how rotten can coffee be?

[Gwynd]

Originally Posted by alexora

Prepare two cups of coffee: one black, one with creamer.

If the black coffee tastes right, but the one with creamer does not, then the problem rests with the creamer.

If they both taste right, then it was a one-off problem.

If they both taste wrong, then the problem may well lie with the machine, in which case give it a thorough clean, and descale it while you're at it.

I agree with what Alexora says, I use a stove-top pot, and depending on my mood have anything from:
Cheap Lidl own brand (relatively speaking, apparently some people think $5 a bag's expensive.)

To

Coaltown 'single-origin' (who could resist a coffee described as 'Blood Orange, Plum, Vanilla'? - not me.) - yours for £11.40 for 227gm (or £33.95 a kilo, if you can find a way to keep it fresh) folks - and a bargain if I may say so.

As my stove-top pot goes in the dishwasher, I only get a 'bad cup' of coffee if I screw up the brewing - living where I do the tap water's palatable, so I can't blame the water either.

Oh, and I drink mine black, how dare people adulterate coffee with 'creamer' - they'll be putting milk in tea next.

[allworkboy]

I use one of those $20 Mr. Coffee machines. My sisters use this. Don't like it. Their coffee always like syrup.

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[alexora]

Originally Posted by allworkboy

I use one of those $20 Mr. Coffee machines. My sisters use this. Don't like it. Their coffee always like syrup.

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I too use the Moka coffeemaker, made by Italian market leader Bialetti since 1933.

It produces a coffee similar to espresso: much denser and stronger than that resulting from other types of coffeemakers.

Every single household in Italy has at least one of them (they come in different sizes).

They should never be placed in the dishwasher, and never washed with soap: just rub them clean after each use with tap water.

The coffee used is a slightly different blend (30% Arabica, 70% Robusta), and is ground much finer, not as fine as espresso coffee, but not as coarse as drip coffee.

[pelham456]

soap!

i wonder if i flushed OUT the soap (not to mention bleach) last time i washed the pot?

that might acct for the ground coffee, creamer, and tap water all being fresh separately, yet resultant pot tasting like crap!!

just a thought.

[allworkboy]

They should never be placed in the dishwasher, and never washed with soap: just rub them clean after each use with tap water. HAHA I BET my Sisters don't know that! TOO LATE! HAHA!

[carolina73]

And some days it is just our taste buds gone bad.
Several times I have asked the wife if the coffe tastes all right and she says it tastes good to her.
And my travels have me drinking gas station coffee some days.

[fbplanet]

The Art Company - One Cup of Coffee (1987)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RFoiW6pFgu4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RFoiW6pFgu4

[alexora]

Eydie Gormé - The Coffee Song

You Tube

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[pelham456]

the hijackapalooza continues!

aniwe...i made a fresh pot with the same coffee (now 9 years and 2 WEEKS open), same creamer (now 2 weeks older), and same tap water (fresh), and it...came out great! so i really do not know what was with that last batch.

that said, day 2 of my new pot i managed to KILL MY MICROWAVE (other thread), so now the discussion is MOOT. i've converted the rest of the pot to lukewarm (dead fridge) ICE COFFEE, and will be switching to WATER (also lukewarm) once that runs out.

when it rains it pours. expect PC to die soon....

[pelham456]

anyone have experience running coffee THRU their mr coffee? (to heat it up)

does it just make a big sticky mess, or does it actually break stuff?

i dunno how much longer i can survive on room temp coffee!