Coffee – what type do you recommend at home (no coffee machine)?

QUESTION:

Coffee – what type do you recommend at home – (no coffee machine) – plunger? Instant? Bags? Organic instant? I seem to get skin reactions from coffee at home but not at cafe’s and I’m not sure why. The milk doesn’t seem to make a difference as I have it in cereal too and it’s only when I have the coffees that it seems to be a problem.

ANSWER:

I will start this answer by saying that:

a) I am not a coffee drinker
b) I haven’t conducted a detailed review on coffee before (perhaps one for the the future)?

However, one of my sons has just taken an interest in coffee. Without having spent any time researching it, my first instinct was to go as close to the sources possible. Ie, purchasing organic coffee beans myself and grinding them. Some of the IGA supermarkets have grinders in store.

I would then use these ground beans in one of these (they are quite inexpensive). The ground beans are put at the bottom and packed tight, and submerged in water. This percolates up int the top compartment.

This will be the closest process and taste to what you would receive in a coffee shop. The beans are roasted often on site. There isn’t any extra packaging or processing aids.

My second preference would be to buy ground, organic coffee beans, and again make the coffee in the same way.

I find that the use of this little machine slows down the consumption of coffee in the household too. The instant coffees I feel are too highly processed (but haven’t examined them fully yet).

Which coffee are you using at home? Perhaps we can narrow down the reaction a little more.

It would be great to hear the other Advocates approach and what they do!