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05-13-2004, 10:05 AM
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As a newbie to SYM, I am not sure if this topic has been beaten to death; I totally should be reprimanded if it has 
So, what are your thoughts on coffee: do you drink it; how do you like it prepared; do you do anything funky like tell yours or other people's fortune on it, etc.
Personally, I started drinking coffee in my later years in college and I occasionally do nowadays. However, I'm afraid I've become more picky about it. I was fine with drip coffee, but having received an Italian espresso maker for my birthday 2 years ago, I don't find large-volume low-density drip coffee as satisfying anymore. My favorite at this point is probably arabica beans espresso grind pretty thick espresso with a largish dash of soy milk (unfrothed).
-kaitsuburi
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pss. I haven't been to Starbucks in 4 years.
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05-13-2004, 10:22 AM
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Dont care what brand, dont care what filters used... dont care. As long as the water is clean and its black.. nothing else. Just lots of black coffee.
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05-13-2004, 10:22 AM
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Ooooh... coffee... my only real addiction... I find I need a bare minimum of two cups in the morning in order to feel even remotely human.. and when I don't drink it a headache ensues... *sigh* And of course, I like my poison pure so I drink it black.
Well.. I guess I would probably be described as something of a coffee snob..  . While the office drip is passable since it is made with shadegrown arabica beans, at home we only prepare coffee with a French press (Bodum) or the espresso beast...
The French press elevates coffee to new heights because the grinds actually brew and infuse the water with their flavour and aroma, while with a drip all the bitter oils accumulate in the bottom of the filter...
If I want to drink something less potent I'll opt for a latte.. preferably with a good vanilla soy milk (I just think it tastes better than cow's milk)
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05-13-2004, 10:39 AM
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| |  Quote: Originally posted by dragon wench
Ooooh... coffee... my only real addiction... I find I need a bare minimum of two cups in the morning in order to feel even remotely human.. and when I don't drink it a headache ensues... *sigh* And of course, I like my poison pure so I drink it black.
| I could not agree more. I drink eight mugs of coffee a day, at least.
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05-13-2004, 10:45 AM
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[i]I drink eight mugs of coffee a day, at least. [/B]
| Wow, how big are the mugs  
You must be affected by the "coffee bladder" syndrome then, at least a little bit...
-kaitsuburi
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05-13-2004, 11:25 AM
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I put down too much coffee.. hurts my stomach. Time to refill..
I used to work at a Java place and would drive expresso shots straight. Just add some brown sugar and a little milk.
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05-13-2004, 11:45 AM
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Not into coffee, though if it's decent, I'll drink it as a dinner beverage in a restaurant when nothing else is available for the caffeine buzz.
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05-13-2004, 11:50 AM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Kaitsuburi
You must be affected by the "coffee bladder" syndrome then, at least a little bit...
-kaitsuburi | I know I am... I have learned from painful experience to stop drinking the stuff at least an hour prior to any meeting...
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05-13-2004, 04:25 PM
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Coffee...coffee...coffeeeeeeeeeee...
I started drinking coffee while out in the field in the military. They prohibited us from bringing what was termed as "pogey bait" along (you know, food with flavor, excessive sugar, etc), forcing us to consume the rather bland rations we were issued. However...in our rations was a packet of instant coffee that would brew enough to fill a canteen cup (quite large). I would make some of that stuff - oh man, was it potent - and dump in all of the sugar and creamer I could for effect. This was my solace from Chicken Ala King 7 days a week, two meals a day.
Ever since then, I have been hooked.
My preferences - Starbucks Columbian is nice, and preferred. French roast is also great. However, I will take what I can get when the need dictates.
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05-13-2004, 05:52 PM
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| | | I'm not a coffee person - I prefer less flavour with my caffeine - but I rather like Jamaican Blue mountain Coffee, which is grown at very high altitude, tastes beautiful, and is ruinously expensive.
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05-13-2004, 09:18 PM
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Sometimes...late at night, I will sneak off to a 24 hour diner with a friend or two. Yeah, a greasy spoon, like a Waffle House. We will go to this place for one express purpose: to drink excessive amounts of terrible coffee, and be flagellated by the jagged caffeine rush that leaves us dazed for hours afterwards. A secondary objective to this excursion is to watch the drunkards stumble in now and then...they can be rather amusing to observe. Of course, so are the chain-smoking waitresses who call you "hon" at the end of every sentence.
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