In addition to not being able to abide bottled water, I cannot/will not abide getting hot tea at a coffeeshop.
For whatever reason - I rarely (rarely!) am able to make coffee at home that is as good as coffee in a coffee shop. And I have yet to figure out exactly why (it may be because of the temperature of the water when it is being brewed).
But tea! C'mon! Order a green tea at Caribou and they give you a cup of hot water and a tea bag. And charge you about $2.
I've said all I need to say.
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agreedabout the tea - though I think there have been two times when I bought tea at a coffee shop because I was stuck at work and feeling ill
I have never purchased coffee, tea, or water at a coffee shop. I probably never will. However, I have and will again buy hot chocolate there. Not because it tastes so much better, but because I was at a coffee shop to see a coffee loving friend.
Imagine the doallars I have saved for McDonalds fixes.
CF Bear - Your arteries may regret your decision.
I haven't done the tea thing at coffee shops either, though I don't even do coffee at coffee shops all that much.
As for the quality, water temperature is critical to good drip coffee, at or above 200 degrees. Most drip coffee makers can't get the water that hot.
If you want to make an investment in a coffee maker that will pay itself off in fewer trips to the coffee shop, try Capresso (a brand of coffee maker). It hits the 200 degree magic number.
Alternately, try something called an Americano, basically two shots of espresso topped off with water. Espresso machines use high temperature water and also force the water through the compacted grounds at specific pressures, the higher the better (18 bar or so).
Espresso seems to pull the best flavor out of the grounds, but a good drip machine will get close.
I've gone through a couple of Capresso coffee pots, and currently have their Espresso maker. Good machines, though they take some serious TLC to continue to run optimally.
I've done tea at the shops, but only at local ones around here, when I can get my own teapot and measure accordingly. Coffee... and that's black, unflavored, unadultered, unraped coffee.. is the only on-the-go bev I do at Caribou or other places.
Interesting. Thanks for working yourself into my lifestyle on your visits, my non-coffeeshop-going-friends!
Mix - interesting. You are corroborating my suspicions.
Two other things go into coffeeshop visits:
- They tend to be the nexus for community & art in neighborhoods. Minneapolis neighborhoods, anyway. And just hanging out in a coffeeshop, sipping away (in conversation with friends or loved ones, or alone with reading material) is one of life's joys.
- Brewing coffee at home requires cleaning of pot & filter - both of which are a pain in the ass.
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