Cancel Culture Goes Conservative: Black Rifle Coffee Company

[MK11]

It pains me to link to the Daily Beast but: https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-rifle-coffee-was-maga-royalty-until-it-turned-on-kyle-rittenhouse

People are losing their minds.

[LittleLebowski]

BRCC shouldn't have had their name attached to that piece of shit David Frum.

[LittleLebowski]

It pains me to link to the Daily Beast but: https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-rifle-coffee-was-maga-royalty-until-it-turned-on-kyle-rittenhouse

People are losing their minds.

Also, that article is deeply flawed and very slanted. What happened is that folks got mad when BRCC refused to support Rittenhouse (fine by me, they don't have to support anyone), but then donation data was dug up showing that the founder of BRCC donated to Obama (and McCain) (again, fine by me). However, they should have known better than to do this: https://kickasspoliticspreview1.libsyn.com/david-frum-on-surviving-the-trumpocalypse

David Frum is a "Republican" that is vehemently antigun and of course, a rabid NeverTrumper. Case closed.

[RevolverRob]

Who cares? This is why I don't buy gun-branded shit, anyways.

Where is Tom_Jones when you need him? Well, I'll jump on this - So which one is Taran and which one is Jade?

[AKDoug]

One only needs to spend time reading Coffee or Die, BRCC's online news and lifestyle webpage to understand that they are a complicated company that weaves back and forth between the right and the left view points. They undeniably love (and profit) off of veterans and that's o.k. by me. They also realize that Vets and their families are not always conservatives (also fine by me).

I spent a day this summer with Ethan Rocke (Author and senior editor for Coffee or Die) when he was sent on assignment up to Alaska to film Tim Montana and his band for a feature for BRCC. Ethan is a good enough dude, and while he spouts theories of journalistic integrity, he is definitely a left leaning libertarian. He is a Trump must go at all costs sort of guy and he seemed obsessed with it in my limited time following him on social media.

You can also see that others they hire for their media presence have some left leaning tendencies.

BRCC is walking a very difficult marketing line of trying to bring Vets, Conservatives, and Hipsters into one group and it's going to have a bumpy road doing so. I like their coffee well enough, but I just get my free samples from my sources and move on. I'm not paying their elevated prices for their product.

[Clusterfrack]

"“We’re not in the business of profiting from tragedy,” the CEO of the gun-themed coffee company said. “We’re not in the business of profiting from this event. We have zero interest in collecting one dollar from any of this. It is ethically inappropriate for us to do so, or even give the perception [of profiting].”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-rifle-coffee-was-maga-royalty-until-it-turned-on-kyle-rittenhouse

I'm 100% okay with this statement. It's an example that all businesses should follow, but instead most continue to virtue signal for profit. It makes me want to buy some Black Rifle Coffee.

As for Kyle R, he is a counterexample that every gun owner, or future gun owner can use as an example of what not to do. I bet it was hard for Mat Best not to not say more about this dangerous, irresponsible idiot. Good on him for taking the high road.

[LittleLebowski]

"“We’re not in the business of profiting from tragedy,” the CEO of the gun-themed coffee company said. “We’re not in the business of profiting from this event. We have zero interest in collecting one dollar from any of this. It is ethically inappropriate for us to do so, or even give the perception [of profiting].”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-rifle-coffee-was-maga-royalty-until-it-turned-on-kyle-rittenhouse

I'm 100% okay with this statement. It's an example that all businesses should follow, but instead most continue to virtue signal for profit. It makes me want to buy some Black Rifle Coffee.

As for Kyle R, he is a counterexample that every gun owner, or future gun owner can use as an example of what not to do. I bet it was hard for Mat Best not to not say more about this dangerous, irresponsible idiot. Good on him for taking the high road.

Again, the David Frum thing is what bothers me.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/guns-are-american-exception/595450/

[Totem Polar]

Evan Hafer is the CEO of BRCC. That said, I think the response is measured and appropriate.

As an aside, I suspect that Evan is probably a decent dude. I know that he stepped up as an angel to help my buddy Matt Graham get his watch company on the map, just because they did work together in the past. That, and the fact that BRC prints money.

At any rate, I don’t like seeing the spread of cancel culture anywhere—that’s a goddamn cancer on the liver of society, right there.

[fatdog]

David Frum is a "Republican" that is vehemently antigun and of course, a rabid NeverTrumper. Case closed.

Also a Canadian. Somebody who fit the mold of what NPR thinks a Conservative "should be" which is why he got hired there, sorta the same thing as Brooks at the NYT, not a real conservative by any definition, ever. Now writing for one of the most left wing magazines on the market, the Atlantic. His views make Mitt Romney and William Weld look like radical right wingers.

[Casual Friday]

BRCC is the Olive Garden of coffee. Don't @ me.

[Clusterfrack]

Again, the David Frum thing is what bothers me.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/guns-are-american-exception/595450/

That sucks. I would expect anyone who values the 2nd Amendment to stay away from this Frum guy. Especially if they made this video:


https://youtu.be/BYVqmBaqgPU

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Frum is from a class of conservatives who fell out of favor with the current crew and mindset. Thus, to make a living, they sold themselves to Democrat oriented media as their 'house' anti-Trump person. The media hire all kinds of folks to hold a view they want. Santorum became CNN's pet Trump advocate. Just show biz.

[Casual Friday]

The BroVet Industrial Complex has one purpose, to make money. They sell you Folgers grade coffee at a premium price, tshirts with cool guy sayings on them and American flags on the sleeve, and donate to anti gun politicians.

[LittleLebowski]

Frum is from a class of conservatives who fell out of favor with the current crew and mindset. Thus, to make a living, they sold themselves to Democrat oriented media as their 'house' anti-Trump person. The media hire all kinds of folks to hold a view they want. Santorum became CNN's pet Trump advocate. Just show biz.

I think they were always conservatives in name only.

[LittleLebowski]

One would think that.


That sucks. I would expect anyone who values the 2nd Amendment to stay away from this Frum guy. Especially if they made this video:


https://youtu.be/BYVqmBaqgPU

[LittleLebowski]

I have not tried their stuff, but Stocking Mill Coffee (https://stockingmillcoffee.com/) is unrepentantly pro 2A and I will be trying their stuff, because I like caffeine and guns. If you like energy drinks and guns, Bang energy drinks supports the 2A. I've a case of Purple Haze (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079ND8698/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=ratio07-20&linkId=02e628eccc30a01e69172d57418f7632&language=en_US)delivered twice a month.

[TGS]

Also, that article is deeply flawed and very slanted. What happened is that folks got mad when BRCC refused to support Rittenhouse (fine by me, they don't have to support anyone), but then donation data was dug up showing that the founder of BRCC donated to Obama (and McCain) (again, fine by me). However, they should have known better than to do this: https://kickasspoliticspreview1.libsyn.com/david-frum-on-surviving-the-trumpocalypse

David Frum is a "Republican" that is vehemently antigun and of course, a rabid NeverTrumper. Case closed.

What exactly did they do that they should have known better?

[LittleLebowski]

What exactly did they do that they should have known better?

Sponsor a podcast with David Frum, that's why I included the link, it shows that.

[JAD]

I have not tried their stuff, but Stocking Mill Coffee (https://stockingmillcoffee.com/) is unrepentantly pro 2A and I will be trying their stuff, because I like caffeine and guns. If you like energy drinks and guns, Bang energy drinks supports the 2A. I've a case of Purple Haze (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079ND8698/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=ratio07-20&linkId=02e628eccc30a01e69172d57418f7632&language=en_US)delivered twice a month.

Since you mention it I have developed a relationship with Bang and am grateful for you having brought them up some time ago. I alternate between Star Blast and Rainbow Unicorn Tinkle.

My coffee comes from a roaster who is also our supply chain manager. He and I do not politically align I bet, but we're both smart enough to not talk about it. I get my pound of custom-roasted yirgacheffe, he gets a twenty, and I tell him the shit he's buying costs too much.

[TGS]

Sponsor a podcast with David Frum, that's why I included the link, it shows that.

As far as I understood sponsoring, they sponsored whatever came through that podcast for a given period of time.

If I like "What Grind's My Gears" with LittleLebowski, I say, "Hey, LL, I'd like to sponsor your 'What Grinds My Gears' for 6 months, if you throw my company in the production credits".

You agree.

TGS Chocolate Factory now gets sponsored at the bottom of every podcast you make for the next 6 months. I don't have fuck all to do with who you specifically interview.

Do you have something that ties BRCC to this Frum guy beyond the fact that BRCC sponsored a podcast? Is the podcast a dedicated BLM/Antifa/SPLC/Mom's Demand Action podcast? That's pretty tenuous to me as presented thus far.

[LittleLebowski]

As far as I understood sponsoring, they sponsored whatever came through that podcast for a given period of time.

If I like "What Grind's My Gears" with LittleLebowski, I say, "Hey, LL, I'd like to sponsor your 'What Grinds My Gears' for 6 months, if you throw my company in the production credits".

You agree.

TGS Chocolate Factory now gets sponsored at the bottom of every podcast you make for the next 6 months. I don't have fuck all to do with who you specifically interview.

Do you have something that ties BRCC to this Frum guy beyond the fact that BRCC sponsored a podcast? That's pretty tenuous to me as presented thus far.

I'd still disavow Frum pretty fucking quick and I recommend that they do so ASAP. Also, I never said I had anything other than that.

[TGS]

I'd still disavow Frum pretty fucking quick and I recommend that they do so ASAP. Also, I never said I had anything other than that.

IDK dude. Looks like their sponsorship is interspersed across a smattering of unrelated topics.

This sounds like a big bite of nothingburger to get angry over, or portray it as BRCC being at some sort of fault, endorsing Frum, etc.

[RevolverRob]

This thread is delivering truth bombs left and right. It's things like this, that make me prefer P-F (well this and the awesome shooting knowledge). No lock-step fall in line stuff.


BRCC is the Olive Garden of coffee. Don't @ me.

Truth.


The BroVet Industrial Complex has one purpose, to make money. They sell you Folgers grade coffee at a premium price, tshirts with cool guy sayings on them and American flags on the sleeve, and donate to anti gun politicians.

Double Truth.


