# What could be more "Cafe Society" than Coffee, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [May 9, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156 "2025-05-09T14:46:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156/121 "2026-01-05T12:41:44Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > Word of warning - roasting - it’s best done outside, as there is a surprising amount of chaff flying around Also, roasting coffee generates a lot of smoke. Doing that inside will set off every smoke detector you have. Ask me how I know… ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156/122 "2026-01-05T13:06:47Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Why didn’t I think of that? Pure genius! I keep a spray bottle in the kitchen for lots of misting tasks. Now I’ll use it daily. Thanks for the suggestion! Don’t take my word for it … here is a 20 min deep dive on it with the person that did a lot of the academic research on it … bonus: you getta hear the soothing voice or James Hoffmann [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nLnB99VJ0HE/maxresdefault.jpg "Science Discovers What We All Missed: More Than An Anti-Static Hack") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLnB99VJ0HE) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156/123 "2026-01-06T20:28:25Z")
Thank you so much for the tip to spray the beans before grinding! It really works well, doesn’t it? I also enjoyed the James Hoffmann Youtube. Gave me a giggle to learn his cohort, Chris Hendern (sp?) lives where I do. 🙂 And yes, Mr. Hoffmann does have the most soothing voice. ---
**Author:** ![MeepersC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meepersc/32/12088_2.png) [@MeepersC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeepersC)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156/124 "2026-01-07T00:08:35Z")
I visited Little Havana a couple of years ago as a post-cruise tour. One of the advertised stops was a restaurant that offered unlimited Cuban coffee. When we got there, they had thimble-sized coffee cups for us, and I (as a coffee addict) was thinking, “This is nothing.” I grabbed my sample, and my husband’s sample and drank them both - and I legitimately felt my brain click “on” due to the caffeine. I bought a few pounds of their Cuban coffee and a moka pot, and now make it regularly. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156/125 "2026-01-07T01:35:27Z")
I live near enough to Little Havana … > [@MeepersC](#): > > I visited Little Havana a couple of years ago as a post-cruise tour. One of the advertised stops was a restaurant that offered unlimited Cuban coffee. When we got there, they had thimble-sized coffee cups for us, and I (as a coffee addict) was thinking, “This is nothing.” I grabbed my sample, and my husband’s sample and drank them both - and I legitimately felt my brain click “on” due to the caffeine This is on-point: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bFqu9YVuAgI/maxresdefault.jpg "How To Tell Latinos Apart I Gabriel Iglesias") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqu9YVuAgI) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156/126 "2026-03-05T13:35:36Z")
I’m late to the thread, but after we dumped the Keurig a year ago, we’ve been experimenting. My most common go-to now is pour-over, which I commented on [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pour-over-coffee-technique/1011508). I also got an Espresso machine for Christmas, and we’ve been using that and quite like it. And then finally, we were in TJ Maxx the other day and they had a [Brandini moka pot](https://www.ebay.com/itm/127687090028?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=127687090028&targetid=2450249296795&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9001952&poi=&campaignid=23520513594&mkgroupid=194220533482&rlsatarget=pla-2450249296795&abcId=10603854&merchantid=6296724&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23520513594&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh-au-Wp6bD8z5NWnikqnkUAM&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8KTNBhD_ARIsAOvp6DJQ-DSKa4fAgjdwClDDXd6E0QVLTgxBRjLCirKSvMsAI_X4j2Wl1HUaAnDNEALw_wcB) for $10, and we thought what the heck, let’s give it a try, and it’s been a delight. There is something satisfying about watching the coffee bubble up into the chamber. Two years ago the kids pitched in and got me a Virtuoso+ burr grinder, and I’ve been experimenting with that. One thing I’ve been trying lately is using an almost-espresso grind fineness for pour-over, which takes several years to get through the paper filter, but it adds a sharpness (bitter? acidic? I can never tell) that I like. For espresso or the moka pot we foam milk and I add a half teaspoon of sugar; for pour-over I just use half n half and a splenda, and that’s in my roughly 420 grams of coffee. For coffee itself we’ve tried a bunch of different ones, but landed on a medium dark roast shipped to us from Shelburne Falls coffee roasters. It’s fun to try different stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156.md?page=6)