Coffee - classic or dud?

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And does anyone else's pee go cloudy after they've been drinking it?

― Mark C, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― jess, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

only a coffee-addled fool would have said that! DUD

― katie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Jess's answer is in the shape of a percolator (sort of)!

Talk about urine.

― Mark C, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

does anyone know what jess thinks about coffee?

― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

if you want to talk about urine mark C you should do it on another thread :):) seriously though i have given up coffee. it fucks me up too much.

― katie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

3-4 cups a day. Love it.

― Will, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dud unless it's got so much caramel and vanilla that you can barely taste the coffee at all. I can't even swallow a tiny tiny cup of Turkish coffee, even though I tried really hard so that I could have my fortune told from the drips left in the cup.

― Maria, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have to give up caffeine. I drink fat coke all day and it's killing me I fear. I gave it up last year after a colleague of mine had a stroke working for [LARGE SOFT DRINKS COMPANY] but my willpower collapsed after I switched jobs.

― Tom, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I love it, but it doesn't love me. So I'm down to one cup a day, and instant at that, which makes me very very unhappy. Oh, I miss my poor departed coffeemaker, which was lost in one of the endless moves of the past year. But then I'd be a paranoid, jittery, babbling freak. Erm... wait, that's me not on coffee as well. Never mind.

Classic. Oh yes, it is classic. It tastes so yummy and makes you so happy it's hard to believe it's legal.

― kate, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Lovely, wonderful. Think of nice creamy lattes or thick syrupy shots of the Turkish stuff and the smell of fresh coffee beans and the feeling of real satisfaction you get when you pop the papery foil on a new jar of instant.

― Anna, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dud. Migraines are awful. Nice taste, nasty effect. However, I can drink Coke with no bad effects and it sort sme out much better than coffee does. Give me 3 cans of Coke and I'm hyper for hours. Ace! (It has to be Coca-Cola, from a can, into a glass. No other way.)

― alix, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

DUD DUD DUD DUD DUD DUDUDUDUDUDUDDUDUDUDUDDUDUDUDUDUDUDDUDUDUDUDD ad nauseum.

― james, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

classic. Especially when i can feel blood vessels in my temples twitch.

no cloudy pee.

― badger, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The druggist version of this thread: Caffeine: Classic or Dud?

I'm crap at consumption -> piss inferences. I just don't pay enough attention

― Nick, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

coffee dud cos it makes my tummy hurt. i r drinking t.

― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've finally reached the point where I feel ill every day from drinking too much of it. I may have to increase my already excessive alcohol intake to compensate.

― the pinefox, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yack, it is one of the vilest substances known to humankind. It tastes horrid, & smells even worse. Some bunch of fux0rs erected a coffee stand in Newcastle Central Station, which I have to walk AND INHALE past every morning. Whne I become ev0l k-authoritarian dictator IT WILL BE BANNED ALONG WITH OTHER NAR-STY SUBSTANCES SUCH AS CUSTARD AND CABBAGE.

― Nor,an Phay, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Smell = Classic. Taste = Yeuch!

― Ally C, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

In high school I lived above a small coffee shop that would have four pots brewing at once for the main rush, the smell was wonderful. That house was also super funky.

But coffee is heavenly. Its one of the only reasons I can think of to smoke, a coffee and cigarette is one of the greatest things on earth.
I gave up smoking but I still love coffee, I love it on the train into work watching the city fly bye, I love it in the computer lab waiting for crap to compile, I love it on Christmas morning with a large helping of irish cream and I just love working on my eCoffee project.

― Mr Noodles, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i don't drink it unless i want to stay awake.

― di, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had to give up drinking coffee because of intestinal problems. Now I drink tea instead.

No cloudy pee, just more of it.

― MarkH, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

coffee is my master

― geoff, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Coffee makes me thirsty, what's that all about?

― chris, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dud. It tastes awful.

― rosemary, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Love it, but you really need to have a recording of me saying that in my *special* voice. Much as I think coffee is classic I think my limit is about 3 cups a day at the moment. I need to harden up

― Menelaus Darcy, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

coffee makes you thirsty so as you will love more coffee....

― geoff, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's great if you like loose stool.

― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 24 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Smell = v. nice. Taste = good when mixed with other things like chocolate. Desire for it/need for it/requirement for daily living with it = NONEXISTENT. Good thing too.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

Revived so that I may express my love of and gratitude for coffee. I got four hours of sleep last night, had to wake up at 7 to go to work, and woke up with a headache and a stiff neck. Felt like crap. Came into work, drank a cup of coffee, and instantly felt 400% better. Man, do I love coffee. It smells and tastes great. Sure, I get caffeine withdrawal headaches sometimes, but at least I know how to get rid of them: drink more coffee.
Flavored coffee blows though. It tastes gross. I take mine with a little bit of half and half and a lot of sugar. I drink about 2 cups of coffee a day, both in the morning at work. We used to have really weak gross coffee and everyone would go to Starbucks instead, so we decided we needed a coffee service. That was fun, because we got to taste a bunch of different coffees to find a suitable one. So now we've got a pretty decent one. Coffee is typically my breakfast.
I was reading this book, My Name is Red by Omar Pahmuk, set in 16th cent. Turkey among the artists who illuminate books. There's interesting stuff about coffee in there, the artists like it because it "sharpens the mind," but the religious fanatics are against it. It's not a major part of the book but it's an interesting subplot.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Thursday, 27 February 2003 14:52 (twenty-three years ago)

I made myself some decaf cappuccino this morning. mmm...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

i don't like coffee or tea. never understood the obsession with them...

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Surely no one is obsessed with coffee or tea? It's like being obsessed with bread, or tables, or something.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

obsession in the sense od drinking them a lot...

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:37 (twenty-three years ago)

<< Coffee makes me thirsty, what's that all about? >>

It's a diuretic. The caffeine dehydrates you in large doses. That said, coffee = CLASSIC. I've got it down so that although I enjoy my daily morning cup, I can go without it if I need to.

― mike a (mike a), Thursday, 27 February 2003 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Mild Cappuccino is Classic, but only once a day with some vanilla on top, it is similar to drinking Perrier. Other coffees are Dud for me.

― Sheshell, Thursday, 27 February 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

god's gift to mankind

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 27 February 2003 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)

The primrose path to Satan, therefore only to be indulged sparingly. Yay fresh orange juice! (Seriously, it's my New Morning Thing, pick up a new batch of oranges every week from a really good family farm's stall at a farmer's market.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 27 February 2003 16:43 (twenty-three years ago)

A Spanish girl in the cafe near my house makes the best cappuccino, so far.

― Sheshell, Thursday, 27 February 2003 17:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Hm. Today = international day of coffee spack.

This morning, co-worker goes to fetch her coffee. She usually gets me some boiling water. I add coffee at desk. Today I mentioned I'd like to try her brand of coffee. She goes to get water. On her return, I add in my usual large spoonful of Nescafe.

It tastes VERY ODD.

"I really must change brands", I think.

Later on:

"How did you like my coffee?" she said.

"I didn't have any", I said.

"I put some in your mug", she said.

I *wondered* why I was feeling so manic after just one cup...

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 27 February 2003 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Stone cold classic.

Much mourned is a local coffeeshop that used to make a drink called the "Keith Richards" that consisted of 4 shots of espresso and Ibarra chocolate from Mexico. Simultaneously sacred and profane...

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Thursday, 27 February 2003 17:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Ultra-unbelievable classic.

Pannakins shut down? Goddamn...

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Thursday, 27 February 2003 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

a way of life

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 27 February 2003 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

it's my life, and it's my wife

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 27 February 2003 22:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Gives me concentration, I prefer to drink it in the afternoon.

― Sheshell (Sheshell), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:27 (twenty-three years ago)

CLASSIC, I really enjoy it and especially after a big dinner, but I've never developed a habit for it - I've sort of even tried to get into it, but I kept forgetting to make it in the morning.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, caffeine jitters are Satan, and bad coffee is Satan's piss...but a good cup of coffee (my standards: French roast with chicory, served with skim milk in proportions of about 2:1) is divine.

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:42 (twenty-three years ago)

A couple Pannakin coffeshops have closed down, yep. But the chain as a whole lives on. Just not near me anymore...

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't you think coffee in smoking is Dud?? Aroma is also important.

― Sheshell (Sheshell), Thursday, 27 February 2003 23:56 (twenty-three years ago)

coffee = dud
coffee beans = classic (i munch 6 of them on new years eve and stay up all night, it's my coke)

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 28 February 2003 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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I generally use about 1 1/2 heaping teaspoons of coffee per cup of water and just bring it to a boil, let it simmer a while, then let it settle a bit before drinking.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 22 January 2006 01:06 (twenty years ago)

Did you get the beans ground on the finest setting?

the grinder on my coffee machine goes to 10 -- i think i had it at around 8, which is pretty fine.