"“We’re not in the business of profiting from tragedy,” the CEO of the gun-themed coffee company said. “We’re not in the business of profiting from this event. We have zero interest in collecting one dollar from any of this. It is ethically inappropriate for us to do so, or even give the perception [of profiting].”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-rifle-coffee-was-maga-royalty-until-it-turned-on-kyle-rittenhouse

I'm 100% okay with this statement. It's an example that all businesses should follow, but instead most continue to virtue signal for profit. It makes me want to buy some Black Rifle Coffee.

Triple Truth.


As for Kyle R, he is a counterexample that every gun owner, or future gun owner can use as an example of what not to do. I bet it was hard for Mat Best not to not say more about this dangerous, irresponsible idiot. Good on him for taking the high road.

Quadruple Truth.


At any rate, I don’t like seeing the spread of cancel culture anywhere—that’s a goddamn cancer on the liver of society, right there.

Quintuple Truth.

[LittleLebowski]

IDK dude. Looks like their sponsorship is interspersed across a smattering of unrelated topics.

This sounds like a big bite of nothingburger to get angry over, or portray it as BRCC being at some sort of fault.

My distaste for Frum and his ilk might be swaying my judgement, but this is a gun forum and he's very anti 2A. Anyway, that's my personal take on the "issue" and I agree that most of it is a nothingburger. I'll note that I did not post this topic and I've pointed out my thoughts on each facet of it from the start.

[Casual Friday]

I'm just here to do what I do best, shitpost and poke fun at people who buy BRCC. Either you fell hard for marketing hype, or you truly have terrible taste in coffee.

[LittleLebowski]

I'm just here to do what I do best, shitpost and poke fun at people who buy BRCC. Either you fell hard for marketing hype, or you truly have terrible taste in coffee.

I bought some (I like strong coffee) and was honestly unimpressed.

[TGS]

I'm just here to do what I do best, shitpost and poke fun at people who buy BRCC. Either you fell hard for marketing hype, or you truly have terrible taste in coffee.

Interesting way to flex on people.

NO. Don't post that again. LL

[Casual Friday]

Interesting way to flex on people.

This might help your root issue:



You seem to be taking this way too personal. Did Mat Best refuse your advances?

[okie john]

As far as I understood sponsoring, they sponsored whatever came through that podcast for a given period of time.

If I like "What Grind's My Gears" with LittleLebowski, I say, "Hey, LL, I'd like to sponsor your 'What Grinds My Gears' for 6 months, if you throw my company in the production credits".

You agree.

TGS Chocolate Factory now gets sponsored at the bottom of every podcast you make for the next 6 months. I don't have fuck all to do with who you specifically interview.

Do you have something that ties BRCC to this Frum guy beyond the fact that BRCC sponsored a podcast? Is the podcast a dedicated BLM/Antifa/SPLC/Mom's Demand Action podcast? That's pretty tenuous to me as presented thus far.

Your understanding of how this works is far too nuanced for American politics circa 2020.


Okie John

[okie john]

BRCC is the Olive Garden of coffee. Don't @ me.

I've had ONE sip from one cup, brewed from a bag I got at Cabelas.

Not impressed.


Okie John

[scw2]

At any rate, I don’t like seeing the spread of cancel culture anywhere—that’s a goddamn cancer on the liver of society, right there.

While I agree with the sentiment, I believe anyone that believes that and voted against Trump has a moral obligation to stand up against the various activists that try to cancel normal people, even more than those that might have voted for Trump. They didn't want Trump, which is understandable, but then they need to police their own parties. I see way more cancellation from one side, and am not looking forward to the policies being put forth and the activists being placed into administrative positions from the incoming admin.

[TGS]

You seem to be taking this way too personal. Did Mat Best refuse your advances?

What, I'm the only one that has a wallet photo of this?

63643

In full disclosure, I bought 3 boxes of the Thin Blue Line promo line about a year or two ago to put in the command post at my last assignment. Morale boost for people is a plus, same reason someone bought a big stash of it for here as well.

I just think that flexing on people for how they're not snobby about coffee is....strange, in a very beta-male soy boy way.

I'm just some dude that drank black coffee on night shift, so McD's or folgers was fine by me as long as it's not burnt, there's no spit in it, and I generally don't have to worry about getting shiv'd while ordering compared to the place in the other direction.

[Casual Friday]

I've had ONE sip from one cup, brewed from a bag I got at Cabelas.

Not impressed.


Okie John

I get a bag of it every year for Christmas from a family member. It always tastes stale, like it's been open and unused a while. I don't know how long they sit on the stuff or how long it lingers in the distribution chain, but I've never had one that was even remotely fresh.

[blues]

Jeez, you guys make a fella want to drink Folger's. (No, I don't...and I don't drink BRCC either.)

And when Titus Welliver convinced my wife to try Death Wish Coffee, we weren't impressed with it either, despite liking him in Bosch and Brooklyn South.

[Casual Friday]

What, I'm the only one that has a wallet photo of this?

63643

In full disclosure, I bought 3 boxes of the Thin Blue Line promo line about a year or two ago to put in the command post at my last assignment. Morale boost for people is a plus, same reason someone bought a big stash of it for here as well.

I just think that flexing on people for how they're not snobby about coffee is....strange, in a very beta-male soy boy way.

I'm just some dude that drank black coffee on night shift, so McD's or folgers was fine by me as long as it's not burnt, there's no spit in it, and I generally don't have to worry about getting shiv'd while ordering compared to the place in the other direction.

I don't know man, linking to sex toys is a pretty beta asshurt soy boy thing to do, but you do you. This actually seems more like some weird kind of internet grudge you're dragging around. I seem to recall you taking issue sometime in the last few months with something I posted, but I can't remember what it was and I don't care enough to investigate further.

See, I'm not even a coffee snob, nor am I flexing or attempting to. Flexing would be me bragging about spending a bunch of money on Kona and having it shipped here, or that kind of coffee that the little monkeys eat the beans and shit them out and they roast them, which is supposed to be a delicacy. I just buy a dark roast from a local roaster and it's not even as expensive as some of the off the shelf grocery store brands. It just tastes good.

Regardless, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[LittleLebowski]

OK, let's knock off the personal stuff. Please.

[Yung]

Does any here do handmade mugs or personally know somebody who does? I will pay two hundred dollars if someone could do something similar to one of their black mugs but with a 92 and the LTT logo instead of an M4 and the BRCC logo.

I will take some pictures later when I can stop at home to show what I am talking about.

[TGS]

Whoa whoa whoa, a little pushback and now it's a personal grudge getting dragged around which necessitates moderator intervention?

Here I thought we were just shitposting. I even went and drew up a meme with a pretentious guy sticking out his pinky declaring how pedestrian it is to drink BRCC.


Does any here do handmade mugs or personally know somebody who does? I will pay two hundred dollars if someone could do something similar to one of their black mugs but with a 92 and the LTT logo instead of an M4 and the BRCC logo.

I will take some pictures later when I can stop at home to show what I am talking about.

I bet this is something you could have done on Etsy. There's some 2A friendly artisans there....I even got spent cases turned into cufflinks for my groomsmen.

[ccmdfd]

Jeez, you guys make a fella want to drink Folger's. (No, I don't...and I don't drink BRCC either.)

And when Titus Welliver convinced my wife to try Death Wish Coffee, we weren't impressed with it either, despite liking him in Bosch and Brooklyn South.

So what brand have you two settled on?

[RevolverRob]

I admit, I definitely like fresh coffee and strong. I get my stuff delivered from a mom and pop shop in Texas. They roast, grind, and vacuum bag it, box and ship it to me. When I open my bag it's been roasted and ground less than a week before. They try to spread their bean sourcing around to various countries and operate within the Fair Trade network. Which I prefer, because it guarantees more profits to independent farmers in those countries.

I don't buy BRCC, because BRCC relies on marketing, not actual information about the coffee. Coffee isn't complex or anything, but I like to know where the bean is from, when it was roasted, etc. BRCC provides virtually none of that information. They're selling an image, not coffee. That's cool, I'm buying coffee not an image.

___

FYI - You're way more likely to get good coffee from McD's than Starbucks, because McD's moves through its drip coffee grounds quickly. Starbucks does not, because people mainly go there and order espresso. Think of it like ordering 'above the kitchen'. You don't go to a steak house and order a tofu salad. Don't go to Starbucks and order drip coffee.

[Yung]

I bet this is something you could have done on Etsy. There's some 2A friendly artisans there....I even got spent cases turned into cufflinks for my groomsmen.

I know but I would rather be able to say someone on p-f or a family/relative/friend/acquaintance of a p-f member made it for me.

[blues]

So what brand have you two settled on?

You don't wanna know. It's not that big a deal to me as long as it's not anemic. I hate thin, flavorless coffee. She likes strong coffee as well, so I drink what she likes, even if most aficionados and connoisseurs think it's burnt, and most of our ilk think they're the anti-Christ.

If it were up to me I'd drink espresso, (no sugar, lemon peel or additives), or Turkish coffee most all the time.

[TGS]

You don't go to a steak house and order a tofu salad.

Can't stop, won't stop.

#TeamWatchTheWorldBurnJustToSpite (https://pistol-forum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=TeamWatchTheWorldBurnJustToSpite)

[HCountyGuy]

Used to drink BRCC, making my way through their different blends trying to find something I liked. I like two of their offerings, think it was silencer smooth and the blue line one plus their canned ready-to-drinks ain’t bad.

Anyway I’ve been drinking Barnie’s coffee lately and in the words of Jules Winfield “this some serious gourmet shit!” I love their White Christmas blend and their holiday blend will certainly wake your ass up for taste alone.

I’ll drink whatever as long as it’s reasonably priced and doesn’t suck. Sorry Starbucks prices and SJWness takes them out for me, which is a shame cause their Cinnamon Dulce Lattes are pretty good.

[awp_101]

I’m always up for a second cup (phrasing?)


https://youtu.be/MJ4kCF22O2w

[BehindBlueI's]

I like coffee. As long as it's hot. Cold coffee is an abomination before men and gods. That's literally why Prometheus gave us fire. He saw some assholes drinking cold coffee and took pity.

[Casual Friday]

I unironically miss the Folgers commercials from when I was a kid.

