We've had some lengthy discussions here about what kind of coffee maker to use on the road - percolator, french press etc. Well I am here to announce I have the final answer.
We've had some lengthy discussions here about what kind of coffee maker to use on the road - percolator, french press etc. Well I am here to announce I have the final answer.
Starbucks instant.
Nuff said.
Are you lookin' fer a thrashin' son?
How can your standards be so high for beer but essentially non-existent for coffee? Kids these days...
I don't know...maybe we should give DD a break. He's been on the road for a while, camping at a strange latitude -- he probably has some southern fever or delirious from the sun. You know, like chnlisle.
P.s. I do hand grinder and French press. Just add boiling water. Doesn't get much simpler than that. Aside from the aforementioned instant coffee, which may or may not be actual coffee.
In all honesty, I really don't have a sophisticated palette...though I probably wouldn't bother drinking instant anymore unless I just wanted the caffeine, and if that's the case I'd just take NoDoz.
But if anyone is interested in the opinion of the most highfalutin source for coffee reviews, CoffeeReview.com, see their review of instant coffees (including 2 Starbucks flavors) from a year ago. For reference, a very good coffee rating here (like wine ratings elsewhere) is >90, and all of these (except a liquid concentrate) were less than 80....some much less than 80. They don't hate Starbucks (among these instants), but it's not the top -- except in price!
BTW: I can't detect even 10% of the flavor notes that the CoffeeReview.com guys describe -- not sophisticated! But I like to pretend...