How do you like your coffee?

[jim mcnamara]

@symbolipoint - most consumed sugar is in processed foods, drinks, sweets, but not much in coffee. And yes we are talking about coffee, you are correct, but my post above sort of expanded the range of consideration since someone else went on a sugar tangent.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751311/
calories as "added sugar" are in most of these these prepared foods (pretty much minus meat items):

Calories –The mean total calorie intake by persons two years and older in the U.S. was 2,176 kcal/day. Table 1 shows the total calorie contributions from the top ten food sources of calorie intake: ‘cake, cookies, quick bread, pastry, and pie‘ (7.2%) followed by ‘yeast breads and rolls’ (7.1%), ‘soft drinks’ (5.4%),‘beef’ (4.7%),‘crackers, popcorn, pretzels, chips’ (4.7%), ‘cheese’ (4.6%), ‘milk’ (4.5%), ‘candy, sugars, sugary foods’ (4.5%), ‘poultry’ (4.3%), and ‘alcoholic beverages’ (3.7%).

 

[DennisN]

I used to use cream or milk in my coffee.
Now I just take it black with a little bit salt (shaken, not ground).
Bitter coffee is not one of my favorites.

The salt is a trick I learned from some sailors on a ship I used to work on.
These on the bridge would make a jug of coffee at the beginning of a 4 hour watch and it would be on the heater for a long time. A bit of salt reduces the bitterness.
Not sure of the mechanism, but it may involve the bitterness taste receptor, rather than chemistry in the coffee itself.

Interesting, I have never heard about this before. I am going to try it.

Edit: If I'm out of milk at home, I put a bit of ice cream in my coffee instead. I'm almost never out of ice cream. It was something I started doing during the Covid home isolation. I'd say it tastes like something in between milk and cream.

 

[symbolipoint]

Interesting, I have never heard about this before. I am going to try it.

Edit: If I'm out of milk at home, I put a bit of ice cream in my coffee instead. I'm almost never out of ice cream. It was something I started doing during the Covid home isolation. I'd say it tastes like something in between milk and cream.

I would sometimes, but many many years ago, put frosting, like from a cake, into my coffee as a creamer. It was fine, except that it would not completely disperse, but it did enough for the purpose.

 

[DennisN]

I agree. [...] It's a stimulant "drug".

This quote of mine should prove to all readers of this thread that I am aware of the issue.
And since I'm aware of the issue, this means I'm not a coffee addict.
Do you all hear me?

I am not a coffee addict!

I AM NOT A COFFEE ADDICT!

Eh, sorry, I lost my temper a bit there.
I'm probably just a bit irritated.
Time to make some more coffee.

 

[julian]

"I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup." Eddie Izzard.

I don't like coffee, but I could do with a cup of tea. Milk and two sugars. And some biscuits if it isn't too much trouble. Thanks @Parkour.

 

[rsk]

I have been drinking coffee since first grade. At that time with milk and sugar. After grad school, I ditched the cream.

For breakfast black with just enough sugar to begin to taste the sweetness. After dinner often just black especially with dessert.Best little expresso-style, stove-top coffee maker but be sure you use decent coffee.

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I have a little electric version of that. I buy illy coffee when i can and make it 50:50 espresso and warm milk. No sugar.

 

[phinds]

How do you like your coffee?

Like this:

 

[rsk]

You have never been to Turkey?

Me neither but I happened upon some Turkish colleagues of a colleague at a work event and we had Turkish coffee over Lunch.

It was black, viscous, quite gritty and unpleasant overall but the after effects were quite striking.

I walked round the rest of the Exhibition a little spaced out checking my pulse every 5 minutes.

I had a similar effect from Italian coffee first time I had it, tiny little cup with a big hit- much prettier overall though. Not as gritty.

I started getting dizzy spells on a trip to Turkey. Not head spinning stuff, more like a sensation of swaying.
When I got home I went to see my GP. She tested my blood pressure, it was very average but mine is usually pretty low and she said it was the turkish coffee and spicy, salty food that had done it to me.