"Peter comes home for Christmas" is pure Americana. Here's the full version as a peace offering for muddying up the thread.


https://youtu.be/I4kNl7cQdcU

[David S.]

I know but I would rather be able to say someone on p-f or a family/relative/friend/acquaintance of a p-f member made it for me.

What kind of mug are you looking for. Standard ceramic or a insulated travel mug?

My wife is into doing that kinda thing on her Cricut. (https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cricut&ref=nb_sb_noss_1) She could do something for you if she can find the right art.

[Wondering Beard]

I like coffee. As long as it's hot. Cold coffee is an abomination before men and gods. That's literally why Prometheus gave us fire. He saw some assholes drinking cold coffee and took pity.

Try coffee ice cream.

[HCountyGuy]

Try coffee ice cream.

Hell. Yes.

Oh and up yours BBI, I like iced coffee and cold brew! A heathen I am, I know.

[blues]

Folger's "Black Silk" was decent when we last had it years back. They had another dark roast but I don't remember what it was called. I can't think of any of the other common household brands which were okay.

[JAD]

Try coffee ice cream.

There was an extensive period in college where my diet was pretty much Honeycombs and Hagen-Das coffee.

There is a chocolate shop in KC called Christopher Elbow, and for a while they were making ice cream. They had a very dark, unsweet chocolate with a healthy dose of capsicum, not sure which pepper.

One day I stopped in there and had that as an affogato, double espresso dumped over a small scoop.

I am still not sure, and this is like ten years later, that I've ever had anything that good that was coffee-related, and I'm typing that /while drinking/ a pour-over made with my spec beans roasted to my spec three days ago and hand ground ten minutes ago.

It has never even briefly occured to me to drink BRC. I do like Yuban quite a bit.

[JAD]

Folger's "Black Silk" was decent when we last had it years back. They had another dark roast but I don't remember what it was called. I can't think of any of the other common household brands which were okay.

Cafe du Monde makes a french roast that's really, really good. Comes in a blue can, try some. It's grocery store typical.

[Caballoflaco]

Folger's "Black Silk" was decent when we last had it years back. They had another dark roast but I don't remember what it was called. I can't think of any of the other common household brands which were okay.

Folgers used to do a 100% Colombian whole bean medium roast that was fantastic. Their 1850 blends aren’t bad either.

I’m sure their politics are horrible but the Peet’s Coffee Major Dickenson’s blend is the best whole bean coffee I’ve been able to find in a local box store and is better than a lot of the small batch stuff local roasters do. I’ve never gotten a bag that was stale or bad.

[blues]

Try coffee ice cream.

Tillamook has a pretty good one.

[Casual Friday]

Folger's "Black Silk" was decent when we last had it years back. They had another dark roast but I don't remember what it was called. I can't think of any of the other common household brands which were okay.

My old boss used to buy Black Silk and their Gourmet Supreme. That may be the one you're thinking of.

[blues]

Cafe du Monde makes a french roast that's really, really good. Comes in a blue can, try some. It's grocery store typical.

I always thought their coffee somewhat overrated when I was in New Orleans. I can't remember if we bought it at home or not.

[LittleLebowski]

Cafe du Monde makes a french roast that's really, really good. Comes in a blue can, try some. It's grocery store typical.

I'll bite, it's not that expensive.

https://www.amazon.com/Cafe-Du-Monde-Coffee-13-Ounce/dp/B004H4SHUA/

[blues]

My old boss used to buy Black Silk and their Gourmet Supreme. That may be the one you're thinking of.

I think that's the one...as far as I can recall. I just didn't want to post it and be in error.

[Hot Sauce]

I bet this is something you could have done on Etsy. There's some 2A friendly artisans there....I even got spent cases turned into cufflinks for my groomsmen.You had that brass turned into man-ccessories, in this ammo pricing environment, instead of reloading?

You sir, are a savage.

[JAD]

I always thought their coffee somewhat overrated when I was in New Orleans. I can't remember if we bought it at home or not.

They’re famous for chicory coffee, which is an acquired taste. Their French is non-chic.

[Caballoflaco]

They’re famous for chicory coffee, which is an acquired taste..

Chicory is fine if your under Union Blockade and can’t get actual coffe, but last I heard the blockade ended over 150 years ago.

[blues]

Chicory is fine if your under Union Blockade and can’t get actual coffe, but last I heard the blockade ended over 150 years ago.

This just brought to mind when I was climbing in the Wind Rivers for five weeks and we ran out of dip (Copenhagen). I'd use coffee grounds between cheek and gum all day and couldn't figure out why I couldn't sleep at night. :rolleyes::p

[RoyGBiv]

They’re famous for chicory coffee, which is an acquired taste. Their French is non-chic.

Long ago we liked the Community Chicory blend.... I think they called it New Orleans Blend, but, maybe not.

These days we like the Sumatran stuff, from Sprouts, espresso grind, brewed in a Bialetti. I take it straight from the pot with a bit of sweetener, sometimes a dollop of half n half. Wife makes Americano out of it. Both happy.

I was on the road a few months ago and came up 2 days short on espresso for my travel size Bialetti. After turning down the hoidy-crafty stuff at Whole Foods, I stopped by a Food Lion and picked up a brick of Cafe Bustelo Espresso. If you like STRONG espresso, you'll like this stuff. Definitely what I would call a "Latin Roast". Very Cuban/Puerto Rican, IMO. I liked it a lot. Too strong for WifeGBiv. And bonus... It's cheap.
https://www.cafebustelo.com/en/coffee/ground/espresso-style-brick

[okie john]

Long ago we liked the Community Chicory blend.... I think they called it New Orleans Blend, but, maybe not.

These days we like the Sumatran stuff, from Sprouts, espresso grind, brewed in a Bialetti. I take it straight from the pot with a bit of sweetener, sometimes a dollop of half n half. Wife makes Americano out of it. Both happy.

I was on the road a few months ago and came up 2 days short on espresso for my travel size Bialetti. After turning down the hoidy-crafty stuff at Whole Foods, I stopped by a Food Lion and picked up a brick of Cafe Bustelo Espresso. If you like STRONG espresso, you'll like this stuff. Definitely what I would call a "Latin Roast". Very Cuban/Puerto Rican, IMO. I liked it a lot. Too strong for WifeGBiv. And bonus... It's cheap.
https://www.cafebustelo.com/en/coffee/ground/espresso-style-brick

A mi me gusta mucho. Bustelo is some good shit.


Okie John

[JAD]

Chicory is fine if your under Union Blockade and can’t get actual coffe, but last I heard the blockade ended over 150 years ago.

Fuck dude, from here it looks like it's just starting.

[Glenn E. Meyer]

I never really got into the coffee scene. At work, we had one of those capsule machines with flavor combos that were not appealing. I drink NESCAFÉ CLASICO Dark Roast Instant Coffee. I also put a teaspoon of dark chocolate cocoa in the cup and just hot water. Works for me.

[TheNewbie]

In a world with Diet Coke, why do you need coffee?


Coffee is something I can only drink if I’m really cold. Some of my favorite coffee is basically a small step above cheap gas station stuff.

I did enjoy going to a Mexican restaurant in the past that would give me coffee and sweat bread before my meal came out.

[JAD]

A mi me gusta mucho. Bustelo is some good shit.

Bustelo makes a good cheap Nepresso capsule, though Amazon availability goes in and out.

Instant bustelo and milk is good in the afternoon.

[Yung]

What kind of mug are you looking for. Standard ceramic or a insulated travel mug?

Ceramic.

I'll post pictures for reference later today.

[Bergeron]

Cafe du Monde makes a french roast that's really, really good. Comes in a blue can, try some. It's grocery store typical.

Cafe du Monde is good stuff, and if anyone's looking for "Louisiana"-style coffee, Community, Mello Joy and Cici's are all authentic. Coffee and chicory is most appopriately served black, sweetened with brown sugar.

[blues]

Bustelo and Cafe Caribe were essentials in Miami for 17 years. We still pick them up here from time to time. At least Bustelo. I don't think I've seen Cafe Caribe in our grocery.

[rob_s]

What, I'm the only one that has a wallet photo of this?

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In full disclosure, I bought 3 boxes of the Thin Blue Line promo line about a year or two ago to put in the command post at my last assignment. Morale boost for people is a plus, same reason someone bought a big stash of it for here as well.

I just think that flexing on people for how they're not snobby about coffee is....strange, in a very beta-male soy boy way.

I'm just some dude that drank black coffee on night shift, so McD's or folgers was fine by me as long as it's not burnt, there's no spit in it, and I generally don't have to worry about getting shiv'd while ordering compared to the place in the other direction.

jesus christ. talk about a weird flex.

[JHC]

BRCC auto ships four bags a month to us. Vendor managed inventory. Cancel culture can go take a leap.

[OlongJohnson]

Bustelo is some good shit.

Okie John

And cheap.

[Oldherkpilot]

I get a bag of it every year for Christmas from a family member. It always tastes stale, like it's been open and unused a while. I don't know how long they sit on the stuff or how long it lingers in the distribution chain, but I've never had one that was even remotely fresh.

Any chance that coffee is a regifted Valentine gift?

[RJ]

I was on the road a few months ago and came up 2 days short on espresso for my travel size Bialetti...



All of a sudden now I want one of these.


https://youtu.be/oVwtNYd3eQU

[fatdog]

Frum is from a class of conservatives who fell out of favor with the current crew and mindset.

Wrong, he and David Brooks have never actually been conservatives for 30 seconds of their entire lives which is why NYT, Atlantic, NPR love them so much.. They might be registered Republicans, but never ever conservatives.

[Robinson]

A mi me gusta mucho. Bustelo is some good shit.


Okie John

That's what I use whenever I brew a whole pot.

For single serve I use Costco Kirkland brand Pacific Bold and it's pretty good.

[RoyGBiv]

All of a sudden now I want one of these.


https://youtu.be/oVwtNYd3eQU

The only downside is that if you want to store your coffee in whole bean form, you have to get a spendy grinder to make proper espresso grind. The cheapo "appliance" grinders don't do the job.

[JAD]

The only downside is that if you want to store your coffee in whole bean form, you have to get a spendy grinder to make proper espresso grind. The cheapo "appliance" grinders don't do the job.

