We don't drink coffee except occasionally after dinner in a restaurant. I have some sort of 15-year-old automatic brewer, maybe Cuisinart, for my parents to use when they visit. They buy whatever coffee they like for that. I think I have a Bialetti stovetop brewer stored in the pantry, but I don't even remember how to use it.

We use a drip coffee maker that decants into a stainless steel insulated carafe, and drink about 2 carafes each morning -- about 3 or 4 big mugs each. I like dark roasts, husband likes medium. I need some caffeine, husband wants pure decaf. Since I usually get up earlier, the first pot is to my taste, second is to husband's. Works okay. We've experimented with the regular well known brands, but like the fresh, local roasts best. I look for "fair trade" beans too.

No flavors, no sweeter. Milk! I've recently discovered how good non-homogenized milk is -- even skim has a nice creamy mouth feel! so that's what we use at home. I always put the milk in first, so I don't have to stir it.

My one cup of coffee is a wholesome, delicious treat for me. I add a heaping teaspoon of ghee, a quarter teaspoon each of Penzey's Vietnamese cinnamon and dark cocoa powder, a splash of half&half, and a pinch of stevia.

Ummmm, it's a religious experience.

I drink about 4 cups a day, in the morning, brewed in my red and stainless Mr Coffee. I got a grinder for Christmas and a bunch of samples from a local shop. I didn't care for any of them and went searching for my own choice of beans. My favorites are the Kroger brand medium Kona, and the Starbucks French roast, dark, both ground medium to coarse. I drink it only in the morning, black, in a Dr Pepper mug I got at the Dr Pepper museum in Waco. Then in October I use a scarecrow mug, a pumpkin mug in November, and a snowflake or santa mug in December.

Oh rhizo.......XOXO!!! that sounds lovely!!

Dunkin Donuts original medium roast ground

Coffeemate Pumpkin Spice

Love the combination of Rhizo. I need to try it. Yummy. Plus I can have Stevia

I buy Fair Trade roasted beans and grind them myself. Make the coffee (double shot) with a French press and drink it Vietnamese style with condensed milk, though I can drink Balinese coffee black. Usually I only have one cup a day.

If the options are coffeemaker, percolator or instant, I have tea.

My husband makes a pot every morning and pours a cup for me to get cold since I drink it iced. He drinks the rest of the pot. We only use Community Club dark roast coffee from Louisiana. He uses a Hamilton beach Brew Station coffee maker. Luckily we managed to rescue the one in the rv it was up high and dry. I drink my one iced cup a day.

I also drink iced coffee when in the mood. I cold brew the coffee for 12 to 15 hours, pour it thru a filter, add sweetened condensed milk, whole milk and pour over lots of crushed ice. Yum.

I order fresh roasted beans, usually either Kenya, Sumatra, or Ethiopian, and mix regular and decaf, half and half. We use a burr grinder every morning to make a pot in a Cuisinart drip pot. Sometimes I will make a small amount in a French press. I drink mine black and DH adds stevia and a little cream. I sometimes will add a little vanilla or a splash of homemade kahlua.

I've never drank a cup of coffee in my life. I wish I liked it. My husband (when he is home) gets up and goes to coffee at a little store a few miles away that has a few booths and serves breakfast and has about half a dozen cups with the local farmers and comes back stoked and ready to go to work (around the place) and it takes me much longer to feel like a human.

It can be an acquired taste, Marilyn. :) If you've never had a cup, it would be hard to build up a taste for it! It took me a few years, but I still can't drink it black.

Instant decaf, water boiled in the microwave. Little bit of sugar and milk or creamer. I love real coffee but can't drink it due to medical issues. I do sometimes get a real coffee after eating out, though, but not often.

I use a Tassimo but really haven't found a cup of coffee that is as strong as I like my coffee. I switch back and forth between the Tassimo, Melita drip into my cup or the French Press. I prefer to buy small batches of beans that I grind myself when I am out of Tassimo pods. McDonald's coffee is my next go to if I am out of beans

We have a cheap Mr. Coffee, which I dislike. Two mugs each in the morning, that's all. We like hazelnut, but I combine it 1:1 with rotgut cheap stuff to cut the cost and the strength of the flavor.

It's not a priority anymore. We disposed of the fluff and converted to a brewer that makes coffee that's perfect for "us". It's hot, full flavor, and not bitter unless it's commercially packaged grounds.

