so tell me. the best coffee i had was at this hotel downtown, i was so excited and hyper (it was so good that i had 3 cups of it-without using Equal) that i forgot to ask the waiter what brand it was.....

In Seattle they have these coffee stands all over. I had the best blend from one called the Electricbanana.

In Québec Canada at Chevaul (sp) I had the best expresso served to me!


YUM!

when i think of my favorite coffee, i think of the chocolatey tasting coffee they used to serve at MISSION CAFE in nyc, on second avenue. it was cheap and you could sit and guzzle refills all day, and it was SO yummy.

that, and there was a cafe called NINE in the east village that served coffee to your table in a french press, and it tasted DIVOONE.

i got my own bodum after that and i have to say coffee does taste better that way, but it's never been as good as at that cafe.

oh, and CAFE LIMBO in nyc had wonderful tasting coffee that they'd serve to you in big heavy cereal bowls.

all these great east village cafes with their wonderful coffee are gone now. mission cafe is still around, but they don't serve the same kind of coffee anymore. i still highly recommend their steamed eggs plate, though!
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I have no frame of reference. I just get lattes from Starbucks.

kidelrich said:

i never allow myself fancy coffee drinks. maybe i'll get myself a mocha valencia from starbucks this afternoon. ever had one of those? they're my favorite fancy latte kind of thing.

Anx said:

For some reason, I thought this said "the chocolatey tasting guy" I think I need a cup of coffee

applekisses said:

that's another thread.

Anx said:

Why dontcha stir it with a licorice rope!

Vivace and Victrola, two Seattle coffee joints, make some of the best coffee in the world. Truly. And I live within walking distance of both.

Anx said:

What the hell's so fancy about a grande skim no sugar vanilla latte? Oh.

My mother used to make really sweat, yet strong coffee. We used to drink BUCKETS at home, I was addicted to the stuff since FOUR. My mom never ever thought about it when it came to my hyperactivity.

Her coffee, Douwe Egberts Red Band brand, was magically boosted with a taste booster called Buisman, which keeps (or puts) the REAL coffee taste in yer cup.

Miss me mum, I do.

I totally thought that read 'the best sex you've ever had'. It makes absolutely no sense why I'd think that.

Although I DO equate a good cup with a good romp at times, it appears I could use a quad shot right about now. Thank goodness for the edit button.
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Muse2NOPharaoh said:

i'll stir YOU with a licorice rope!

French Vanilla Capucchino at Tim Horton's I could live on that!

luv4u said:

which reminds me, julius meinl is really nice coffee for a chain joint.

Seattle's Best 6th Avenue Bistro Blend with a shot of whiskey in it. I love my Cuisinart, but I stopped using that charcol filter that comes with it because it makes the coffee taste burnt, I use one of those Brita tap filters instead.

Jamaican Blue Mountain.....but most of what you can get in the States is not true Jamaican Blue Mountain.....for some reason is tastes different when drinking it in Ocho Rios, as opposed to your own kitchen table....

hand ground ( yes by hand not a machine ) and brewed via campfire by TR

fresh ground high quality beans , brewed here at home by TR

a cup somplace in the middle of nowhere in the Co. Rockies with TR

perhaps love makes coffee so much better

I'll tell you one thing, on my last holiday to America we went to Miami and New York; we failed to find a decent coffee anywhere. Literally! Maybe you guys like your coffee differently to how we do; Starbucks is different out there - I mean, the Four Seasons in New York couldn't even give us a decent machine made cappuccino



That said, the best coffee I've ever had..hmm..was probably the second cup I ever drank when I realised I loved it.

A little shop right next to Borough tube station. Lovely, lovely lattes

I am so tired of the org being broken!

The short version of the big long thing I typed out before ( ):

Coffee in the US mostly sucks. When I leave Seattle, I am almost always disgusted by the coffee.

Central Europe, on the other hand, has been kind to me. Vienna = .
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