Talk about Coffee?

To date we don't have a lot of experience with more exotic/expensive coffees, not nearly on a par with the adventurous side of our beer consumption. Generally I am more into flavored coffees and creamers, which is probably like a sacrilege to a real coffee buff.We tend to buy any of the beans you can get at the supermarket and grind in-store, but I am curious; I have known people who use a pinch of salt in the brewer, which seems to make the coffee a bit smoother in the right quantity, and I recall hearing other tips for reducing acidity? or enhancing the taste/texture of the pot.Anyone do anything like this?

I avoided coffee for a long time for the same reason. The jittery feeling negatively affects my concentration so that I am less productive all around. On the other hand, it's possible that sipping on a cup of coffee while perusing EvC gives me an illusion of relaxed down-time typically assosciated with the timing of my alcohol imbibery. I've seen my husband do the same thing: pounding Wawa coffee during poker games on the nights where he doesn't want to drink. A coffee crutch? I think it is addictive!

'Course, sticking a label of 'organic' on what was already organic probably allows folk to jack up prices? I wonder if that happens.

I thought I had heard of putting egg shells in the brewer, or salt as before mentioned, for the same purpose.