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IZZY · 02-09-2011, 07:45 PM

Which do you prefer? I am a light roast lover myself.

Austin · 02-09-2011, 09:12 PM

Medium, you forgot the middle ground. Welcome by the way!

**Spyder** · 02-09-2011, 09:34 PM

Medium range for me as well. Too dark and you lose the flavor the coffee has to offer. Too light and you tend to get more acidity/brightness than I like.

Funniest thing I hear all to often is "give me the darkest, strongest brew you have"... should see the look on their faces when I tell them that is ass backwards.

Austin · 02-10-2011, 02:52 PM

People think dark means concentrated, therefore stronger.

RichHelms · 02-10-2011, 07:33 PM

Austin - I agree. I do mostly medium (City to Full City) never more.

It is like the time I went to a high end steak house in Calgary (cow country.)
I asked for my steak well done. They refused and said they didn't do past medium well. I tried medium and have never gone back.

bigmike787 · 02-10-2011, 07:59 PM

I prefer Full City to Full City+. I like my beans with just a touch of oil on the outside.

RichHelms · 02-10-2011, 08:24 PM

bigmike787
Yup I can see that. My decafs tend to end up with oil on them but that is common on decafs

Austin · 02-11-2011, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichHelms

Austin - I agree. I do mostly medium (City to Full City) never more.

It is like the time I went to a high end steak house in Calgary (cow country.)
I asked for my steak well done. They refused and said they didn't do past medium well. I tried medium and have never gone back.

I used to cook, I would cringe when someone was ordering well with good meat. I ask the quality of meat when I sit down, before I order, and if it's not Prime, I won't eat it, and if it is, I go rare. Very rare.

bigmike787 · 02-11-2011, 02:41 PM

I like a little blood on my plate, but I can't go much more than that in either direction. Well done steak is bad. Now with brisket, I will ask for an end cut. That is the tastiest chunk of the brisket, but it's well done for sure.

RichHelms · 02-11-2011, 02:44 PM

Austin

Like when I was in France and they made me a "blue" steak. This meant they put in on a hot surface where it was seared, waited a few seconds and then flipped it.

The centre was raw.

I am not that far. I like medium unless it is an exceptional cut of meat.