch high white fungus growing on it I was grossed out. But it is the secret to flavorful and tender beef.

 

[IBTripping]

Today, you can get coffee with Chickaree in it, but it's hard to find. Community Coffee brand makes it, but you won't find it in the "Northern" states, but is quite common in Louisiana.

Amazon is your friend and they stock several chicory flavored coffee brands including Community Coffee.

Amazon.com

 

[Chef Duane]

I'm not a coffee connoisseur like you all are. At home it's HEB French Roast brewed in my Cuisinart 12 cup electric coffee maker. I'll make a full pot and then drink on it for a week. On the road I have a cheapo Walmart k-cup machine that plugs into my Bluetti power station. When I working full time it was whatever one of the cooks had brewed up in the kitchen. Didn't have a lot of time to fuss over what it was.

 

[CharlesinGA]

long ago it was the grind you own bag at A&P store.

The Ingles grocery near me has a grinder and bags of coffee, Not sure if they all do, but probably most will have a grinder. AI (referencing the Ingles website), says . Availability of standalone, free-use commercial grinding machines in the coffee bean aisle varies significantly by specific store location.

Fresh Markets also have commercial coffee grinders in the stores for customer use.

None.
Neither DW nor I drink coffee. Don't like the flavor.

Same here. My parents drank it in the mornings only. My brother didn't start drinking it until middle age, I like the smell of some varieties of coffee grounds, but cannot stand the taste. I drink way too much Diet Coke, and milk and some water or other juices, Pomegranate being a favorite.