Coffee drinkers....

I'll start off by saying that I'm a MAJOR coffee drinker, have been since high school. Its what got me through college, 3am house fires in January, thousands of miles of road tripping, and 1600-2300 miles of work driving a month with my current job. (Considering career change, updates on that after the first of the year)

My question is, what do you drink? At home right now we're drinking this:



And its good, but its getting old. On the road I'll drink whatever I can get, usually from a gas station, or preferably a truck stop. It usually tastes like swill water, but man is it good coffee.

I'm looking for something new. I know that a lot of coffee is regional, but if anyone's got a lead for me, that would be awesome.

I will say this, I will go out of my way to AVOID coffee from Dunkin Donuts, and Starbucks. Even McDonalds has better coffee than the both of them. DD used to be a favorite, but its really just like drinking a collection of chemicals that has a vaguely coffee-like flavor. Starbucks is actually just awful. I wouldn't mind the price if it was decent coffee. It seems to be brewed for the casual drinker, and not the "I Friggin NEED it" person.

Also, this stuff is amazing:




Edited by Reb Cpl - 13 December 2010 at 7:29am

Starbucks morning Joe. Dunkin donuts taste like fake sugar to me. I do like on the run coffee and 7-11 and wawa coffee as well.

We have nothing but DD and Starbucks in our pantry so I'm out of suggestions.

tallen702 wrote: I usually have a bag of medium roast Costa Rican in the house for when I feel the need.

EFFING DAWT.

When we went to Costa Rica this summer, my entire opinions of coffee changed. Everywhere we went, they served free coffee, and every single time it was unbelievably good.

agentwhale007 wrote: Man, right now, since I'm back home, I'm rocking the Keurig. My mom got a sampler-kit thing years ago for it and never used it, so I've been going through them. It makes such a good cup of coffee.  You should consider that.  Also, I've not quite gotten tired of Maxwell House. I just hop around from their "Breakfast blend" to their dark roast.

little devil wrote: Anyone know if you can use reg ground coffee with filter for those^^^ machines? Couldnt see buying one without having it switch over.

DaveEllis wrote: We have nothing but DD and Starbucks in our pantry so I'm out of suggestions. Have you tried the Eight O'Clock coffee, been around for awhile and I found it to be pretty good for its price point.

Oddly enough, same here. The coffee in most convienence stores around here is absolutely horrible. It is so weak that I really question whether they are reusing the packets or something. The coffee we make at home tends to be a little more "stick to your ribs' coffee. On a daily basis, we drink Folgers, tending towards the darker end of the spectrum, but like to try different brands. My wife is partial to SanFranciscos Best or something like that. As long as it isnt the Brazilian crap that smells like cigars, I am pretty good to go.

One of our clients is a nice big financial firm up in the Capital District- every time I go up there for something, they offer me coffee from their Keurig. It is excellent coffee, and I like going there for that reason.

I'll literally drink just about anything.

My absolute favorite though, is the coffee we make in camp at Reenactments. (OS can attest to this) whomever is unlucky enough to wake up first has the obligation to make a pot of coffee over the fire so that everyone else can have it when they get up. Its usually a huge pot and it heats and simmers all morning. I drink it black and its enough to make your hair stand on end if you're not used to it.

The cool thing is, every unit has a coffee pot brewing first thing in the morning, and every. single. one. will offer you a cup if you walk into their camp. there's absolutely nothing better than a hot cup of camp coffee- especially when you're shaking the frost out of your gear and trying to get feeling back into your fingers after an early fall night in a canvas tent.