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I need a gift!

The South Islands
30-11-2005, 21:39
My mom really likes coffee. Lest year I got her a coffee sampler pack. She really enjoyed it. Does anyone have and gift ideas for me?

EDIT: I need to be able to puchase this on the Web, and have it shipped to the US.
The Eliki
30-11-2005, 21:40
A mug.
The South Islands
30-11-2005, 21:41
A mug.
Tried it a few years ago.
Drunk commies deleted
30-11-2005, 21:41
You might find some ideas here.

http://www.coffeereview.com/
Cahnt
30-11-2005, 21:44
Chocolate covered coffee beans? I thought they were pretty vile when I tried them, but if she's a hardcore caffiene addict she might enjoy a few of them.
The South Islands
30-11-2005, 21:46
Chocolate covered coffee beans? I thought they were pretty vile when I tried them, but if she's a hardcore caffiene addict she might enjoy a few of them.

Nah, not something mummy dearest would like.
DrunkenDove
30-11-2005, 21:46
Those coffee beans that have to eaten and shat out of some animal before they're drank. I cannot think of the name of them for the life of me.
Secluded Islands
30-11-2005, 21:47
how about this:

http://www.gevalia.com/Gevalia/catalog/product_detail.aspx?product_id=2067&catid=102

will keep her coffee warm
The South Islands
30-11-2005, 21:50
Those coffee beans that have to eaten and shat out of some animal before they're drank. I cannot think of the name of them for the life of me.

Hmmmm...I'm going to have to reject that idea.
Secluded Islands
30-11-2005, 21:53
Those coffee beans that have to eaten and shat out of some animal before they're drank. I cannot think of the name of them for the life of me.

Kopi Luwak
DrunkenDove
30-11-2005, 22:07
Kopi Luwak

Thank you. That stuff was beyond delicious.
Secluded Islands
30-11-2005, 22:08
Thank you. That stuff was beyond delicious.

np, ive never had it. maybe ill try it sometime...
Cabra West
30-11-2005, 22:08
My mom really likes coffee. Lest year I got her a coffee sampler pack. She really enjoyed it. Does anyone have and gift ideas for me?

EDIT: I need to be able to puchase this on the Web, and have it shipped to the US.

A simple, classic espresso maker? One like this:

http://i7.ebayimg.com/03/i/05/8b/39/5c_1_b.JPG
Amecian
30-11-2005, 22:12
Thank you. That stuff was beyond delicious.

*nod* Isn't it like 200 bux a bag though?
DrunkenDove
30-11-2005, 22:17
*nod* Isn't it like 200 bux a bag though?

In or around. When I first had it I was like "hur hur let's have the shit coffee hur hur" and then after tasting I was "I'm selling my house and clothes so I can have more of this beautiful beverage of the gods"
Amecian
30-11-2005, 22:23
In or around. When I first had it I was like "hur hur let's have the shit coffee hur hur" -snip-
:p , I forget but I think its Indonesian?

"I'm selling my house and clothes so I can have more of this beautiful beverage of the gods"

Amen... Curse caffiene.. :confused:
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:p , I forget but I think its Indonesian?


p.s. And yeah, it is shat out..;) :p
BackwoodsSquatches
30-11-2005, 22:25
Gevalia.

Its good coffee, and when you buy, they send you a new coffeemaker.

Pretentious....but just about the best cup of coffee you can get, without going to a coffee store and paying a fortune for exspensive beans.
Amecian
30-11-2005, 22:33
Wiki*cringe*: "Kopi" is the Indonesian word for coffee, and "luwak" is local name of this animal which eats the raw red coffee "berries" as part of its usual diet. This animal eats a mixed diet of insects, small mammals, and fruits, along with the softer outer part of the coffee cherry, but does not digest the inner beans, instead excreting them still covered in some inner layers of the cherry.

Straight Dope says 110$ per/lbsStraight Dope (http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010525.html)


South Islands : Have you considered a Drip machine ? Or one of those French Press ones? I bet she'd love one.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/MAR-Peeves/musang-sm2.jpg
* shiver * Luwak
DrunkenDove
30-11-2005, 22:37
I gotta get me one of theses crazy furballs. Then I can have all the shat out coffee I ever dreamed of.
Oxwana
30-11-2005, 23:04
Foreign coffee (http://www.timhortons.com/en/menu/menu_merchandise.html)?
SoWiBi
30-11-2005, 23:47
there a lot of coffee-ish things..catering to those absurd coffee-lovers:)..like, a got a friend some soaps that had coffe beans in it and a candle with them in and on it, and stuff like that
The South Islands
01-12-2005, 00:08
Foreign coffee (http://www.timhortons.com/en/menu/menu_merchandise.html)?

I'm not giving my mother fucking Tom mutherfucking Hortons fucking coffee.
New Granada
01-12-2005, 00:13
What's the price range you're looking at?
Oxwana
01-12-2005, 00:14
I'm not giving my mother fucking Tom mutherfucking Hortons fucking coffee.What’s wrong with Tim Horton's coffee, that you object so violently? Could it be that you recognize the inherent superiority of Canadian coffee, and feel threatened?
The South Islands
01-12-2005, 00:17
What's the price range you're looking at?

50-75 USD
The South Islands
01-12-2005, 00:17
What’s wrong with Tim Horton's coffee, that you object so violently? Could it be that you recognize the inherent superiority of Canadian coffee, and feel threatened?

Dude,

Kona>Tom Mutherfucking Hortons
I V Stalin
01-12-2005, 00:21
How about some tea?











*ducks*:p
New Granada
01-12-2005, 00:22
50-75 USD


You might consider one of dean & deluca's coffee sampler packages.

http://www.deandeluca.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/store/framescat.d2w/report?cgrfnbr=10921

They sell excelptionally high quality stuff.
The South Islands
01-12-2005, 00:23
How about some tea?


*ducks*:p

Actually, I asked her about that. She sometimes drinks tea.

She said she wanted a coffee-like gift.
The South Islands
01-12-2005, 00:25
You might consider one of dean & deluca's coffee sampler packages.

http://www.deandeluca.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/store/framescat.d2w/report?cgrfnbr=10921

They sell excelptionally high quality stuff.

Hmmm...Sounds cool.

Do you have any personal suggestions?
New Granada
01-12-2005, 00:33
Hmmm...Sounds cool.

Do you have any personal suggestions?


Its hard to go wrong with anything they sell, I dont make coffee myself, and drink it rarely, so I cant offer much help with their particular coffees, the sampler would be nice though, and if she ends up liking one sort more than others, you could buy her four bags of that next year.
Ashmoria
01-12-2005, 02:32
you know what your mom needs? a nice fine bone china tea/coffee set.

a small pot with ....oh lets say 6 small cups (perfect for espresso but bigger than a demitasse) a sugar bowl perfect for little blue/pink/yellow pacages and a nice little creamer

made of china so fine that you can see the color of your hand through it (with backlighting)

something like this

http://www.zianet.com/tvs/china/set2E.jpg

itll run ya bout $100 plus $15 shipping.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
01-12-2005, 02:37
My mom really likes coffee. Lest year I got her a coffee sampler pack. She really enjoyed it. Does anyone have and gift ideas for me?
Breast Implants, because noting says, "I love you Mom" like implying that you've noticed she needs a bigger rack.