Poll: Do you drink coffee?

[remnant_phoenix]

I hate coffee.

Seriously, I despise the taste of it. I have tried, many times, to develop a taste for coffee and it doesn't work. It's the aftertaste really. That bitter aftertaste that sits on the back of the tongue. Can't stand it. Even the sweetest Frappechino with whipped cream still has that aftertaste and it makes me cringe.

I absolutely love hot tea though. I don't understand the American fixations on hot coffee and iced tea, as I can't stand either one.

Oh, and I am an American by the way, as hard as that may be to believe from what I wrote above.

I also love British style fish and chips, I believe that soccer is the real football and American football is boring, and I think Americans need to stop acting like they are the be-all and end-all of the modern world.

And now nobody believes me when I say that I am, in fact, an American. I just happen to be a hardcore europhile.

 

[trollnystan]

If you mean coffee-flavored cake, then I'm mistaken. But I eat coffeecake, which is cake intended to be eaten with coffee. Go to any store and buy a coffeecake, and I guarantee that 95% will not actually have any coffee in them.

Ah, then I apologise. It's probably my brain's translation software that's faulty =/ In Sweden coffee-flavoured cake is called "kaffekaka" which translates into English as "coffee cake". My sibs and I have always said coffee cake when speaking English, but I can't remember if my (Irish) mother did so.

Thank you for teaching me something new =D

 

[Aranialis]

I do have it with a lot of sugar, not often now a days though, it just ruins my stomach. thinking back on it I think i had 2 if not 3 indigestions caused by it. (till I realized what it was that was doing that to me)

 

[arsenicCatnip]

If you mean coffee-flavored cake, then I'm mistaken. But I eat coffeecake, which is cake intended to be eaten with coffee. Go to any store and buy a coffeecake, and I guarantee that 95% will not actually have any coffee in them.

Ah, then I apologise. It's probably my brain's translation software that's faulty =/ In Sweden coffee-flavoured cake is called "kaffekaka" which translates into English as "coffee cake". My sibs and I have always said coffee cake when speaking English, but I can't remember if my (Irish) mother did so.

Thank you for teaching me something new =D

And thank you for teaching me something new too! :33

 

[captaincabbage]

I drink coffee, just in moderation. Moderation is an imaginary place, that exists wherever I am.

 

[Dissolve]

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I'm surprised that anyone with a roasting background even touches Starbucks coffee. They don't even specify the roast on their coffee, and the offends the hell out of me. Also, double americanos? Dark roasts? What method are you using to brew?

Firstly, full city, in my opinion, is good for nothing but espresso, and if you're drinking espresso why would you water it down? It's fantastic just the way it is.

Don't mention mochas either, unless you're using an equally good cocoa.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

To me coffee tastes like dirt :/
However I drink tea like there's no tomorrow.

The only way I can drink coffee is with about 3 sugars, else it's just too bitter for me, and even then I don't really like the taste.

 

[The Shade]

I'm surprised that anyone with a roasting background even touches Starbucks coffee. They don't even specify the roast on their coffee, and the offends the hell out of me.

When you live in Suburbia, and you're going to set before 6:00am, your options are pretty limited. I prefer the private coffee places in downtown Toronto, but for how often I'm down there, it's hardly practical. Besides, I like Starbucks. I've had enough of it to know what roast each coffee is, so I wouldn't need the labels anyway.

Also, double americanos?

This is the roaster I have. Works okay. Not as good as my Dad's.

Dark roasts?

Only at work, from our cafeteria. Purely for the late-day caffeine boost. It's not an instant coffee, but it's hardly a spectacular brew, either. It's either that or their "Hazelnut" nonsense.

Anyway, it comes down to personal taste at the end of the day. You prefer first crack, but my tastes are further into the dark roast end of the spectrum. My friends think I'm weird because I like darker roasts, whereas my family think I don't drink strong enough blends. Though, I do enjoy the occasional Turkish coffee!

As for the Mocha comment - my buddy who runs a coffee supply business started me out with Mochas. His cafe makes really high quality Mochas. (The price reflects it - his cafe is in the middle of the upper class neighbourhoods.)

 

[xidphel]

COFFEE!!!

 

[AhumbleKnight]

I love coffee. A well brewed coffee is one of the best drinks there is.
I used to drink far too much when I was a code monkey but that messed me up. Now I won't drink any after lunch and generaly try to stick to one a day, in the morning. I am having one now actualy, but since it is in the afternoon it has to be decaf (you can actualy find some nice decaf ground coffee these days).

Edit: My fav coffee is Merlot. I tend to stay away from the likes of Starbucks, Coffee Club, etc. They burn their coffee almost every time. I also don't have sugar in my coffee, a good brew shouldn't need it.

 

[New Troll]

No poll, so I guess I will actually have to type out "No."

 

[Dissolve]

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Well done, sir. You've definitely redeemed yourself as a coffee connoisseur (I was a little concerned). I have to say, I'm pretty impressed to find someone as interested in coffee as myself. I can sympathise concerning work coffee. I work at a high-end cafe, but it seems like in their interest in serving four-star dishes, they forgot about their coffee. The espresso is okay, but the roast they buy is like charcoal. I'm not surprised to hear about your roast preferences, though. Dark roast is definitely old-school, and so far as I can tell, there's a bit of interest in light roasts that's brewing up right now. -zing-

 

[Littlee300]

I do, in point of fact, enjoy imbibing some of the infused beverage herein referred to as "coffee".

This. However I mostly just drink it when someone in my family is making some which will be

 

[bulbasaur765]

I drank my first coffee during a road trip back from college. It was black w/o sugar and my stomach felt bad until I made it home. So I just stick with cola.

 

[Zyxx]

I only recently started to drink coffee regularly - I made it through college barely touching the stuff. I took it up when I discovered that it can help me ward off migraines; I figured it was probably better for me than taking 4-6 Excedrin Migraine every week.
I need plenty of milk and sugar to make it palatable, though. Some people seem to think that's childish; I say that forcing yourself to drink something you don't like in order to look more "grown-up" is vastly more childish.

 

[Jedoro]

No coffee for me, I figure I'll have more energy if I'm not dependent on any kind of stimulant.

 

[The Shade]

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Strangely, I actually started with MacDonald's coffee. It was free, we were tired. It was surprisingly good, at the time. Taste in coffee evolved, but two years later I went back and tried the McD's coffee again. Absolutely terrible.

My parents have been serious coffee drinkers all their life. Some close family friends run a coffee bean supply/roasting business, and others own and/or work at high-end private cafes. Most of my friends are coffee drinkers of varying levels of severity. A lot of them work as baristas at various chain cafes. All my co-workers drink coffee like it's the end of the world because of our long and unconventional hours.

Given my environment, it would be weird if I didn't know a thing or two about cawfy. It's nice to see other people who are as learned about the brew, though. I think you'll agree that the only way to get the fullest quality out of your coffee is to know exactly what to ask for, exactly what to buy, and exactly how to prepare it to your individual taste.

 

[thecourtlibrarian]

I wouldn't be able to finish college without it. Err...university. That post high-school thing.

 

[Extragorey]

I don't drink coffee (hate the smell and taste of it) and very rarely drink tea.

Hot chocolate is the way for me!

 

[Mikeyfell]

I only drink Coffee on days when I feel like waking up.

If I'm going to sleep for 24 hours strait I won't drink any coffee.