Coffee in the Navy: A Survival Guide.

[Kerrie]

Recently changed from synthetic creamer to pure blackness in my cup. And I like tea A LOT...all day.

 

[DataGG]

I cannot drink coffee for medical reasons so I try to rationalize that tea is just as good.. But baaah, I seriously miss coffee! Tea is just so bland, so uninteresting.

 

[DiracPool]

I'm not sure what medical condition would prevent you from drinking coffee, but I'd personally rather be fighting the Germans in Stalingrad than forego a good cup of joe. That's just me, though.

 

[Medicol]

I'm not sure what medical condition would prevent you from drinking coffee, but I'd personally rather be fighting the Germans in Stalingrad than forego a good cup of joe. That's just me, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_substitute
Or other similar bad add-ins in the ready made coffee for competitive or commercial purposes. Pure black coffee is harmless to us all. Only drinking it too much without soon taking some extra fresh water to wash it away may darken one's lips and teeth overtime. Too much coffee also causes constipation, acne, heartburn, sleep derivation etc.
I remember taking some lemonade coffee in Japan (they add some lemon juice into the coffee) which tasted really disgusting.

 

[DiracPool]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_substitute
. Too much coffee also causes constipation, acne, heartburn, sleep derivation etc.

Actually, I've found that coffee is a natural mild laxative.:D

 

[Medicol]

Actually, I've found that coffee is a natural mild laxative.:D

Yeah, Japanese lemon coffee.

 

[Danger]

I didn't vote because none of the choices are applicable. Since I'm too tired right now to read everyone's posts, I might be duplicating some answers (but I doubt it).
At the coffee shop (not Starbucks; their crap would peel the chrome off of a Buick, and I'm not even all that fond of Tim's) I get the mild house special straight up. At home, I use 3 rounded tablespoons of Nabob or Folgers in my 12-cup machine. Again, no additives.
About 30 years ago, during my bar tending years, I invented a "special coffee" to fit in with our Irish, Cowboy, Spanish, Monte Christo, etc. versions. I never gave it a name, but it remains my favourite after-dinner dessert drink. WARNING: Diabetics and people with nut allergies should stay at arm's length. To start with, most bartenders used to spin the rim of the snifter in the ice well, to dampen it for sugar-coating. I think that it's really stupid, because frequently one will break and you then have to scoop out and replace all of the ice. (Now, they have little saturated sponge pads for that.) Instead, I originally slit a cherry and ran it around the rim, since it was going to be part of the drink anyhow and was stickier than water. Later, I used a lemon wedge instead, because it gave a nice contrast to the sugar without messing up the flavour of the drink. Anyhow, the next step is to spin the rim of the glass in a bowl of granulated sugar until it's coated to about 1mm thickness on each surface and maybe 1/4"—3/8" along from the top. (Those familiar with bar coffees please bear with me; this is for people who aren't.)
Where the multiple varieties differ is in the alcoholic ingredients (and hence flavour). My version uses 1 1/2 oz of Swiss Chocolate Almond liqueur and 3/4 oz of Amaretto (almond flavour), then coffee up to about 1 1/2" from the top. Then it is filled with whipped cream piled up like a Dairy Queen cone above the rim. Lastly, I dribble 1/2 oz of Frangelico liqueur (hazelnut flavour) over the whipped cream, plop a cherry on top and install the obligatory napkin "diaper" to keep the customer's hands from getting sticky.

 

[RonL]

Danger,
That sounds sinful and so delicious :) will be trying it as soon as possible. If I serve it to someone I'll call it the "Danger Zone" in respect to you.
OK ?

 

[Danger]

Danger,
That sounds sinful and so delicious :) will be trying it as soon as possible. If I serve it to someone I'll call it the "Danger Zone" in respect to you.
OK ?

Oh, yeah! That will also fit in nicely with the fact that although my cartoons that I've posted on PF were labeled as "The 5^th Dimentia" series, I decided almost a year back to re-label them (and the hundred or so others, and whatever more I might come up with) as the "Danger Zone" brand.
Let's get everything under one banner, start a cult, and conquer the world!
Actually, with all seriousness aside, I've given consideration to starting a cult. There are so many brain-dead people with disposable incomes out there that I honestly think that I could give them a better life in a communal setting than they can accomplish on their own. (Unlike other cult leaders, I would allow them to do whatever they want to as long as nobody gets hurt and they return at least as much as they gain. Eventually, we would get around to municipal elections for positions lower than my own and those of my chosen circle.)

 

[RonL]

Oh, yeah! That will also fit in nicely with the fact that although my cartoons that I've posted on PF were labeled as "The 5^th Dimentia" series, I decided almost a year back to re-label them (and the hundred or so others, and whatever more I might come up with) as the "Danger Zone" brand.
Let's get everything under one banner, start a cult, and conquer the world!
Actually, with all seriousness aside, I've given consideration to starting a cult. There are so many brain-dead people with disposable incomes out there that I honestly think that I could give them a better life in a communal setting than they can accomplish on their own. (Unlike other cult leaders, I would allow them to do whatever they want to as long as nobody gets hurt and they return at least as much as they gain. Eventually, we would get around to municipal elections for positions lower than my own and those of my chosen circle.)

