Camera and Coffee
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chuckroast
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A thumbs up for the composition alone.
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
Hmmm. Is this the " lenses and coffee" thread?
jonal928
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chuckroast
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Put a flash on it and this becomes Blintz & Blitzen
petronius
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Vince Lupo
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The 1000f casts a very long shadow indeed. Of course so does the coffee — woo hoo Folger’s!
chuckroast
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I once had it pointed out that there are four kinds of coffee:
- Good Coffee that tastes good
- Good Coffee that tastes bad
- Bad Coffee that tastes bad
- Bad Coffee that tastes good
Starbucks manages to overcharge for #2 and #3 and people love the experience. Now and then, around the holidays, they sell whole bean coffees that are very much in #1.
It'd put Folgers and Maxwell House in #4. They're not great coffees but they taste decent. Enjoy!
valdas
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Folgers… Many many years ago, when Lithuania was still behind the iron curtain and the best available coffee was from India, our relatives who emigrated to US during WW2 were sending us some stuff from the capitalistic world. Folgers was one the things 🙂 But now when the curtain moved eastward we forgot Folgers because there is such thing as Italian coffee 🙂 … and all the small family roasteries with their coffee brands, of course…
Vince Lupo
Whatever
You forgot the fifth kind -- So-so coffee that's the cheapest in the grocery store coffee aisle.
agentlossing
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I stick with whole bean, which means that "cheapest" is relative, but I still go for the cheapest whole bean that's available at my neighborhood (gourmet, expensive 🙄) grocery store.
chuckroast
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+100 The bean, the whole bean, and nothing but the bean, ground within a day or two of use as needed.
"This coffee takes like mud. That's not surprising, it was ground this morning."
JeffS7444
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Not a coffee man myself, but have you ever considered Maxwell House made with a Bunn Automatic, like Tom Petty did?
Vince Lupo
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Just looked up a Bunn Automatic -- hmm don't think I'll be buying one of those anytime soon! All my money is tied-up in Hasselblad and Moto Guzzi 🙂
Taipei-metro
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my Yashica A, Maxwell House Blend
Lens, Topcon Lens UV 50mmF2,
Imgs by Taipei-metro
Canon APSC T4i, Topcon 50mm F2
Niko D80, Nikkor 18-55
Lens, Topcon Lens UV 50mmF2,
Imgs by Taipei-metro
Canon APSC T4i, Topcon 50mm F2
Niko D80, Nikkor 18-55
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38Deardorff
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I've had my share of Ian Tyson coffee "You wash 'er down with roadhouse coffee / That burns up your insides".
IMO life is too short for cheap film or grocery corporation coffee.
Viva Italia!
(please excuse the re-used photo)
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Currently on holidays - enjoying my morning coffee and off to the nearby corn fields for a walk with my camera.
Harry the K
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Hey, thanks for the Tom Petty story!
There are many small roasters here in Germany who produce beans far better than any supermarket stuff, also Italian icons like Lavazza can´t compete.
I always have different kinds of beans at home, choosing them for the "mood of the day". Over the years (decades) I bought some Bialetti and similar espresso machines, best of which is the Bialetti Brikka, in the middle, now not in production any more.
My coffee takes a lot of time to brew, but, like with film cameras, I prefer the manual experience and simplicity.
And never have I had coffee from an automatic machine that was really good.
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jay1155234
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I dislike Starbucks coffee. bitter horrible..
agentlossing
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Fully agree.
