How do you make your coffee?

[no2cyclones]

As I only drink one cup each day, I use a plastic cone with filter which sits on top of the mug. I then pour hot water into the cone/filter. I like this better than the French press as the concentration does not change and you don't get any residue as you do with a French press. I have a collapsible cone which I take on trips with me (along with ground coffee and filters), as I hate hotel coffee.

I believe you just defined "pour over."

 

[BoxsterCy]

Coffee snob alert!!!!!!

I use a drip coffee maker with a gold plated filter and filtered water. I grind my own beans and only use beans that are locally roasted and I know how long ago they were roasted.

Real coffee guys GROW their own coffee! :smile:

 

[BeachAve]

~It's all in the water

Tap water from your kitchen faucet. hard water the best

that's from John Tesh, fwiw LOL

 

[ILikeTurtles]

Does anyone use a moka pot?

I usually make a cup with that at night before bed, let it sit on the stove and cool off overnight, then throw it into a cup with some ice and a little milk in the morning. Pretty good and I think it's stronger than normal drip coffee too.

 

[GTO]

I'm not a huge fan either, but health wise you can't beat it for caffeine.

There is always tea or cola. I can drink cold Green Tea or any hot tea. However, can't stand Iced Tea. I get most of my caffeine from Coke Zero (love the stuff).

 

[GTO]

Real coffee guys GROW their own coffee! :smile:

You forgot to say "I was growing my own coffee before it was cool" (adjust hipster glasses)

 

[coolerifyoudid]

 

[Cycsk]

Drip pot. Folgers in the morning until noon. Anything but black coffee is disgusting and you all should be ashamed of yourselves if you doctor yours. One day you will have to answer for your crimes.

Heavy cream makes coffee worth drinking! Yummy!

 

[oldman]

I can't decide if this is so ridiculous it has to be true or so ridiculous it can't be true.

Pour over... Best of both worlds IMO. Gives me unlimited options on the beans I use (typically Half-Wit out of chicago or Grumpy out of Brooklyn), lets me tailor it specifically to my tastes (grind size/amount of coffee, amount of water, pouring time), makes a single cup at a time relatively quickly. Cheaper to get into than a keurig or coffee pot. (biggest expense is the kettle, but it isn't completely necessary, though it does make it easier). I also use a digital scale with a timer for consistent results.

Lately I'm pulling two triple shots via my rancilio sylvia (paired with the rancilio rocky grinder, half-wit triforce espresso beans) and pouring over ice.

I was thinking the same about this one. Brew at work, and Keurig at home.

 

[CtownCyclone]

Kuerig was ingeniously marketed to convince people to spend 10X what they used to spend for the same finished product just for the convenience of making 1 cup of coffee at a time... even though you can do this with a drip coffee maker by spending an extra minute to pull out a filter and scoop the grounds in by hand.

You see, the problem is that in my house, nobody takes that final step of removing the used filter and grounds from the pot. I'm paying for not having to clean up after my wife...er...the person who doesn't clean up after herself.

 

[ItsCyence]

Heavy cream makes coffee worth drinking! Yummy!

*GASP!*

You fiend!

 

[GTO]

In an unrelated note: it's getting harder for me to visit CF at work with all these dating service ads with cleavages galore! I wouldn't complain if I'm at home, but need some sort of filter at work. Which got me thinking, maybe we should have a "Cyclone Fanatic After Dark" section of the website?

 

[Prone2Clone]

Does anyone use a moka pot?

I usually make a cup with that at night before bed, let it sit on the stove and cool off overnight, then throw it into a cup with some ice and a little milk in the morning. Pretty good and I think it's stronger than normal drip coffee too.

Yes, used to. Bialetti Moka Pot from Target. Liked the coffee but cleanup/keeping beans fresh when I'm the only one who drinks it led me to the Keurig. It was good iced, though...I used to do that, too.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

In an unrelated note: it's getting harder for me to visit CF at work with all these dating service ads with cleavages galore! I wouldn't complain if I'm at home, but need some sort of filter at work. Which got me thinking, maybe we should have a "Cyclone Fanatic After Dark" section of the website?

There's a Ladies of CF social group. I imagine it is exactly like that.

 

[GTO]

There's a Ladies of CF social group. I imagine it is exactly like that.

Sure it is. Why don't you check it out first and let me know what it's like?

 

[Clonefan94]

In an unrelated note: it's getting harder for me to visit CF at work with all these dating service ads with cleavages galore! I wouldn't complain if I'm at home, but need some sort of filter at work. Which got me thinking, maybe we should have a "Cyclone Fanatic After Dark" section of the website?

You do realize those ads are usually populated by your browser and search histories?

 

[GTO]

You do realize those ads are usually populated by your browser and search histories?

No wonder they know me so well... Pizza, Sport court, cleavage, and eBay. I just though CF and I had similar interests!

 

[ISC]

Have a Keurig at home but i MUCH prefer getting my coffee at Friedrichs here in Des Moines.. (and their Iced Chai Tea is amazing as well)

http://www.sirfriedrich.com/ (yes, their website is really dated)

 

[BKLYNCyclone]

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Exactly what it's named for... Owner is a big zelda fan.

 

[Rabbuk]

Black like my men.