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Regular or Decaf?
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Michelle
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Oct 19, 2008 05:10PM
Regular.
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Regular. Three shots over ice with light cream. Strong and cold. Mmm.
I don't drink coffee. I've tried, tried, tried. Tried tried tried. I just don't like the way it tastes. What's wrong with me?I kneel to the diet coke god instead.:)
Yuck, RA. I don't know how you can drink that swill.
Why'd you call this group Terminal Coffee if you don't like coffee? Weirdo.
I do not like coffee but i like frappicinose or however you spell it. Every morning i have a coca-cola. I have the Hecho en Mexico kind. No corn syrup, does not stick to teeth =good
Decaf. And sometimes even that keeps me up.
Decaf--with cream and sugar. All of the calories and coffee breath, without any of the benefits of caffeine. I'm just too stressed to begin with to add a stimulant to the mix.
Regular, usually in the form of a mocha. I drink coffee for the caffeine.
Mod
After noon I like tea, lemon zinger, jasmine, chamomile.
Really really dark roast with a touch of half and half. At least two cups before I can talk to anyone. I enjoy it so much that sometimes I get excited when I'm going to bed, just thinking that it's almost time for coffee again in the morning. Okay, maybe I'm addicted.
Cawfee cawfee cawfee, don't even talk to me until I've had my coffee. The worst time of the day is waiting for the water to boil. Dark dark roast with half and half. Ahhhh. One huge mug in the morning and I'm set. That's probably 2.5 cups.Once I met up with Richard at his parents house, and I drank 3-4 cups of their coffee but just couldn't get thru the day, dragging my feet, and I started wondering if maybe I was sick. Turns out they only had decaf and thought they could get away without regular. After 2 days they confessed.
Huh, is that so, I'd think it was the other way around!
Either. black.Just not straight Starbucks coffee... I have to put cream and sugar in it, it always tastes burned or something to me.
I love tea as well...
and Pepsi
and Guinness.
Starbucks horridly over-roasts their beans. Trying to drink a cup of their brew black is slow torture. It's coffee for people who hate coffee.I don't do decaf. It in no way interests me. Give me a black light roast and I'll sip on cup after cup throughout the day.
I'm not a big soda fan, but should there be some jack daniels around I have been known to mix it with coke.
Petra's right about the caffeine. The darker roasts have been roasted longer, losing caffeine along the way. I like full-flavored coffee, but my favorite lightish coffee that's full of caffeine is a Costa Rican Tarrazu. Mm.
Yeah, Starbucks tastes burnt to me, too. Yuck. It is a dark and rainy morning here in the northwest. It was soooo hard to get out of bed. I think I hear a mocha calling my name from the Royal Bean down the road...
Decaf, regular makes me heart sick. But, I only like it if it tastes like melted coffee ice cream anyway. You know, like a caramel macchiato (sp) with way extra caramel. If I ever get a Starbucks coffee (which usually I get the fizzy grapefruit juice in the bottle) I get a decaff, single shot (so there isn't too much icky coffee taste:), caramel macchiato with extra caramel.
I have a very immature palate.
I have a very immature palate.
Montambo, your drink sounds just like mine, except I also put some butter caramel on top, and the "light" cream is VERY light - just a splash- to cut the acidity.I'm convinced that Starbucks burns their beans on purpose, to entice you to buy a creamy, sugary mocha instead of cheap ol' black coffee. For a drink like that, I go to Starbucks, but for black coffee, I prefer Peet's.
I'm with you RA and Sherri, no coffee for me. I've tried as well. The Mocha, the latte, vanilla, and of all things in between. blech. I'm a strict Green Tea drinker. Full caff and so yummy. Someone once said they didn't feel like a REAL adult until they liked the taste of coffee.
Still waiting.
I've decided I'm never gonna like beer, and I don't care, Michelle.
I've decided I'm never going to like wine, either. No Jane Winebox visiting my house, thank you.So no coffee or wine...Michelle, I guess I'll never be a real grownup:)
I've discovered I like Cointreau. Mmm!And I've discovered that most bar drinks are horrible bastardizations of what they are supposed to be.
And I've discovered that most bar drinks are horrible bastardizations of what they are supposed to be. Don't worry, Jacks, after seven or eight they taste just fine...
RA, after seven or eight I'd be tasting them coming back up.
Coming up they would still taste better than wine to me.
