coffee

trying to start a discussion about the peculiar ways people like coffee:
for instance, i prefer cold, black cofee, but i dont mind cold with milk and sugar if someone else is with me (gotta keep looking normal) but hot i only really like it black. i also prefer to call it café.

I have a simple but satisfactory routine. I have a bag of any organic ground 'cafe', med-dark roast, and use a cafe' maker. I sprinkle a dash of cinnamon and a teeny amt of salt in the ground to stop the bitterness. When done, I drizzle a bit of Natural Bliss in it and voila'. I do on occasion buy the cold latte w/whipped cream and they're yummy but the calories add up fast.

My favorite is a icey form of coffee, not iced coffee, the coffee is the consistency of a slurpy or freezee.

Vanilla creama two packages of hot cocoa and whip cream with tiny marshmellows= absolute heaven

i love whipped cream on my coffee.

i hear its called blended but idk. i like that probably the best, because the ice makes me drink slo.

ocassionally i will do a bit of coffee in my coacao, i like the flvor it adds. but im not asugar guy. unless its cherry sugar.

I think that is what it is called. I drank it a lot in Jerusalem with my Armenian friends.

You trying to start a war here?

I have observed that most people who like black coffee prefer milk chocolate, and most people who like cream and sugar in coffee prefer dark chocolate. Make of that what you will. Me, I like dark chocolate and don't care much for coffee any way you fix it.

My uncle Fred likes coffee strong enough to challenge you to arm wrestle. He's maintenance for a factory, and he keeps a pot of coffee in the maintenance area, so people will come through and pour a cup, then complain bitterly about how strong it is. "Well... It's just coffee and water. I made it for me, not for you. You're welcome to have a cup, but if it's too strong just ADD WATER."

When I was a fireman, we would make it and drink it by the potful at beginning and end of shift and all day in between. I would drink perhaps up to a dozen cups a day.

Had to be hellfire hot, strong and black.

I still like it hot, but now with a dash of French vanilla creamer. I’m very much a coffee snob, grinding my own whole beans one cup at a time with some fancy Italian coffee maker, for the freshest roast experience. I’m pretty much a barista, don’t you know—- I push a button.

For a time, my son and I were roasting our own beans as a hobby we did together. We bagged and sold for fun, and little profit, but life gets busy so it’s fallen to the side.

I'm guilty of liking coffee that isn't recognizable as coffee anymore. I tend to use the coffee itself as a flavoring.

My dream cup of coffee would amaretto flavored with tons of real cream, sugar, whipped cream, piece of chocolate, and maraschino cherries.

My usual, down-to-earth coffee is mixed with low-fat milk and stevia instead. I prefer it hot, but like it iced in hot weather. I'm always conscious of calories, carbs, and sugar, so I have to tone it down for daily consumption. I'm also very sensitive to caffeine, probably shouldn't have it at all, but you know -- decaf just isn't the same.

So I try to limit myself to one cup a day, then have herbal tea and water the rest of the day.

A local coffee franchise here, The Human Bean, makes one of the most delicious coffee concoctions I've ever had -- the famous Snowy Mocha, described as, "a creamy blend of smooth white chocolate, espresso, and steamed milk," complete with a chocolate-covered espresso bean served on the lid of your drink.

Every now and then, I get a coupon for a free one of these, and I'm pretty sure it has enough sugar to kill a horse.

I take it home and split it into several containers (freezing a few,) then try to limit myself to only a few sips per day.

Great thread and poll, @enril!

😞 I'm getting used to , de caff coffee 😞 no sugar ( which should always b demarara ) . Getting old now so no caffeine and not much sugar for me any more 😳 .

Demarara sugar is amazing! Black strap molasses is good in coffee too. It's more nutritionally balanced, so not as hard on your body as white sugar.

It will be a sad day if I have to function without caffinated coffee, will probly do something stupid enough to make evening news lol 😆.

Good to see you @enril , hope you're doing well! 👍

Me too!

We should team up and film the aftermath! It can be a public service announcement about the dangers of decaf 😜

That's all I have to add to this thread