Coffee
Mar 14, 2022 15:04:40 #
I didn't begin drinking coffee till I was in my fifties, and it took me a while to figure out that I liked it black. I could never get the milk and sugar proportions right. I tried all different kinds of "good" coffee, and I finally settled on old fashioned Maxwell House. I tried "top rated" coffees, but I couldn't see the appeal, especially considering the premium price. I was disappointed that I didn't like the Kona coffee samples they gave us when we went to Hawaii. Just as well, I guess. I've gotten variety packs of K-cups, but none of the flavors appealed to me.
In a documentary about coffee a few years ago, it said that America was given was what was basically the dregs in terms of coffee quality. When I see small bags of coffee selling for $10, I'm glad I like my Maxwell House.
How about instant? That was all my parents drank, but I've never tried it. As for Starbucks, I'd have to take their language course before I ordered there. Asking for a small cup of coffee would probably get me a wide-eyed stare from the clerk.
Comments are welcome.
In a documentary about coffee a few years ago, it said that America was given was what was basically the dregs in terms of coffee quality. When I see small bags of coffee selling for $10, I'm glad I like my Maxwell House.
How about instant? That was all my parents drank, but I've never tried it. As for Starbucks, I'd have to take their language course before I ordered there. Asking for a small cup of coffee would probably get me a wide-eyed stare from the clerk.
Comments are welcome.
Mar 14, 2022 15:24:42 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I didn't begin drinking coffee till I was in my fi... (show quote)
When I used to travel a lot for work, Starbucks was one of those predictable commodities for a quick breakfast on the run that’s the same wherever you are and can be a Godsend at 6AM in an airline terminal before an early flight ( and $4 coffee doesn’t matter when you’re on an expense account). Mine was a Grande decaf, no fat Latte with 6 sugars ( go ahead and laugh ).
Mar 14, 2022 15:52:44 #
I don't drink coffee. I don't like the taste and the smell makes me nauseous. I know it's loved by millions but I'm not one of them
Dodie
Dodie
Mar 14, 2022 16:45:07 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
I guess I should stand up for coffee lovers everywhere. I've always been unconventional, so here goes: In my family my siblings and I drank coffee with milk and sugar starting around age 8 or 9. Throughout my growing years I drank four or five cups a day. Today at 79 I still drink five or six cups a day, half and half, no sugar. I will sometimes have it black. After dinner, I will often have a cup or two of tea, no sugar. Surprisingly, coffee has never affected my nighttime sleeping, nor do I get jitters from its consumption.
Actually, just writing about it makes me want to get a cup!
Actually, just writing about it makes me want to get a cup!
Mar 14, 2022 16:49:18 #
McDonalds and White Castle make good coffee- not Starbucks so much, that's yuppie coffee where they order weird coffee concoctions so the person behind them in line will be impressed.
I think the Fench Press is the best homemade coffee process and Keurig is the most convenient.
I think the Fench Press is the best homemade coffee process and Keurig is the most convenient.
Mar 14, 2022 16:54:52 #
I'm a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer and I HATE coffee. Yes, I know that is very near to a Court Martial offense. But there it is, and I stand by it! Can't stand the stuff!!
Mar 14, 2022 17:49:41 #
tradio wrote:
McDonalds and White Castle make good coffee- not Starbucks so much, that's yuppie coffee where they order weird coffee concoctions so the person behind them in line will be impressed.
I think the Fench Press is the best homemade coffee process and Keurig is the most convenient.
I think the Fench Press is the best homemade coffee process and Keurig is the most convenient.
McDonalds is reputed to make excellent coffee. I think you’re correct that some people just think it’s “cool” and “now today” to have a Starbucks Latte, but when you just got off a plane from a freezing cold trans Pacific flight at 5:30-6AM and the Starbucks in an empty airport is open and you can get hot coffee and a breakfast sandwich which is exactly like every other Starbucks so you know what to expect, you’re gonna love ‘em. Completely agree that a French Press is the way to make good coffee at home. In the 50s, my father used a Chemex, and I believe they still make them.