I've got two years and hundreds of bean miles on one of these:
https://amazon.com/gp/product/B013R3Q7B2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

$44 and well made.

[Casual Friday]

Any chance that coffee is a regifted Valentine gift?

No, she buys it for several family members.

[Totem Polar]

I go teach a few classes, and I come back to find that the sky has opened and is raining folgers man-tears all over. :D :D

Christ almighty, am I the only guy with a plethora of local roasters to buy my coffee from? Some of them are even vets, no shit.
Buy local; keep your money close, in your own community. JMO.




Does any here do handmade mugs or personally know somebody who does? I will pay two hundred dollars if someone could do something similar to one of their black mugs but with a 92 and the LTT logo instead of an M4 and the BRCC logo.

I will take some pictures later when I can stop at home to show what I am talking about.

I know an award-winning potter who does ceramic mugs and can customize. I can ask him. He’s even conservative, relatively speaking.

[RJ]

The only downside is that if you want to store your coffee in whole bean form, you have to get a spendy grinder to make proper espresso grind. The cheapo "appliance" grinders don't do the job.

Copy. I was at the Mercado the other day and seemed to recall seeing some bricks of Bustelo. (I do live in Tampa, pretty sizable Cuban/Cigar demographic.)

I will look further into this. I’m a reformed coffee snob (whole bean Gevalia, grinder, etc.) but these days it’s a Kuerig and whatever Kirkland brand is cheap. I think this month it’s “Pacific Bold”. It’s not bad. I am not firing on all synapses at 6AM when the Mini-Schnauzer bark alarm goes off, so simple / hot / black / highly-caffeinated is best. Blasphemy, I know.

[BehindBlueI's]

Hell. Yes.

Oh and up yours BBI, I like iced coffee and cold brew! A heathen I am, I know.

Prometheus still loves and values you, despite your odd proclivities.

[blues]

All of a sudden now I want one of these.


https://youtu.be/oVwtNYd3eQU

There wasn't a home with an Italian that didn't have an espresso maker in the kitchen. They were all from Italy and nobody knew what brand they were.

[blues]

I go teach a few classes, and I come back to find that the sky has opened and is raining folgers man-tears all over. :D :D

Christ almighty, am I the only guy with a plethora of local roasters to buy my coffee from? Some of them are even vets, no shit.
Buy local; keep your money close, in your own community. JMO.

We have local roasters. Or at least one that comes to mind. Meh. These folks only think they know what a good cup of coffee tastes like.

[mtnbkr]

that even though I claim to like coffee, I really don't because I'm just not that wound up about it.

My "daily carry" is Maxwell House Columbian. :cool:

I also like BRCC Blackbeard's Revenge. Partly because I was a Blackbeard fan as a kid and partly because I actually like the flavor. I don't care about the marketing (other than to find it amusing) because I'm not former military, nor do I harbor Mittyesque fantasies about being an operator (closer to a telephone operator than a special ops one).

I'll even drink Maxwell House through my grandparents' ancient stovetop percolator that is now part of my camp kitchen kit. There's something greater than the sum of its parts when you make a big pot of black coffee in an old percolator on an equally ancient Coleman camp stove. Give it a splash of Bailey's and settle down by the fire while you contemplate fixing breakfast and mock your fellow campers' snores the night before. :D

Chris

[Totem Polar]

We have local roasters. Or at least one that comes to mind. Meh. These folks only think they know what a good cup of coffee tastes like.

I do have the advantage of #1, living in the PNW, and, #2, knowing a metric ton of coffee people as a byproduct of professional activity. I literally can’t afford to patronize all the amazing roasters that I’m on a first name basis with. It’s dozens of roasteries. I tend to bias towards the brands within walking distance, or the beans roasted by people that I’ve seen naked.

[Joe in PNG]

that even though I claim to like coffee, I really don't because I'm just not that wound up about it.

My "daily carry" is Maxwell House Columbian. :cool:

I also like BRCC Blackbeard's Revenge. Partly because I was a Blackbeard fan as a kid and partly because I actually like the flavor. I don't care about the marketing (other than to find it amusing) because I'm not former military, nor do I harbor Mittyesque fantasies about being an operator (closer to a telephone operator than a special ops one).

I'll even drink Maxwell House through my grandparents' ancient stovetop percolator that is now part of my camp kitchen kit. There's something greater than the sum of its parts when you make a big pot of black coffee in an old percolator on an equally ancient Coleman camp stove. Give it a splash of Bailey's and settle down by the fire while you contemplate fixing breakfast and mock your fellow campers' snores the night before. :D

Chris

There's coffee fanciers, and then there's the addicts. I'm an addict.

[olstyn]

In a world with Diet Coke, why do you need coffee?.

Why would you even consider drinking Diet Coke? Maybe it's just me, but I think pretty much anything NutraSweet-based tastes weird and nasty, and that goes double for Splenda, whereas coffee is delicious.

[mtnbkr]

There's coffee fanciers, and then there's the addicts. I'm an addict.

My name is Chris and I'm a coffee addict
<room>: Hiiiiii Chris

I drink a pot each day. :rolleyes:

I really need to cut back, but working GMT -5 and working from home caused me to really ramp up my consumption.

Chris

[Baldanders]

Since you mention it I have developed a relationship with Bang and am grateful for you having brought them up some time ago. I alternate between Star Blast and Rainbow Unicorn Tinkle.

My coffee comes from a roaster who is also our supply chain manager. He and I do not politically align I bet, but we're both smart enough to not talk about it. I get my pound of custom-roasted yirgacheffe, he gets a twenty, and I tell him the shit he's buying costs too much.

I have roasted my own yirgacheffe, when an Ethiopian restaurant I went to sold the green beans. Good stuff!

I pretty much refuse to boycott any company over their politics. I don't boycott Amazon for being anti-gun and treating their workers like crap, so it would be hypocritical anyway.

[Baldanders]

My name is Chris and I'm a coffee addict
<room>: Hiiiiii Chris

I drink a pot each day. :rolleyes:

I really need to cut back, but working GMT -5 and working from home caused me to really ramp up my consumption.

Chris

Well, my name is Chris, and I can stop anytime I want.

Really, I swear, I`m in control....HANDS OFF MY MUG AND NO ONE GETS HURT!!

[olstyn]

Well, my name is Chris, and I can stop anytime I want.

Really, I swear, I`m in control....HANDS OFF MY MUG AND NO GETS HURT!!

This is clearly the right mug for you. (https://store.dieselsweeties.com/products/fucking-coffee-mug)

[Totem Polar]

This is clearly the right mug for you. (https://store.dieselsweeties.com/products/fucking-coffee-mug)

#want (https://pistol-forum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=want)
:cool:

[Baldanders]

In a world with Diet Coke, why do you need coffee?

Possessing taste buds?


OK, I developed a weird Diet Coke habit for a year or so at one restaurant gig where it was free. It does allow one to pound a surprising amount of caffeine per day.

But after developing hideous kidney stones, I will never touch that battery-acid tinged swill again. There is some evidence diet and regular soda are both significant contributors to stone formation, and I will always associate Diet Coke with some hideous pains.

[Joe in PNG]

My name is Chris and I'm a coffee addict
<room>: Hiiiiii Chris

I drink a pot each day. :rolleyes:

I really need to cut back, but working GMT -5 and working from home caused me to really ramp up my consumption.

Chris

If you can't choke down a cup of 3 day old burnt brew because it is the only coffee available, and you are jonesing realllly bad, you are just a dilettante.

[Yung]

I know an award-winning potter who does ceramic mugs and can customize. I can ask him. He’s even conservative, relatively speaking.

Thank you for offering to ask. Here are reference pictures as follows.
I am not worried about his politics, or for that matter BRCC's. I would just rather have a nice mug that is in a similar style by American craftsmen, but with a company and a symbol that I prefer.

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[Yung]

Here's the gun and logo. I'm thinking just the round stylized 'LTT' symbol in place of the round 'BRCC' logo on the upper left corner, and underside.

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Thanks for everyone putting up with me horning in on the thread like this, I kinda really want an LTT 92 mug.

Also I will give away my BRCC mug and a second BRCC mug away on Karma if I can get this.

[RevolverRob]

In a world with Diet Coke, why do you need coffee?

That's like saying, "In a world with cocaine, why do you need Red Bull?"

___

The only thing worse than diet soda is kombucha. And I'm not just saying that, because the artificial sweeteners in diet sodas give me migraines.

Though, I do wish diet soda did not exist. I now no longer order soft drinks at restaurants, because too many instances of people giving me diet when I wanted/needed regular soda. Worst was getting a diet coke at an airport...nothing screams, "PAIN!" like a migraine on a fucking airplane.

[TheNewbie]

Exactly! There’s no need for Red Bull.


I switched from regular soda to diet because of how fattening and sweet the regular stuff is. It took me a while to develop a taste, because I found it gross at first.

When I switched, I was told that once I developed the taste for it I would not like regular soda anymore. I didn’t believe them , but it turned out to be true. Regular soda is undrinkable to me now. It’s so sweet I can’t stand it.


Now I can’t even stand sweet tea, and I used to love sweet tea.


When I was smoking up to three cigars a day, I even found which cigars went better with Coke Zero and which went better with Diet Coke.:p

[O4L]

Folger's "Black Silk" was decent when we last had it years back. They had another dark roast but I don't remember what it was called. I can't think of any of the other common household brands which were okay.I'm a Black Silk drinker. There are definitely better coffees but for the price it is good enough.

[FNFAN]

You don't wanna know. It's not that big a deal to me as long as it's not anemic. I hate thin, flavorless coffee. She likes strong coffee as well, so I drink what she likes, even if most aficionados and connoisseurs think it's burnt, and most of our ilk think they're the anti-Christ.

If it were up to me I'd drink espresso, (no sugar, lemon peel or additives), or Turkish coffee most all the time.

Ha! wonder how many people here even know about lemon peel in coffee. A big +1 on the Turkish.

