[Marbles]

What is your everyday coffee and what is your special occasion coffee.
I don't know any better, so everyday is Dunkin Donuts original and special is Kona select reserve.

[Loki57]

Mt Meru coffee project for everything.

[Marbles]

Wonderful story, how does the coffee taste?

[rbbert]

Aeropress; Kona from 3 different farms (Kona Mountain, Mountain Thunder and Greenwell Farms - recurring coffee club orders)

[kmmd]

Here in the Bay Area...Intelligentsia Black Cat Classic Espresso mostly rotating with Peet's Major Dickason's, Philz and Blue Bottle offerings on my Jura Z6.

[nature boy]

LaColombe Corsica dark roast is my morning brew.

NB

[S Clark]

Indian Mysore is in my cup as I type.  It's flavorful, versatile in medium to dark roast.  It's probably my favorite bean over the Hawaiians.  I've been disappointed  with the Blue Mountain I've roasted, but have wonderful memories of from my honeymoon long, long ago.

[S Clark]

LaColombe Corsica dark roast is my morning brew.

NB

Where is it from? Certainly not Corsica.

[nature boy]

Corsica beans are sourced from Rwanda. LaColumbe Coffee Roasting is based in Philadelphia with some additional retail stores in other locations.

HK

[Doublej]

Here is what I learned from a wise old man.

Buy high quality freshly roasted whole beans. Ideally they should consumed within 3 weeks of roasting. When I started looking I was surprised to find a number of coffee shops nearby that sell locally roasted high quality coffee beans for $10-$20 per pound.

Pick the roast level you prefer. Light roast has more caffeine than dark roast. Arabica beans are generally considered higher quality than robusto beans. Robusto beans have more caffeine than Araba.

Grind appropriately for type of brewing method. If your brewing method uses a paper filter, rinse the filter first to remove some of the paper taste caused by the filter.

A burr grinder will give you more consistent grind size but a blade grinder will do fine. If using a blade grinder use the short pulse, tap the body, short pulse again, tap... method until you reach the desired grind size.

Want to spend less per pound? Consider these from Aldi (if you have one) at approximately $5.50 per 12 ounces. MUCH better than DD coffee. No Aldi, I would look for Peets which is widely available.

https://www.aldi.us/en/products/beverages/coffee/detail/ps/p/simply-nature-fair-trade-organic-whole-bean-coffee/

Want high end cable priced coffee beans? Look at the limited George Howell beans. $70 for 4 ounces, ouch!


My daily is typically George Howell Coffee Tarrazu Vienna Roast or French Roast. Sometimes I get Broadsheet Coffee Roasters Bulletin Blend.

On occasion I will get a double shot of espresso straight up from Starbucks.

[Marbles]

Seems that wise old man was ...ahem..wise.
Thanks for the advice and wisdom.

[mresseguie]

My bean choice is dependent upon which brewing method I choose. If I want a smooth tasting espresso drink (Espresso, Macchiato, Latte, etc.), my 'go to' beans are Mexico Chiapas beans roasted at Oregon Coffee & Tea. They're roasted medium-light generally once per week, and cost about $15/pound. My back-up choices are Vietnamese Central Highlands beans light roast and Costa Rica medium-dark roast.
 https://oregoncoffeeandtea.com/coffees

If I want French Press, I usually look for the above mentioned Vietnamese roast or Guatemala medium-dark roast.

Funny thing about the Guatemala roast - I love it as a French Press coffee, but hate it as an espresso drink.

While I'm in Taiwan, I settle for a different Guatemala bean (Wei Wei Te Nan) because I can't find good quality Mexican beans because coffee drinkers here prefer a slightly sour flavor characteristic that I find distasteful. I make due until I return to the US.

Locally roasted beans <generally> get you the freshest beans. I almost never buy long-distance from an internet-based roaster.

[RPM123]

For weekdays, it's usually Nespresso with a myriad choice of coffees. Currently, Blue Mountain and Costa Rican capsules are getting a lot of use. On weekends, its Peet's Aged Sumatra or one of its Special Blends. If we want to splurge, my wife and I go for Hawaiian Kona Extra Fancy beans from Kope Lani or Greenwell Farms.

[glynnw]

Everyday and special the same - Kenyan via UPS from Caracolillo Coffee Mill in Tampa.  Made in Bialetti stovetop espresso maker.  Milk done in a mechanical frother.  And enough Equal to kill small children.

[firedog]

A blend of 20% Sumatra Mandheling, 40% Brazil Cerado, and 40% Guatemala Antigua.
I buy it green and roast it myself to a medium. I mostly make espresso or use an Aero-Press.
That's about all I drink at home.

[Letitroll98]

Want to spend less per pound? Consider these from Aldi (if you have one) at approximately $5.50 per 12 ounces. MUCH better than DD coffee. No Aldi, I would look for Peets which is widely available.

https://www.aldi.us/en/products/beverages/coffee/detail/ps/p/simply-nature-fair-trade-organic-whole-bean-coffee/

Want high end cable priced coffee beans? Look at the limited George Howell beans. $70 for 4 ounces, ouch!

The Aldi brand is my daily drink, I prefer the Peru over the Guatemalan, but either is fine.  Not great, or even good when compared to quality roasters, but pretty dang good for $5 coffee.  For a splurge with my fixed income life I like Paradise Roasters or Intelligensia.

That $70 for 4oz is nothing.  On Coffee Review there are coffees ranging up to $1,800 for a few ounces.  I mean, if you can afford high end audio certainly you can afford that, right? 

[Stercom]

Finely settled on Costco's Kona Reserve for our daily cup(s). We use a Saeco AIO to make it.

[jaywills]

Green beans sourced from Kona (a friend owns Kona Cloud Coffee), roasted in my shop, made with Aeropress, usually used up within ten days of roasting.

[hibuckhobby]

It varies from Sumatra to Jamaican Blue Mountain blend.  My favorite go to is Reborn Coffee Columbian.
Nothing like a couple of cups of coffee in the morning to start my day.
Hibuck...

[rbbert]

Green beans sourced from Kona (a friend owns Kona Cloud Coffee), roasted in my shop, made with Aeropress, usually used up within ten days of roasting.

Nice!