Are you a Peetnik?

[sundial]

I just had Peet's coffee for the first time and I am a new convert. I am drinking Major Dickason's blend and it's delicious!! I looked at their other products and the bitter chocolate for coffee looks interesting as well as the travel French press/cup thingy. Anyone lucky enough to have a Peet's nearby?

[SadieKate]

OMG, have you tried searching the forum for "Peet's"? Have fun. Let us know when you come up for air.

[Andrea]

I just ordered from there for the first time (going for the Major Dickason's) and got the shipping notice today! I've been drinking the pre-ground cheap stuff from the grocery store, so I'm excited to get it!

[jobob]

Hee, hee, just did a search on Peets. There're some great old threads there.

- jobob likes to reminisce

[sundial]

Andrea, I don't think you'll be disappointed. I don't care for Starbuck's because of the burned aftertaste I get. With Peet's it's strong but smooth. Mmmmmmm.

My all time favorite coffee is Jamaican Blue Mountain. It costs an arm and a leg, but if you ever drink it, you'll understand there is heaven on earth.

[bikerz]

My personal favorite is Peet's Sulawesi Kalossie - either french press or drip - it is so smooth and rich.

I'm sitting with a cup of the Major D in my hand right now from the Peet's across the street from my office. Mmmm.

[boy in a kilt]

My first preference for coffee is the stuff my wife roasts. After that, it's Peet's Major Dickasen's Blend.

[jesvetmed]

Oh yeah... home delivery of Arabian Mocha Java and a decaf blend every few weeks! Right to my door!!!! LIFE IS GOOD!

[Pax]

...My all time favorite coffee is Jamaican Blue Mountain. It costs an arm and a leg, but if you ever drink it, you'll understand there is heaven on earth.

Mmmmmmmmmm, Blue Mountain! I had it in Jamaica in 1980 and was bowled over! Funny thing, one of the young women who works for me is from Jamaica, her father works for the coffee board and she's consumed enough Blue Mountain to float a boat...now she doesn't like coffee anymore.

[GLC1968]

Ok, I'm headed by Peet's on my way back to work after lunch. Major Dickasen's you say? Can't wait to try it!

Oh, and Jamaica Blue Mountain is to DIE FOR.

As an aside: I've been a coffee lover for years, but my husband decided that a move the PNW necessitated that he learn to like coffee. Nothing like trying to pick up a 'bad' habit, huh? Oh, and he's well on his way...

[jobob]

speaking of bad habits to pick up

Been to McMenamin's Grand Lodge yet, GLC?

[GLC1968]

speaking of bad habits to pick up

Been to McMenamin's Grand Lodge yet, GLC?

We were planning on this weekend, but I'm making the trip to Seattle for the Knot/Wahine bike fitting party instead. Maybe next weekend? I'll have to write it in PEN. I've been dying to go since you all first told me about it in December!!

[boy in a kilt]

speaking of bad habits to pick up

Been to McMenamin's Grand Lodge yet, GLC?

I used to drill with a Guard unit in Forest Grove. When the option presented itself, I used to head over to the Grand Lodge for beer and dinner. As far as that goes, it's pretty standard McMenamin's fare. Good food, good beer.

One of the coolest things is sitting outside in the summer sipping beer and watching people play frisbee. Or just sitting outside sipping beer.

One of these days, I hope to we can get a chance to stay the night there, get the full Spa treatment, etc.

[crazycanuck]

Ummm..is there a Peets in Seattle?

Gawd, more stuff to buy when i'm in Canada & seattle.. Good thing i'm only travelling with a small bag..I wanna go shopping @ MEC in Van/Calgary/Edmonton

[jobob]

OK, that was kind of rude of me to cause the thread to drift to another one of my favorite things beer.

So, back to Peet's:

Peet's changed my life. Seriously.

When I was finishing grad school, I got accepted into 3 different labs for a postdoc. One was in College Park MD, one was in Ann Arbor MI, and the third was in Berkeley CA.

Since I was attending the Biophysical Society meeting in San Francisco around that time, a friend & I went over to Berkeley to stay a couple of days with a friend of hers. I went to visit the lab, meet the people, did a little sightseeing.

The following morning, friend's friend told us, "I have to take you to this coffee shop before you leave."

So we trooped over to this little coffee shop called Peet's in Walnut Square*, just before it opened. There were a bunch of people milling about holding empty coffee mugs, discussing Berkeley politics and such, and then the doors opened and the people formed a nice orderly line to get their morning brew.

(*That was, of course, the original Peet's- this was back in the mid 80's)

We joined the line and soon I had the best cup of coffee ever.

Well, I'd been leaning heavily towards Berkeley anyhow, but when I sipped that coffee, it was a done deal. "I gotta come here!".

So a decision that determined the course of the rest of my life was powered by Peet's.