[O4L]

I really like the taste of Bustelo but I can't figure out how to make it in my Mr. Coffee without the pot ending up with an inch of mud in it. [emoji16]

[RoyGBiv]

When I was smoking up to three cigars a day, I even found which cigars went better with Coke Zero BOURBON and which went better with Diet Coke RUM.:p

FIFY

[Yung]

CWM11B turned me onto Peet's Major Dickason's. I like their Arabian Mocca-Java too.
I've been using a Hario Skerton Plus for a grinder and brewing in a Bonavita.

[Kyle Reese]

Invader Coffee’s Mexican Chocolate & Pumpkin Pecan are worth checking out, for anyone sick of bullshit anemic coffee and charred to hell beans masquerading as haut cuisine.




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[blues]

I really like the taste of Bustelo but I can't figure out how to make it in my Mr. Coffee without the pot ending up with an inch of mud in it. [emoji16]


https://youtu.be/3ntM7Jv31cc

[Baldanders]

Exactly! There’s no need for Red Bull.


I switched from regular soda to diet because of how fattening and sweet the regular stuff is. It took me a while to develop a taste, because I found it gross at first.

When I switched, I was told that once I developed the taste for it I would not like regular soda anymore. I didn’t believe them , but it turned out to be true. Regular soda is undrinkable to me now. It’s so sweet I can’t stand it.


Now I can’t even stand sweet tea, and I used to love sweet tea.


When I was smoking up to three cigars a day, I even found which cigars went better with Coke Zero and which went better with Diet Coke.:p

Sweetened coffee (with sugar) tastes like it has fake sweetener in it now to me. It's nasty and horrid and synthetic-tasting.

We Americans make many things sickeningly sweet. I think you just "got woke." 🙂 (I still like sugary soft drinks, however...)

[TheNewbie]

FIFY

Lol!


Dude I don’t even drink alcohol. It’s not a moral thing, I just hate the feeling and the taste.

Plus, between drinking a gallon of water a day and three liters of diet soda a day, I have little time to drink much else.

[Baldanders]

Sweetened coffee (with sugar) tastes like it has fake sweetener in it now to me. It's nasty and horrid and synthetic-tasting.

We Americans make many things sickeningly sweet. I think you just "got woke." 🙂 (I still like sugary soft drinks, however...)

ETA: So, enlighten us on the cigar pairings!

[TheNewbie]

Sweetened coffee (with sugar) tastes like it has fake sweetener in it now to me. It's nasty and horrid and synthetic-tasting.

We Americans make many things sickeningly sweet. I think you just "got woke." 🙂 (I still like sugary soft drinks, however...)


We do. I even eat no sugar added ice cream now. It doesn’t save that many calories but I like the taste better, and I feel less like crap after I eat it.


My wife and my mom both make desserts with 50-70% less sugar than the recipe calls for, and I like it just as well or better.

Not to mention I feel better than when I drank sweet stuff.

[Baldanders]

Lol!


Dude I don’t even drink alcohol. It’s not a moral thing, I just hate the feeling and the taste.

Plus, between drinking a gallon of water a day and three liters of diet soda a day, I have little time to drink much else.

Add in the bathroom trips and that sounds like a full day....

[TheNewbie]

ETA: So, enlighten us on the cigar pairings!


Hah, I’ve grown more boring and I no longer smoke. However sweeter tasting cigars go better with Diet Coke because it tastes less sweet than Coke Zero.

[O4L]

https://youtu.be/3ntM7Jv31ccThat is one of the videos I watched when I was trying to make it work. I even have that exact coffee maker. Maybe it is supposed to be muddy.

[1911nerd]

Copy. I was at the Mercado the other day and seemed to recall seeing some bricks of Bustelo. (I do live in Tampa, pretty sizable Cuban/Cigar demographic.)

I will look further into this. I’m a reformed coffee snob (whole bean Gevalia, grinder, etc.) but these days it’s a Kuerig and whatever Kirkland brand is cheap. I think this month it’s “Pacific Bold”. It’s not bad. I am not firing on all synapses at 6AM when the Mini-Schnauzer bark alarm goes off, so simple / hot / black / highly-caffeinated is best. Blasphemy, I know.

Bustelo is carried by Walmart in many places (CA I believe, certainly NY/CT/MA).

[olstyn]

Bustelo is carried by Walmart in many places (CA I believe, certainly NY/CT/MA).

I have definitely seen it at at least one Target in MN. I think it's probably pretty widespread.

[blues]

I have definitely seen it at at least one Target in MN. I think it's probably pretty widespread.

En mi casa, toman Bustelo!

[revchuck38]

I have not tried their stuff, but Stocking Mill Coffee (https://stockingmillcoffee.com/) is unrepentantly pro 2A and I will be trying their stuff, because I like caffeine and guns. If you like energy drinks and guns, Bang energy drinks supports the 2A. I've a case of Purple Haze (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079ND8698/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=ratio07-20&linkId=02e628eccc30a01e69172d57418f7632&language=en_US)delivered twice a month.

That ain't Purple Haze, THIS is Purple Haze:

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[Baldanders]

That is one of the videos I watched when I was trying to make it work. I even have that exact coffee maker. Maybe it is supposed to be muddy.

It works well for cold brew with careful pouring and filtering. When I use it in a French press, I don't get too aggressive drinking to the bottom of the cup.

[Baldanders]

That ain't Purple Haze, THIS is Purple Haze:

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I used to frequent a bottle shop where lost bets between staff were settled by the loser drinking this Purple Haze.

Sorry, beer snobs, y'know. 😉

[revchuck38]

Chicory is fine if your under Union Blockade and can’t get actual coffe, but last I heard the blockade ended over 150 years ago.

Chicory coffee is an acquired taste. So is good whiskey. Get over it. :p


Long ago we liked the Community Chicory blend.... I think they called it New Orleans Blend, but, maybe not.

These days we like the Sumatran stuff, from Sprouts, espresso grind, brewed in a Bialetti. I take it straight from the pot with a bit of sweetener, sometimes a dollop of half n half. Wife makes Americano out of it. Both happy.

I was on the road a few months ago and came up 2 days short on espresso for my travel size Bialetti. After turning down the hoidy-crafty stuff at Whole Foods, I stopped by a Food Lion and picked up a brick of Cafe Bustelo Espresso. If you like STRONG espresso, you'll like this stuff. Definitely what I would call a "Latin Roast". Very Cuban/Puerto Rican, IMO. I liked it a lot. Too strong for WifeGBiv. And bonus... It's cheap.
https://www.cafebustelo.com/en/coffee/ground/espresso-style-brick

Bustelo is good stuff, I use it to make coffee rather than espresso. My usual, though, is Community Dark Roast. In Louisiana, only card-carrying Communists don't drink Community Dark.

[O4L]

It works well for cold brew with careful pouring and filtering. When I use it in a French press, I don't get too aggressive drinking to the bottom of the cup.Okay this thread inspired me. I just tried it again but only made eight cups. So far so good.

[Cory]

I drink around 3 mugs of Folger's regular blend everyday. No cream, sugar, or milk. My coffee pot kicks on at the same time my alarm goes off. It's a regular old coffee pot making plain blacl coffee. It's not a whiz bang steampress french hand turned special pour contraption. It's the same as my Grandparents drank it, my parent's used to drink it (they nilonger drink coffee), and the way it should be drank.

I've drank a ton of other stuff, but regular folgers ia just my honest preference. I kinda get bugged when people act like it's because I havent tried their italian special roasted singe barrel bullshit blend or whatever. I've tried plenty and I like what I like. Im a simple guy, let me like my damn coffee without playing it off as some kind of inferior.

As far as veteran culture... I think its largely a good thing. I don't really wear the clothes and I'm not a bro-vet but I appreciate the community they offer to many who needs it. I don't buy or dress in BRCC gear. I have googled looking for a folger's logo unstructured hat in the past though.

Edit: I've fixed so much spelling in this post it's embarrassing. It's probably still ripe with flaws. Long day, and I'm not fixing it more. Forgive me.

[revchuck38]

I really like the taste of Bustelo but I can't figure out how to make it in my Mr. Coffee without the pot ending up with an inch of mud in it. [emoji16]

I make it just like regular coffee and have no problem. I use a paper filter, one of those brass screen ones would let the fine grounds through.

[olstyn]

I've tried plenty and I like what I like. Im a simple guy, let me like my damn coffee without playing it off as some kind of inferior.

I've personally really enjoyed trying a bunch of different varieties. It's kind of the same between coffee and beer for me that way, but if Folgers (or Coors light) is your jam, then keep on enjoying it, though I reserve the right to scorn you for drinking bad beer. :)

[O4L]

I make it just like regular coffee and have no problem. I use a paper filter, one of those brass screen ones would let the fine grounds through.I think I messed up before by trying to make twelve cups. I just made eight cups and it turned out just fine.

[revchuck38]

Bustelo is carried by Walmart in many places (CA I believe, certainly NY/CT/MA).

My local Walmart has it in cans, bricks, and Keurig.

[Cory]

I've personally really enjoyed trying a bunch of different varieties. It's kind of the same between coffee and beer for me that way, but if Folgers (or Coors light) is your jam, then keep on enjoying it, though I reserve the right to scorn you for drinking bad beer. :)

That's okay though. I drink good beer. Mostly barrel aged stuff.

I just dislike when others make out as if I like Folgers because I haven't tried other stuff. It's like saying "you only dislike IPAs because their an acquired taste and you haven't tried enough" ya know? Isn't it possible I've tried a ton and just like porters and stouts but don't like IPAs?

[revchuck38]

This is clearly the right mug for you. (https://store.dieselsweeties.com/products/fucking-coffee-mug)

Ordered! :)

[David S.]

Thank you for offering to ask. Here are reference pictures as follows. . .

That kinda thing is definitely not in my wife's wheel house. She can do a custom mug along the lines of what olstyn posted above.

Probably should check with Ernest about trademark issues.

[UNK]

You don't wanna know. It's not that big a deal to me as long as it's not anemic. I hate thin, flavorless coffee. She likes strong coffee as well, so I drink what she likes, even if most aficionados and connoisseurs think it's burnt, and most of our ilk think they're the anti-Christ.

If it were up to me I'd drink espresso, (no sugar, lemon peel or additives), or Turkish coffee most all the time.

