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Post by mr potatohead on Dec 16, 2021 15:06:02 GMT
The convenience store near me makes excellent rich, dark, black coffee. The darker the roast, the less caffeine is in the cup. A lot of people don’t know this. They associate a darker roast with stronger coffee. I generally drink an organic medium roast, sometimes as a homemade cold brew, using a French press. Rest of time, I’ll do a pour over or use the French Press, then strain it through an unbleached paper filter to get any sediment out. I used to grind right before brewing, but now grind enough for a week, and store in glass jars. My home brew is never as tasty as the convenience store. Their auto-fed machine grinds the beans for each cup, in proportion to cup size, just before serving. Seriously, their coffee is as good or better than any "gourmet" coffee shop I've ever tried and less than $2 per 24oz cup of well-used-motor-oil-black-richness.
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Post by mr potatohead on Dec 16, 2021 15:42:22 GMT
I like to eat black/dark roast coffee beans too. Some people like them with chocolate coating, but I'm not one of those.
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Post by gruntbrain on Dec 16, 2021 15:48:11 GMT
I assume different beans, brewing times, and brewing methods yield varying amounts of caffeine at the risk of being obvious.
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Post by mr potatohead on Dec 21, 2021 10:59:02 GMT
I assume different beans, brewing times, and brewing methods yield varying amounts of caffeine at the risk of being obvious. In general, I'd say "yes". However, the roast determines how much caffeine is available to extract from the beans, no matter what your brewing method or time is. If you want to get wired up on caffeine, drink the lightest roast coffee bean that has been brewed the longest or in the most concentrated way, like a french press or espresso machine. If caffeine is what you want, another way to get it is to drink a high caffeine tea. When I was a laboring stiff, I drank Celestial Seasoning's Morning Thunder (in the morning before work, of course). Now, when I drink tea, I like Twining's English Breakfast tea which is a black tea. I also have some Yerba Mate and some other herbal teas. For medicinal teas, I've found the Traditional Medicinal brand to be very good and have used them for many years because, of the ones I've tried, they work as advertised.
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