I want to GRIND you like an Animal....NIN + Coffee

[NotoriousTIMP]

(yes, the title is meant to be terrible)

Just in case you guys missed out on my random nin spotting post, Dark Matter and NIN have teamed up to make a bag of coffee and I am happy to announce that I received my bag two days ago!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/cingularrox/07CD975C-6EF7-4661-BC7C-9A730369092A_zpsf4sqhwoj.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/cingularrox/media/07CD975C-6EF7-4661-BC7C-9A730369092A_zpsf4sqhwoj.jpg.html)

Many people on reddit and facebook were asking for the link to where they can order a bag so I figured I would post up here too to help those of you who also want a bag.


Order Here (https://www.darkmattercoffee.com/collections/coffee/products/cold-and-black-and-infinite-nine-inch-nails-blend)

[Demogorgon]

I received mine yesterday and after a couple of pots, i can say that it is good coffee. Not the best i've ever had, but good. It's whole bean, so folks will need a grinder of course. It smells faintly like slightly burnt fudge brownies when you first grind it, and the finished brew is smooth on the tongue without a lot of bitterness or acidity. That's what i'm getting out of it anyway.

[NotoriousTIMP]

I received mine yesterday and after a couple of pots, i can say that it is good coffee. Not the best i've ever had, but good. It's whole bean, so folks will need a grinder of course. It smells faintly like slightly burnt fudge brownies when you first grind it, and the finished brew is smooth on the tongue without a lot of bitterness or acidity. That's what i'm getting out of it anyway.


yeah, it has a medium body to it and finishes off with little bite

[nmitchell86]

I made some of mine on Sunday morning and it's good. You can get Dark Matter coffee around the city (Chicago). Going to make a cold brew batch later this week. I think that will be fantastic with Bad Witch spinning.

[alfonso99]

I just want to say: if it's not from Costa Rica, it's not coffee! Awesome packaging though.:D

[mfte]

impulse purchase. ordered.

[Henrie_Schnee]

Hell of a Margin...

[ScreamingSlave]

I just want to say: if it's not from Costa Rica, it's not coffee! Awesome packaging though.:DYou sir have my complete respect! I have been to Costa Rica many times and they are amazing with the coffee there it's so good!!!!

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[alfonso99]

You sir have my complete respect! I have been to Costa Rica many times and they are amazing with the coffee there it's so good!!!!

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:o

[MrLobster]

Mine arrived today but was missing the Unicorn Blood mug I ordered with it... [frowns in Canadian] ...but contacted support and we'll see what happens next. Smells great.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgzJQDvVAAAeC-J.jpg

(update on the missing mug; they are sending it now and admitted they made a mistake)

[laz001]

I got mine as well.
https://yqy1cw.am.files.1drv.com/y4mV6sqNlab19FXjz4Wo9AbiJDSMR9TxcnSDQ4LSY5HVJtFoM4 fyIga1CEgcgY9awn45n4OheeyRBPCNowVG1iZbILyqaWRWT55c gAF7cyqsjnyFXB37SJs1ooi-8BpswaEW3G24TyEc1YBNumCpQdH6BQlaVt7h2wXIGGYRaROG2b ah7xNzPy3RwiHzOxXGqW6g08ZfHN1-OB8e9mOyM0rQg?width=576&height=1024&cropmode=none


It's unground coffee? Coffee lovers - do i need anything special to grind coffee?

[laz001]

It smells wonderful as well. Really fruity - my wife thing liquorice...?

My wife is also a huge 30seconds to mars fan - we also order some 'Black Fuel', put goether by Shannon from 30stm. It's also really nice (but pre-ground)

https://y6y7cw.am.files.1drv.com/y4mv_PThN3LbsurVZ-fjC_NFBh4x1_ViMARyvhXNS-T0KVim8gc8W_9edJlB75Wu7Pu2d24wyhN7vduCqTNQWNJQ1PCK nSEvm7ySq9mr0IjQeACynU6JbDczhFrnxUgDhZZcga4UEPm_gl fN2bnzgO-9dmJVgLa0J3Y03sDG085Lt19iXDhyUy_AziH3CiaOkFbJuxC6V AtMLodx13uRgk4bg?width=495&height=660&cropmode=none

