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Never really developed a taste for coffee when I was younger, so I never got into the habit of drinking it. These days, some of the beers I drink have made the taste more palatable, but it's still not something I'll seek out unless it's offered.

Funny enough, though, my dad practically lived off of the stuff for 60+ years, so I do have a number of fond memories associated with the smell of brewing coffee.

2 hours ago, navybsn said:

My wife on the other hand would have to be institutionalized if she had to give up coffee.

My wife was like that too, but honestly it made her so hyper I nearly buried her in the crawlspace under the house. Fortunately she's managed to ween herself off of it

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I've been in love with coffee since I was a teenager, but strangely no one in my inner circle has ever been a big coffee drinker. I think my daughter has gotta be the only one I can think of who shares my love of coffee. Growing up my dad would sometimes have a small cup in the morning before mom drove him to the train station but he'd drink instant because mom couldn't be bothered to brew coffee at 6:30am, even though she did get up to make us all a full breakfast every single day 365 days a year rain or shine. I guess she really took that breakfast is the most important meal of the day shit seriously. But now as an adult I don't even eat breakfast, unless I have it for dinner, and I've developed a very strong coffee habit. I could get one of those come and take it flags rednecks like to display defiantly in their windows and just put a picture of a coffeepot on there instead of the rifle.

 

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5 hours ago, navybsn said:

What do you think of that Jefferson? I've seen it a bunch but never gave it a go.

I like Jefferson quite a bit-expensive, and a splurge. Since I'm a white bread suburban metal boujee, I will spend more than $35-40 on a bottle but still consider myself cautious with dropping big coin. $70ish for me is sort of a cut off and I drink a lot of the more economical bourbons with Old Fashions or for an evening pour during the week here and there.

I'm less of a connoisseur, still relatively new to whiskies all things considered (a COVID gentrification nasty habit) and honestly get confused between all the options of single/double barrel, various finishes, small batch, and all the rest. I couldn't explain the difference in taste profiles generically between small batch and and single barrel for instance. All that stuff's kind of smoke and mirrors to me. I mean, I know what they are in terms of definition, but don't have a great handle on how they relate to taste.

Jefferson's marquee  aged at sea is a nice wallet crunching splurge but really good from memory-smooth with complexity. Their basic Jefferson reserve is much more affordable and I've enjoyed many pours but clearly not as high end a pour. A little harsher I guess, but fine neat. Still a weekend pour, though and something I look forward to-just not as refined perhaps. 

This rye finished in cognac casks has more bite than the last one I had from what I recall.  This one is a also store pick. I'd call it fairly complex, the sweetness matches the spice of the rye which is quite potent at 94 proof-not like one of those sweeter desert sipping whiskey options-the heat comes on strong and has a long finish.

I like a little sweetness-this one hits a good spot for me in that there is some honey but I don't feel like I'm drinking a desert. It's quite spicy and has kick-wouldn't be my first choice for a newbie. 

I feel the same way with a lot of the holiday pumpkin, coffee, milk, chocolate stouts, etc.-I feel like I'm drinking a cappuccino or something and that's not how I enjoy beer, really.  Plus, my go to coffee drinks are either a strong black French roast coffee shop dark coffee no sugar or cream or an Americano with just a wee bit of hazelnut or occasionally a flat white....I have a sweet tooth but not a big fan of sweet drinks.

I think this Jefferson rye finished in cognac barrels, overpriced perhaps,  finds a good mix of sweetness married with spice and heat as compared to some bourbons I've tried like some of the Old Forrester picks I've tried which are sometimes too sweet without enough punch.

It's funny, though how much variety their can be between individual bottles of the same whiskey especially from different years even if aged the same number of years or in different batch numbers or whatnot....like, I bought Old Forrester's 1897 Bottled in Bond which was a bit too sweet last time I picked it up, but good enough to try another bottle and this one fared much better-like the Jefferson, it also had a pretty good ratio of sweetness and heat-100 proof so I guess that helps give it some bite. Same with their 1920-big fan of that one. 

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4 hours ago, markm said:

Plus, my go to coffee drinks are either a strong black French roast coffee shop dark coffee no sugar or cream or an Americano with just a wee bit of hazelnut or occasionally a flat white.

I had an Expresso Martini while I was on holiday. It has added another thing to my coffee repertoire.

Otherwise I do not like sweetened or syrup enhanced coffee. No Australian believes an Americano is actually coffee.

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54 minutes ago, KillaKukumba said:

I would have thought no Australian, (or any one with an IQ over 3) would believe a $2500 coffee machine was required for the home, but several of our 'leading' boxed retail stores seem to think differently.

Man, that's nuts. $500 for a good espresso machine for home use is waaaay too expensive for us. My wife wants one... maybe someday. $2500, no way.

1 hour ago, Thatguy said:

Otherwise I do not like sweetened or syrup enhanced coffee. No Australian believes an Americano is actually coffee.

An Americano over here is just espresso and water - is it different there? It's easy to screw it up and add too much water. Make it right and it's great - the flavor of good espresso at the strength of normal coffee. Basically just a nice fresh cuppa joe. I get them (rarely) at places where I know I want to avoid the drip coffee.

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On 11/19/2022 at 12:37 AM, navybsn said:

I do enjoy a cup of coffee now and then, but I can also take it or leave it. My wife on the other hand would have to be institutionalized if she had to give up coffee.

Both wife and I are caffeine addicts.

I am going through serious caffeine withdrawals.

 

Such is my love of coffee I am drinking decaffenated coffee right now.

1 hour ago, KillaKukumba said:

I would have thought no Australian, (or any one with an IQ over 3) would believe a $2500 coffee machine was required for the home, but several of our 'leading' boxed retail stores seem to think differently.

We mainly drink Nescafe Blend 43.  Over the years we had brought a plunger and a percolator which get used extremely sporadically.

 

The older I get the more I realise I enjoy extremely basic things such as instant coffee or mass produced beer.

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1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Man, that's nuts. $500 for a good espresso machine for home use is waaaay too expensive for us. My wife wants one... maybe someday. $2500, no way.

 

Our last one cost about $180, maybe 8 years ago, but it only lasted about 3 years. It was pretty basic, but it made hot coffee from ground beans, it frothed milk and it could do two cups at once. What the hell someone gets for $2500 is beyond me but it's not even the dearest home machine these stores are selling, some of these machines go up to $4000.

The problem here (probably world wide) is that stores have a box mentality. Be it a TV, a computer, a coffee machine, even a washing machine, if it comes in a box all these stores can sell them because some bean counter has told them it's what people want. Sales staff don't have to know how the item works they just have to read the sales blurb, rattle off a bunch of main points and hope the potential buyer is bamboozled enough to think that item is something they can't live without. No one needs a $2500 coffee machine in their kitchen, but they get convinced they do because the sales droid has told them how good it is and everyone wants something better than their neighbour. Shit, fancy inviting your neighbour over and them seeing you only spent $300 on a machine that makes coffee no better or worse than they one they paid $2000 for.

As for me, I'm totally embarrassed now because I'm about to make a coffee with pre-ground $10 p/kilo coffee and one of those $20 filter things that pour straight into a coffee pot. I hope my neighbours aren't looking through the window!!

 

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