We use Stauf's Coffee Roasters beans along with a burr grinder and filtered water brewed in an OXO barista brewer. Excellent, easy, no fuss coffee. On Saturday, I'll break out the pour over just to change the pace a bit.

i also use a pour-over. i have a wheel thrown cone that i bought from a local potter. i buy my coffee beans from a local roaster, they grind it. i also have a Chemex that i use if making more than one cup.

best coffee IMO, smooth never bitter

favorite coffees: Roma Blend, Costa Rican, Pumpkin Spice and Belgium Chocolate

I usually use my Keurig, but I use refillable coffee pods. I fill it to the top with a nice medium to dark roast VERY fine grind coffee. In the morning (like right now :) ), I drink it strong hot and black. When I go to work, I use a Contigo travel mug (Costco) and make 2 of the smallest coffee's to put in my mug. I add 1T EACH: kerrygold butter, organic coconut oil and whipped cream. Shake it up and sip on it when I'm at work. When I get home from work, I have one more regular strong hot cup of coffee, but I top it with fresh whipped cream that has espresso powder in it.

On the weekends, I might have five or six cups a day.

I'll drink Starbucks brand coffee or Kirkland fresh beans. And if it's on sale at work, I'll buy Nabob coffee.

Rhizo, this is a little off topic but I can't help the curiosity. I thought Ghee was a type of cooking oil. I bought some a while back, have yet to use it and am really surprised to see it can be used in Coffee. Can you eleborate a bit?

We recently settled on LavAzza dark roast coffee (more *pulverized* than ground). The Capresso drip coffeemaker heats the water well. Melita filters (unbleached). Coffee drips into a *completely sealed* thermos. (Seals up when the drip stops.) This stays hot for over an hour.

DH has two cups in the morning, with cream and sweetening. I have 3/4 of a cup with cream. (OK, it's half&half -- but never 'creamer'.)

How much coffee is TOO much coffee? I know someone who drank it night and day. Coincidence or not, he developed esophageal cancer.

People with Mr. Coffee-type coffeemakers might be pleasantly surprised to use a coffeemaker that heats the water adequately. If the water isn't HOT, you are throwing away under-utilized grounds. Use a (preheated) thermos. Coffee turns to acid on a hot plate. (Maybe some people who 'don't like coffee' never had any good coffee. Most people like coffee-flavored ice cream.)

I can't drink more than a cup or I get jittery and my anxiety flares. I only drink it for the taste as I don't like caffeine but I don't trust the decaffeination process.

I think more than 1-2 cups a day might be unhealthy. Caffeine isn't good for you and it's dehydrating. Most people already don't get enough water. I also know people who drink it all day and night. It baffles me but I guess like anything you can build up a tolerance.

Chisue, that's interesting about the esophageal cancer. I have heard that drinking hot beverages increases the risk of that cancer as it damages the tissues. Most people want it piping hot and don't let it cool properly.

I don't like coffee flavored ice cream even. My mother loved coffee and made it so strong, I think a spoon could have stood alone in the cup. She did drink it with cream and sugar though. When my daughter was little, mama would give her milk with a touch of coffee in it and she grew up to like coffee. I didn't even like milk....still don't.

I don't even make coffee any more for my husband. I used to have a glass percolator....and I made coffee in it for my husband and friends...on the stove top. Now if he is home, he gets up before me and goes to the store and drinks coffee with his friends. It is only a couple miles away.

I drink two cups of caffeinated coffee a day. My cups aren't dainty but huge. I use unbleached Melitta filters in my ordinary Black and Decker coffee maker. I usually use Dunking donuts coffee or Targets house brand which I like. I use Bailey flavored creamer.

I do not drink coffee, so don't own a coffee maker. My husband some times orders coffee when we are out, but not very often.

I grind my whole beans in a burr grinder. I like a locally roasted blend and sometimes Tim Horton's or Caribou. I make a french press for myself and use a Cuisinart coffeemaker to make a pot for DH. I use one sugar and ½ & ½ in my large mug. DH is a black coffee guy.

lukkiirish, ghee is clarified butter.

We love coffee. We buy beans and grind. On weekends we use our French press. On weekdays in warm weather I make a pot daily in my De Longhi (love that pot!) and immediately put it in the fridge to drink cold. In cool weather we drink our morning coffee hot and put the rest in the fridge to drink later. On Monday mornings I grind three cups of beans and place in a half gallon jar, fill with water and place in the fridge. On Sunday night I strain that and end up with a super strong base for our weekday morning cold brews. Yes, we have a cup of coffee in the morning, then I nurse my cold brew all morning. Did I mention that we love coffee?

Used to use French press but now melitta for week end. Medium or dark roast whole bean W/ burr grinder and plenty of half and half sometimes penzeys cinnamon or cocoa now I'll have to try both together! Like Starbucks Verona and their golden roast, also like Peets and for special times its that Italian stuff in red and silver can. Tried some Costco mostly good, DD not as good as when they brew, gevalia club surprisingly delicious store bought not so much. Aldi is better if I stick with medium roast. Espresso during week in 20 year old Krups. Still like Barney's white Christmas during holidays though I've moved away from flavored coffee. Like cold brewed just never seem to think ahead....My induction cook top seems to boil water so fast.

