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How do you take coffee?

Milk and sugar, i don't understand why anyone would tolerate anything less.
 
Absentglare said:
Milk and sugar, i don't understand why anyone would tolerate anything less.
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Another Sugar taker has been spotted! that makes for two!
 
EMNofSeattle said:
Navy coffee must be like mny other forms of institutional coffee, like cafeterias or industrial break rooms or what have you, Never had coffee on a naval facility, did once on an Air Force one, but they use cheap coffee, but they have big industrial brewers, like Bunn type brewers, and they can brew large amounts of coffee at insanely hot temperature. and that means all coffee out of them will taste OK. I've never heard any of my friend's in the Navy complain about coffee. I hear aboard ship it's pretty good.
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They throw a hand full of sea salt into the coffee aboard ship. Cuts the bitterness.
 
I guess the Wolf takes his coffee with lotsa cream lotsa sugar.

 
I enjoy the occasional 500 calorie white chocolate mocha with whip cream but when it comes to straight up coffee I drink it black with no sugar.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
I'm an true Northwesterner, and coffee to me is not merely a morning beverage. really when it's dreary and rainy where I live most of the year coffee is never at the wrong time, at least until 3 hours before bed.
I have a 12 ounce cup in the morning and go to work with a 24 ounce stanley thermos.

I don't consider those sweet beverages to be coffee, But I like them as beverages in their own right. A carmel machiatto hot, on a cold day is quite a treat. milkshakes are like a summer thing, hot coffee desert beverages are good for winter
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This southern girl agrees.

Also, I've recently discovered the wonderfulness that is just putting milk into coffee. Just something nice and simple about it.
 
Your Star said:
This southern girl agrees.

Also, I've recently discovered the wonderfulness that is just putting milk into coffee. Just something nice and simple about it.
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I like mixing just whipped cream into coffee when i feel like keeping it simple.
 
DiAnna said:
Strong black coffee is the nectar of gods. I used to utterly love Columbian, but it's too hard to find anymore, so I use a dark roast blend. I can tell the difference between blends (although I'm no connoisseur), and dislike the bitterness in some cheaper coffees that toss green beans into the mix. Weak, watery coffee makes me gag. I just dump it out.
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Costco has a quite tasty Columbian Supremo. Not too expensive either.

For me french press Supremo, Tarrazu, or JBM. No embellishments. Diluting good coffee is second on my no no list only to mixing single malt scotch.
 
Fledermaus said:
They throw a hand full of sea salt into the coffee aboard ship. Cuts the bitterness.
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My European grandmother used to use eggshells in the grounds for the same reason; it works!

But then some of us like that bitterness (espresso).
 
Chomsky said:
My European grandmother used to use eggshells in the grounds for the same reason; it works!

But then some of us like that bitterness (espresso).
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I have known people to do the eggshell thing as well. How well it works *Shug*.

But it is coffee and therefore acceptable.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
I sometimes just wonder if Sugar is a conspiracy, here in the Pacific Northwest (where we have an insane coffee culture) I have never seen anyone put sugar in coffee. Sugar is available, but I never see it put in. ever. Cream is a different story, cream and milk flow like the Columbia River into coffee cups, but until smokeandmirrors mentioned it, I've never communicated with a coffee-sugerer. They are an elusive breed for sure.
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Here in the North East we have a Dunkin' Donuts culture, weak mediocre coffee with lotsa cream lotsa sugar. I want to make a visit to Seattle now, just to be a coffee barbarian. :2razz:
 
winston53660 said:
One time I was getting my blood taken by this black lady. And of course I had my cup of coffee with me. She was like:

"you drink black coffee?"

Me:

"Yeah"

"Her really?"

me:

"well yeah"

her:

"you really drink black coffee?"

me:

"once you go black you don't go back"

Her:

":lamo"
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How does everyone feel about european coffee ?
I take mine with creme & sugar, although I'm starting do prefer tea. Espresso / Ristretto black sometimes when I'm in a hurry.
 
