Do you indulge when listening to your rig?

Pinot Noir, a good Cab or Pilsner or Ale, but not all the time. Fridays and weelends for sure, sometimes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,...
I'd like to mention how nice and grown up folk have become to allow pot into the conversation without the usual backlash that used to accompany it. The times they are a'changin.

All the best,
Nonoise

I agree that coffee use is behind the global curve when here, in America, but there is hope. I recently got hooked on freshly roasted whole beans (2-3 days old) thanks to someone who used to sell his coffee at a local open market. He went away which led me to search out a great coffee roasting company not 2 miles from where I live and now I get some of the best, fresh roasted coffee in Los Angeles. They even coarse grind it for my french press but I do miss the ritual of grinding my own in my Hario hand grinder.

Kinghifi, I don't know what to recommend for getting the water hot enough but simply boiling it in a kettle works for me. I have to let it sit for a minute lest I burn myself.

Once you've tried fresh roasted, whole bean coffee, store bought, Starbucks, and the rest all blow, big time.

For anyone interested in the place where I go, here's a link:
http://www.groundworkcoffee.com/
and they have another site:
http://supremebean.com/

They can mail it to you if it's too far a drive but the cost may negate the bargain. But if you love a good cup of Joe......

All the best,
Nonoise

Kinghifi, do you want that active or passive? LOL :-)

On another note for coffee drinkers, the guy who used to sell me the whole beans at the farmers market told me that just this year, in Columbia, they will start to separate the beans by province instead of combing them all in bulk.
It will be something like what wine makers do with their grapes. The growers now realize that not all coffee tastes alike depending on where it's grown.

All the best,
Nonoise