We just use a basic drip Black and Decker pot. It's the most basic one without a timer or any feature other than that you can pour coffee if it's still brewing. I have tried every other method available and see no difference in the result. I own French press, percolators, Mellitas, tried cold brew etc. We also own a one cup pot that you add your own coffee to the reusable filter($5 at a garage sale). We use it daily for that one extra cup in the evening. We buy a coffee that we found at the flea market that is very fine ground and a medium strength. For special occasions, we make Eight O'clock Bean French Vanilla that we really like.

For those who use a French press, how long to you let it steep? We have one on the boat, but it just isn't "quite right". I had read to let it steep for 6 minutes, and it's not bad, but I wonder if I should do something different? How much grounds do you use?

No way do I make coffee. My parents both drank coffee and back then just the smell of it gave me a headache. I don't think the smell gives me a headache anymore but I don't care for the smell. The only thing coffee I do like is Arby's Jamoca shake. None other coffee flavored anything for me. Most of my family do not drink coffee either. There are a few that do though.

Sue

aok27502 when I use my French Press I let it steep for 10 minutes. I like mine strong. Wrap a towel around your pot while it's steeping to keep it good and hot. I top my French Press coffee with whipped cream and don't add sugar. Also, make sure you're putting enough grounds in the pot. Make sure you dampen the grounds first with a little boiling water. Stir up the grounds until they're wet then add the rest of the water. Steep, then plunge slowly.

I have a Mr Coffee, but preferred the old Cuisinart drip. Can't wait for it to die so I can justify returning to a Cuisinart.

I originally in college liked my coffee to taste like coffee ice cream - milk and sugar. I weaned myself off of the sugar in my early twenties, and as I grew to enjoy the taste of coffee (I originally drank it only as "Road Juice" to keep awake driving, or to be alert for exams), I cut back on the milk.

I stopped adding milk about 2 years ago, cold turkey. Now, I add a little only if I'm out and I get served some very bitter stuff.

I do have a French press, but I haven't used it yet. I figure it will be handy in power failures.

Preferentially, I buy free trade dark roast coffee beans from Trader Joe's, and grind it myself. I typically drink two cups a day. I dislike k cup coffee. I also don't care for most flavored coffee, and cannot abide the stench of hazelnut.

If I have leftover coffee, I'm fine with nuking it the next day, or even drinking it cold.

Thanks, Debby. I had never known to dampen the grounds first. We don't like it really strong, so 10 is probably a little long for us. I'll keep fiddling with it.

I have a cheapy Black & Decker coffee pot. Been using it 7 or 8 years now, I think, at least 6 years. And it's still going strong.

I used to drink coffee all day, every day, with one last cup right before bed time. I've cut back a LOT in the last few years, now just one or sometimes two, mugs in the morning. And sometimes another in the early evening.

Almost my whole adult life, I used Folgers, or Maxwell house, regular roast. About five years ago I began experimenting with other brands and other roasts. Now if I am served a cup of either of those, it is about as appealing to me as a cup of dishwater. My favorites now are Dunkin Donuts' French Roast, or their dark roasted 'Turbo' whatever they call it. I also like Community Coffee, dark roast, even 8 O'clock dark roast, but the stores seem to be phazing that one out. I tried a bag of Seattle's Best, it was good, haven't seen it in the stores again since.

Whichever one I'm drinking, I add a couple of spoons full of powdered creamer, no sugar. But another 'new to me' thing is, in the late afternoon, if I am pretty worn out, I take the coffee left from the morning's brew, add some International Delight flavored liquid creamer, add a lot of ice, and sit back and enjoy!

I can't hardly imagine coffee with butter or ghee, or coconut oil in it, but I noticed a few people here use it. I've read about it in other places, too. Maybe one day I'll get up the nerve to try it! :^)

Rusty

I used to drink coffee by the pot and my preference was Maxwell House but after all the medical stuff I was supposed to avoid caffeine and I did. Now I get real jittery real quick so anything is decaf. Finding a decent decaf coffee to make at home now isn't easy so I usually drink tea at home when I want something hot. Decaf of course, I prefer Lipton and sometimes a little lemon in it otherwise, as is. Coffee drinking now is at a restaurant mostly and I'll even do a drive through at a McD's and get a large cup for a buck. Can't see paying megabucks for a cup of coffee. I prefer a percolator for coffee and it's got to be black, the way it was intended. If I wanted hot chocolate I'd drink hot chocolate.

