do people still use 75MHz FM? :icon17: hahaha

definitely getting me a 2.4Ghz futaba next time around with FAAST or FASST or watever.

flame on!!!

actually i find starbucks to over-roast their beans compared to non-franchised coffee houses... for example their medium taste like dark and dark like cr... extra dark.

yah, i buy the beans and brew it myself. i too dont like their brew at their restaurants/cafe's. :ugh:
most often than not, as you said, burnt taste.

hi, im poor. today im going to net me a nice tall cup of starbucks with the $5 i have left for the 5min of glory. :rock:
never mind the $10K credit card debt.


... you mean 5min of burnt taste :ugh2: your problems dont just go away...

Myself find any and all Star Bucks coffee blends a the strong side...

:iagree:

Mc Donalds in a quick coffee fix works for me..................

;)

actually mc'd has come along way. :tup: their coffee dont taste bad at all. :D

I'm actually a fan of the arabic blends and MCD did a very good job coming along from what they called coffee before... also helped they made a huge marketing push as well

arabic blend, huh? cool.

yah, i dont mind eating their breakfast their with coffee... :tup: well, if you take out the high calories... :eekdance:

a girl that i know was slim until i kept seeing her eat their breakfast every morning. :eekdance:

Please share with us your thoughts and coffee brands......I need to stop
with the old school - mud Maxwell House....

:hello:

:tup:Arabic blends are really great....................

:tup:

:rofl2:

id start with starbucks verona. that's like the most basic coffee they have.

Sound's great Doctor Ken Chan.........

Mishuko please chime in with us today on coffee blends..............

:tup:

I still smoke a cigar once or twice a month...Enjoy a iced cold coffee drink
with the cigar...............Bad habit............

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6EVigCn2oE...s640/yesno.jpg

fresh carrot in one hand and ice cold lemonade in the other like a boss :tup:

iced coffee is :tup:

iced coffee's been a normal beverage in japan for many yrs, but when i asked a local restaurant
for iced coffee 20yrs+ ago they looked at me :icon08:

so i told the waitress to bring me a glass with ice and a coffee... and showed
her how to make it. :D then they actually started serving it at their restaurant. :rofl2:

who gets the popcorn? :confused:

we can all share the popcorn :icon17:

:drama:

In Nor Cali I make a pitcher of iced cold coffee in the summer months ...Another great suggestion
from Doctor KenChan...............

:iagree:

:drama: <= i want to see this guy dive into the popcorn.. :ugh:

:tup:

I like cheese flavored pop corn...Orange fingers... who cares...........

:tup:

Funny guy today...

just today? :confused:

looks like my rc kit came in along with the bearings, servo, and some other stuff for my computer. :D

still waiting on the receiver, oil damper housings, paints.

Again I'm a big fan of Chrome......


:iagree:

The options are endless...I like those IMSA style wide sticky tires...............

:driving:

Mishuko please share with us your thoughts today..............

:hello::hello::hello::hello:

I used to down two pitchers of iced coffee when I was working restaurants in my younger days. First one in a half hour. buzzzzzzzz

Sip a second through the shift. Good stuff.

Please tell us no cigar......Its a bad habit that I need to stop.................

:iagree:

Cali eh? I'm from Canadia!!! lol... let's see depends on how much you want to spend. What really started me on tasting coffe was liberally using my Mom's Nespresso. It's very good starting point as they have different strength's and they give you an explanation of what types of flavours you should taste/experience. Also helped me call our flavours and started to truely enjoy coffee for the flavour as opposed to 'staying awake'

It all depends on what you're going for... for example you can make most coffee's a mocha by adding a spoon of hot chocolate, some cream (or milk for you damn calorie counters) and sweeten to taste and voila! You have yourself a mocha =P (no i have never been a barista)


Here's my experience with franchises...

Starbucks => i prefer their blonde / pike or true north. They say they are mild but more on the medium to dark side. I also up-rate their advertised roast to avoid getting dark's. Their espresso is garbage though and they cover it up in their latte's with over the top flavours instead of having the flavours compliment the roast.

Second cup => I tend to go to their mild roasts as they also over-roast their beans. essentially the canadian version of starbucks.

Timothy's => they tend to be more on the acidic / fruity side of things and a tad over-roasted but not bad compared to SB/SC

Aroma => I believe they use arabic/turkish beans (in fact i'm sipping their coffee now)... pretty good company that's comparative to the starbucks chain. Their regular coffee is a medium/light blend haven't had a latte their so can't pass judgement on their espresso beans.

McD => Prior to their change it was crap.... now it's decent in a pinch and can easily be a daily drinker.

Tim Hortons => mild coffee (if you can call it that)... but they do have a darker roast which I have yet to try. It's okay once in awhile but I don't understand why people go gung-ho for this stuff up here :shakes head:

As for instant coffee... well... haven't had that in a long time so I cannot give you a good opinion aside from my experience in university:ughdance:

I used to use the nescafe instant espresso mix, added a bit of cream and sugar to have a make-shift latte during university. Worked well but that was before I started to go all crazy.



My suggestion is for instant coffee buy a small container and try it then when you find one you like, switch it then go back to see if you really like it or not! I personally am not the biggest fan of colombian beans as I find them a bit more bold in flavour. But if you like bold flavours then it may be a good starting point! I usually listen to my tongue when it comes to coffee so all the fancy names/flavours and what not are just gimmicks. Bottom line is.... Does it taste good?

:rofl2:

oh, this is an offroad truck. :D

canada = tim hortons (aka burger king aka clifford burger) :tup:

I wrote a novel! lol j/k... plus i'm at work an had to deal with some crap =( looks like i have to go in this saturday

atleast i get to drive in and get free parking and a day in lieu!!!! :happydance::driving:

park sideways, mishuko. take up like 4 spaces. lol

Mishuko, thank you and we all came away today with a better understanding
of both coffee and coffee blends.. I printed a copy of this nice article for
future reference as it now resides in my brief case.....Outstanding...

so this coming sat i have family stuff to do all day, so no can do on motoring my z. :ugh:

So i can be featured in the worst parkers thread? :bowrofl:

but yea... it'll probably be one of the nicest cars there since everyone else has 'commitments'... my only commitment is my Z... oh and my girlfriend i guess... :ugh2:

i don't know what you're talking about... the Z is a family car for single dad's!

it even has a child-seat anchor!!!!!