back in december whilst trying to come up with a good new year's resolution i hit a brick wall. after several years of behaving myself i couldn't afford to give up any of my few remaining vices. for a jewish gentleman a man without land is nothing but for a gentile such as myself a man without vices is nothing.
rather than giving anything up i decided to drink more coffee so i set myself on a quest to find the perfect cup of coffee. the perfect cup of coffee cannot be purchased in a restaurant. it has to be 100% freshly served and the mug has to be pre-heated to the correct temperature and of course a good bone china mug adds to the experience. also there can be no additives. i consider it blasphemous to add sugar, cream or any of the other stuff that has become so popular these days.
in order to fully enjoy the experience i need some sweet music playing on a good sound system and a faithful dog by my side. this can only happen in my bat cave.
without further adieu here is the early favorite for coffee of the year; CAFE GODIVA, chocolate creme.
my daughter picked this up for me and after a few sips i fell in love. this doesn't mean the search is over it just means that i'll be happy as a clam for a few weeks as me and ruby enjoy the moment. ruby will be dreaming of basking in the summer sun and i'll be in the wonderfully soft arms of montana wildhack.
life can be sweet.
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As a bum and a few times a long haul truck driver I've gotten used to just drinking any coffee that was handy, hot or cold, and being thankful for it.
But I do like my homemade mocha's with a shot of Peppermint Schnapps in them.
Well, if I ever get in your neighborhood maybe you'll treat me to one of yours, it sounds good.
Wait a minute, chocolate creme? Isn't that cheating? That's not coffee black, you've got additives in there alright. Now I don't feel like such a woose for adding creme to mine. ;)
Love those Traveling Wilburys.
What??? You won't add milk and sugar but you use chocolate creme-flavored coffee? No, I'm sorry to disagree, but that is pure wrongness. Coffee should be coffee-flavored. Sweet milky coffee is fine, but no added flavors!
Oi! You live in the Pacific NW and you call that shite coffee?
It's pre-ground and by that I don't mean "precision ground"... I mean at some fucking factory.
And it is artificially "flavored"... as in: "additives".
What the FUCK?!?!?!
Get yourself a decent grinder, some fresh roasted sidamo or a nice yirgacheffe, and precision grind it in your bat cave, no less than ten minutes before you pour boiling water on top of it.
Then drink that and forget that Gucci bullshit you're swilling now. It's like mistaking Wild Turkey for Ardbeg.
For fucks sake, man! Get a grip.
And don't get me started on the Jews.
holy christ! what a hornets nest. this reminds me of when my buddy edgar derby innocently picked up a teapot in germany.
as i said, the search is not over and i expect to tire of this stuff in a few weeks.
thimscool - i bow to your superior knowledge of physics.
i suspect there are very, very few coffees on the market that haven't been tinkered with. whether it be in the growing of the beans or the processing of the beans.
i do stand by my statement of the quality of the mug and music being an integral part of the omelet.
oy vey, you don't like kosher coffee?
Wakes up in the morning under a tree, tosses off the blankets and starts a campfire and puts some coffee grounds and water in a pot and brings it to a boil, when the grounds settle enjoy some good country coffee.
Okay, lets go kick this day in the ass.
Alone, there's no women like that anymore to do those things with you.
Enjoy your cup of joe, BP. You painted a most excellent picture. It is the little things, right?
I'm just joshing ya. But if you want a good bag of beans, you can get them from one of my customers here:
Counter Culture Coffee. Good folx.
Easterners, tho. There are a few good roasters out west too.
For some reason I always find the smell of coffee better than the taste.
Yes, the perfect cup of coffee sounds good to me. Let me know when you find it. I also take my coffee naked (black, that is).
Billy - "i bow to your superior knowledge of physics"
That reminds me of my commuting days, driving in OKC. Sometimes I'd have to say to other drivers
"I bow to your superior insanity."
I think you're on to something with
Enjoy the Moment, drinking coffee with a faithful dog by your side. If you enjoy enough moments, you enjoy life.
billy - i can remember camping coffee. i usually had a hangover so the memories aren't all that great.
me shife - yup, it's the little things but it doesn't hurt when a few big things go our way. maybe sonny moving back to town.
gb - i guess gorillas have more highly developed olfactory system than us homo-sapiens.
cheyenne - i thought that i was close to finding the perfect cup of coffee until a few naysayers found fault with my selection.
tex - yup, i can find more pleasure in finding a dozen empty beer cans in the park than guessing right on a futures contract.
i hear ya on finding that perfect cup of coffee. I feel like I've been on that same quest all my life. Well, since the age of five, anyway, when I first started drinking coffee.
I enjoy the flavored coffee, like what was bought for you, as well as the unflavored. Hell, coffee in any form, with the huge exception of decaf (which is truly blasphemous) is just dandy with me.
I take it that Ruby is your dog or cat? Since I've more or less just began reading your blog for a couple weeks, I wasn't sure. In any case, the scenario you described with your perfectly heated coffee, music and pet by your side sounds wonderful.
We found some coffee that was ground with Hazelnuts; it's absolutely delicious. I sweeten mine with agave nectar instead of sugar.
kelly - ruby is our four legged head of security. a pit bull rescued from the shelter.
robert - i've seen several hazelnut coffees and plan on giving them a try. so many coffees, so little time.
so many coffees, so little time.
So many pussies, not even worth trying. :-)
now billy, lets not throw cats in with the coffee.
Ho...ly SHIT, did your life get a lot more complicated over something monsterously simple! Poor bp. I get just as good flavor and buzz from my store brand joe I bought at Meijer.
Much of this having to do with being a cheap basta...frugal consumer! Yeah, that's what we meant.
Carry on!
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ted - yeah, life can be a pain in the ass. in the good old days and cheap coffee with a cigarette was heaven on earth.
I'm that way about a good tea..but I have to have my sweet and low.
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