Hi,
I have a couple thermos' that fit in a bottle holder. One for commuting that can keep coffee hot for an hour or two. And other
that is more like a mug but is made like a thermos. It's tricky, but you can sip and ride. I usually stop tho, I am not that graceful.
If I had a long commute, I think I'd want to find a nice little place
and have somebody else make me one.

Alright, here's the score.
Decent espresso machine: $1500 (Expobar Brewtus)
Decent burr grinder: $450 (Mazzer Mini)
Decent roasting machine: $300 (Alpenrost Rotary Drum)
Accessories: $200
Coffee beans: $$$/year

Coffee bliss: *priceless*http://www.coffeegeek.com/images/551...frothguide.jpg

Ditto - if you are talking real coffee

You are one hardcore coffee lovin mofo! Next time I'm in Hawaii -- be sure you put the coffee on!

OK, Ill admit, I have a sweet tooth and Starbucks double tall hazelnut latte is pretty damn addicting. Still, I've never had the urge to drink coffee while biking. If I did that then i'd have to smoke too. I suppose if i were really good at no handed track stands i could totally pull it off. I better start practicing.

I thought Carribou Coffee was better than Starbucks, but I like Dunn Bros. roasted in their San Franciscan roasters. And I won't even quote how much their "made in Italy" espresso machine cost, but the truth about caffeine and biking is: Caffeine in anhydrous form works better, but if you were biking for competition or even just to ride harder than your last ride, coffee is a poor nutritional supliment to consume while bicycling. It's actually a diuretic, which is the oposite of hydration. Coffee is a gourmet food and caffeine is way better than alcoholic beverages, but for biking it would be better to restore glycogen. Get out the sugar!

1) Dosage is not terribly impotant with caffeine.
2) It's not a powerful diuretic.
3) Both are good. After 2 or 3 hours in the saddle I love something cold and preferably mocha. A mocha Starbucks Frappucino is good. But something richer is tastier. ANyway, the point is, coffee is great stuff, cyclists take to it as naturally as babies to mother's milk. Always have.

It's like watching Alton freaking Brown on this thread! Burr vs. blade coffee grinders, off temperature roasting? This is great!

BTW, I drink reglah cawfee after I lock up my bike.

hey late or whatever your name is, your slightly misinformed. I hope you don't think "two or three hours in the saddle" is a big day of riding. How 'bout I buy everyone in this thread a latte?

Around here many of the local, non-chain coffeehouses are regular cyclist hangouts.

"You want a macchiato? Let me show you...[*picks up little espresso-sized cup*]...a shot of espresso in a cup this size, with a little foam at the top? And nothing else? Is that what you'd like?"

I'm not making that up, by the way; I've actually witnessed this.

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Oh yeah. I have such a hard time getting a proper cappuccino, in a proper cappuccino cup. The "cappuccino" at most places is an extra-foamy latte in a tall glass. Savages"

I find this terribly annoying, too. My drink of choice used to be called, as I came to learn after numerous tedious exchanges at *$, a "double short cap". You order a double cappuccino in these places and you either get a huge glass of milk and two shots, or a small glass of milk with one extra strong shot.

I now order a double macchiato, but I don't go to *$, I go to some local places. I get the macchiato in a bigger cup and fill it up the rest of the way with drip coffee.

It's hard to drink coffee on a bicycle, but I've done it, using the cup it comes in and no holder. I guess that's why it was hard.

I'll take a double tall with hazelnut. will ya spring for a pack of smokes too?

...LMAO

I like stopping at Starbuck-o's to order a cup of Caffeine... they always laugh...
I like sitting outside watching people. It is amazing how much money goes thru the place! Somebody hit a goldmind with Starbuckies fer sure.

Latte sounds great. My last big ride was North Conway Nh to Falmouth Me. 66 miles.

Did late qualify this as a "big day of riding"?

I think the statement was just two or three hours in the saddle. Or did I miss something?

I bicycled to church for a mid-week morning mass a couple of weeks ago (my new career let's me do that kind of thing, yahoo!). I met a retired friend of mine who invited me for coffee after church. He brought me to McDonalds and I was surprised that he could get coffee for both of us for under $1.00 total.

The retired folks streamed in and it was a real senior coffee Kutch. Neat. I compliment McDonalds for offering discounts like this to seniors and providing a nice environment for them to enjoy time together.

Are you kidding??? They have a bike lane in the drive through at my coffee shop...they installed it just for me. I use a handleless cup and put it in my water bottle cage, then when I get to work (early) I sit and drink my coffee before I have to punch in. (But I never go to Starbucks...they're evil.)

Let's see...on my handlebars I've got my light, my on board computer, my coffee cup holder...now where do i put my hands??? :roflmao:

How do ya fit that thing on your bike?!?

So instead of starbucks you are drinking one bucks?
Sorry...was that too obvious?
I've been called obtuse...but I'm too dull and slow to know what that means.

Latte sounds great. My last big ride was North Conway Nh to Falmouth Me. 66 miles.
hey don't pick on the guy...66 miles is a big ride to some of us...me, for example. :D

if you ride 66 miles in three hours, i'm impressed. One time I drank almost two pots of coffee, and it made me not wanna ride. but I did anyway, 'cause what else are ya gonna do?

Braze-ons. Lots of 'em. ;)

Coffee shops are rest stops for many of our club rides, but when I ride in to work I don't drink coffee until I get there. It would be interesting to drink some while enroute, though.
If you want to give a Starbucks employee in my area that "deer in the headlights look", buy a plastic bottle of water from them, refill your water bottle, then ask them where the recycling container is for plastic bottles. ;)

nah i'd just go fill my water bottle in the bathroom and walk out richer...

The coffee at work sucks soo bad, that yes I do stop at Starbucks before I go to work. If I am early enough I just sit there at Station Square looking out at the Monongaheala River. Mostly though I do the one-handed slow ride for about a mile and a half. Then I have a 1 mile 380 foot climb. That really gets the heart going. Since I have been commuting by bike my coffee consumption has gone down to a single or double tall Cap per day.

What, are we meshing with the Coffeegeek site now? Flacking Rancilio. Everyone knows E-61 is the way to go. (Shut up, you double-boiler freaks).

Please, please, please tell me that you'd fill the bottle from the bathroom tap!