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 22 January 2006 01:28 (twenty years ago)

no spinal tap jokes please

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 22 January 2006 01:29 (twenty years ago)

many stores and cafes do nto realize that their grinders need to be CALIBRATED! Or else "espresso" or "turkish" grind may actually be too coarse. HAH! THE FOOLS! And don't belive their claims that if its too fine it will taste over-extracted. They are just trying to get you to buy more coffee! INCREASE THE SURFACE AREA FOR BUDEJET BUSTER!

― Mr. Latham Green (hanle y 3000), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:22 (twenty years ago)

I brew a pot at 3:30 in the morning during the work week, and I usually drink two cups before I leave for work. That usually does me just fine for the day. But a lot of the times I do get a great cup of joe from the Whold Foods Market in Sherman Oaks before noon.

― van igloo (van smack), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:32 (twenty years ago)

Sounds like you have things under kontrol van igloo. But don't you crave an after dinner blackjava!

― Mr. Latham Green (hanle y 3000), Sunday, 22 January 2006 08:35 (twenty years ago)

dud. makes me psychotic, delusional.

― xavier mcshane (xave), Sunday, 22 January 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

I recommend Diedrich's Huehuetenango and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's Ethiopia Yirgacheffe. After I finish the coffee from the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf that I got in Los Angeles over winter break, I will try Blue Bottle.

― youn, Sunday, 22 January 2006 17:29 (twenty years ago)

Classic, despite the fact that I almost got myself into a car accident yesterday driving in the snow while overcaffeinated (I think I wound up having four or five cups with my lunch unintentionally-- I was having such a good time chatting with my lunch partner that we just sat around abusing the bottomless cup of coffee for hours).

― Chris F. (servoret), Sunday, 22 January 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

Classic.. but nearly impossible to find a decent cup of plain black coffee (like American coffee, not espresso). I have to say, despite annoying slogans and cultish employment ads, the Murky Coffee on Capitol Hill (DC) does make a pretty decent cup of coffee.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 23 January 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

had a turkish cofee yesterday! I must say, really nice!

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 23 January 2006 12:43 (twenty years ago)

Mmmm, Vietnamese iced coffee with condensed milk. Perhaps today after lunch.

― truck-patch pixel farmer (my crop froze in the field) (Rock Hardy), Monday, 23 January 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

what's american coffee?

― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 23 January 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

so classic right now, when I've only had 4 hours of sleep

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 23 January 2006 14:44 (twenty years ago)

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― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 23 January 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

american coffee, uh, regular drip coffee, you know? not a cafe americano.

turkish coffee is fantastic.. I should make some of that..

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 23 January 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

Mmmm, Vietnamese iced coffee with condensed milk. Perhaps today after lunch.

i'd love one of these right now. there's a thai place nearby -- close enough, right?

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

I suppose I shouldn't mention Lee's Sandwiches just being right across the street.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 23 January 2006 17:35 (twenty years ago)

grrrrrrrrrrrrr

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

yeah, but does american coffee need to be made out of folgers or maxwell house? because plenty of non-franchise cafes have wonderful drip coffee.

― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 23 January 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)

American coffee is roasted tooo lightly and brewed too weakly. But it is nice to have in a diner late at night with cream and sugar while Edward Hopper paints you

― Latham Green (mike), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

yeah, but does american coffee need to be made out of folgers or maxwell house? because plenty of non-franchise cafes have wonderful drip coffee.

absolutely not! I would never drink that stuff. but honestly, I have hardly ever had a good cup of drip coffee at any cafe or coffeehouse. I'm awfully picky about it.. I make it v strong though. one of my housemates bought some super pricey fair trade coffee but she brews it so weak you may as well be drinking folgers. ugh.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

good cup of drip coffee -

http://www.eightoclock.com/images/100.gif
colombian. get the whole beans & grind them yourself. brew very strong.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:40 (twenty years ago)

that stuff rules.

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:43 (twenty years ago)

what i really want is one of these, right in my kitchen:

http://i17.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/a1/f3/42_1_b.JPG

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:46 (twenty years ago)

Product Features

* Unique design assures extremely low evaporation loss to maintain the brew at itâ€™s flavorful peak.
* Large water tank â€“ over 20 gallons
* Draw off hot water during the brewing cycle without affecting coffee quality
* Top mounted components for ease of service
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* Brewing capacity of 16.3 gallons per hour

― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:47 (twenty years ago)

so i plied myself with breakfast, orange juice and all kindsa energy-giving vitamins this morning and made it through to lunch relatively alright, but this post-lunch crash is killing me. a soporific energy lull followed by a splitting headache? fuck this! i want a coffee so bad.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 23 January 2006 19:54 (twenty years ago)

American coffee is roasted tooo lightly and brewed too weakly.

too true.

au bon pain's french roast drip coffee is good.

― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 14:35 (twenty years ago)

I'm not sure I agree with that. I think the problem with much American coffee is that Colombian beans are too bitter and they're ground too coarsely.

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 14:52 (twenty years ago)

xxxpost

totally! on the vietnamese coffee.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 15:30 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

i haven't had a coffee in 23 days! i feel good!

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:52 (twenty years ago)

To return to the original question: as the story goes, the stimulant properties of coffee was discovered by an Ethiopian goatherd, after his goats ate the berries from a bush and started frisking around like kids. Given its effects on goats alone, I can say no other than classic.

And since I have managed to avoid the perils and pitfalls of caffeine addiction, through scrupulous limits on my daily intake, I will not join the negative chorus of dudsayers who struggle or have struggled with the roasted beast.

― Aimless (Aimless), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

i got teh gaggia classic espresso machine. It is a wonder of modern engineering and makes a wonderful coffee.

― jeffrey (johnson), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 22:24 (twenty years ago)

i haven't had any coffee today, but i'm drinking coke zero right now, which also has lots of caffeine.

― kanye twitty (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 22:37 (twenty years ago)

I am apalled that I do not appear to have already voiced how CLASSIC coffee is.

Also, search: chocolate covered coffee beans

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 23:03 (twenty years ago)

aimless, that is a great story! how sure are you that it is true?

otm on the chocolate covered coffee beans. i'm also a fan of turkish coffee. thick, sweet, and with the potential for family fun with fortune telling from the grounds.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 23:53 (twenty years ago)

Actual Ethiopian or Eritrean coffee = aaaah. So nice.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 23:54 (twenty years ago)

I love Ethiopian Yrgacheffe coffee but the one time I ever ordered coffee at an Ethiopian restaurant it was horrible, about twice as watery as the usual American brew. Is this the way Ethiopians like it?

Oh, and: classic.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 16 February 2006 01:38 (twenty years ago)

The chances of veracity for the story about the goats is somewhat higher than legends normally rate. This story got recorded within 100 years of when coffee first made its way to Arabia. The goatherd even has a name: Kaldi. I give it about an 85% chance of being true.

― Aimless (Aimless), Thursday, 16 February 2006 02:04 (twenty years ago)

what is ethiopian coffee like?

― Maria (Maria), Thursday, 16 February 2006 02:40 (twenty years ago)

I find most african coffees to be somewhat sour and lemony, I prefer coffee form INdonesia

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Thursday, 16 February 2006 08:15 (twenty years ago)

Worship at the altar of my new coffee machine.

http://www.bella-italia.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/gondola/coffee/item75.html?L+gondolaGBP+chlz6463+1140100013

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 16 February 2006 10:05 (twenty years ago)

i've gotten into coffee a lot recently, black with no sugar, piping hot, in a huge bowl cup. it's livened me up a little i think.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 16 February 2006 10:12 (twenty years ago)

After a couple of days of comparing reviews & prices (at coffeegeek.com and wholelattelove.com ) and after this recommendation:

i got teh gaggia classic espresso machine. It is a wonder of modern engineering and makes a wonderful coffee.

-- jeffrey (jeffreyzo...), February 15th, 2006 11:24 PM. (johnson) (link)

I got myself one too, today. Was bloody tired of that half-assed crap that my Senseo was making (it was the same stuff it always made, but suddenly I've grown extremely tired of it and it was just, well, it was over.)

I expected a long learning curve, I tried my first espresso. It's sitting next to my keyboard as I'm typing this, and I'm completely speechless. This is... *wipes tear from eye*

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for that tip, Jeffrey. It came just at the right time for my decision. Got it at a neighborhood roaster I walked by thousands of time before here in Ghent, but had never entered. The smell in there was already knee-weakeningly fabulous, I knew immediately I was doing the right thing. (Sao Paulo(dutch language site) )

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

Five years old and still going strong! Sometimes I wish you were a little quieter, but that's not a big problem. Love you, lil gaggia classic buddy!

― StanM, Monday, 21 February 2011 07:55 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

...uh.

http://gawker.com/5954179/when-oopsies-leads-to-death-nurse-who-injected-patient-with-coffee-argues-anyone-can-get-confused

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:25 (thirteen years ago)

"anyone stupid as me could have made this error"

― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:42 (thirteen years ago)

Ah yes, the old "it was an accident" defense to negligence

― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:43 (thirteen years ago)

then she gave an accidental coffee enema

― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:31 (thirteen years ago)

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