Favorite Way to Make Coffee

I enjoy using a french press, and I recently purchased a stovetop espresso maker. I'm also fond of Turkish style coffee. Anyone else have any favorite methods.

Espresso!!!!

I've been using a french press exclusively for the last four or five years and I ain't going back to the nastiness that are filter cookers.

I just made Turkish coffee again for the first time in about two years. Very tasty, though it leaves a lot of silt in the bottom of the cup (which can make for a pretty nasty final swig if you don't remember that fact). Could just be me doing it wrong, though still good in any case.

I am a pod convert - use a commercial Grindmaster OPOD at home and a cheapie Melitta one:one at work. For camping, it's a French Press. I can't find a drive-through or restaurant coffee that beats a cup I can make.

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Not doing anything wrong. Turkish coffee should have a bunch of silt in the bottom.

Good to know. I've only ever met one other person who did it, so I didn't have lot to go by. I was happy to find that the only international grocer here in Grand Forks stocks eastern European blends, and cheap.

Cheers.

French presses are fantastic for medium or lighter coffees, but, if I'm in the mood for something particularly dark, I always have better luck with a filtered drip coffee pot...

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I like medium roast the best...so the French press has worked well for me.

I just mix in a Carafe (usually a French press without the plunger) then pour through a really fine-screened reusable coffee filter into another carafe.

This keeps out most of the silt but retains the oils.

~Jimm

Beside the expresso machine - wich is my first choice- I love the french press, but often use the drip machine (the only one available at work). I fell in love with expressos with an italian stovetop coffee maker. I'm simply in awe with the simplicity of it.
I am commited to try the turkish coffee sometime soon. I just talked to the guy at the local coffee store, and he explained the "receipe".
It does have some fine grind in the bottom of the cup, it's normal (he says)

I eventually tried the turkish coffee. It is maybe the most surprising experience in coffe I had so far. It was amazing. I decided to just try with a friend of mine, and when I was done with the brewing, I was convinced it would be a terrible cup, burned and smoky.
It was in fact excellent, and it was my first attempt.
The only comparison that came to my mind was hot chocolate (not for the taste, but the thickness, roundness of the beverage.)
I just loved it. And it is so cheap (I mean cost wise).
You should try!

Hi all, I use a 12 cup Mr Coffee maker, with 3 shotglasses of Columbian coffee. Dee

Ah, coffee! I adore coffee. The stronger the better! I tried the french press but didn't care for it as I couldn't get it strong enough without it ending up bitter. Then I used a stovetop expresso maker, which makes wonderful expresso but took too long when I was trying to get out of the house in the morning. So I too joined the pod people ~ mine is Flavia. It makes a decent strong coffee (it's advertised as expresso) in less than two minutes that I use to make a pretty tasty latte.

When on vacation (as I am now), I bring along a small one-cup Melitta drip filter basket and filters and use that to make acceptable coffee.

I recently met a lovely couple from Turkey who showed me how to make turkish coffee and gave me a turkish coffee maker and some coffee from Turkey. That will be my next project.

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I tried the french press but didn't care for it as I couldn't get it strong enough without it ending up bitter

The trick is not to let it brew too long. The longer it stands to brew, the more bitterness is released from the coffee. Use quantity of coffee to control strength and time of brewing to control bitterness. I *love* my French press coffee.

I had the same problem with a new drip coffeemaker.
The same quantity of everything simply made the coffee too weak for my taste. I finally caved into using a larger quantity of coffee - and now all is fine. I guess my old coffeemaker (I broke the carafe and could not find a replacement that didn't cost as much as a new coffeemaker!) simply brewed coffee more efficiently. *sigh*

In Israel, Turkish coffee is brewed with cardomom (a spice). Try that. It's wonderful!