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Ariel
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So, here you are in a coffee shop where you can sit and have a cup of something, and buy some beans or blends to take home. Assuming you've entered voluntarily and are looking forward to this, what are you going to have? And it's fine if you like instant. The only criterion is that it should be some form of coffee you particularly like.
I usually tend to go for a rich, dark Continental roast (decaff), full of flavour and aroma, strong and black. But recently have discovered the pleasure of Mocha. So far the best has been one with liquid chocolate mixed into it.
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I'll have a flat white, please.
I don't particularly care about the bean or grind, as long as it's not too bitter. There is an art to steaming the milk (one I've never mastered - despite owning a coffee shop for years!), so the milk is as important as the coffee. That's why I like the flat white so much, it is made with warmed milk, but it is not a milky drink like the caffe latte / cafe au lait.
I'd also like a bong of your best - oops! We're not in Amsterdam, and even if we were, I'm not Dutch so I can't come in ...
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Mocha, please. With lots of whipped cream on top ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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justlooking
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I'll have a latte please. Strongish. I like the continental blends but I'm happy with whatever's served up as long as it's not decaff. I want coffee that does it's job.
I could cope with one of those warm almond croissants too.
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Sioni Sais
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Espresso please. The problem with black coffee is that it is only enjoyable with decent coffee, although at times of caffiene deficiency I'll use any darned thing, but it must be black.
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Mocha, please. With lots of whipped cream on top
I'll do coffee with you any time, Marv! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Pyx_e
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Black, Large, filter or americano.
If I want a coffee flavoured beverage I will ask for one, otherwise I want coffee.
AtB, Pyx_e
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The largest available Tim Horton's mocha latte, topped with whipped cream and chocolate swirls, to drink slowly as I munch on half a dozen Tim Horton's donuts.
I would do my regular 20K bike ride twice a day for the next two weeks to make up for the sinful over-consumption.
Honestly, I would!
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Ariston
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Cappuccino (perhaps with honey, but probably not), or, if it's a local place that roasts its own beans, Yirgacheffe in a French press. I'll probably also take a pound of Yirg beans home with me, if you don't mind.
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My favourite coffee place is closing ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
Continental dark, with a slug of milk. Perhaps one of their delectable muffins.
Did I mention they were closing?
My other choice will be chain store coffee.
Second Cup - bitter and expensive
Treats - bitter and cheap
Tim Hortons - bitter and very cheap.
No choice at all really. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
Oh well, I guess I'll save money.
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It depends what mood I am in. I like different coffees on different days. Sometimes I like a cappuccino with the chocolate sprinkles, other times a mocha (but liquid chocolate is much nicer than powder chocolate) with cream, or maybe just an americano with cream.
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Bene Gesserit
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If it's before 11 o'clock, I'll have a decaff cappucino with sugar please, or after 11 a decaff cafetiere coffee, black with sugar.
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Mmmm... grande Turkish latte (cardamom and honey) for me, please.
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Tree Bee
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Black,no sugar. I don't like it bitter or strong.
My preferred type is Colombian.
I ask for an Americano when out; in Australia I eventually learnt that what I like is a weak long black.
The only instant I enjoy is Milicano. Expensive but worth it.
Oh, and in France I go for a noisette. Yum.
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I'm a sucker for peabody beans lately, particularly from Maui. crazy expensive but lovely. I also love the dark roasted arabica beans from Molokai. otherwise I'm generally a fan of a strong yirgacheffe from ethiopia. I like my roasts dark - french or espresso - so long as the roaster didn't burn them. (some french roasts go a little too far).
as for drinks - I go for black, often americano, when I'm away from my french press. sometimes I'll have a latte or macchiato if I need to get some calories in me. I can't stand sweetness in coffee - no sugar or syrups. they give a cloying aftertaste. the exception is turkish coffee.
the only way I'll have crappy drip-from-canned-coffee is if it's mixed with whiskey.
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I once had Ethiopean coffee. Frankincense in the cup before coffee went in, and, apparently, myrrh in the coffee. Very Wise Men. And it made me high.
But it was good.
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Drifting Star
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Black, Colombian, with a decent crema. As others have said, drinking it black means the coffee must be good, and I very rarely fancy coffee with milk. If it's burnt, forget it, and please, please, please don't give me an Americano.
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Originally posted by Tree Bee:
The only instant I enjoy is Milicano. Expensive but worth it.
Me too. It was a beautiful day when I discovered it and realised that I could have a reasonable instant coffee when camping. Has to be strong though - two heaped spoons.
I do like good hot chocolate, and one day I will try a mocha, but I suspect it will remain separate from my coffee consumption!
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lilBuddha
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For black, I like Sumatran or Ethiopian. Real Jamaican Blue Mountain is lovely, when it can be found. And I enjoy a good Kona. A lot less picky when it is in a mocha, provided the chocolate is decent.
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Earwig
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
I once had Ethiopean coffee. Frankincense in the cup before coffee went in, and, apparently, myrrh in the coffee. Very Wise Men. And it made me high.
But it was good.