[imail724]

I got mine as well.

https://y6y6cw.am.files.1drv.com/y4m2AHPctiruB0vHYGUHUl-q3zaLw0o01NKqqSG8BH2hKYz8xeEkDAT37XTJWPzFIcF7aW1w7 r6hgYozudXxIIGsrbVVa4jFM7IL6Nk6uBmzY-RRJZKlqawiqiwmll_ixSvyjkQG92jx85kraBNtrUtrchygO8LP wwj0nkRYFi_ZuUHadE1WSYq1jF6e_omHbhzyDPHD0iy9V_-X98jlnYU0w?width=576&height=1024&cropmode=none

It's unground coffee? Coffee lovers - do i need anything special to grind coffee?
burr grinder

[DVYDRNS]

Geeze. This is tacky AF.

NIN coffee? Please. I have a hard time believing Trent had anything to do with this.

https://youtu.be/oNZove4OTtI

[eversonpoe]

Geeze. This is tacky AF.

NIN coffee? Please. I have a hard time believing Trent had anything to do with this.

https://youtu.be/oNZove4OTtI (https://youtu.be/oNZove4OTtI)

i can't tell if you're joking or not, but dark matter is a local (chicago) company and it most certainly is an official collaboration with NIN, as they had it at the aragon physical world pre-sale.

[MrLobster]

Finally had a chance to get into the roast today... quite nice. I think it would make for an excellent cold brew or iced coffee.

[eachpassingphase]

Geeze. This is tacky AF.

NIN coffee? Please. I have a hard time believing Trent had anything to do with this.

https://youtu.be/oNZove4OTtI (https://youtu.be/oNZove4OTtI)

It's real, it's done in collaboration with a respected coffee house and it's being sold to benefit charities (specifically the Boys and Girls Club of Chicago and PAWS)

[Demogorgon]

Martin Atkins, formerly of PIL and Pigface, is a HUGE proponent of Dark Matter Coffee, he posts his own on Instagram all the time (i believe it's called "Wake The Fuck Up" or something like that). So the company is definitely into the collaboration thing.

[eachpassingphase]

I just got my bag today. I echo the others who say it would make a good cold brew. I just put a french press of it in the fridge for the night.

My plan is to actually drink the coffee itself and then put shitty beans in the bag once it's empty and seal it up again so I can throw the bag up on a collectibles shelf for display. I'm such a sucker for odd collectibles like this.

[nxtort]

Thanks for posting this!

[Jinsai]

this coffee smells amazing.

[nmitchell86]

So I did the cold brew thing... It's awesome! I highly recommend it. Especially with the higher temps around here in Chicago this past few days. Cold brew was perfect.

[kaydraven]

I had no plans of getting this when I learned about it because I thought it was a little silly, but I'm glad to hear the coffee is good! I'm on a budget though so I dunno if I can squeeze in $20 coffee. The design looks super cool too.

[MrLobster]

We didn't have a grinder previous to picking up the beans... so we went to a local shop and grabbed this (https://www.hario.jp/seihin/productdetail.php?product=CMHN-4), works great... cleans easily... and here's the Amazon link (https://www.amazon.com/Hario-Canister-Ceramic-Coffee-Grinder/dp/B00TF4U2O6).

[Bingo]

Does it taste like ash and angst?

[NotoriousTIMP]

Does it taste like ash and angst?

yes, and its blacker than your soul

[ManBurning]

I just got my bag today. I echo the others who say it would make a good cold brew. I just put a french press of it in the fridge for the night.

My plan is to actually drink the coffee itself and then put shitty beans in the bag once it's empty and seal it up again so I can throw the bag up on a collectibles shelf for display. I'm such a sucker for odd collectibles like this.

I just got back from Europe last night, and mine were waiting for me in my mailbox. I ordered 2 bags. I'm going to do the opposite of you, and not open it and just keep it sealed. The other bag is a gift.

