pkphilip

If you get good beans, you use less. It may cost more, but ended up saving some money.

For Starbucks, the only thing I use is their Reserve bean. Even so, their single origin beans are getting very rare. They are actually decent if you are looking for a bold (typical SB) yet flavorful coffee. I am drinking the Maui Mukka, Sundried Sumatra and Ethopia Sadamo. The Maui Mukka is very very good. I use my siphon to make these.

For my daily stuff, I am still drinking some homegrown coffee beans from a friend in Malaysia/Indonesia. They don't have a brand yet (sell mostly local), and the flavor is light, and earthy for daily use. I also have a bag of Ipoh White Coffee bean, it's good with condense milk.

Finally.. for a good/cheap cup of coffee Trader Joe's Joe brand is a very decent. It very much taste like Tim Horton's with a mallow flavor.

Since I longer have a coffee maker, I use manual drip. My Bodum burr grinder works great with everything except expresso.

Anyone wants to talk about expresso?

Philip

pkphilip

I really don't know where the beans are from, he just say the family starts to selling them locally.

If you want food froth milk, you can get a milk frother or get a Mukka Express, it will be a good pot for beginners.

Philip

pkphilip

Just found out London Drugs is clearing Peet's Coffee in whole beans for $10 a bag. The roasting date is 10/10/2013, so out of my surprise it's so cheap.

I will try them tomorrow and see how good it is for pour over and french press.

Philip