 

[DennisN]

I started getting dizzy spells on a trip to Turkey. Not head spinning stuff, more like a sensation of swaying.
When I got home I went to see my GP. She tested my blood pressure, it was very average but mine is usually pretty low and she said it was the turkish coffee and spicy, salty food that had done it to me.

Hmm, that is quite interesting. I may have had the same experience.
I have cut down on my coffee consumption considerably, but I was drinking quite a lot of coffee some years ago. And I remember sometimes experiencing "sensations of swaying". I also remember my GP saying I had low blood pressure. Maybe there was a connection?

Edit: After a bit of googling, it seems coffee raises blood pressure. So maybe my low blood pressure was due to something else.

 

[rsk]

Hmm, that is quite interesting. I may have had the same experience.
I have cut down on my coffee consumption considerably, but I was drinking quite a lot of coffee some years ago. And I remember sometimes experiencing "sensations of swaying". I also remember my GP saying I had low blood pressure. Maybe there was a connection?

Edit: After a bit of googling, it seems coffee raises blood pressure. So maybe my low blood pressure was due to something else.

Yes, they've always told me my low blood pressure was a good thing and I think on this occasion she was saying that I'd managed to increase my blood pressure to something that wasn't usual for me, hence the dizziness. I wasn't completely convinced but couldn't think of any other explanation and it's never happened since.

 

[Mark44]

I much prefer light-roast as the flavor is far superior - and grinding beans at home just before use.

That's the way to do it! Light roast means more flavor and better flavor.

So you say. As I said before, I much prefer a dark roast, and consider light roasts to lack flavor. I also don't bother with grinding the beans at home, as our grinder is very noisy, and doesn't grind the beans as fine as I would like.
"Different strokes for different folks."

The purpose of a liquid is to cool.

Sounds like a personal definition not shared by many folks around the world. The purpose of a liquid, if there is such a thing, is to be fluid, whether it's hot or cold. People who are hypothermic are given hot liquids to assist in warming the core of the body.

 

[DaveC426913]

Sounds like a personal definition

Ya think?

(My life revolves around having ice for drinks. The ice is more important than the drink.)

 

[Doc Al]

I much prefer a dark roast, and consider light roasts to lack flavor.

Me too. And I'll take it black.

 

[BillTre]

Oh-oh.
Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

 

[symbolipoint]

I much prefer a dark roast, and consider light roasts to lack flavor.

Most coffees bought in store (already roasted) and the beverage bought at restaurants are most often not light-roasted, and they taste either like charcoal, or burned, or like mud. I mainly believe that the high quality, green unroasted (gourmet?) beans that you can buy through some specialty sources may be why the coffees which one roasted himself can have much better flavor.

I tried roasting some coffees to medium, and to dark roast levels. I found when I make a dark roasting, either the flavor decreases too much, or the coffee tastes burned.

 

[Jarvis323]

Oh-oh.
Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

Just put the grounds in a sauce pan, let settle, and then poor off the top.

 

[onatirec]

... the coffee tastes burned

This is my experience with dark roasts. I used to think that what I was tasting was a stronger, more full-bodied "coffee" flavor with darker roasts, but as my palate matured I realized it was actually just a burnt taste which masks all of the complex undertones.

Nowadays I enjoy those mythical nuances shining through lighter-roasts that I long assumed were just over-blown marketing talk: spicy, earthy, floral, fruity, etc, etc.

 

[Rive]

Just put the grounds in a sauce pan, let settle, and then poor off the top.

Better prepare for symptoms

Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

I had to realize, that somewhere deep I'm actually a prepper.
By a quick inventory, we have a spare moka pot, an unused espresso maker and - well, a bottle of instant coffee too, which we did not open for years

 

[BillTre]

We have some camping alternatives in use right now, but I will be shopping for a new machine later today.

Will probably be looking for the reincarnation of Joe DiMaggio, Mr. Coffee.

But maybe I'll find something else.