I used to sell Nespresso machines when I worked at this little boutique. I only like the Ristretto. The Arpeggio and Roma might do in a pinch, but the Ristretto is my favorite.
Diet Coke is my caffeine source of choice. I'll occasionally have a coffee. When I do, I like it strong and unadulterated with things like sugar, cream, or sissy flavors.
Mmm, sissy flavors...
Ok, I need your help. I'm done drinking diet coke. I hate the chemicals and I think they're fucking me up. But I NEED caffeine.So teach me how to drink coffee, please.
1. What should I order at a coffee shop?
2. Which one has the fewest calories? Are there a lot of calories in coffee?
3. What about making coffee at home? Tips?
I am counting on your expertise, people. Thanks.
Mod
Cold brew is less acidic and easier on the stomach, and less of a pain than dealing with Mr. Coffee on a daily basis. Plus the homemade iced latte will make a nice segue from Diet Coke to the world of coffee.
There are lots of calories in the syrups and whole milk used in starbucks-esque lattes to go, so I recommend you switch to home-brew. This way your $$$$ won't dissipate quite as quickly, either.
1. If you don't like the taste of coffee, but you want caffeine, why not drink black tea?2. Plain black coffee is calorie-free. It's the milk and sugar that adds calories.
3. I think French press coffee is the best, and only with freshly roasted and ground beans. I do not roast my own beans because roasters are expensive but I've had freshly roasted coffee and it's divine.
Mod
I'm such a dork.
Regular with no add-ons. I go through about a pot a day at work.
You like iced tea already, RA. Why not just have that?
Randomanthony,I don't know about what you should order or how you should make it. Best advice I can give is start small if you don't normally drink it (8 oz or 12 oz.) And as far as make it at home, the more grinds you use the darker and stronger it will be. Calories? The less crap you put in it (i.e. sugar, syrups, etc.) the better. Keep it simple.I like mine dark, with half and half. Two cups every morning.
Mod
You could make a big ol pot of something delicious and caffeine-laden and fill it with tons of honey while its hot...
Thanks, people...I'll give it a shot.Jacks, I tend to drink the white tea/citrus tea for different purposes....it usually doesn't have caffeine...and I drink it pretty much all day, which I wouldn't want to do with coffee/diet coke. I hope that makes sense:)
Ok, I got some Dunkin Donuts coffee today at Costco...made it when I got home...took the caffeine edge off but still tastes like punk rock. Must experiment.:)When did coffee get so complicated?
Dunkin Donuts makes good coffee. If you don't like coffee, Anthony, just drink tea.I like my coffee dark and strong so I use more grounds and less water. I have a hard time ordering plain coffee in restaurants because it always tastes watered down.
I was a diet coke fiend for quite a few years eventually the taste of coffee wasn't so bad so I switched. But it has to be regular, have to have something to jump start the body/
So RA, you don't or you do like coffee?Whoever said the French press makes the best, I agree. But it's best with freshly ground beans. I used to get good beans and grind a week's worth so I didn't have to do it every morning - I mean really, I can't expend that kind of energy until I've had my cuppa! But I mostly use my Melitta filter and make one large Starbucks-size mug. https://shop.melitta.com/itemdy00.asp... They are at every supermarket. I get most of my coffee from Costco, French Roast. You can grind the beans there and it's a reasonable price. I KNOW you go to Costco. :)
Coffee disagrees with Richard's stomach so he's a big tea drinker - black tea in the morning, it's got the most caffeine I think.
I think I like it. I definitely like it more than diet coke. I think.I had a couple headache waves although I had a couple cups of coffee today. I'm slightly irritable, too, which I'm trying to keep in check and have half-succeeded. I checked online, though, and I read that coffee will have more caffeine than diet coke...so I'm hoping with one more cup I'll be good to go. Maybe it's a chemical other than caffeine in diet coke that I'm missing. Scary thought.
Oooh, coffee with a shot is YUMMY. I like Amaretto, Bailey's, or Godiva liquer.
Or Irish Bailey's Cream.But I don't think RA should be adding shots to his coffee first thing in the morning to wake up. :P
A splash of half and half for me please. And if I ran out the day before and forgot to buy it I'm in panic mode. Skim milk, yech.
I like the way you're thinkin', Charley!:)
Bailey's in coffee on a Sunday morning has worked for me.
mmmmm. Always a good way to start a Sunday. I had plain old hazelnut non-dairy in my cup this morning. No latte run to McDonald's today - just what my coffee maker could produce.
