While we're at it

[ksmith]

Coffee beans. Which brands are favorites?

FWIW, I prefer a medium-strength brew. I bought some Caribou Sumatra yesterday. I still need to work out the water:coffee proportion to taste, but it's OK.

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[bevhale.livejournal.com]

I used to buy coffee for a writer I worked for. Her favorites were: Columbian Supremo, Kona, and Ethiopian Harrar. Hope it helps. The biggest problem is whether the beans have been over-roasted. That ruins the flavor. Don't bother with Jamician Blue Mountain, as it is weak and isn't much more than dishwater.

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Most of the blends you're talking about are sold in the U.S. at approximately 10-12% of the native beans you've mentioned. 100% Kona runs very strong with a very earthy taste that even my coffee loving palette can barely tolerate --- and Jamaican Blue, fresh roasted, ground and made in a french press is divine.

[bevhale.livejournal.com]

Different tastes, different coffees. I've always wanted to like coffee, but by the time I add everything to it, its no longer coffee.