I remember the first time I had expresso. I had no idea what it was but I loved it. So i had several cups. This was 11:00 at night 😂 I think the sun was close to coming up before I finally fell asleep.

[Caballoflaco]

Chicory coffee is an acquired taste. So is good whiskey. Get over it. :p.

I’m glad you saw that. I didn’t remember to tag you until the edit window ran out. :D

I will give you guys credit for finding a coffee substitute/lengthener that actually works pretty well. The dried okra seed, acorn coffee and cornmeal seem to have fallen by the wayside. My my complaint about chicory is that more chicory means less caffeine.

The first couple of pages of this thread on coffee substitute recipes is worth a read. (The rest of the thread is the OP bumping her own thread and quite possibly going insane)

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/substitute-coffees-during-the-civil-war.88368/

[BWT]

Man, I drink Dunkin’ Donuts (packaged) from Publix or whatever is cheap at Aldi and hazelnut coffee creamer.

I don’t even know who I am. You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.

Also, I respect BRCC for their patriotic behaviors and 2nd amendment leanings. I’m with TGS on they sponsored someone that had a podcast. They also sponsor Viking Tactics with Kyle Lamb and others. I mean... I just don’t know what else to say.

I am not a vet or a bro. I do listen to podcasts though.

ETA: Probably a bro. I don’t even know.

[Totem Polar]

Probably should check with Ernest about trademark issues.

This is the ultimate hurdle. No decent artist will use a logo without permission, nor should they. That said, I’m sure EL will give a straight yes or no answer.

[Yung]

Probably should check with Ernest about trademark issues.


This is the ultimate hurdle. No decent artist will use a logo without permission, nor should they. That said, I’m sure EL will give a straight yes or no answer.

I got so excited that didn't even cross my mind.
Well, I guess I'll email them tomorrow.

[Robinson]

One of the best cups of coffee I've had is made from a concentrate formerly sold under the Sara Lee brand, but now distributed by Folgers. It is served at Huey's in Savannah, on the waterfront which is where I first had it. I am trying to figure out a practical way to buy and serve it at home but I have not committed.

[AKDoug]

I'm a straight up addict.. I don't give a shit what brand it is. I start my day with some rando' selection from my pile of Kurig pods, make myself a 16oz'er.. drink half of it while the truck warms up and pound the rest on my whopping 3 mile commute. Then I walk into work, pour myself another 16oz of Folgers, then another, then another.... Any coffee that gets left in my truck gets consumed while luke warm, cold, or even frozen then thawed. None of the BRCC stuff I've tried has struck me as being stale, but obviously I don't really know the difference since I've been known to reheat 3 day old coffee to get my fix.

[JHC]

Wrong, he and David Brooks have never actually been conservatives for 30 seconds of their entire lives which is why NYT, Atlantic, NPR love them so much.. They might be registered Republicans, but never ever conservatives.

I have no idea what a "conservative" is anymore. Used to be free trade, smaller government footprint, national security including our allies. Most folks around me who self identify as conservative now are very enthusiastic about a big Federal footprint run by their guy and they are straight up opposed to the other two. Similarly RINO has lost all meaning IMO for the same reasons.

[RJ]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.



What you did there, see it, I did. :cool:

Back on topic: revchuck38 Bustelo in Keurig cups you say? Interesting...

[mtnbkr]

I have no idea what a "conservative" is anymore. Used to be free trade, smaller government footprint, national security including our allies. Most folks around me who self identify as conservative now are very enthusiastic about a big Federal footprint run by their guy and they are straight up opposed to the other two. Similarly RINO has lost all meaning IMO for the same reasons.

This.

I don't even claim the republican party anymore, nor conservative for that matter. When my oldest daughter tries to pin me down on my political leanings, I respond that I'm in the "Leave Me The Hell Alone" party and our motto is "Don't Be Meddlesome". Some of my believes/leanings would have "Republicans/Conservatives" brand me as "liberal", while the opposite is true for "Democrats/Liberals". Either way, I try to remain as consistent as possible that the only good government is less government even if I don't 100% agree with the subject matter (there are things I do not approve of, but would not use the power of the government's gun to stop or control).

Chris

[JAD]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d3/85/01/d38501190625d49faaf4d84a005e4ce9.jpg

[JAD]

Also, a coffee playlist, because I love it so:
https://youtu.be/i4odD2Bg1_0
https://youtu.be/95cufW4h-gA
https://youtu.be/DZfVbvSVUbw
https://youtu.be/t9QZhLSKEps
https://youtu.be/8GmFDJmw1KU

and

https://youtu.be/LZ-kCE6YEno

[Kanye Wyoming]

Frum is from a class of conservatives who fell out of favor with the current crew and mindset. Thus, to make a living, they sold themselves to Democrat oriented media as their 'house' anti-Trump person. The media hire all kinds of folks to hold a view they want. Santorum became CNN's pet Trump advocate. Just show biz.

I think they were always conservatives in name only.

Frum - I knew his sister in college, I think she is now a senator in Canada, which is sort of like being Honorary Assistant to the Regional Manager. She started the conservative student newspaper as a counter to the (literally) communist official student paper (of which Charles Krauthammer was editor way back when, well before my time). I wrote a few pieces for it. She seemed like a good egg.

Something like 15 years ago the fam and I were staying at a hotel in Toronto, and I found myself standing next to David Frum as we waited for our cars to be brought around. He wrote for National Review in those days, I recognized him, we chatted for a bit, and exchanged a few emails thereafter, mostly on immigration; he was very anti, I was very pro, and I argued that the conservative position was rightly pro. He is one of the smartest guys around but he has become a very, very, very strange, dark bird. Or perhaps he always was and the burden of hiding it became too much to bear.

[Casual Friday]

Cancel culture is pretty vile, but I don't think corporate cancel culture is as effective as they hope it will be. Companies like BRCC, My Pillow, Flex Seal, John Wayne Airport or whoever they're mad at today will lose some sales but they'll bounce back. Our attention spans are trash and we forget easily. Just the other day, the Dixie Chicks came on and I didn't even turn the station.

Also, some of my posts were unnecessary in this thread. TGS

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[ccmdfd]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d3/85/01/d38501190625d49faaf4d84a005e4ce9.jpg

So much truth!!!!!!!

[EPF]

I have no idea what a "conservative" is anymore. Used to be free trade, smaller government footprint, national security including our allies. Most folks around me who self identify as conservative now are very enthusiastic about a big Federal footprint run by their guy and they are straight up opposed to the other two. Similarly RINO has lost all meaning IMO for the same reasons.



So very true. In the same vein, Liberal used to imply an adherence to enlightenment values. Like free speech and equal protection under the law. Now that’s laughable.

The sociopathic, octogenarian, charlatans who lead us still use these terms because they haven’t caught up with the political realignment.

I’ll still drink BRC. I don’t need someone to agree with me on every aspect of life or I cancel them. Prominently featuring ARs in your marketing and culture is a political statement in and of itself in 2020.

[awp_101]

Just the other day, the Dixie Chicks came on and I didn't even turn the station.

I would have changed the station and then filed a police report because it meant someone had broken into my truck and turned on a country or top 40 station...

[olstyn]

Prominently featuring ARs in your marketing and culture is a political statement in and of itself in 2020.

Given how vilified ARs have been in the media over the last 5-10 years, it's arguably a very strong political statement.

[blues]

The Dixie Chicks have already cancelled themselves...and renamed themselves The Chicks.

I understand that Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem are in hot pursuit of them for their transgressions.

[Casual Friday]

I would have changed the station and then filed a police report because it meant someone had broken into my truck and turned on a country or top 40 station...

It was neither a country nor top 40 station.

[ccmdfd]

So very true. In the same vein, Liberal used to imply an adherence to enlightenment values. Like free speech and equal protection under the law. Now that’s laughable.

The sociopathic, octogenarian, charlatans who lead us still use these terms because they haven’t caught up with the political realignment.

I’ll still drink BRC. I don’t need someone to agree with me on every aspect of life or I cancel them. Prominently featuring ARs in your marketing and culture is a political statement in and of itself in 2020.

Reminds me of a story I heard on NPR one day while on a long drive years (in fact decades) ago.

It was an interview with the author of a book about his family's history of liberalism. His great grandfather was a member of Congress in the pre-New Deal era, and was considered one of the most liberal members of that congress. But liberal meant anti consolidation of power then. These are the types who went after Standard Oil.

When he read the legislation for the new deal, he was horrified. It was a massive centralization of power in the Fed government, and he was against that. Thus overnight he went from being the most liberal members of Congress to one of the most conservative.

[awp_101]

It was neither a country nor top 40 station.

Egads, please don’t let them be taking over classical music or sports talk stations.

[ragnar_d]

Bustelo and Cafe Caribe were essentials in Miami for 17 years. We still pick them up here from time to time. At least Bustelo. I don't think I've seen Cafe Caribe in our grocery.
Haven't seen Cafe Caribe but the Publix carries Bustelo, Cafe La Llave, and Cafe El Aguila around here. My shop in Miami was 100% Bustello (and, consequently, my house was too), but some of the folks would bring their own espresso in for Cafecitos. You learned which departments to be in when the afternoon pick-me-up came around. Only place I've ever worked where espresso machines outnumbered drip coffee machines. Never found out if carpal tunnel from making the espumita was eligible from workman's comp though.

[blues]

Haven't seen Cafe Caribe but the Publix carries Bustelo, Cafe La Llave, and Cafe El Aguila around here. My shop in Miami was 100% Bustello (and, consequently, my house was too), but some of the folks would bring their own espresso in for Cafecitos. You learned which departments to be in when the afternoon pick-me-up came around. Only place I've ever worked where espresso machines outnumbered drip coffee machines. Never found out if carpal tunnel from making the espumita was eligible from workman's comp though.

In Miami, if you couldn't find a cop or agent on the road, you knew where your next stop was. And if you were on Calle Ocho, it might be prudent to check the cigar factories, especially on Friday. (Don't ask how I know...)

[Casual Friday]

Geissele got to feel the wrath of the internet last week too. No one was calling for Mr. Bill to be canceled, but they got meme'd into another dimension over the pricing of mags on their website.

