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Goodbye Keurig...I went to the dark side and now grind coffee beans
August 7, 2017 at
12:52 PM
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I was out of town for a month and just couldn't get past the fact that you cannot clean the internal reservoir of a Keurig. Being the germaphobe that I am and allergic to mold..and ick...I couldn't get myself to use it again after it had been unplugged for so long 
I never really drank coffee when I drove a school bus (a cappuccino here or there doesn't count) in my book.
The Keurig made it simple, quick and clean.. no fuss no muss.
I had a reg coffee pot in the cupboard for when relatives came to town but I preferred my weak, sweet coffee pods.
Even some of the medications I have to take can cause acid re-flux issues so weaker coffee and not being dependent on it made sense... *also prone to migraines anyway.
Well, I spent 3 weeks with my brother and my sister stayed over most nights..and both drink coffee religiously..so yes, there I was drinking fresh ground organic coffee beans.. so it was fairly strong.
I know that if I don't wean off it slowly ..weaker and weaker I'll have one heck of a headache..so I gave in to the dark side and bought a bean grinder and organic beans
smh
I never really drank coffee when I drove a school bus (a cappuccino here or there doesn't count) in my book.
The Keurig made it simple, quick and clean.. no fuss no muss.
I had a reg coffee pot in the cupboard for when relatives came to town but I preferred my weak, sweet coffee pods.
Even some of the medications I have to take can cause acid re-flux issues so weaker coffee and not being dependent on it made sense... *also prone to migraines anyway.
Well, I spent 3 weeks with my brother and my sister stayed over most nights..and both drink coffee religiously..so yes, there I was drinking fresh ground organic coffee beans.. so it was fairly strong.
I know that if I don't wean off it slowly ..weaker and weaker I'll have one heck of a headache..so I gave in to the dark side and bought a bean grinder and organic beans
smh
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I think I can still feel my hair.
I have learned to make a proper cup of coffee. I use an Aeropress, a Baratza burr grinder, and a tooty-fruity Gooseneck Coffee Gator water kettle that has a thermometer in it. And I time my brews to the second.
Then I fark it all up and put half and half in it.
At 56 I look forward to the perfect cup about as much as sex.
Iced coffee and cold brew are VERY VERY VERY different. Iced coffee is you take your coffee, brew it for a few minutes, dump it into a cup of ice, and tada you have iced coffee.
Cold brew, you take your ground coffee, place it in water, and put it in the fridge. I found about 12 hours tastes the best to me, but everyone is different. To the VERY slow brewing process from the coldness, the coffee has no bitterness as Frogstar said.
Maybe I'll make the move to coffee when I grow up.
Now you need a Ninja coffee maker.
http://www.ninjakitche
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Now Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, that's some gooooooood stuff.
Now Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, that's some gooooooood stuff.
Also too expensive for me to justify.
Also too expensive for me to justify.
/bunny
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At my weekend home mansion in Hawaii that I take my private jet to, I find that I save a lot of money buying Kona coffee while in Hawaii rather than buy it here. It also helps that I have my own personal kona coffee fields surrounded by a golden fence to protect it.