Mar 14, 2022 19:45:48 #
Many years ago I was assigned to a very busy communications office in the Pentagon. Actually, the main conduit for all kinds of stuff. 3 shifts/365 days. There was this 50 cup percolator that nobody seemed to clean. Somewhere, we got like a 10 pound canister of Army "coffee, ground" that had no lid once opened. By the time the can was near empty, it was stale. A terrible combination. Later, in Georgetown, I found my first single cup #2 Melitta cone and paper filters plus some much better coffee. That, plus a small water boiler stick, made me some good coffee in the barracks.
Mar 14, 2022 20:56:43 #
FreddB
Loc: PA - Delaware County
jerryc41 wrote:
I didn't begin drinking coffee till I was in my fi... (show quote)
“Uh, we don’t have small, sir; we have tall, grande, and vente.” That would be small, medium and large - I’ll have a small, regular coffee, black. “But we don’t have that.” Took 15 minutes, two “barristas” and the manager, but I got my one and only starbucks coffee.
Mar 14, 2022 21:39:28 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I didn't begin drinking coffee till I was in my fi... (show quote)
My twins work in a Fresh Market in Greensboro, saving their money to finish school. One of them works in the coffee bar in the middle of the store. They have a gigantic computerized roasting machine. So they get the big bags of raw coffee and roast and grind it to order. Some of it costs over $80/lb. I've tried it; I liked it, but it tasted like $8.00/lb. coffee to me!
Mar 14, 2022 21:56:36 #
A long time ago I started drinking coffee. It was when I became a police man. I was dispatcher for a time and my coffee consumption grew. I decided I didn't like their coffee and I would make my own just like I did at home. I used a mug so I wanted have to refill so often. My coffee consumption grew to thirty five mugs a day. I went to see the doctor (first time in a lot of years) because I had a terrible headache and jitters. He took my blood pressure reading twice and then he got a different set up but it was the same 220/140. He put me in the hospital for two days and banned me from coffee for life. I still take three blood pressure pills a day but most of the time I'm in the normal range. I still love the smell
Mar 14, 2022 22:47:09 #
I know what ya mean, I got off easy with NJP. I was awarded 30 days of making the mud in the goat locker day one after my rite of passage into that holiest of shipboard domains. I would have gotten off Scott free if it hadn't been for (grumpy), the head master chief picking up on it.
Mar 15, 2022 06:01:51 #
Douglas Tharp
Loc: Texas
I was a big Starbucks fan, but the price has gotten to high. Moved on to Community Coffee in my coffee maker, not bad. I went out to shoot on Sunday and need a cup. Stop at a QT and got there large coffee for under $2.00, what a bargain. I found my new coffee house.
Mar 15, 2022 06:35:13 #
whfowle
Loc: Tampa first, now Albuquerque
I've often wondered why I don't get a buzz from drinking coffee, which I understand is the reason most people drink it. I started when I was just a child and Mom would set a cup by my breakfast plate of eggs, bacon or sausage, grits with butter, some toast and jelly, and often a bowl of oats, fresh steamed. During the season, I would go outside and pull a grapefruit from the tree, cut in half and eat that too before packing up to go to school. When I was a young airman, my job was operating a power plant. Often alone in the plant. We always had a Mirro coffee pot nearby and it was tradition to make a full 12 cup pot just before going off shift so the next operator would be able to draw a fresh cup when he arrived. I can't say I like coffee but I have drank a lot of it down through the years. It seems to just be something to do.
Mar 15, 2022 06:51:47 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I didn't begin drinking coffee till I was in my fi... (show quote)
Jerry,
Try https://goldstarcoffee.com They roast the day you order and ship the same day. If I order Monday I receive on Thursday and Tuesday gets to me by Friday. Try my favorite Jamaican Blue Mountain Peaberry. Yes it cost more than Maxwell house but it's worth it.
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