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This week’s poll question is “What’s Your Favorite Coffee?”
If you walked into a coffee shop and could choose anything you wanted…what would it be? It could be a specific brand, region, type of coffee drink, etc.
I couldn’t choose just one brand. I’ve had a lot of great coffee brands over the past few months and couldn’t pick out just one. If I had to choose just one region, it would be Kona. My favorite drink overall is the Mocha. Just about everytime I go into a new coffee shop or a place like Starbucks, I always get the Mocha.
Last week’s poll question was “Why Do You Drink Coffee?”
The choices were taste, for the caffeine, I’m addicted, other or all of the above.
All of the above had an overwhelming majority of the votes with 67%.
Taste came in second with 22%.
Caffeine came in third with 8%.
Addicted had one vote and other also had one vote.
Thanks to everyone that voted. I know that this poll ran a little longer then the others because of my weekend off, but 51 people voted. It was a new record!
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I love the Starbucks Mochas–and even drinks like Caramel lattes. But I usually just drink drip coffee black. I love Peet’s Coffee, and get a cup about once a week from the store nearby me in Marina Del Rey, CA. Or I’ll buy a bag and brew it at home. Drinking some Sumatra right now actually.
My favorite roasters are Kill Devil (Outer Banks, NC), Mayorga (Silver Spring, MD), Beanstock (Cape Cod, MA) and Dean’s Beans (western MA). Bonus points for Kill Devil and Beanstock, because they operate in coastal areas, which I believe are pretty challenging and temperamental for roasting.
My favorite brewing method is the French Press. If I get beans from any of the above roasters, grind them fresh and brew some French-Pressed coffee, I am going to be a very happy guy
I’m really surprised that they wouldn’t lift a finger to help you out. I’m disappointed that they took that “corporate” route and wouldn’t help you at all. That’s not something I would expect at all from them.
Mike, their coffee is great — but their customer service is HORRIBLE.
They shipped to an old address on file; I immediately contacted them to correct it. They didn’t. A couple days later, it shipped.
I then contacted them to get them to redirect the shipment. They wouldn’t, insisting I had to do it. I called UPS and, as I expected, UPS said the shipper should contact them, as I have no way to prove I’m the recipient. I contacted Boca Java — of course, they still wouldn’t contact UPS.
Eventually, after the original order was returned, they shipped my coffee. It was late — and all because they were incompetent. The real offense, was throughout all of this they were completely oblivious to what was going on. They were friendly, chipper and altogether ineffective. I am generally pretty forgiving/understanding about these things — but I found it unbearably infuriating just how happy they were with how poorly they were doing.
Marye – Kinetic’s coffees are at the top of my list to try. I just have to shrink the amount of coffee I have in my kitchen first.
MAS – I was about to say you can’t go wrong with espresso, then I remembered all of the sub par espresso that I’ve had.
Allen – I’ve only had a limited experience with Boca Java. However, I have heard that you’re not the only one that has had issues with them.
Devon – I totally agree with you about the super market coffee. I’m actually hoping to get to Philly sometime, I have family there that I haven’t seen for way too long.
If you ever get to Philly, you MUST go to Cheesesteak Corner in South Philly, at 9th and Federal (where Pat’s and Geno’s are). Diagonally across the street from Geno’s is Rim Cafe run by a frenchman named Rene. He KNOWS coffee. He only serves Lavazza coffee from Italy. Any drink he makes is to die for, and he crafts it with such love and care, and it is an experience just to watch him. His Siphon Coffee and cappuccino brulee are (he torches the sugar on top with a honest-to-God blow torch). He also is a winner of Best of Philly for his Volcano hot chocolate…
Tell him Devon from Lancaster sent you
Hmmm…this is tough. I’d have to say Ethiopian or Jamaican Blue Mountain. I had gotten some to-die-for JBM at the stunningly low price of $13.95 a pound in Bermuda at a great coffee place in St. George on my honeymoon 3 years ago. It was amazing.
Going further, I prefer Dark or French roasts. I like sinking my teeth into a dark, rich brew.
Brand is even harder still. I’m really in love with Community Coffee. Starbucks is okay. Seattle’s Best tastes like chalk to me, so I can tell you I don’t care for them. I haven’t tried tons of brands so it’s hard to say. I remember Gevalia from years back, was okay. Anything from the supermarket tastes stale to me (at least, the mediocre brands).
Despite two consecutive bad customer service experiences with them and, deep down, a wish to boycott them for it . . . Sumatran Sunset by Boca Java is my favorite coffee. I hate them. But I really love the SS…
Espresso. Clover would be a close 2nd.
Fav coffee? Hmm…Right now it is Kinetic Koffee’s Morning Mayhem… Because of the synthroid I am on now I can’t have calcium in the morning…ie: no cream in the coffee. KK’s MM is one that I like equally as well black as with cream and sugar. Coffee drinks? SOnic’s Java chiller with an espresso shot is really high on my list.