What's Your Favorite Way to Enjoy Coffee?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around participants sharing their favorite ways to enjoy coffee, exploring various preferences, preparation methods, and personal anecdotes related to coffee consumption. The scope includes personal tastes, brewing techniques, and comparisons with tea.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants prefer strong coffee with milk or cream, while others enjoy it black, emphasizing the importance of freshly ground beans and specific brewing methods like French press.
  • Several participants mention their preference for sweet coffee, with varying amounts of sugar and cream, including specific ratios like "double double" from Tim Hortons.
  • There are mentions of using specific types of coffee makers, such as espresso machines and grind-and-brew systems, with some participants expressing challenges related to cleaning and maintenance.
  • Some participants express a preference for tea over coffee, suggesting a general inclination towards tea as a more favorable beverage.
  • Participants share personal anecdotes about their coffee habits, including humorous takes on coffee preferences and experiences with flavored coffees.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally express diverse and competing views on coffee preferences, preparation methods, and the comparison with tea. There is no consensus on a single preferred way to enjoy coffee.

Contextual Notes

Some participants note specific brands and types of coffee, as well as personal brewing techniques that may not be universally applicable. There are also references to cultural practices, such as the Canadian "Roll up the Rim" promotion, which may not resonate with all readers.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be of interest to coffee enthusiasts, those exploring different coffee preparation methods, and individuals curious about varying tastes and preferences in coffee consumption.

  • #31
lisab said:
I like my coffee *strong* with milk or half-and-half. Or half milk, half half-and-half...does that make it a-quarter-and-three-quarters?

I like the flavor of coffee made in a French press - with freshly ground beans, of course :smile: - but I gave up using one because of the mess of cleaning it. I would knock most of the grounds into the trash but a lot would remain, and I could get them out only by rinsing. After a while that's a lot of grounds going into the drain, where they cause trouble. Any hints?

Tangent=========>

In an early season episode of The Simpsons, Marge takes a quart of "Third and Third and Third" from the refrigerator.
 
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  • #32
Actually, probably my best-tasting coffees ever (due to the setting as much as anything) came out of percolators sitting over campfires. My father was even more basic. He'd throw a large handful of ground dark 8 O'clock coffee into a pot of water, bring it to a boil, and when it was sufficiently dark, he'd pour it into our tin cups, straining the grounds out with a clean bandanna stretched over the cup. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee fixed over a campfire was the breakfast of champions when I was a kid. I picked up coffee-drinking that way when I was about 10, though my mother disapproved. Camping and fly-fishing remote ponds brings back memories of those simple breakfasts.
 
  • #33
George Jones said:
After writing this, I won a doughnut.

I drink from timmies almost every day and I haven't won a thing for 2 years. The last thing I won was a free muffin or something. Rediculous. My dad and cousin on the other hand have both won $100 tim cards.

Maybe I'm due to win the Rav-4? :wink:
 
  • #34
Chi Meson said:
You could say, "I like my coffee the way I like my Swedish movies."

It'd take 3 hours to consume and leave me more confused and tired than I started?

\Haven't watched any Swedish art films
\\Just going off the stereotypes...
\\\Wait a sec, is this Fark?
 
  • #35
After drinking coffee in Italy, it doesn't matter what brand I use or how it's brewed. Nothing is as good as those tiny plastic cough medicine cups of thick, black, syrupy substance you get at a stand up coffee bar in Sicily.
 
  • #36
Evo said:
After drinking coffee in Italy, it doesn't matter what brand I use or how it's brewed. Nothing is as good as those tiny plastic cough medicine cups of thick, black, syrupy substance you get at a stand up coffee bar in Sicily.

My first morning in Italy, suffering from a bad case of jet lag, I went to get a cup of coffee at breakfast and all they had were these teeny tiny little cups. I finally found a decent size mug at a different table and was able to finally fill it up (the coffee came out really slow).

Howzaaa! Holy cow! WTF??!
 
  • #37
I'm down to a 1/4 cup of coffee a day. I must admit there are days when I do drink two cups. Never had a problem drinking it as some people do. I like different blends mixed together. The American Chemical Society had an interesting article from March 21 that was encouraging for coffee drinkers who may shy away from it. Here's a snip from it.

Their report, presented here at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, included the counter-intuitive finding that espresso, French roast, and other dark-roasted coffee may be easier on the tummy because these roasts contain a substance that tells the stomach to reduce production of acid.

The research could lead to a new generation of stomach-friendly brews with the rich taste and aroma of regular coffee, the scientists said.

“This discovery is going to help a lot of people who suffer from coffee sensitivity,” say Veronika Somoza, Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in Austria, and Thomas Hofmann, Ph.D. from the Technische Universität München in Germany, who conducted the study. “As coffee-lovers, we’re very excited about this research.”
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=222&content_id=CNBP_024342&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=
 
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  • #38
Bottoms up

Coffee: A favorite beverage around the world, particularly in the United States. 75% of the adults in the United State drink at least one cup of coffee daily. We’ve all heard the good, the bad, and the even worse about coffee. But we’ve also heard about the benefits including the fact that coffee is rich in antioxidants. Coffee has more antioxidants than wine, tea, vegetables and even fruit. Once more the quality of antioxidants in coffee are more bioavailable.

http://www.betternetworker.com/articles/view/mlm-news/companies/a-company-review-asantae-java%E2%84%A2-coffee-for-your-health
 
  • #39
If I have time to savor it and brew it, a nice dark roast with one sugar and some milk or half and half.

If it's from the cafe at work that serves Starbucks blends, it's a latte (half milk) with no sugar...their coffee is too terrible to drink it with less than half a cup of milk.

If it's from the fabulous Italian restaurant my boyfriend took me to, it's espresso...no sugar or milk. Finding a good, smooth cup of espresso is like heaven to me and shouldn't be cut with anything.

If it's first thing in the morning and I just need to caffeinate myself to function, it's the too weak, but quick brewed coffee from my Keurig brewer (don't get one if you only like dark coffee, but if you just don't have time in the morning to wait for coffee to brew, it's the most wonderful invention ever). It brews one cup at a time, and is ready by the time I'm done scooping Ember's food into her bowl (I keep the coffee and cat food in the same cabinet...and hope I never mix the two up in the morning).
 
  • #40
I cut my caffeine with lidocaine and snort it directly.. Err wrong forum. I prefer extra large coffee with 2 sugars and milk with a shot of espresso.