[eachpassingphase]

I thought about ordering two bags, so I could drink one bag and save the other but in the end, I didn't want to shell out that much money because I wanna save up for merch the show in September. I'd like to be able to go all-out at this show because I haven't in the past, but the kids have a bunch of large expenses this summer so I have to be strategic with my penny-pinching lol.

[Frozen Beach]

I wonder if Lynch has tried any.

[BlacklightFreakout]

You heffas don't know coffee unless you had LaVazza. Now you can get a bag, but going to a LaVazza cafe is an experience. It is like being in Italy.

[tremolo]

Gene Simmons seal of approval.

Waiting for the NIN condoms.

[Demogorgon]

Gene Simmons seal of approval.

Waiting for the NIN condoms.

Why not, Raymond Watts (PIG) has them. A few different versions too.

[tremolo]

Why not, Raymond Watts (PIG) has them. A few different versions too.

Holy crap! Really? If they say PIG on them I’ll buy them in bulk and whore myself around.

[Demogorgon]

Holy crap! Really? If they say PIG on them I’ll buy them in bulk and whore myself around.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkVEU5unfB1/

tried to embed and failed, so, here ya go.

[TheBang]

Waiting for the NIN condoms.
Didn't get yours in the 80's?

https://i.imgur.com/XpNYZxQ.jpg

[ManBurning]

I thought about ordering two bags, so I could drink one bag and save the other but in the end, I didn't want to shell out that much money because I wanna save up for merch the show in September. I'd like to be able to go all-out at this show because I haven't in the past, but the kids have a bunch of large expenses this summer so I have to be strategic with my penny-pinching lol.

I hear ya. I went all out with merch at the show... It hurt my wallet after the conversion rate.

I ended up getting majorly screwed on the conversion rate for the jacket. Jacket was $75US and 75 pounds.
$75 US = $98.59 Canadian
75 GBP = $130.45 Canadian

So, I paid $30 more than I needed to for that jacket, lol...

Also bought 2 t-shirts and the bad witch CD.
Bad witch Cd screwed me as well...

15 Euros = $22.99 Canadian.... $23 for a CD??? wow...

Europe is expensive. Very expensive. Now I see why TR told everyone in Australia to "steal his music" the markup on prices is insane.
The conversion rate on food was pretty much on par. But for goods and services like CDs and Clothes, you get ripped off.

[Sarah K]

I'm here to help if you didn't.

https://i.imgur.com/7DF8phil.jpg

[tremolo]

Didn't get yours in the 80's?

https://i.imgur.com/XpNYZxQ.jpg

Damn! Always late to the party :(

[tremolo]

I'm here to help if you didn't.

https://i.imgur.com/7DF8phil.jpg

If they’re from the 80s I doubt they’ll still work... But that’s a gamble I’m willing to take.

[OmnilimbO]

I'm here to help if you didn't.

https://i.imgur.com/7DF8phil.jpg

Would love a couple of these!


As for the coffee, anyone done a cold brew yet?

[MrLobster]

As for the coffee, anyone done a cold brew yet?

Yes... here (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/5055-I-want-to-GRIND-you-like-an-Animal-NIN-Coffee?p=420088#post420088).

[Leviathant]

If they’re from the 80s I doubt they’ll still work... But that’s a gamble I’m willing to take.

The square ones have an interesting story behind them. I believe it was heavenly_bearded who found a roll of unused "NIN get fucked" condom foil, then used it with new condoms to create new packages. The rectangular shape in the original photo is what the original condoms looked like - the discrepancy is intentional, so that no one is passing off a new condom as an old one, and vice versa.

[OmnilimbO]

Ah, thank you! Not sure how I missed that. Happy to see it gets the thumbs up. Looking forward to tasting it.

[heavenly_bearded]

The square ones have an interesting story behind them. I believe it was heavenly_bearded who found a roll of unused "NIN get fucked" condom foil, then used it with new condoms to create new packages. The rectangular shape in the original photo is what the original condoms looked like - the discrepancy is intentional, so that no one is passing off a new condom as an old one, and vice versa.