 

[Doc Al]

Oh-oh.
Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

 

[Jarvis323]

Better prepare for symptoms

It's not fundamentally different than what you get through a french press.

 

[Frabjous]

Ya think?

(My life revolves around having ice for drinks. The ice is more important than the drink.)

This reminded me of

“True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know.”

''I'll bet you could walk from the Ural Mountains to the beach at Biarritz and not find one rock-hard, crystal-clear, fist-sized American ice cube”

O'Rourke, P.J.

 

[BillTre]

Now I got a new Mr. Coffee.
There's a little bit of Jolting Joe in every cup of Mr. Coffee made Joe!

 

[OCR]

Just put the grounds in a sauce pan, let settle, and then poor off the top.

AKA. . . Cowboy Coffee. .

.

 

[DennisN]

Oh-oh.
Situation critical; coffee maker broke this morning!

Now I got a new Mr. Coffee.

The coffee must flow.

In this time, the most precious substance in the universe is the coffee bean.
The caffeine extends working time. The caffeine stimulates the mind.

The caffeine is vital to work.
The coffee companies grind the brown coffeebeans,
which give the consumers the ability to brew the beans into coffee.

Oh, yes. I forgot to tell you.
The coffee beans exist on only one planet in the entire universe.

An inhabited, wet planet with vast oceans.
The planet is Tellus, also known as Earth.

The coffee must flow.

 

[david2]

We drink a lot of latte caramel and latte macchiato. Any latte will do.

 

[docnet]

brewed cold with a dash of stevia :)

 

[DaveC426913]

Iced.

I almost universally eschew hot liquids. And, yes, that includes soup.

The purpose of a liquid is to cool. A hot drink is an oxymoron.

Already broke my rule. Soup for dinner tonight.

In my defense, I was desperate. I looked in the fridge for food but all I found were ingredients.

 

[WWGD]

80% medium strong coffee, 20% milk and a little sugar is my preference.
It is my understanding that here in Sweden we are accustomed to quite strong coffee.
When I have visited other countries I have often found the coffee to be a bit weak for my taste .

Do you hang out in Fika coffee shops?

 

[Mondayman]

Always double double, or two cream two sugar for those who don't speak Canuck. Usually Timmies but McDonald's is good too.

For home brewing, usually just some Folgers or whatever is on sale.

 

[nuuskur]

Non-existent. More of a tea person :D

 

[DennisN]

Do you hang out in Fika coffee shops?

Not really. But sometimes I drink coffee in restaurants after dinner.

 

[WWGD]

Not really. But sometimes I drink coffee in restaurants after dinner.

Just wondering if it was a thing in Sweden, hanging out at Fika

 

[StevieTNZ]

Nescafe fine blend instant coffee for me, two spoons of that and sugar, hot water and yellow top milk. I drink that in about one minute, each morning.

 

[WWGD]

You have never been to Turkey?

Me neither but I happened upon some Turkish colleagues of a colleague at a work event and we had Turkish coffee over Lunch.

It was black, viscous, quite gritty and unpleasant overall but the after effects were quite striking.

I walked round the rest of the Exhibition a little spaced out checking my pulse every 5 minutes.

I had a similar effect from Italian coffee first time I had it, tiny little cup with a big hit- much prettier overall though. Not as gritty.

I like it too. And it's pretty similar to the Greek one. Since the two are mutual "enemies", whenever I speak with a Turk, I tell them I prefer the Greek type, and I tell Greeks I prefer the Turkish type. Just to see their nostrils flaring.

 

[DennisN]

Since the two are mutual "enemies", whenever I speak with a Turk, I tell them I prefer the Greek type, and I tell Greeks I prefer the Turkish type. Just to se4 their nostrils flaring.

If you want even more heat, tell Greeks that you like coffee from the Turkish island Cyprus, and Turks that you like coffee from the Greek island Cyprus. But be sure to put a helmet on before, and take cover in the trench.

 

[ergospherical]

One particularly worrying trend that I've noticed is that asking for an Americano at an average high-street coffee shop will likely prompt the question "with or without milk?"... well without, thanks, because otherwise it would be a latté...

