Cafe coffee replacement, what are you doing?

[afterspivak]

@TimesThree

I buy the beans at Starbucks

If you’re into some of the more basic blends like Pike, I’ve noticed that some PX Marts (and larger Carrefours) seems to be stocking those beans too.

Guy

[TimesThree]

Pike is probably my favorite. Mostly because nostalgia, I grew up in Seattle. I tried one of the PX ones but didn’t like it that much. Is there a specific brand that tastes like Pike?

[lostinasia]

@TimesThree

I can’t really make anything frothy like that at home.

At some point I picked up a milk frother, like this sort of thing (I’m not endorsing that site at all - it’s just the first image I found on Google that looked like what we’ve got). I don’t use it very often because I generally prefer black coffee, but my wife gets a lot of use out of it for her various soy or oat milk lattes.

[Andrew]

@TimesThree

just make coffee at home. I buy the beans at Starbucks and use a coffee maker. I miss the lattes I used to buy at 85 though. I can’t really make anything frothy like that at home.

Would recommend trying Oklao - a lot cheaper and better than buying beans in Starbucks, IMO.

[TimesThree]

Probably something I should consider.

[Belgian_Pie]

@PeiHua-Connie

Nice for this weather, but I still prefer hot.

Cold brew opens up coffee flavor doors you never knew existed, but you need to use really good beans. Adding nitro opens up a whole pallet of aromas.

[afterspivak]

In a good cold brew, I especially love the complex syrupy tastes that come out (typically drawn from good Sumatra or other Indonesian beans).

However the trend of late has been to really push the floral flavours of African beans, which certainly have their fans, but which is a completely different effect.

Guy

[slawa]

Chifir

[afterspivak]

So basically the current level 3 restrictions are like a Soviet gulag?

I get that the current situation is not good, but it’s not quite that not good.

Guy

[bdog]

From the link:

It is to be drunk slowly, otherwise it may cause vomiting

Not a terribly enticing description.

[afterspivak]

He lost me at the “Soviet gulag” part.

Guy

[finley]

That sounds … um, like something you’d expect Russians to invent

[DKaoshuing]

@Belgian_Pie

@PeiHua-Connie

Nice for this weather, but I still prefer hot.

Cold brew opens up coffee flavor doors you never knew existed, but you need to use really good beans. Adding nitro opens up a whole pallet of aromas.

Nitro, I think something I have not tried. I see it more now though.

[Belgian_Pie]

It’s nitrogen, not nitrous oxide what’s use in whipping up cream.

[PeiHua-Connie]

@Belgian_Pie

@PeiHua-Connie

Nice for this weather, but I still prefer hot.

Cold brew opens up coffee flavor doors you never knew existed, but you need to use really good beans. Adding nitro opens up a whole pallet of aromas.

I guess personal preferences, I know the flavors but still prefer hot. Sometime I still do try cold if the weather is really hot like yesterday like was 31 (this afternoon is much cooler)

[Belgian_Pie]

Cold brew is not iced coffee, it’s coffee steeped for 24h in water in the fridge.

[Andrew]

Public service announcement: They had buy one get one free on Italian Espresso beans (454 grams) in Oklao today, so I came away with 6 lb of decent coffee for NT$900.

[Belgian_Pie]

@Andrew

so I came away with 6 lb of decent coffee for NT$900.

You’re gone have a caffeine high for many weeks!

[Andrew]

@Belgian_Pie

You’re gone have a caffeine high for many weeks!

Yeah. I normally buy 3 bags every 3 weeks or so as it’s usually buy 2 get 1 free. This time, I initially picked up 4 bags then changed my mind and took another 2…just in case.

[PeiHua-Connie]

@Andrew

Public service announcement: They had buy one get one free on Italian Espresso beans (454 grams) in Oklao today, so I came away with 6 lb of decent coffee for NT$900.

Six bags (What is lb?)? How many grams is that?