They posted their USGI mags with Geissele floor plate for $22/each. A quick zoom of the IG photo would reveal the D&H Industries cage code 04QT4. PSA, BCM, and others routinely sell these with their own floor plate for around $8-9/each. After getting hammered in the comments, and tagged in about 4 million memes, they put up an apology post and dropped the price down to $12/ea, which is more in line with what others are charging for D&H mags in this climate.

Now, I wasn't mad at Mr. Bill over the cost of the mags, just like I wasn't mad when they introduced the Super Stabby 1913 bayonet mount for $150 or the Geissele 2 point slings for $169. I believe in capitalism, and I believe you can charge whatever you think your product is worth or what you think people will be willing to pay for it. If the price is fair, I'll buy it. If it's not, I won't.

What this showed is that the internet is a very powerful tool. All it took was a couple dozen autistic edgelord meme pages to embarrass them enough to knock a Hamilton off the price 24 hours later.

[revchuck38]

But...but...I thought that metal GI mags were the devil incarnate and would automatically get you killt in da streetz!

[blues]

But...but...I thought that metal GI mags were the devil incarnate and would automatically get you killt in da streetz!

Especially those guys going searching for replacement parts. ;)

[rob_s]

That's okay though. I drink good beer. Mostly barrel aged stuff.

I just dislike when others make out as if I like Folgers because I haven't tried other stuff. It's like saying "you only dislike IPAs because their an acquired taste and you haven't tried enough" ya know? Isn't it possible I've tried a ton and just like porters and stouts but don't like IPAs?

IPAs were once not half bad. Then the beer morons got ahold of them and decided to take the nastiest of the flavors and amp it up and some kind of proof-of-moron emperors-new-clothes shit and utterly ruined them. Now you can’t even order one for feet it’ll be some over-hopped little-dick beer-hippie garbage.

[Clusterfrack]

IPAs were once not half bad. Then the beer morons got ahold of them and decided to take the nastiest of the flavors and amp it up and some kind of proof-of-moron emperors-new-clothes shit and utterly ruined them. Now you can’t even order one for feet it’ll be some over-hopped little-dick beer-hippie garbage.

Tell us how you really feel :D

[LittleLebowski]

IPAs were once not half bad. Then the beer morons got ahold of them and decided to take the nastiest of the flavors and amp it up and some kind of proof-of-moron emperors-new-clothes shit and utterly ruined them. Now you can’t even order one for feet it’ll be some over-hopped little-dick beer-hippie garbage.

Do you have a bit on bourbon yet?

[rob_s]

Do you have a bit on bourbon yet?

No but if you’re offering me my own standup special on Netflix I’m
Sure I could come up with something. :)

[olstyn]

IPAs were once not half bad. Then the beer morons got ahold of them and decided to take the nastiest of the flavors and amp it up and some kind of proof-of-moron emperors-new-clothes shit and utterly ruined them. Now you can’t even order one for feet it’ll be some over-hopped little-dick beer-hippie garbage.

I disagree regarding IPAs being ruined. Yes, some of them are so strongly hoppy that it dominates everything about the beer, but there are still plenty which are milder than that. It all comes down to knowing what you're ordering. Most places I care to frequent are more than happy to pour you a sample size, and then you know what you're getting into.

[Shoresy]

IPAs were overhopped trash long before the hipsters got into them.

[rob_s]

I disagree regarding IPAs being ruined. Yes, some of them are so strongly hoppy that it dominates everything about the beer, but there are still plenty which are milder than that. It all comes down to knowing what you're ordering. Most places I care to frequent are more than happy to pour you a sample size, and then you know what you're getting into.

I don’t want to “know what I’m ordering” nor do I want to talk to the arrogant dipshit behind the bar with his ironic mustache and hideous gauged ears. It’s like taking the advice of a guy that works a gun counter for fucks sake.

Beer has been ruined. I know this because housewives are into it now.

Like Facebook.

Want to really “cancel” BRCC? Get the housewives into it.

[olstyn]

I don’t want to “know what I’m ordering” nor do I want to talk to the arrogant dioshit behind the bar with his ironic mustache and hideous gauged ears.

Beer has been ruined. I know this because housewives are into it now.

Like Facebook.

Want to really “cancel” BRCC? Get the housewives into it.

Ha, OK. I get it - you're just grumpy and you like it that way. Have a nice day. :)

[JAD]

Man that was some fine invective though. 8.5/10, would read again.

[WestTarheel]

Cancel culture would be if one of the BRCC employees said something on their own time and we tried to get them fired from their job.

This is just voting with your wallet.

[Totem Polar]

IPAs were once not half bad. Then the beer morons got ahold of them and decided to take the nastiest of the flavors and amp it up and some kind of proof-of-moron emperors-new-clothes shit and utterly ruined them. Now you can’t even order one for feet it’ll be some over-hopped little-dick beer-hippie garbage.

Preach, brother.

[blues]

The problem with some breweries is that they don't seem to understand when to say "enough". More is not necessarily better...except for ABV.

[revchuck38]

The problem with some breweries is that they don't seem to understand when to say "enough". More is not necessarily better...except for ABV.

In Germany, it's getting to be time for Christmas beer - 10% ABV and tasty. I spoke with the owner of the local craft brewery and he's aware of it but doesn't think he could sell enough to justify making a batch. Most beer geeks around here want it to be either hoppy or fruity.

A seven-minute pils would be worth the flight to Germany.

[scw2]

The Dixie Chicks have already cancelled themselves...and renamed themselves The Chicks.


For shame. They picked a name that is not gender neutral and should have gone with "The Chix." This transgression is just their privilege showing and they clearly still have more work to do.

[Baldanders]

IPAs were once not half bad. Then the beer morons got ahold of them and decided to take the nastiest of the flavors and amp it up and some kind of proof-of-moron emperors-new-clothes shit and utterly ruined them. Now you can’t even order one for feet it’ll be some over-hopped little-dick beer-hippie garbage.

I feel like American IPAs try to make up for underhopped cheap American pilsner by putting all the missing hops back into craft beer. My main problem with it is it pushes all the possible other styles off the market. I really feel like craft beer was more interesting 20 years back.

I buy local 100% lager these days, if I'm buying quality. Red Oak kicks ass! Their Old Oak marzen is the best American version of that style I have ever had, and I will take their Hummingbird Helles over any IPA.

IPA: the favored style of those breweries that need a bunch of hops to cover the fact they never mastered the basics of brewing good beer.

[Joe in PNG]

It's a bit like over-peated single malt whisky. A little smoke is nice, but some tends to be far too close to liquid smoke for my taste.

[Baldanders]

In Germany, it's getting to be time for Christmas beer - 10% ABV and tasty. I spoke with the owner of the local craft brewery and he's aware of it but doesn't think he could sell enough to justify making a batch. Most beer geeks around here want it to be either hoppy or fruity.

A seven-minute pils would be worth the flight to Germany.

I drank Samiclaus one Christmas day. Never seen it in a store since. To my sorrow. Beautiful stuff. Approaches perfection for this malt freak.

I second blues statement on abv and too much stuff in beer.

[rob_s]

I really feel like craft beer was more interesting 20 years back.

I like pd “craft beer” a lot better when it was still called “microbrew”.

Plus, sounded way less gay lame

[hufnagel]

I feel like this is a high noise low signal event at the moment.

[HeavyDuty]

Again, the David Frum thing is what bothers me.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/guns-are-american-exception/595450/

That first paragraph says it all about this jamoche. I doubt that’s an error, it’s an intentional misstatement.

[HeavyDuty]

Long ago we liked the Community Chicory blend.... I think they called it New Orleans Blend, but, maybe not.

These days we like the Sumatran stuff, from Sprouts, espresso grind, brewed in a Bialetti. I take it straight from the pot with a bit of sweetener, sometimes a dollop of half n half. Wife makes Americano out of it. Both happy.

I was on the road a few months ago and came up 2 days short on espresso for my travel size Bialetti. After turning down the hoidy-crafty stuff at Whole Foods, I stopped by a Food Lion and picked up a brick of Cafe Bustelo Espresso. If you like STRONG espresso, you'll like this stuff. Definitely what I would call a "Latin Roast". Very Cuban/Puerto Rican, IMO. I liked it a lot. Too strong for WifeGBiv. And bonus... It's cheap.
https://www.cafebustelo.com/en/coffee/ground/espresso-style-brick

Cafe Bustelo from the brick in a drip maker is my go-to - Aldi has it cheap. Even the Keurig version is drinkable.

A Jewish/Cuban woman from Miami I briefly dated turned me on to it, I like the flavor and that it is consistent.

[rob_s]

I feel like this is a high noise low signal event at the moment.

That seems to be the way everything works in media now. Social, MSM, AM radio, whatever.

You get “headlines” like “people are mad that female mandolorians have boobs in their armor” only to take the (click) bait and come to find out that it’s just one hairy-armpit twat with some instatwittertok followers who posted a video bitching about it, and then five hundred basement-dwelling hoopleheads “reacting” and giving it legs.

Same thing with “Trump supporters are mad at...” or “women are offended by...” or whatever. It’s not an actual issue, these people are reporting on the indignance.

[holmes168]

Sometimes life gets in the way of the things you enjoy. Due to life- I’ve not been able to train for a long time and haven’t been active on PF.

This thread evolving reminds of how much I missed the forum. From BRCC to whiskey!

Now that life is stabilized and we completed our move to St Louis- I need to get that card out and renew my membership!

[HeavyDuty]

I really like the taste of Bustelo but I can't figure out how to make it in my Mr. Coffee without the pot ending up with an inch of mud in it. [emoji16]

Are you using a paper filter, or gold? I’ve never had an issue with cheap paper filters, and I make this stuff every day.

[O4L]

Are you using a paper filter, or gold? I’ve never had an issue with cheap paper filters, and I make this stuff every day.Paper.

[RJ]

In Germany, it's getting to be time for Christmas beer - 10% ABV and tasty. I spoke with the owner of the local craft brewery and he's aware of it but doesn't think he could sell enough to justify making a batch. Most beer geeks around here want it to be either hoppy or fruity.

A seven-minute pils would be worth the flight to Germany.

I miss Glühwein (spelling? P30). As a kid I got to sneak a sip or two if my parents weren’t looking. Definitely need to get back to Germany when the covid dies down. Maybe Oktoberfest time or similar.