You are all making me very envious. Stop it right now. I love the smell of coffee, the taste. I love how flippin cool it is. I loved the film Coffee and Cigarettes. I watched Twin Peaks and wanted some damn fine coffee with my cherry pie.
If I drink coffee, I feel like a god. For fifteen minutes, and then I get a headache that would blind a moose.
Dammit.
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First choice (*waits for hoots of derision and indignation*)...... instant. Fairly traded instant. Third of a cup of hot milk, not-too-heaped spoonful of coffee, topped off with boiling water. You can see why everyone hesitates before offering to make me a coffee at work!
Second choice - a one-shot latte, please. Preferably in a proper mug rather than a glass one, but a glass one'll do fine. Not two shots, though. Honestly, where has that crept in? If I wanted my coffee to taste of coffee that much, I'd order an espresso!
I'm with Marvin on the whipped cream (I don't think I meant to say that quite the way it sounds!) .... and none of those horrible biscotti things which taste like hardboard - give me a scrummy cinnamon biscuit, preferably two.
Or better still, take me back to my favourite Austrian cafe where a cup of coffee was accompanied by a glass of water (to quench the thirst first so you can savour the coffee after it) and a little jug made of chcoolate containing the cream - less washing up!
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Ariel
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Earwig, you can get decaff now that tastes and smells as good as regular. I don't enjoy the side-effects of caffeine either. Decaffeinated isn't always completely caffeine free, but is a lot easier to handle.
When I first asked for decaffeinated in a coffee shop some years ago I was told I could only have an Americano. It wasn't really what I wanted, as there's usually too much water in it, but it seemed to be the only option so I went with it. It was only earlier this month one of the people behind a counter somewhere else made it clear a range of different things was available in decaffeinated.
As for blends, I used to really like the Viennese with fig in the days when I bought the uncaffeinated sort. It doesn't seem to be available as any other kind, though.
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Tall, non-fat, no-whip raspberry mocha.*
I actually don't like coffee that much, I just like things that are vaguely coffee flavoured and give me a reason to be in a coffee shop.
*iced if it's between April and September. Decaf if it's after 7 p.m.
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balaam
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For a coffee flavoured beverage, latte with vanilla syrup.
For coffee flavour, espresso doppio macchiato.
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No idea of the blend, but:
Freshly made filter coffee, good flavour, hot, served with a smile and with real milk (not UHT) by the cheerful ladies in the League of Friends Tea Bar at Watford General Hospital, at just 70 pence a cup.
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LutheranChik
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Black, decaf, Fair Trade if at all possible, shade-grown a bonus, not too roasty. (I'll probably spell this incorrectly, but I used to be able to buy a varietal called Yrgicheffe, from Ethiopia, that was really good -- had a bright, light taste.)
I am not all that fond of flavored coffees...if I do get a fancy coffee it will usually be a vanilla latte'. Back during the heyday of syrup-and-whipped-cream-laden coffees my fave coffeehouse used to make a delicious coffee drink called a Rocky Road mocha, in homage to the ice cream flavor; it included Ghiradelli chocolate, toasted walnut syrup and mini-marshmallows, and came topped with whipped cream and more chocolate. I'm not sure how much actual coffee was in the stuff, but it was very good. (Especially in a community where blizzards were a twice-a-week expectation during the winter months, and the winter temps rarely cracked 25 degrees Fahrenheit.)
At home, lately we've alternated between splurging on an occasional pound of spendy regional-roasted or coop coffee (Leelanau Coffee Roasting Company; Higher Grounds; Just Coffee, which I think is located in Wisconsin) and buying multiple bags of coffee at the local Amish discount grocery, which re-sells remaindered items from supermarkets. We've gotten some quite good, non-stale coffee for less than half the retail price this way -- Starbucks, Newman's Own and other premium brands.
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Originally posted by Zappa:
Advantage of NZ over OZ - in the latter you cannnot get a latte bowl. Only small or sometimes tall glasses (too hot to hold) - three sips and its gone. Mwahahah.
You drank in all the wrong places Zappa. Lots of places here will do bowls.
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To drink, fair trade (if possible) cappuccino made with soya milk - a real treat, and more places seem to be offering this without charging extra for either fair trade or soya milk.
To take away, Peruvian dark roast, ready ground if possible, definitely fair trade. One of decaf and one of the stuff with a punch, please.
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Sparrow
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Has anyone tried Vietnamese weasel coffee?
http://www.vietnamtravelguide.org/weasel-coffee.html
I had the opportunity of trying it a couple of years ago when I was there, but chickened out when they told me how it comes to get that name!
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Haven't tried it, but had a memorable visit with a Vietnamese family describing it. They meant to say "fox coffee," but couldn't pronounce the S sound OR the O properly, and you can guess how it came out.
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Americano with a dash of cold milk. Unless I want a change, when it's Chai Latte.
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No coffee for me thanks - gives me severe migraine. I'll have a pot of tea, English or Irish breakfast for preference thanks.
