{"id":475,"date":"2005-11-12T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2005-11-12T09:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2005\/11\/on-coffee.html"},"modified":"2005-11-12T09:32:46","modified_gmt":"2005-11-12T09:32:46","slug":"on-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2005\/11\/on-coffee.html","title":{"rendered":"On Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I was a seminary student I began to drink coffee; soon I was drinking too much of it, and my doctor told me to knock it off. During my PhD days in Nottingham England, Kris and I began to drink PG Tips tea, and my coffee days were long past. But, since going to NPU, I have begun to drink coffee unless I’m at home (tea only), and now have tasted most of the major brands (sorry No-Logo folks) and I have some definite opinions.
\nFirst, Starbuck’s, in spite of being #1 right now on my poll, burns their beans and makes the opening taste a slap in the face. Too strong.
\nSecond, Dunkin’ Donuts fans have something in their favor. Whenever we’ve been around Bostonians there is a clamor for Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. We’ve had some, and I think it has a nice aromatic taste. No Nachgeschmack<\/em> as they say in German — no aftertaste.
\nThird, Pura Vida does give me a bitter Nachgeschmack<\/em>. I avoid it if I can.
\nFourth, the best coffee taste in the world for me is either Tully’s or Seattle’s Best. Simply good, always good, smooth.
\nFifth, our local train station has a Caribou shop next to it, so I often find my way into it (and it is my stop in the car on the way to school, too). It is good coffee – just behind Tully’s and Seattle’s Best. But, very good.
\nWhen Kris and I walk on the weekends at Independence Grove, we stop at Wildberry’s for a cup of Seattle’s Best. (We used to stop at McDonald’s — what can I say other than “Awful!” when it comes to that coffee? It has no Nachgeschmack<\/em> because it has no Geschmack<\/em>!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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