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bandjoss
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new coffee drinker
I am 30 now and up until a couple months ago I could probably count on one hand the number of times I tried coffee. Just didn't like it. Then about 2 months ago one of the ladies here at the office brought in a coffee maker and started to brew a pot every morning. One day I just couldn't get going, and rather than have a Pepsi (too much sugar for this fatso) I thought what the hey and poured a cup. Ever since that day I have 2-3 cups every morning. I absolutely love the stuff. It has almost replaced my daily cup of Twinings (better than Bigelow, IMO) Earl Grey (almost, but I still drink tea, too). I even have a coffee maker on my Christmas list, and if I don't get one I'm going to go out and buy one after Christmas.  Any recommendations as to which blends are best? We get Maxwell House at the office, it's ok, but not the best I've had. That belongs to a blend called Cheers that I get from a little coffee shop in Prescott, AZ, up north. Not flavored, but just a hint of spices in it. Also, it seems I prefer just a splash of creamer in my coffee...just a splash. Well, I just got a new pot going before I started to type this, so it should be ready and now I can get to work.
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Dec/17/07, 8:43 am
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Re: new coffee drinker
Typically,I drink good old Folgers.
Nothing fancy here.
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Dec/17/07, 11:21 am
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Re: new coffee drinker
Brother B, give Yuban a try. 
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Dec/17/07, 10:05 pm
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Yuban, 8 o'clock and Dunkin are all great, IMHO.
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Dec/18/07, 1:57 am
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Re: new coffee drinker
Try Chock Full of Nuts New York blend, very dark and tasty, or MH Colombian, also very tasty. For a real taste treat, I like Luzianne, coffee and chicory, which may or may not suit you. I think that Luzianne may be the best readily available coffee on the regular folks' market. Always black and preferably fresh, perked on the stove, grittier that way.
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Re: new coffee drinker
Many thanks for the replies...I'll be looking all of those up.
Bob R, I love your avatar. Roger Mifflin is one of my favorite fictional characters, probably because he smokes a pipe, but also because he's bald, like me.  He's what made me want to get a corn cob pipe and smoke Haunted Bookshop, both now favorites of mine (well done on the blend).
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Dec/18/07, 8:22 am
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Chock Full of Nuts New York blend sounds great. I'm going to try to find it around here.
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Dec/18/07, 2:43 pm
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Brandon, you just thought it was going to be a chore to find a favorite pipe tobacco. Little did you know the world of the coffee bean is almost as vast.
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We tend to be coffee snobs in the Woodard household. At one time we had three coffee machines going in the morning - the programmable type that will brew the coffee so it's ready when you come down in the morning and keep it hot in a thermal caraffe(mine). Camille favors a French Press, but she drinks decaf and puts half and half in it. Then we had an espresso machine, which I would dump a shot of in my morning cup. Now that'll wake you up! Unfortunately, our espresso maker sprung a leak during appliance disaster week and we've not had it repaired yet.
As for blends, we like French Roast from Peet's Coffee, a blender out of California. Typically, we'll get a pound each; mine are whole bean. I grind the beans each evening when I set up the coffee for the next day.
Coffee - the staff of life!
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