BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK

Subject: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 21 Feb 11 - 11:56 PM

Need caffeine? If you live near one of these coffee shops, try a cup and let me know what you think! (Or if you are in Sweden, try something served with Rhode Island sauce.) We may be smallest state in the US, but we get around!

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 22 Feb 11 - 05:43 PM

Well, I thought I posted a blue clicky for the coffee shop locations in he UK! http://www.rhodeislandcoffee.co.uk/shops.html If that doesn't, maybe a link to the home page will. http://www.rhodeislandcoffee.co.uk/ And if neither of those work, try http://www.rhodeislandcoffee.co.uk/

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 Feb 11 - 01:46 PM

Seems to be a UK-owned chain.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: GUEST, topsie
Date: 23 Feb 11 - 01:52 PM

Seems to be confined to Manchester and Cheshire area. A long way for most of us to go for a cup of coffee.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 Feb 11 - 02:08 PM

I'll settle for Starbucks.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 24 Feb 11 - 12:18 AM

I also think it is probably a small, regional, UK-owned chain. I wonder what the owner's connection to RI is.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie
Date: 24 Feb 11 - 05:14 AM

No offence, but as much as I love my visits to the States, you can't get a good coffee. Always too weak.

Canada too for that matter.

The connection in the marketing name may well be that with the American dramas on the telly, you always see coffee as a integral part of the background to dialogue, Hollywood too. Hence we in the UK could be mistaken for thinking US coffee must be good.

Rather bemused when I was in an Indian restaurant near Boston last year. the waiter clocked we were English and advised we had our Vindaloo "British style." In other words, put some ruddy chillis in it!

Starbucks is a good case in point. It is served stronger in Europe than in America. The manager at Starbucks in Banff Canada told me as he made me a coffee he thought I would enjoy, bless him.   The blend is different apparently, although the underlying taste of the standard fayre remains the same.

Now... Don't get me started about beer..................

Love your country, (except the political bits.) Keep banging the rocks together guys.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: Allan C.
Date: 24 Feb 11 - 05:42 AM

I worked for many years in the sunny mountainsides of Rhode Island picking only the very ripest beans and eventually setting them in the hot, tropic Rhode Island sun to dry. It was hard work; but I'm sure you can taste the value of my efforts in this product.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 26 Feb 11 - 02:03 PM

Allan, too funny!

I was given a gift card to Starbucks at Christmas. There is one nearby, but I prefer to spend my money at locally-owned coffee shops. I have used the Starbucks card three times when I was "on the road" and unaware of any locally-owned coffee shops nearby.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: gnomad
Date: 26 Feb 11 - 05:45 PM

I was thinking it might be one of those special coffees that have passed through the digestive system of a particular type of animal. There is civet coffee available, and some variety of monkey coffee (macaque, I think) but if you wanted a chain you would need an animal you could acquire reasonably cheaply in sufficient numbers. What better than a Rhode Island Red chicken? Don't suppose it would improve the flavour, but I'm not convinced that the target customer for this type of product buys because of a better taste.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Feb 11 - 10:05 PM

"...you can't get a good coffee. Always too weak."

Tsk... you can 'get' almost anything with a little searching. It just depends on where you are. In a major city, there are coffee shops to suit any taste. If all you mean is that the average coffee is weaker than you like....fine.
I'd be curious how you make coffee at home....what type?...how much?

"Now... Don't get me started about beer....."

And THAT will get me started. We now have hundreds of serious breweries, some world class, making almost every type of beer. (No, not some of the more exotic Belgian ales...but..)

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 27 Feb 11 - 05:17 PM

Gnomad, when my friend from the UK last visited me, we had to see the monument of the Rhode Island Red Hen in Little Compton, RI. She is an animal-lover who put this on her list of sights to see.

Bill D., when I make coffee I grind the beans myself and brew it in a coffee press. I like a variety of beans but look for ones that are organic and fair trade. And when it comes to beer, most Saturday nights I go to Doherty's Doherty's in Pawtucket where they have over 80 beers on tap and more than one hundred bottled beers. Both the draft and bottled beers come from all over the world. I prefer hefeweizens, lagers, and stouts. The menu has a section for First Chance and Last Chance beers and I often order one of those. When my budget's tight I buy a Narragansett lager which is only $2.75.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: Bill D
Date: 27 Feb 11 - 08:44 PM

I grind my own beans, also....usually Guatemala Antigua or Costa Rican Terrazau....but I am mixing in some darker roast recently. I can get some fair trade stuff from Trader Joe's, but not the Guatemala.

I find only VERY few lager beers that I can tolerate, and have moved to IPA (and other) ales for my regular choice.....but I LOVE various dark, exotic Porters & stouts and Belgian lambics...when I can afford a taste. (I have waiting for me a large bottle of Chimay Ale..blue label.. that I got for Xmas.)

Thanks to CET (Edmund) and Charmion, I have had some excellent Canadian lager type beers in the last few years....such as Beau's Lug Tread and YUM Creemore Springs. (try finding those online in a search for 'Canadian Lager'. No one seems to know anything but Molsons.)
Like your place in Pawtucket, I have local sources for almost any style... and I live where I can get Dogfish Head brews, which ARE the world class sort I mentioned.

A couple years ago, I posted two pics of my beer wall American and English/Scottish (with some Belgian showing). I would guess I have 'about' 800-900 bottles/cans in shelves & boxes. Soon, I intend to photograph them and get rid of the bulk of them.

Subject: RE: BS: Rhode Island coffee in the UK
From: GUEST,jeff
Date: 28 Feb 11 - 05:18 PM

Well, Steamin' Willie c'mon by my place and I'll do a fresh ground, French press, whatever blend you fancy. Then I'll take you by the Blackstone Brewery on Broadway here in Nashville. They've got dozens of choices in all shades. On to the Station Inn for the best Bluegrass music on the planet. Put you on the plane back to the UK w/your head spinning and your Euro-smug attitude a thing of the past. Thank you for your time. :-)