Douwe Egberts with cream and a soupcon of Buisman Royal aroma.
 
DiAnna said:
Strong black coffee is the nectar of gods. I used to utterly love Columbian, but it's too hard to find anymore, so I use a dark roast blend. I can tell the difference between blends (although I'm no connoisseur), and dislike the bitterness in some cheaper coffees that toss green beans into the mix. Weak, watery coffee makes me gag. I just dump it out.
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You would probably like Kenyan coffee. If you've never tried it, you might consider it. It's similar to Columbian, but a little less acidic and therefore a bit smoother.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
I'm not even old enough to remember SBC shops. when I worked at the QFC store in Port Orchard we served "Seattle's Best Coffee" I put that in quotes because I don't know if that's what they actually served in their stores or if it's just cheap coffee branded with seattle's best. I never really liked it. It was always really old people who bought it, I have to guess that after your taste buds start going you care less.

Navy coffee must be like mny other forms of institutional coffee, like cafeterias or industrial break rooms or what have you, Never had coffee on a naval facility, did once on an Air Force one, but they use cheap coffee, but they have big industrial brewers, like Bunn type brewers, and they can brew large amounts of coffee at insanely hot temperature. and that means all coffee out of them will taste OK. I've never heard any of my friend's in the Navy complain about coffee. I hear aboard ship it's pretty good.
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"Seattle's Best" was generally smoother than Starbuck's - but Starbuck's bought them out several years ago. I only pointed it out for the irony of seeing that brand of coffee shop only on the other side of the planet.
 
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"Seattle's Best" was generally smoother than Starbuck's - but Starbuck's bought them out several years ago. I only pointed it out for the irony of seeing that brand of coffee shop only on the other side of the planet.
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When I have had mixed coffees here in Portland, I liked the stuff Seattles Best made better than Starbucks. If Starbucks bought them out, like they did my favorite place Coffee People, it was after I sampled theirs.

Good stuff.

I boycott Starbucks because they buy out any real competition to keep their prices jacked up.
 
I dont normally drink coffee but if I do: a shot of espresso with nothing else: black, bitter and provides a jolt of caffeine.

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With so much cream and sugar that it looks more like chocolate milk.

I'm a basic bitch. :mrgreen:
 
Usually black, but some days I'm not in the mood for that (or just tire of it) so will add either milk or cream and sugar. Especially if it's cheap coffee, as to me just adding cream or milk makes it taste worse.
 
I think everyone owes it to themselves to try some good coffees black.
Fewer calories, less work, and if its good...masking it with "condiments" may start to seem like dressing up a steak with ketchup and mustard.
For some coffee though, I suppose milk/sugar make it drinkable and its what you get used to.

Tea is good, but how does it compare to coffee? I use to drink both, coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon. Tea never competed with coffee on taste to me, it just felt "healthier" and less harsh after a meal. Iced tea is a nice alternative to softdrinks.

Alas, I gave up tea/coffee this year and miss them both.
 
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Favorite way, boiled.
Trust me, it's amazballs fresh.

Normally though, I drink it New York style in a standard brewer.
Like fine ground, dark roast/espresso types.
Slightly bitter, with regular milk.
 
Straight black, out of an electric percolator. (Richer taste than drip)

Though lately, I've been partial to running the percolator in the evening, pouring the coffee into a container, and refrigerating over night. I like to gulp a big mug before lifting or running, which I usually do one of every morning before I sit down at my desk.



Usual blend: Major Dickenson's (Peet's Coffee), whole bean.
 
PoS said:
I dont normally drink coffee but if I do: a shot of espresso with nothing else: black, bitter and provides a jolt of caffeine.

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OK, this is too weird.

I have coffee cups similar to that. I saw your post, and was drinking my Boyd's Rip City with Captain Morgan's 1671 and Baily's Iris Cream:

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Pike's place, Colombia or Kenia is it for me. Some cream, not too blonde.
 
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