Originally Posted By goodgirl <a href="http://fun.drno.de/pics/coffee_making/" target="_blank">http://fun.drno.de/pics/coffee _making/</a>
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I saw a competition for this sort of thing on Food Channel once. It's amazing what some people can do with coffee and milk foam.
Originally Posted By idleBrain Yeah, that's cool looking and all... but Houston we have a problem. I need the freakin' cup of coffee in order to reach the level of ATTENTION necessary to make said cup of coffee look like that in the first place!! *-*-* CATCH-22 CAFE *-*-* Where caffeine always trumps creativity.â„¢
Originally Posted By Deogges Mom Very cool. I agree with idlehands - U need the coffee first to do anything like that.
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 I find those who do art with their coffee amazing, but I really just want to drink mine!
Originally Posted By jdub Hey, can anyone here please tell me how to turn the stuff they leave for you in a motel room into a decent cup of coffee? Every time I resort to drinking that stuff, I end up in a foul mood! VILE! And so is THE COFFEE!!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I believe that the words "good" and "coffee" can never be used in the same sentence. Just not possible to make water strained through ground up, wanna be, dirt taste good. Can't happen, I tell you!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I hvae a good recipe for hotel coffee. Very simple. If it makes ten cups, run half the pot of water through the coffee, pour it out and run a full pot though. The simple fact is that the hotel coffee (kinda like dried spices vs. fresh) is JUST TOO STRONG. This works fairly well, you will be surprised.
Originally Posted By seanyoda jdub, most hotel coffee packs are about half of the size they should be. That means that if it's a 4 cup pack, try making it with 2 cups of water. It doesn't help that the coffee makers are also a crapshoot. Whose to say that you're going to get a cup that's brewed at the optimum temperature (190-195 degrees) for the proper amount of time (4-5 minutes)? Of course, everyone has his or her own opinion in what they like in coffee. Personally, I try to stick to the 2 level tablespoons for every 6 fluid ounces of water ratio and a brew time of 4-5 minutes. When I serve coffee, I always have two airtight pitchers. One of coffee, and the other of hot water. I put out a sign that says "If the coffee is too strong for your liking, add some water." I do this because you can weaken a strong cup of coffee, but you can't strengthen a weak cup of coffee.
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 The coffee in the breakfast room at our hotel when we went to DL was the WORST coffee ever! I can drink just about anything that slighlty resembles coffee, just to avoid a cafeine headache, and this stuff was undrinkable! Again I'm going to state- Why is there no Starbucks in DTD?
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb The worst coffee I ever had was at the Village Haus in Fantasyland. I never did drugs in college (or HS or any other time) but my husband and his friends assured me that "bong water" was the proper descriptor for this coffee.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Starbucks...good question. In fact the WORST coffee I have EVER had in my life was at the Cuppa Joe on the Disney Boardwalk in WDW. I asked the girl working if a lot of people complain about it and she said, "Yes everyday, all day." I replied something like, "What do YOU think about it?" She said,"I don't know, I HATE coffee." I turned and left.
Originally Posted By jdub Thanks DVC_dad & seanyoda for the advice for making survivable motel coffee! Since I'd say the coffee tastes weak if anything, I'll try the 1/2 water rule first! If either of the tips work, they will save me from having to pack my own homemade coffee kit! Which makes me think of the relative who used to always travel with a suitcase mini-bar, true story...
Originally Posted By Rsey103 >>In fact the WORST coffee I have EVER had in my life was at the Cuppa Joe on the Disney Boardwalk in WDW. I asked the girl working if a lot of people complain about it and she said, "Yes everyday, all day." I replied something like, "What do YOU think about it?" She said,"I don't know, I HATE coffee." I turned and left.<< That is funny...
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost First off, let's clairify. The words GOOD and COFFEE cannot legally be used in the same sentence. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Once again, Goofyernmost has spoken words of great wisdom. I don't know how something that (sometimes) smells so good can taste so perfectly vile. Whaddya say, Goofy? Let's start our own grass roots movement (hmm, grass roots. . . I bet if you boiled those and then drank the water it would taste better) to banish coffee. Or at least tax coffee drinkers highly and keep all collected revenues for ourselves.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 I think I'll just sit over here and have my tea. Tried liking coffee, but once I put enuf sugar and milk in it so it would taste acceptable, it wasn't coffee anymore!!! LOL
Originally Posted By LadyKluck ^^^^I'm totally the same way - I have to have enough other stuff in it to make it not even coffee anymore! I like a little coffee with my sugar and caramel!!
Originally Posted By markymouse At our church "back home" the minister once assured us that all church coffee is bad, so of course our church's coffee was terrible. That's what church coffee tastes like, she explained. One Sunday, it was my turn to make the coffee. I forget the exact directions, but it was based on fractions of a can, either half a can or a quarter of a can. Being me, I did the math based on the directions the can gave, multiplied to the size we were working with. The church was using four times (!!!!) the amount of coffee they should have used. Any of you who are familiar with church politics won't be surprised to hear that the people I mentioned this to told me to drop it, since coffee hour was so and so's domain, and we wouldn't want to upset them.