 

[Haborix]

One particularly worrying trend that I've noticed is that asking for an Americano at an average high-street coffee shop will likely prompt the question "with or without milk?"... well without, thanks, because otherwise it would be a latté...

Do you think this is one of those people trying to be healthy but end up being dumb things? They see an Americano has less calories than a latte (but they actually want a latte), so they add milk which I guess magically has no calories.

 

[ergospherical]

Probably, yeah. Pretty much the only thing the americano has going for it is that it's essentially calorie-less (I definitely wouldn't order it otherwise ;) ). It's pretty staggering how quickly calories can add up from toppings and condiments... if you're drinking three, four or more coffees a day, adding milk & sugar (OoM ~100 kcal each?) is going to get nasty very fast :)

 

[StevieTNZ]

Probably, yeah. Pretty much the only thing the americano has going for it is that it's essentially calorie-less (I definitely wouldn't order it otherwise ;) ). It's pretty staggering how quickly calories can add up from toppings and condiments... if you're drinking three, four or more coffees a day, adding milk & sugar (OoM ~100 kcal each?) is going to get nasty very fast :)

I use to drink 6-8 cups of coffee a day back in High School days (2003-2004). My then friend basically called them 'sugar water'.

 

[austinmca]

I drink 4-5 cups of coffee on a daily basis and most of the time i use this instant coffee. It's saved my time and also easy to make coffee.

 

[rsk]

One particularly worrying trend that I've noticed is that asking for an Americano at an average high-street coffee shop will likely prompt the question "with or without milk?"... well without, thanks, because otherwise it would be a latté...

I think sometimes in uk/eu americano is taken to mean more water than an expresso but then still a bit of milk.

My preference is still for proper italian espresso, 50/50 with warm milk. but here I'm also drinking a bit of vietnamese drip made coffee. If you buy it in a cafe/bar it usually comes wth ice and very very sweet (made with condensed milk). Skimmed/semi-skimmed milk is hard to come by here so it's either condensed or full fat or, for a treat, coconut.

 

[mjc123]

One particularly worrying trend that I've noticed is that asking for an Americano at an average high-street coffee shop will likely prompt the question "with or without milk?"... well without, thanks, because otherwise it would be a latté...

I have noticed that nobody these days seems to know what a "white coffee" is; you have to ask for "an Americano with milk". (Which is not a latte; apart from anything else, a latte is generally more expensive, while they don't charge you for milk with the Americano.)

 

[Johnny Yuma]

Mr. Coffee auto drip...set for 8 cups. 1 tbsp real maple syrup...2 tbsp 1/2 and 1/2. 1.5 cups and 10-100.

 

[WWGD]

I have noticed that nobody these days seems to know what a "white coffee" is; you have to ask for "an Americano with milk". (Which is not a latte; apart from anything else, a latte is generally more expensive, while they don't charge you for milk with the Americano.)

Is it different from just adding milk a regular coffee and adding milk from the coffee bar?

 

[WWGD]

How about the polar bear version of this thread: people who drink iced coffee in sub-30 F temperatures? I used to drink iced Pepsi and then realized that "coincidentally", I was freezing my #$%^ off.

 

[DaveC426913]

How about the polar bear version of this thread: people who drink iced coffee in sub-30 F temperatures? I used to drink iced Pepsi and then realized that "coincidentally", I was freezing my #$%^ off.

That's me. If it doesn't have ice in it, I won't drink it. Even in the winter.

 

[WWGD]

That's me. If it doesn't have ice in it, I won't drink it. Even in the winter.

I guess that's also you shivering? That was me too. It took me a while to change the habit.

 

[DaveC426913]

I guess that's also you shivering? That was me too. It took me a while to change the habit.

Yes, I changed the habit too. I don't go outside when its sub-30 F temperatures.

 

[WWGD]

Yes, I changed the habit too. I don't go outside when its sub-30 F temperatures.

-30F? What do you live in the NW territories; in Nuuk or something?