That reads a little like "PF 2 the Horror Movie"

 

[Medicol]

There are times I add some coke into my sugarless black coffee, especially when I can't stand its bitterness anymore. That means, I actually can't always take strong bitter coffee. I don't know about you, but I'd love to enjoy all assorted tastes (sour, bitter, sweet, salty, etc) while I'm still young and alive. :D

 

[Danger]

That reads a little like "PF 2 the Horror Movie"

...as intended... :D

Medicol, I see nothing wrong with weird combinations. A few times, I've used a 50/50 mix of hot black coffee and beer. It actually tastes a bit like beef broth.

 

[Danger]

At the risk of derailing the thread, I now feel the urge to pass along another delicious desert drink that doesn't involve coffee but is close. Start with an individual-size pot of hot tea (real tea, such as Red Rose or Lipton's, or any other brand of an English Breakfast or likewise; not any of that weedeater crap like herbal blends). This presentation is for bartender purposes. At home, make however much you want in your usual pot and just add the booze. Anyhow, you then pour 3/4—1 1/2 oz each of Amaretto and Grand Marnier into a brandy snifter and balance it (sideways) on the open teapot for service. The customer then pours the tea into the snifter at the table. It's called Blueberry Tea, and that's pretty much what it tastes like.

 

[Monique]

Lipton is real tea?

 

[Medicol]

No, it is odorless dark tea :D. Maybe it's the hot water I use with it that always creates a brown "concoction".

 

[Danger]

Lipton is real tea?

Actually, I'm not sure. I use Red Rose. (Remember the Queen in the ads... "Only in Canada, eh... pity...)

 

[Monique]

No, it is odorless dark tea :D. Maybe it's the hot water I use with it that always creates a brown "concoction".

According to Dutch research the Lipton tea contains sugar granules coated with bubblegum flavor, which is why II'm skeptic (source: http://keuringsdienstvanwaarde.kro.nl/seizoenen/2014/afleveringen/23-01-2014 rogram).

 

[Astronuc]

How People Drink Coffee All Around the World
https://www.yahoo.com/food/how-people-drink-coffee-all-around-the-world-127731938391.html

 

[Pythagorean]

The Lady Earl Grey has become a household tea for me, but when we've been out drinking, my wife and I usually share a Starbucks Cold Brew the next morning.

 

[Mr.Robot]

Hot Milk+Coffee+Cream = Thick Coffee (No Sugar)
Two pages of Novel(Neuromancer)

 

[Astronuc]

In honor of National Coffee Day (Sept. 29), Yahoo Health rounded up some of the most surprising facts about the beloved beverage.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/30-things-you-may-not-have-realized-about-coffee-114146178.html

I drink a two or more cups in the morning (I've cut down), then maybe one or two during the day. There have been times when I'd drink 8 cups a day - large cups.

I drink it with breakfast, and many days, coffee is breakfast. I'll drink it at lunch, and sometimes dinner, depending on circumstances.

 

[nuuskur]

Breakfast of champions, two black coffees and a cigarette.

 

[JorisL]

You misspelled bacon and eggs.
Or leftover rice

 

[waternohitter]

Hi, I'm a coffee lover and I usually take it with cream. My favorite flavor is Cappuccino

 

[S.G. Janssens]

"Black as midnight on a moonless night."

Special Agent D. Cooper taught me how to drink coffee:



Enjoy your coffee!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I've recently started drinking coffee in the morning. General advice is that 4 cups of coffee is a safe amount. I'm confused how to calculate that in terms of mugs full. I drink 2 mugs of coffee a morning. The average mug is 12 ounces. A cup is 8 ounces. So I guess that means a person can drink 2.75 mugs safely.

 

[BillTre]

I guess I'm different.
I usually like my coffee black, but I add a touch of salt to it which makes it less bitter tasting.

This is a trick I learned from an old sailor when I was working as a deckhand on a ship as a summer job while I was an undergraduate.
(Coffee often sits around in heated coffee pots for a long time on ships. Things oxidize and make acids.)

Years later I read somewhere that salt blocks or interacts with bitter sensations in someway.
Could not really find molecular details.

 

[WWGD]

I guess I'm different.Years later I read somewhere that salt blocks or interacts with bitter sensations in someway.
Could not really find molecular details.

I'll eat a pack of salt when I start thinking about my ex-girlfriend ;).

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

Cut my teeth on double strength black coffee.
Never wash the coffee cup.

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Navy coffee starts off with five gallon cans of grounds. The coffee is dished into ten gallon percolators by drudge workers who don't want to be there and don't like coffee anyway. Boil for a few days. When it's ready you simply cut off a piece with a carbide tipped tool provided and chew on it for the duration of your watch, 6-8 hours for us snipes. At the end of the watch you put it back in the pot. DO NOT throw it overboard. Some of the chunks have made their way onshore and small animals and children are at risk if this happens.