Help with a Christmas gift -- coffee? - Page 2

monster · 09-28-2013, 08:10 PM

So funny.... I have a temp job and it's resetting the coffee sections after they take out the grinders. they are being replaced by a bigger K-cup section.

I had no idea you people drank such weird stuff. Especially the Starbucks flavors. Coconut and Blueberry Muffin, ffs?

So your FIL wants one bag of the house/original/traditional blend of each brand he hasn't already tried. he doesn't want anything fancy It's just that it seems to frivolous to buy them for himself and has no other ideas of what he wants for christmas, so he's killing two birds with one stone. Go to the supermarket and buy just that. One bag of each type he hasn't tried. maybe throw in a few basic Colombian too. include the own brand of whatever store is local to him if you can. The main brands are Gevalia, 8 o'clock, Peets and Starbucks, so there's not going to be much left for you to buy.

If you really want to make the gift interesting, Baggie up and code a couple of servings of each one so he can do a blind taste test. he can rate each one and then you can reveal which were which.

sexobon · 09-28-2013, 09:01 PM

Give him a bottle of Irish whiskey and a can of whipped cream. He'll be happy with any brand of coffee you give him to make Irish coffees.

DanaC · 09-29-2013, 06:31 AM

Get the house brand as Monster suggested and then Christmas it up with a nice coffee mug or canister.

Lola Bunny · 09-29-2013, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

One word:

Kopi luwak

cat poop coffee.....Grav, you funny man. Do you think it's good coffee or you were trying to be funny?

Griff · 09-29-2013, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

When I was a lad, Mom would grind her own Eight O'clock coffee at the A&P store. Grab a bag of beans, dump them in the grinder, put the bag under the chute and push the button.
I wonder when they did away with that, probably about the same time they did away with the see though your feet machines.

Sorry Choco, I'm no help... I don't drink the shit either. It's just a crutch for people that don't do crank.

You'll like Wegmans, they still have the grinder and a shit load of coffees including excellent in-house brands to ease you off the crank.

Seattles' Best (owned by Starbucks) might be an option for him. I'd just go to a good grocery store and get him a variety of coffees under the Starbucks price-point.

Gravdigr · 09-29-2013, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

cat poop coffee.....Grav, you funny man. Do you think it's good coffee or you were trying to be funny?

I. Hate. Coffee. I've tried (more than once) to become "a coffee drinker". I don't think it'll ever happen. Then again, I've never drank civet-butt coffee.

Maybe if I squeezed a civet over my coffee...maybe it is the poop that makes it good.

The kopi luwak is supposed to be the bee's knees when it comes to non-bitter coffee. Plus it's expensive as hell. And it comes out of the far end of a civet.

If you larfed, I was being funny.

DanaC · 09-29-2013, 01:13 PM

Civet coffee is a booming business these days. It became popular amongst middle class Americans and Europeans. Consequently the Civet coffee trade has become much crueller.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24034029

Quote:

Animal cruelty during the production of one of the world's priciest coffees has been exposed by a BBC investigation.

Kopi luwak is made from coffee beans excreted by Indonesian palm civets - small, mongoose-like creatures.

But undercover reporters in Indonesia witnessed civets held in battery-cage conditions to produce the coffee.

And experts say they are "totally convinced" kopi luwak from caged animals ends up on the London market

-snip-

Posing as buyers, the BBC visited farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Reporters witnessed battery-style conditions, animals in cramped cages and a severely injured civet cat, contradicting the "wild" claims marketed to consumers.

Gravdigr · 09-29-2013, 01:35 PM

Whew, at least it ain't my fault.

This time.

DanaC · 09-29-2013, 01:52 PM

Yeah....maybe. I still think you look kinda guilty..

xoxoxoBruce · 09-29-2013, 05:08 PM

It's the 40 year old mustache.

JoyMKendrick · 10-09-2013, 06:28 AM

Okay, I got this. I love coffee and I think a classic blend would make a beautiful christmas present. See if you can get your hands on Folger Classic Roast Coffe. Wait, let me link you to a website I usually buy it from: http://www.dailycuppacoffee.com/folg...nd-33-9ozs-can

fargon · 10-09-2013, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoyMKendrick

Okay, I got this. I love coffee and I think a classic blend would make a beautiful christmas present. See if you can get your hands on Folger Classic Roast Coffe. Wait, let me link you to a website I usually buy it from: http://www.dailycuppacoffee.com/folg...nd-33-9ozs-can

09-28-2013, 08:10 PM	#16
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	So funny.... I have a temp job and it's resetting the coffee sections after they take out the grinders. they are being replaced by a bigger K-cup section. I had no idea you people drank such weird stuff. Especially the Starbucks flavors. Coconut and Blueberry Muffin, ffs? So your FIL wants one bag of the house/original/traditional blend of each brand he hasn't already tried. he doesn't want anything fancy It's just that it seems to frivolous to buy them for himself and has no other ideas of what he wants for christmas, so he's killing two birds with one stone. Go to the supermarket and buy just that. One bag of each type he hasn't tried. maybe throw in a few basic Colombian too. include the own brand of whatever store is local to him if you can. The main brands are Gevalia, 8 o'clock, Peets and Starbucks, so there's not going to be much left for you to buy. If you really want to make the gift interesting, Baggie up and code a couple of servings of each one so he can do a blind taste test. he can rate each one and then you can reveal which were which. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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09-29-2013, 05:08 PM	#25
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09-28-2013, 09:01 PM	#17
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Give him a bottle of Irish whiskey and a can of whipped cream. He'll be happy with any brand of coffee you give him to make Irish coffees.

10-09-2013, 06:28 AM	#26
JoyMKendrick Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 3	Okay, I got this. I love coffee and I think a classic blend would make a beautiful christmas present. See if you can get your hands on Folger Classic Roast Coffe. Wait, let me link you to a website I usually buy it from: http://www.dailycuppacoffee.com/folg...nd-33-9ozs-can

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