Best Coffee To Be Had Anywhere?

[Sea Dreaming]

Originally Posted by Stumble

Tea is easy...

1) set the kettle on to boil
2) when it starts to steam fill the cup with hot water
3) return the kettle to the stove to come to a rolling boil
4) pour out cup, add tea
5) pour water of leaves set timer for 7 minutes
6) miss the timer going off
7) pour out cup a second time, start back at 1

Usually for me it takes 2-3 times before I remember the timer, but if you do...

8) remove tea bag, add sweetened condensed milk to taste, bask in the knowledge that you are English and everyone else isn't.

That's not tea....surely not all English rely on tea bags? Blech!
Water temp and timing depend on how the leaves are processed, and by gum one had better use full leaf tea, not the bagged stuff! Tea bags, imo, are a criminal invention designed to maximize profit for the seller, whilst depriving the tea drinker of any real tea flavor. By the way, I am American and do not say "whilst" in real life.

[SV Windrush II]

Come to the Philippines, there is great coffee here.

Bo's Coffee is a national chain and roasts a local bean grown in the mountains. Very good.

There is Batangas Brew which is a good roast you can find in Luzon.

Also I picked up some beans from Davao Roasting Company and is very good coffee.

Just a FYI I am from Seattle and am a coffee addict and spent my spare time trying all the different roasts in the northwest so I have a good comparison. Although I hate Starbucks passionately hahaha.

I left Seattle in Oct 2015 and I'm still finding bags of coffee I stored in the boat!

[Steadman Uhlich]

Civet Coffee from Philippines (Mount Apo region near Davao, Mindanao, Philippines)

Considered the "Most expensive gourmet coffee in the world."


This Animal Planet video shows how it is produced, as "poop" from the Civet (a mammal) that eats the coffee berries and then defecates them. Those defecated beans are then roasted.
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Civets feed on the fleshy pulp of fruits like coffee cherries. They’re very good at picking the best and ripest coffee cherries. Enzymes in their digestive system break down the flesh of the fruit and what remains are the coffee beans. After the beans are exposed to some special digestion process, the civet takes a dump. The poo is rinsed away and the beans are collected.
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Photos below include the Civet and the Civet (coffee been) turds (natural form).

https://youtu.be/10w-IxIb7tU

[SV DestinyAscen]

I've had civet... I'd describe it as earthy. I think it's brilliant marketing re how to turn a cash crop being consumed by a local animal into money instead of fighting the pest.

[SV Windrush II]

Originally Posted by SV DestinyAscen

I've had civet... I'd describe it as earthy. I think it's brilliant marketing re how to turn a cash crop being consumed by a local animal into money instead of fighting the pest.

I haven't tried it yet but it's in my list. Not convinced it's any better yet hahaha

[Steadman Uhlich]

Originally Posted by SV DestinyAscen

I've had civet... I'd describe it as earthy. I think it's brilliant marketing re how to turn a cash crop being consumed by a local animal into money instead of fighting the pest.

Very good point!

From waste to taste.

[Saleen411]

Originally Posted by Steady Hand

Very good point!

From waste to taste.

I would save the money....not worth it IMHO. Not only can civet schitt coffee taste like schitt, but the coffee may not be the REAL schitt....lots civet schitt coffee is over priced fake schitt.

[Kokanee]

Originally Posted by Saleen411

I would save the money....not worth it IMHO. Not only can civet schitt coffee taste like schitt, but the coffee may not be the REAL schitt....lots civet schitt coffee is over priced fake schitt.

Yes there are counterfeiters out there.
There if you go to a reputable grower/roaster and get the real thing, you will know it is the best coffee in the world. Nothing compares to it.

[SVTwilight]

Originally Posted by Delancey

What's cruising destination has the best coffee? Whether for provisioning or just drinking in a cafe? I have found a favorite in the Dominican Republic but am always on the lookout. Anyone else?

In Costa Rica BRITT coffee is the national obsession for good reason. Local copy cat brands cannot seem to get close.

A couple of years ago my wife's friend turned us on to Community Coffee from Nawlins' yet available on Amazon. Been in business family owned since the 1930s.

Whatever you get, only use whole bean and grind it yourself that day. That is the real secret to great coffee taste.

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by oldsalt_1942

I live in Chiriqui province, Panama, and some of the best coffee in the world is grown on a few miles from my front door. Don't believe it? In 2016 Chiriqui Geisha brought in the highest auction prices in the WORLD!!! But I drink a local product called Flor de Chiriqui that's just under $6 for 3/4 lb.

Chiriqui is right on the other side of the mountains from Bocas del Toro on the Caribbean side of the isthmus.

Ha, so do I now! Beautiful here aint it? ...except for the strong seasonal gap winds blowing down thru Paso Ancho...geez. Im sitting in the lee of the house now so I can actually light a cigar!

I hate to admit that Ive yet to try Geisha...seems over hyped to me.

There is a local gringa with a small coffee finca who makes our favorite here...PM me and I will send you her info.

We just returned from a hike in the Tizingal mountains today and walked thru several coffee fincas. A few fresh plucked coffee beans for extra energy.

Flor de Chiriqui is a bit mild for our tastes, but its all about personal preference.


Our favorite by far is still Dieseldorf Kafe grown in Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala. Still owned by decedants of the same German family that started it in the 1800s. We used to travel with a bag and load the boat up with it before each cruising season. Unfortunately, we dont spend much time in Guate anymore.

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by Steady Hand

Civet Coffee from Philippines (Mount Apo region near Davao, Mindanao, Philippines)

Considered the "Most expensive gourmet coffee in the world."


This Animal Planet video shows how it is produced, as "poop" from the Civet (a mammal) that eats the coffee berries and then defecates them. Those defecated beans are then roasted.
________

Civets feed on the fleshy pulp of fruits like coffee cherries. They’re very good at picking the best and ripest coffee cherries. Enzymes in their digestive system break down the flesh of the fruit and what remains are the coffee beans. After the beans are exposed to some special digestion process, the civet takes a dump. The poo is rinsed away and the beans are collected.
_______

Photos below include the Civet and the Civet (coffee been) turds (natural form).

https://youtu.be/10w-IxIb7tU

Very funny scene in the movie "Bucket List" about this coffee.

[adoxograph]

Originally Posted by captmikem

Nespresso, IMHO the best there is.

easy to use, easy to carry onboard, and Always a great cup of coffee.

M

Not to mention the amount of needless waste the capsules produce ...

[adoxograph]

Originally Posted by Stumble

Tea is easy...

1) set the kettle on to boil
2) when it starts to steam fill the cup with hot water
3) return the kettle to the stove to come to a rolling boil
4) pour out cup, add tea
5) pour water of leaves set timer for 7 minutes
6) miss the timer going off
7) pour out cup a second time, start back at 1

Usually for me it takes 2-3 times before I remember the timer, but if you do...

8) remove tea bag, add sweetened condensed milk to taste, bask in the knowledge that you are English and everyone else isn't.

you forgot to mention the cookie ...

[SV DestinyAscen]

Originally Posted by adoxograph

you forgot to mention the cookie ...

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