Coffee, and how?

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:28 am

By being a consumer whore.

Actually I'm just a tad curious, how do you lads like your coffe, and why?
Myself, I prefer it black and oily, no sugar and as bitter as a newlywed lass who has just found out that her husband humped her sis and mom at their wedding (while her daddy watched).

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Wed May 12, 2004 11:02 am

coffee is disgusting to me, the smell makes me wretch, i drink tea instead, mostly strong and dark brown kenyan stuff, with just a sip of milk, no sugar or anything, maybe a squeeze of lemon the odd time, tea is great heheh

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:20 pm

Coffee with some milk, or green tea, without milk. Never sugar.

Jimmyjay86 · Post by **Jimmyjay86** » Wed May 12, 2004 2:09 pm

Straight and hot. I like a good hearty dark roast, non-organically grown. Organic coffees taste funny. I don't like fine ground coffees that leave a puddle of silt in the bottom of the cup. Colombian coffees are a favorite but there are some good African varieties.

Calal · Post by **Calal** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:03 pm

Depends on the hour. Strong and bitter in the morning. It must have a strong aroma or I won' t wake up easily.
Later on I prefer to drink it with a cloud of milk and some sugar.
I only drink fresh minttea with loads of sugar.

Favourite brands must be Douwe Egberts and Chat Noir but sometimes I like to grind beans myself. The smell you get from this is uncomparable to ready made coffee.

4too · Post by **4too** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:17 pm

Alternate Relativistic Brewing

Sometimes, it's a near rolling boil of water into a drip funnel with a HEAPING tablespoon or three/four/more EXTRA, above and beyond all conventions of polite taste: FOR Luck, the Queen, and the Horse you rode in on.

The oat bag is in the corner ....

Sometimes, it's a mass consumer Steam Punk Aspiring Ersartz Expresso Simulator. But all that fussy measuring and the "frappe'ing" of oil-ly black beans is ""too much like work"" . And, the flash backs to metering out by the gram, stimulate the biological -no time to waste--WASTED-- "midlife" clock that dope slaps the juvinile whine for "24-7" self medication.

As to mixing ...

I opt for straight up on the side ... chunks ... fine lines ... or cubes ...

Be it milk or cream, lemon or lime, chocolate, sugar, ....

Cubes?

The sugar cubes are for that "High" Horse you rode in on.

4too

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:35 pm

Staight black, it's the only way. Sometimes I use milk but not often and not for any real reason.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Wed May 12, 2004 6:31 pm

i dont put anything in either my coffee or tea.

CloudNineGT · Post by **CloudNineGT** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:20 pm

Just fill about a fourth of the cup up with instant and add water. Thats how complex my coffee gets.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:47 pm

CloudNineGT wrote:Just fill about a fourth of the cup up with instant and add water. Thats how complex my coffee gets.

That's plain nasty.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Thu May 13, 2004 12:17 am

Don't usually drink coffee. A tea person myself. Usually can't drink either without two sugars though. need it to drown out the horrible taste of my inability to make a decent cup.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Thu May 13, 2004 1:20 am

CloudNineGT wrote:Just fill about a fourth of the cup up with instant and add water. Thats how complex my coffee gets.

Sadly that's how my almost always ends up. I'm too lazy to actually make real coffee.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:23 am

I prefer the original Denny's Blend coffee...Black, of course. People who went to Denny's back in that period of time can respect this messy cup of coffee grounds, spit, and dirty water.

About 4 years ago they switched to Millstone and stopped producing Denny's Blend Coffee. Luckily, me and my buddies snagged the remaining crate before they dumped it. Only 1 bag remains. When I die, I will be cremated, put into the coffee, and served to my friends.

Ernesto · Post by **Ernesto** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:11 am

I take my coffee like my women. (Oh, the pain.) Black and straight.

As for brand? It doesn't really matter, the soul purpose of coffee is to give me that extra jolt during the day, late at night or at 6:30 in the morning.

Tea is a different matter, I usually go Jean Luc Picard style -- Earl Grey, hot. I'll add a massive heap of suger and a lemon slice then? It's all cool. I'm not much of a tea drinker for some reason.

I guess Coffee owns.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:47 am

That reminds me of a completely off-color song I wrote a few years ago. Can't remember much off the top of my head, but the chorus lives on within me and my buddies:

From "Ode to M.L. King"

(chorus)
Martin Luther King was a Man lovin' Man
and a Man lovin' Man was he.

He liked his men like he liked his coffee:
Hot and Black and Free.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu May 13, 2004 6:06 pm

That sounds just like a song coming straight out of Chef's mouth in South Park.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Thu May 13, 2004 8:56 pm

Your sig is annoying, Mr. Green.

I drink my coffee with a little bit of milk (never cream) and maybe some sugar. Strong is best, though I'll drink anything. I like my coffee like my women, too... hot, brownish, and, uh, sugary?

And, as coffee houses go, Starbuck's and Tim Horton's are both shit, Second Cup is okay, Timothy's World Coffee is better, and the indy places with shitty modern jazz playing in the background are best.

Viktor · Post by **Viktor** » Thu May 13, 2004 9:15 pm

I take my coffee "Julie Andrews" (white nun = milk but no sugar) and my tea NATO standard (milk + 2 sugars).

Both should be made strong enough to stand a plastic spoon upright in...

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Thu May 13, 2004 9:31 pm

s4ur0n27 wrote:That sounds just like a song coming straight out of Chef's mouth in South Park.

Indeed, quite the jingle.
And yes, one can picture chef humming that tune while preparing todays meal.

Has anyone ever tried decaffeinated coffee?
Doesn't that kindda defeat the whole purpose of this lovely bewerage?
If you have drunken, or are still, pray tell me.
Is it as awful as it seems?

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Fri May 14, 2004 12:13 am

I don't drink coffee to stay awake, or to even brighten my day. I drink it because I like the flavor. There are a few decaffeinated blends that taste similar to the real thing, however finding them takes time and an iron gut.

Most decaf sucks. A few brands, like Yuban, are actually average. None really compare to the real thing, but there are some that come close.

I was actually served decaf one night at Denny's as a joke, and I spit the stuff out the second it hit my tongue. They were testing to see if I could tell the difference. Bastards.