Coffee recommendations?

illy is pretty good in my opinion

gregorys is solid

idk but Peets usually gets me all squirlly

Batdorf & Bronson

how bad does that taste? I'm considering buying a bunch for my last semester

I mean, idk if they ship it, but if you're ever in Philadelphia, Elixr has fantastic fantastic coffee. Get their house blend - it's earthy, which sounds weird, but I can't explain it.

Starbucks counts when you're in love with the girl in the drive-thru. If you're a Keurig fan, they have sample packs that you can order from the website - I know that won't get to your place by tonight, but for future reference...

Blue Bottle is particular favorite on our desk

Try some Community Coffee...great stuff

I have toyed around with a lot of brands...here is what I like/use:

Nespresso - capsules. maybe would be weird to have one at your desk? Philz - just great cup of coffee Costco Colombiano - good for brewing large batches Bizzy - cold brew I ordered online and was pleasantly surprised with the taste: http://www.bizzycoffee.com/

More importantly, I prefer ice coffee...so between the cold brew and Costco batches, I tend to have ~2-3 cups per day ...i also recently switched from milk to almond milk...actually not bad.

It's not so much the brand, but the form that you're buying coffee in. Ideally, coffee should be bought as whole beans within a few months of roasting and then brewed within a few minutes of grinding. My general rule of thumb is that if I need cream or sugar to mask the bitterness of the coffee, the coffee is crap.

Just get caffeine pills.

Philz coffee is crack. Check it out... http://www.philzcoffee.com/shop

I know this isn't what you're asking for, but if you're in need of a legal form of meth look no further than redline energy. Used to take it at 4 am during my crew days. My god it's some powerful stuff. You can pick it up at Walgreens for like 3 bucks a pop. Well worth it imo.

In engineering school we said screw it and bought pure caffeine powder. We did this after one of our chemistry classes and realized it was much cheaper than buying coffee every day.

I don't recommend snorting it, not that we ever did it...

Ever give kopi luwak a try? If you're looking for coffee with flavour but without bitterness, that's probably your best bet. Of course, there's a certain price premium in play. Plus there's the fact that it's, y'know...

Blue Bottle is just fantastic.

I'm on a cold brew kick. High Brew is really good or just make your own.

La Colombe (specifically the Ethiopian beans) or GTFO

Dark Matter coffee is the best Ive had - not sure if they ship.

Alternatively, agreed that Peet's is solid.

EDIT: DM does ship http://www.darkmattercoffee.com/pages/ordering-info

Get yourself a bag of Unicorn Blood, never had it but can't go wrong.

Gevalia is pretty good

Gotan by the Franklin St. 1 Train stop in TriBeCa is my go to.

For the Bostonians, Caffe Nero on Washington St has the best coffee, and they sell whole bean for you to make at home.

there are few things i love consuming more than a good f*cking cup of coffee in the morning.

sadly in BA exported coffee is overpriced and there are few options (most places serve the same shit espresso) but fancy coffee shops are slowly starting to catch on

back during my Seattle days, this was my favorite coffee shop, glad to see they're selling their stuff online! https://store.caffeladro.com/coffee-c31.aspx

Blue Bottle is simply the best (and strongest) coffee on earth. If you do not work/live near a location, Whole Foods sell prepackaged Blue Bottle. The cold brew is a good pick for the morning because of how strong it is. I tend to prefer the New Orleans in the afternoon.

Blue Bottle is simply the best (and strongest) coffee on earth. If you do not work/live near a location, Whole Foods sell prepackaged Blue Bottle. The cold brew is a good pick for the morning because of how strong it is. I tend to prefer the New Orleans in the afternoon.

Call me Strauss-Kahn but... I head to the maintenance floor of my Park Avenue office tower where I dip into the coffee that's been made in a pot on the stove, while getting dapped up by my building's lusty, Dominican BBW cleaning ladies

mayorga

If you're into single origin pour over coffees, best flavor profiles are in the medium light roasts. 49th Parallel is one of the best beans I've had. Supersonic is supposed to be a top tier roaster as well. Intelligentsia and Lift Coffee Roasters are good too though I've read Lift Coffee changed management and so not sure if the original roast master is still there. Personally don't really care for Blue Bottle from the couple times I've tried their coffee. Philz is good but they're not for drinking coffee black. I've found a 13-14 grind setting on the baratza with a ~200F water temp (in the actual kettle) gives a pretty good flavor. Use a 16.6 to 1 ratio for ML water to grams beans.

Aroma Espresso Bar has surprisingly really great tasting coffee. Latte was extremely satisfying.

Not sure if they still make it, but try to find something called Umpire Estates coffee. It is pricy but great. They have a way of roasting it that eliminates most of the bitterness.

Anyone ever tried taking a pre-workout supplement instead of coffee? I think they have anywhere from 2-4x the amount of caffeine as a standard cup. Just a thought.

As for coffee, check out a mailing service called Drift Away - you can sign up for monthly deliveries of whole beans from around the world based on your preferred flavor profile. Good stuff.

Gloria Jeans has really good flavored coffee beans if your into that type of thing. their traditional roasts are pretty good as well. They ship nationwide.