I do NOT like Keurig brewings. Their coffee is floor sweepings I suspect by the taste and even with other coffees (if you can find something that's not foo-foo) it has the plastic taste from the (usually never cleaned) plastic reservoir and the water is usually stale and tap water smelly. I always decline it when offered since I haven't had a drinkable cup out of one yet and I'm far from a coffee snob but maybe that's the problem. I want coffee to taste like coffee, not Hawaiian/Jamaican Christmas circumcision fruit latte cobbler. And I don't need a pet rock caliber of gimmickry to make a pot of coffee. For me, the best coffee is made in the woods over a campfire on a cool, brisk morning while looking at a lake, trees and wildlife. But that's not too often anymore for me!

For decades now my beverage of choice for the most part has been water. I was drinking it long before it became fashionable and also before it became vilified. I proudly drink a lot of spring water. Had enough episodes of dehydration and don't like going through that.

Can someone tell me what coconut oil does for a cup of coffee? I suppose its organic, unrefined virgin coconut oil? And what's butter do?

https://www.ruled.me/ketoproof-coffee/

Terri Thank You for the link. Hmm I wonder what it tastes like and the temp of the coffee after the additions and whipping all that air into it.

mamapinky0, I drink a "bullet proof" coffee every day that I go to work. The link below is my video on YouTube as to how I make mine. I find by adding a little vanilla to the oils, it kills the taste of the coconut oil, but some people like that taste so it's up to the individual making it. Just don't use refined coconut oil because in Keto: refined food is a no-no. ;) I use a travel mug with a tight seal (Cognito brand) and shake it up REALLY good every time I take a drink. Trust me, it's delicious. I love my coffee and until I started Keto I only ever drank it black because that's how coffee is meant to be drank. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgLdT26ZWNc

Used to drink store-bought coffee (Maxwell house, the like), upgraded to Starbucks ground at the Starbucks, upgraded to ordering fresh-roasted beans online and bought a Mazzer Grinder, and now... DH and I buy green coffee beans, DH roasts them to our preference in his roaster (the online, no matter how fresh, was too over-roasted for our tastes), we let them degass 24-72 hours (depending on the bean), grind them just before making the coffee, use a Technivorm Moccamaster Coffee Maker and soak the grind in filtered water, let it bloom, and finally... enjoy the most amazing coffee! Yes, we've become coffee snobs LOL!

Scott I am fixing to switch from instant to brewed coffee, I am getting a coffeemaker even more basic than Mr. Coffee, a Mainstays 4 cup coffee maker. Should be here tomorrow. Will use Folger's Black Silk coffee.

This post is old, but I will chime in. Years ago, we bought a Keurig. Lot it. DH drinks his regular, I drink decaf. I love the idea of single servings.

The k-cups are not eco-friendly but they are supposedly working on that.

We had a chance to be given a Keurig and passed. I don't like them. The only time we drink that is when we're at a business/dealership and that's what they offer. I detest flavoured coffees of all kinds. So if I see a Columbian or something similar I'll make one.

I won't pay the price for that convenience of brewing a single cup. We both only drink coffee in the morning, so a regular drip pot works for us.

A first thing in the morning infusion of caffeine is a lifeline for me!! My day doesn't get started until I have a mug of coffee in hand. I use a French press and have for years - it is quick, efficient and makes IMO the best coffee ever. My sister insists on her fancy-schmancy Italian espresso maker for her morning latte or cappuchino, but I prefer mine straight and black - no flavors ever........unless it is a dessert type, after dinner coffee drink with liquor :-)

Living in the land of Starbucks and great coffee in general, good beans are not hard to find and I usually get bulk beans from one or more different outlets. Always dark roast. I prefer a coarse grind for the French press, so I get a pound a week and grind them onsite. I've yet to find a good home grinder that will produce the proper texture. And they don't lose any flavor that I can notice by grinding them and between the air tight canister and how little time they hang around, they remain fresh.

I don't steep the French press long - mine actually came with a little egg-timer like device to time it. But I make it strong to begin with so long steeping is not necessary. And that first cup in the morning is like the nectar of the gods!!

I could go without a lot of things in my life but coffee is not one of them!

I am on a low carb 'diet', just returned from Walmart and bought some condiments (flavorings?) for my coffee. Mostly in the morning I like it black, but I've had coffee in the middle of the day with flavorings. I got unsweetened cocoa powder, artificial sugar with Aspartame, half and half, and caramel and also hazelnut extracts

Years ago our government science department did a study on the optimal amount of time to steep coffee in a French press (I’m guessing they’re from Melbourne, which is to coffee in Australia what Seattle is in the US). From memory it’s about 2 1/2 minutes, after that you start releasing the more bitter components in the flavour.

And that would about the exact timing my little hourglass steeping timer that came with my French press provides!

I use the microwave oven: Throw in teaspoon or so of instant coffee; a dash of Equal Sweetener; a small dash of creamer; Add water while swishing the cup a bit an then pop into the microwave. Set the time for 1 minute 15 sec. and punch start. A minute and 1 sec later, I have my morning coffee to sit down with my meal and morning paper. What's all the fuss about?