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Ariston
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quote:
Originally posted by Sparrow:
Has anyone tried Vietnamese weasel coffee?
http://www.vietnamtravelguide.org/weasel-coffee.html
I had the opportunity of trying it a couple of years ago when I was there, but chickened out when they told me how it comes to get that name!
Strange, I always thought Kopi Luwak was Indonesian. At any rate, it's the Indonesian restaurant in a suburban strip mall that occasionally serves the stuff when they can get their hands on it—and yes, they do know to e-mail me the instant they do. I really want to try it.
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Earwig
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Originally posted by Ariel:
Earwig, you can get decaff now that tastes and smells as good as regular. I don't enjoy the side-effects of caffeine either. Decaffeinated isn't always completely caffeine free, but is a lot easier to handle.
Ariel, you're very kind, but let's be honest. Decaff isn't cool. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Strong, hot, freshly brewed, black, unflavored. Beyond that I don't care exactly where the beans may have come from.
And please don't call the size of the cup by some cute word such as "tall" or a non-English word such as "grande" or "veinte". If you can't understand "small", "medium" and "large" then I'll take my business elsewhere.
I'll also take my business elsewhere if I ask for a black coffee and you reply with "Cream and sugar?"
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If the cup is large enough to have a name its too large!
And what's the point of decaff? The drug is the thing!
Buying coffee is easy. In Greece and Turkey you just buy a coffee. Everywhere else you ask for a double espresso - and if they don't know what you mean you know to try another shop next time. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Starbucks and the like don't sell coffee, they sell coffee-flavoured milkshakes. Perhaps that's OK for a country where adult men think it no shame to drink fizzy pop in public, but it doesn't export well. ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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quote:
Originally posted by Earwig:
.... Decaff isn't cool.
True.
I can understand having decaff for medical reasons, and feel sorry for those afflicted. But otherwise decaff just seems pointless. If I can't have properly functioning coffee I'd rather have tea.
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I am generally a caffeine person, but have decaf in the evening, because I like the coffee taste, but I also need to sleep at night.
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Originally posted by LutheranChik:
My doctor has forbidden me from drinking things with caffeine in them. But I still need that morning coffee boost, even if it's only psychological.
If your psychologist says so, then do so. If they want to throw patient records at each other, it's their fight. Don't let 'em spill your medicine.
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Ariel
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quote:
Originally posted by Earwig:
.... Decaff isn't cool.
None of my friends have ever made me feel out of it for opting for decaff, and these days I buy mine from an independent coffee merchants, who grind the beans to your liking. This isn't a mild, mellow, girly kind of drink. This is an intense rich dark kind of coffee, best drunk strong and black and first thing in the morning to give that kickstart to the day (with this, you do get one). It's not a lot like the supermarket's own economy brand in a glass jar. The flavour and aroma are seriously good.
Most decaffeinated brands contain some element of caffeine, though much less than you find in regular coffee. I'm sufficiently caffeine-sensitive to pick it up from this, as I do from chocolate, but the doses are more manageable. I'd be quite happy if they found a way of completely decaffeinating it so I could consume more.
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I would walk into a coffee shop and ask for hot chocolate. (I get nauseated just smelling coffee for some reason).
Now, JB just loves his coffee (mostly black with a touch of cream.) He is partial to Sumatran and if I find free trade I always buy it. There is a coffee shop in Los Alamos that he loves that will blend for customers and he gets adventurous with blends on occasion. (the coffee shop has great food, too!) YUM
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I dont have a problem with people drinking decaf. I don't - but only because I rarely get any effect off caffeine and rarely can find any decaf that tastes okay. if there was good quality decaf, Id be happy to drink it. the drug is not the thing for me, its the flavor.
I've had good decaf that I used even for my morning cup and it was lovely. coffee wakes me up by being hot and strong.
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Sir Kevin
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Purest Kona coffee would be my favourite. Usually, we have hazelnut. I drink it black.
When at Starbuck's, I get espresso venti topped off with regular coffee.
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Rule 1 - No Starbucks, it always tastes burnt to me.
Rule 2 - Dark Roast, no wuss coffee please
Rule 3 - It has to be strong enough to levitate a hibernating Confessional Lutheran the morning after a bucket of beer night.
Other than that I am not too fussy.
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I am finicky. Like PD, I dislike Starbucks--roast so dark it's burnt, and then not made strong enough (beans to water ratio). I will drink Peet's, though I'm not in love with it.
Luckily, here by the Bay there are a number of fantastic roasters and brewers of coffee. When I'm in the mood for something dark, I can get it, and when a lighter roast (Kenya, say) is what I want, it's easy to find. Beans from Indonesia usually hit the spot, if the roast is right.
I don't drink Americano; it's an espresso-machine kludge in the absence of brewed coffee. Blech.
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I used to get all kinds of crap from my ex for drinking coffee wimp-style, with cream and two teaspoons of sugar. Then we saw Pulp Fiction together, and I was vindicated by The Wolf. I dare you to challenge his badassery.
(Go to 1:24)
Nowadays I like a dash of hazelnut Torani in my house drip coffee, thank you.
(Oh and if maple syrup is available, I will take that in place of sugar. Ex thought this was freakish.)
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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