[Casual Friday]

IPAs were once not half bad. Then the beer morons got ahold of them and decided to take the nastiest of the flavors and amp it up and some kind of proof-of-moron emperors-new-clothes shit and utterly ruined them. Now you can’t even order one for feet it’ll be some over-hopped little-dick beer-hippie garbage.


I don’t want to “know what I’m ordering” nor do I want to talk to the arrogant dipshit behind the bar with his ironic mustache and hideous gauged ears. It’s like taking the advice of a guy that works a gun counter for fucks sake.

Beer has been ruined. I know this because housewives are into it now.

Like Facebook.

Want to really “cancel” BRCC? Get the housewives into it.

I knew I had a meme saved somewhere in my phone about hipster beers.

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[P30]

I miss Glühwein (spelling?
Purrfect!

I'm also more into (good!) Glühwein than into beer. And wine and Glenmorangie and grappa. :)

[olstyn]

Purrfect!

I'm also more into (good!) Glühwein than into beer. And wine and Glenmorangie and grappa. :)

I'm much more into beer (when asked if I like red or white wine better, I usually respond with "I like my wine black and foamy on top"), but Glühwein is special and yummy.

[RoyGBiv]

Purrfect!

I'm also more into (good!) Glühwein than into beer. And wine and Glenmorangie and grappa. :)

My last trip to Germany/Austria my colleague turned me on to zirbenschnaps. His elderly neighbor made his own. Really good stuff :cool:

I agree that IPA has been ruined by overzealousness. On the rare occasion I drink beer these days it's usually Porters and Stouts. Although Revolver’s Blood and Honey is pretty good too.

[olstyn]

My last trip to Germany/Austria my colleague turned me on to zirbenschnaps. His elderly neighbor made his own. Really good stuff :cool:

I had to google that. Sounds like something I would try with a raised eyebrow expecting weirdness and then probably end up liking. :)

[Yung]

Probably should check with Ernest about trademark issues.


This is the ultimate hurdle. No decent artist will use a logo without permission, nor should they. That said, I’m sure EL will give a straight yes or no answer.


I got so excited that didn't even cross my mind.
Well, I guess I'll email them tomorrow.

Good news guys, I just got a response saying they're okay with it as long as it's a custom piece and I'm not selling it.

[RoyGBiv]

I had to google that. Sounds like something I would try with a raised eyebrow expecting weirdness and then probably end up liking. :)

Smelled a bit like Pine-Sol but was quite good..

[HeavyDuty]

Paper.

I wonder what I’m doing differently?

[BehindBlueI's]

I wonder what I’m doing differently?

Different machine and different temperature, maybe? Or different water to coffee ratio? I am just spitballing but that's all I could think of.

[rob_s]

I can’t recall, but is the bustello a super fine grind? If so, some drip makers will splash the grounds up and over the sides of the filter. And you don’t need as much grounds, by volume, with a fine grind anyway.

[Cookie Monster]

My favorite threads on PF are when I have to check the title to see how it originally started, IPA’s and bricks?

[HeavyDuty]

Different machine and different temperature, maybe? Or different water to coffee ratio? I am just spitballing but that's all I could think of.


I can’t recall, but is the bustello a super fine grind? If so, some drip makers will splash the grounds up and over the sides of the filter. And you don’t need as much grounds, by volume, with a fine grind anyway.

This may be it - I’m usually doing a half pot with 1/2 cup of grounds. I ended up scrapping my expensive machines for a cheap B&D, it was the hottest brew temp I could find without spending a fortune.

[BehindBlueI's]

My favorite threads on PF are when I have to check the title to see how it originally started, IPA’s and bricks?

Look, we're here to talk about coffee and...SQUIRREL!!! So, anyway, this thread is about sushi and if you can't und...SQUIRREL!!! So, anyway, that's why we're talking about artisan candle-making.

[blues]

I came for the bread sticks but stayed for the artisanal handmade sandwiches.

[Baldanders]

I like pd “craft beer” a lot better when it was still called “microbrew”.

Plus, sounded way less gay lame

I blame the big boys buying up decent microbrewers for both the name change and the quality drop.

Lemme put in another plug for my nearby brewery, Red Oak. They do nothing but lager, and they only make 2 types of beer on a regular basis, with a seasonal beer or two here and there. Less equals more in good brewing.

[Erik]

I don't know about the rest of the country but there are some great small breweries in CT these days and some of the beers they produce are fantastic. Back East Brewing (https://www.backeastbrewing.com/home) is my current favorite by far and I'm a huge fan of their DIPAs. Thomas Hooker Brewery (https://hookerbeer.com/) is another and they managed to make an amazingly good triple IPA, which is a lot harder than it seems, apparently. You guys that are dismissing the IPA trend out of hand are missing some real gems, as far as I'm concerned.

ETA: I really don't give a shit if the guy making my beer is gauged or beard oiled or covered in shiny new tats or whatever. I care about the beer. I'll take good beer from hipsters over crap beer from whomever else all day every day. Writing those guys off as hipster buffoons is no different than them writing you off as a boomer. The stereotype is there for a reason but if you live your life guided by it, you're gonna miss some awfully interesting experiences along the way.

[olstyn]

they managed to make an amazingly good triple IPA, which is a lot harder than it seems, apparently

It truly is a shame that Green Flash Brewing went out of business. Their "Green Bullet" triple IPA was phenomenal, and I miss it a lot. It was hoppy, but not to the point of smashing you in the face with it, and at ~10% ABV, it packed a punch.

ETA: just googled, and Green Flash seems to exist again, but their website seems to indicate that Green Bullet is no more. :(

[O4L]

I wonder what I’m doing differently?
Different machine and different temperature, maybe? Or different water to coffee ratio? I am just spitballing but that's all I could think of.
I can’t recall, but is the bustello a super fine grind? If so, some drip makers will splash the grounds up and over the sides of the filter. And you don’t need as much grounds, by volume, with a fine grind anyway.Yeah, I always make a full 12 cup pot of coffee. Apparently that was too much of the espresso grind Bustelo in the filter and it caused an overflow. Cut back to eight cups and it works fine.

[blues]

https://youtu.be/qilg6KiAbaI

[Cookie Monster]

Look, we're here to talk about coffee and...SQUIRREL!!! So, anyway, this thread is about sushi and if you can't und...SQUIRREL!!! So, anyway, that's why we're talking about artisan candle-making.


I will continue the drift.

This has been my favorite beverage of late:

https://hoptea.com/collections/all

Alcohol has been messing with my belly, having something different than water is good.

[RJ]

Mrs. RJ was out today and snagged me some Bustelo K-cups. Will provide a report in the morning.

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[HeavyDuty]

Mrs. RJ was out today and snagged me some Bustelo K-cups. Will provide a report in the morning.

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I drink this when I’m home in NH, Michelle is a confirmed Keurig user. I’ll bring my put when I finish moving.

[vcdgrips]

As I have posted here in the past, I did not start drinking coffee until I started camping out as Asst SM with BSA well into my 40s.
I stumbled across Bustello instant espresso at Target @ 6 ish per jar.

At home and often camping, 7 oz of boiling water over 1 table spoon of espresso and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Stir 50x. Add 1+ oz of half and half. Stir 50x. Done and wonderful. If I am roughing it and have no way to keep the half/half cold, I just sub in 2 heaping table spoons of powdered milk with a little less water. Premix the dry goods in a few empty Rx containers.

Bustello inc also has a tidy mail order operation. IIRC, I got 8 jars from the mothership at 40ish shipped back in April when it was unobtanium at Target.

I find all Starbucks and the vast majority of coffee shop coffees too be too woody, burnt or earthy tasting in contrast to my exceptionally smooth concoction.

[FNFAN]

Mrs. RJ was out today and snagged me some Bustelo K-cups. Will provide a report in the morning.

63852

Time to try these again. It looks like they're now Keurig approved so I won't have to spoof my machine into brewing. I like the Bustelo grounds in a drip maker in my office.

[mtnbkr]

You guys talking about Bustelo intrigued me, so I bought a brick at Harris Teeter on a whim Wednesday. I've been making coffee with it in my 32oz french press by using 4 tablespoons of the coffee. It's pretty dang good IMO. My coffee cup, a Winnie the Pooh mug given to me by my then girlfriend, now wife, holds 18oz. I've been drinking coffee out of it for nearly a quarter century, btw. I fill it 2/3 with the french press Bustelo brew and top it off with a few ounces of whole milk. I run a cheap rotary "frother" in the mix to give it a bit of froth and then enjoy. The color is about that of FDE. Damn good.

I think I found a new favorite coffee. I'll try it in my regular drip machine this week when I go back to work.

Chris

[RJ]

Mrs. RJ was out today and snagged me some Bustelo K-cups. Will provide a report in the morning.



The Bustelo K cup was not bad.

It was not exactly like the skies parted and heavenly angels sang, but not bad. The only thing I can think of to add was it seems to have an acid-y aftertaste. I had it my usual way these days, which is in the form of "bulletproof" coffee, aka add a T of MCT oil, a T of Kerrygold Butter and foam it up with my battery-powered mini-frother. No sugar and no cream. So the taste is probably disguised a good bit.

All the same, it was an alternative to have from the normal Costco Pacific Bold, or Starbux French Roast K-cups I usually get. As said before, blurry eyed, at 6AM, with the dog hopping around looking for her food, the Keurig is great at "Coffee, decent, as soon as fucking possible" for me. I'm not graced with a lot of patience in the morning.

[mtnbkr]

The only thing I can think of to add was it seems to have an acid-y aftertaste.
That has been my experience with most commercial k-cups. The ones you fill yourself are better, but then you lose the convenience of the k-cup.

Chris

[mtnbkr]

I will continue the drift.

This has been my favorite beverage of late:

https://hoptea.com/collections/all

Alcohol has been messing with my belly, having something different than water is good.

That looks interesting. It's available locally, I think I'll give it a try.

Chris

[nightstalker865]

BRCC fires back!

https://youtu.be/cLrZCpR_4lE


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[Totem Polar]

BRCC fires back!

https://youtu.be/cLrZCpR_4lE



Entertaining AF; sounds legit.

:D