COFFEE PSA - IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MY WIFE AND I

[Buford57]

I am fortunate to have two grocery chains that stock Chock Full o Nuts. Every couple of months one or the other knocks a couple bucks off the price. Still comes in a steel can. I'm ecumenical on brewing method. Drip, stovetop percolator, Kuerig, French press or pour over, depending on mood.

 

[djohns6]

I was raised on Community Dark Roast . Over 50 yrs later I am still faithful to them . Besides , it's a local . family owned business for four generations .

 

[chief38]

Chief, I admire your insistence on and appreciation of good coffee. We also take our coffee seriously. During cold weather we have our usual full pot at breakfast and we keep the pot hot all day. In summer we usually don't drink it after breakfast. We will have a cup or two of CFoN decaff after dinner if we have desert. Same great taste.

Our tastes are not like a lot of peoples. We don't like the bitter and burnt taste in coffee (like Starbucks). We like it rich and smooth. Our daughter put us on to what is now our favorite coffee. It's a New York brand "Chock Full of Nuts. Can't account for the name because it doesn't have any nuts in it. But it is very very good Rich and smooth.
Stores up here don't stock it so Miss Pam orders it on line...by the case.

Several years ago we received a Kurig as a gift. We don't use it much but it does come in handy on occasion. I found a great flavorful coffee in K-cup called Lone Star Blend. Only one store around here stocks it but it's the only coffee we use in the Kurig. I do use it for green tea and hot chocolate though.

Well, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

We never owned a Kurig (doubt we ever will). About the only place I will drink it is when I visit my friend who owns an Auto Repair Shop. I usually stop by once a week - I love to learn! I drink it more to wet my whistle as ice coffee.

 

[Jebus35745]

Finally got to the bag of Kirkland beans and love the flavor. It's a darker blend and is equal to the Starbucks beans we bought there. We use a percolator, a little old fashioned. Get a lot of flavor from the coffee grounds.

Gave up on the Kurig years ago when the K cups got too expensive. It was handy and fast. Larry

 

[oldbrownhat]

J.S. Bach wrote a little secular cantata about a father fretting about his daughter's excessive coffee consumption, in which she says, "If I don't get my three little cups of coffee every day, in my distress I'll become like a piece of dried-up roast goat."

And Beethoven is said to have counted out exactly 60 coffee beans for his coffee.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[CalifEd]

We like it rich and smooth. Our daughter put us on to what is now our favorite coffee. It's a New York brand "Chock Full of Nuts. Can't account for the name because it doesn't have any nuts in it. But it is very very good Rich and smooth.

I remember my folks drinking Chock Full 'o Nuts but switched to Folgers when the local store quit carrying it.

A little bit of history:
Chock full o' Nuts is an American brand of coffee that originated from a chain of New York City coffee shops. Its unusual name derives from the 18 nut shops that founder William Black (c. 1902 – 1983) established with the brand in the city beginning in 1926.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Essential Ingredients this morning at our weekly breakfast venue. And they tasted just as good as they looked,

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Kirkland is perhaps the best secret around. COSTCO uses only GOOD stuff in that brand no matter what you are buying. Their Kirkland Scotch is a prime example.

 

[Onomea]

...A little bit of history:
Chock full o' Nuts is an American brand of coffee that originated from a chain of New York City coffee shops. Its unusual name derives from the 18 nut shops that founder William Black (c. 1902 – 1983) established with the brand in the city beginning in 1926.

Also, well known as the eponymous house brand for the US Congress....

 

[soFlaNative]

Also, well known as the eponymous house brand for the US Congress....

 

[walkin jack]

I remember my folks drinking Chock Full 'o Nuts but switched to Folgers when the local store quit carrying it.

A little bit of history:
Chock full o' Nuts is an American brand of coffee that originated from a chain of New York City coffee shops. Its unusual name derives from the 18 nut shops that founder William Black (c. 1902 – 1983) established with the brand in the city beginning in 1926.

Thanks Ed. That's interesting and good to know.

 

[oldbrownhat]

OED:
eponym n. A word or name derived from the name of a person. A person after whom a discovery or placeis named.

eponymous, adj.
Origin, 19th c, from Greek eponomous, "given as a name, giving one's name to someone or something. From epi, "upon", onoma, "name"

I'm not sure if I'm thus enlightened or confused

(Hmmm... is Onomea eponymously connected to Onomea Bay in Hawaii?)

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Still drinking an African Blend locally roasted pretty dark, Full City.
But I'm drinking Kentuck Generic Bourbon from Trader Joe's.
Well it's not actually that generic, made by the Buffalo Trace folks in a secondary distillery.

 

[soFlaNative]

OED:
eponym n. A word or name derived from the name of a person. A person after whom a discovery or placeis named.

eponymous, adj.
Origin, 19th c, from Greek eponomous, "given as a name, giving one's name to someone or something. From epi, "upon", onoma, "name"

I'm not sure if I'm thus enlightened or confused

(Hmmm... is Onomea eponymously connected to Onomea Bay in Hawaii?)

That's what I figured it meant. Couldn't swear to it but then I think Onomea is when the sound and the word are the same... like boo & hiss.
Now I have to accept the fact that I drink and enjoy Congress critter coffee.

 

[oldbrownhat]

...I think Onomea is when the sound and the word are the same... like boo & hiss...

That's onomatopoeia

- the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)
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I will now remove my "Pedants R Us" hat and make tea

 

[Onomea]

Dang, you mean I've been spelling it wrong all this time?!

 

[oldbrownhat]

Dang, you mean I've been spelling it wrong all this time?!

Only if you sound "onomeac", I suppose Or you can just say you're using the short form (as in Michael/Mike, Robert/Bob etc.)