I still have that roll and still make condoms from it, mostly to hand out at NIN shows. Toss them at people waiting in lines and if I still have any by the time I'm inside, I just randomly throw out handfuls into the crowd. When it comes to the Get Fucked condoms... The first batch that I sold here a few years ago were the only Get Fucked remakes. There were about 50 of them. I only received a tiny stack of those backings. About a year ago the seller who sold me the roll found a box of originals with something like 600 originals and sold them to me. They're the square ones you see in Sarah's pic. I could trim them down to the original size but I feel like once I do, they're tampered with and go from being original to being homemade.

These condoms Sarah has are originals. If anyone here is wanting one, please buy them from her and help her out.

[Leviathant]

I still have that roll and still make condoms from it, mostly to hand out at NIN shows. Toss them at people waiting in lines and if I still have any by the time I'm inside, I just randomly throw out handfuls into the crowd. When it comes to the Get Fucked condoms... The first batch that I sold here a few years ago were the only Get Fucked remakes. There were about 50 of them. I only received a tiny stack of those backings. About a year ago the seller who sold me the roll found a box of originals with something like 600 originals and sold them to me. They're the square ones you see in Sarah's pic. I could trim them down to the original size but I feel like once I do, they're tampered with and go from being original to being homemade.

These condoms Sarah has are originals. If anyone here is wanting one, please buy them from her and help her out.

Huh! The more you know... thanks again for the follow up :)

[OmnilimbO]

Now I'm confused. If the square condom packs are originals why do they need to be cut down to be rectangular in order to be considered originals?
Do you mean to say the "600 originals" you bought were the completely original manufactured condom packs from '89, or that you bough 600 original elements needed to make more/new condom packs using original materials, and that's what the square are, new condoms with original package materials?

[heavenly_bearded]

Now I'm confused. If the square condom packs are originals why do they need to be cut down to be rectangular in order to be considered originals?
Do you mean to say the "600 originals" you bought were the completely original manufactured condom packs from '89, or that you bough 600 original elements needed to make more/new condom packs using original materials, and that's what the square are, new condoms with original package materials?

In 2014 I bought the roll of foils that were the DII promo side. A few months later I bought the "Get Fucked" backings, there were about 50 of them total. The original backings are 3"x3". I pressed them and trimmed them down to about 2"x2" to make them square and easy to spot in case anyone was trying to pass them as official. I made them and sold them here. See my original thread: http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/3592-Down-In-It-NIN-Condoms

Then in October 2017 the seller messaged me that they had found another box. This box was about 600 condoms already assembled. It was about a shoebox full. All are about 3"x3". I can imagine that they all looked like this when they were originally made before they were trimmed down to make them pretty before handing them out. Somewhere along the way someone got lazy and didn't think it was worth the effort to finish them? Or maybe it was pointless to promote a single that released in 1989 when they didn't even hand out the ones they did until New Music Seminar 1990 after it's release? I have no idea. Just speculation. When I asked the seller where he got this stuff they told me that they picked up some boxes of NIN promo stuff at a yard sale in Cleveland OH many years before and that they have a warehouse they use to store and sell items. I asked the seller if they could dig around and look for other NIN items they may have stashed somewhere but never heard back. Among the boxes were these condoms and the supplies to make them as well as about 1,000 promo stickers and Nothing Records promotional items. The promo stickers were for Broken, The Downward Spiral, and The Perfect Drug as well as many of those mirror NIN stickers and some plain white NIN stickers. It makes little sense that there would be promo condoms from the very first release scattered with Nothing records items and things that lead all the way to 1997. I would definitely be interested in chatting with whoever held that yard sale.

On topic, not to derail your thread... I was the very first person in the door at the physical world presale event in Chicago. The first general public person to taste this coffee. It was delicious but needed cream and sugar, neither were provided. After 14 hours of sitting in a camping chair outside the Aragon, that shit saved my life and gave me the boost to make my 7 hour drive back home after it was over (with monster of course). I definitely recommend :)

[OmnilimbO]

Fascinating. I love that kind of info. Thank you for sharing. And thanks for the cream & sugar tip.

[nmitchell86]

Would love a couple of these!


As for the coffee, anyone done a cold brew yet?

I did and I highly recommend it.