After a major coffee pot failure this morning (back up pot to the rescue), was wondering what everyone else puts in their coffee? Do you drink coffee at all? I put honey and cinnamon in mine.
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Traces of blood have been found in my coffee stream. That should answer whether or not I drink coffee....
I take mine black. On rare occasion, I'll tart it up with sweetener and milk.
And having a backup means to make coffee is important!!
I take mine black. On rare occasion, I'll tart it up with sweetener and milk.
And having a backup means to make coffee is important!!
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no coffee here, I like tea with milk and sugar in it. Having some now
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Black coffee here, an occasional cappucino or latte but just with milk.
I've got alot of different coffee making backups, too. Drip, press, perculate on the stovetop, instant in a pinch...
I've got alot of different coffee making backups, too. Drip, press, perculate on the stovetop, instant in a pinch...
The more backups the better?
Coffee, Black. 3 backups, the 3rd is a percolator 
. Sometimes after shoveling a bunch of snow I will have a shot of Baileys in my coffee
. Sometimes after shoveling a bunch of snow I will have a shot of Baileys in my coffee
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Loving my percolator, and just a touch of heavy whipping cream .
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Coffee-strong! Usually black but often with heavy cream and/or butter.
I drink my coffee black. The lone exception was when I was in Montreal. They had incredible brown sugar cubes I would put in my coffee. More often than not I will make cowboy coffee, so I don't have to rely on a machine. Takes a little longer, but I like it.
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Coffee with extra cream, preferably heavy whipping cream. Just finished my double cup this morning. I started drinking coffee at the age of 6, with more milk and sugar than coffee. I have tried it black, but it has too much acid in it for my taste.
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Make it a cup at a time put grinds in filter pour water over it ,little creamer and sugar.If we had a warmer I'd use camp perculater,but not going to leave stove on to keep it hot.Our electric coffe pot bit the dust in just a few months.
One 16 oz cup of black coffee a day. I do a mix of 3/4 decaf and 1/4 regular coffee. I don't need to speed up much. LOL
Cinnamon in the pot, heavy cream with the first cup, then black.
I love my black coffee! Definitely need backup capabilities!
Although I do not support, well, honestly I despise Starburnt coffee, they have these great little individual servings of freeze dried packets that I keep in my "go-bag." I can dump the contents into a bottle of water, and have an emergency cup of coffee. Getting the water hot is a plus. It is nice as a back-up when the power goes out.
Speaking of coffee, the very first forum which I was promoted to administrator was called "Coffee Forum." I met some great people on that site and have befriended a few Costa Rican coffee growers. Really good stuff.
I go for dark roast, strongly brewed. But I can't drink it black. I usually go for one of the three International Delight flavored/sweetened creamers below in mine. Sometimes I'll pick up the Irish Cream flavored one, my least favorite of the group but still OK. I can tolerate coffee with only plain cream/milk in it (no sugar), but whatever I mix up, it's got to have some kind of creamer in it (sweetener option, but greatly appreciated!) Black is too harsh for me.
No coffee here!
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I like Coco, hot chocolate, milk, hot tea & ice tea, many fruit juice.
I started drinking coffee when I had my first paying job, at eight years old. My Father told the waitress to give me half milk & half coffee.
Now I drink coffee with milk in it, a light tan color, people say "you have a little coffee in your milk."
I have drunk coffee black, no sugar, but I rather have milk, maybe honey to break the norm once in a while.
I do drink favor coffee sometimes.
I started drinking coffee when I had my first paying job, at eight years old. My Father told the waitress to give me half milk & half coffee.
Now I drink coffee with milk in it, a light tan color, people say "you have a little coffee in your milk."
I have drunk coffee black, no sugar, but I rather have milk, maybe honey to break the norm once in a while.
I do drink favor coffee sometimes.
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We are coffee nuts here. I have a percolator and a stovetop drip pot as backups.
K drinks his black and I like mine with stevia and nutpod creamer. (low calorie creamer compared to the heavy cream I use to add to my coffee).
K drinks his black and I like mine with stevia and nutpod creamer. (low calorie creamer compared to the heavy cream I use to add to my coffee).
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Lately, coffee has been upsetting my stomach. I think it’s the acid in the coffee. If I have coffee with food, I’m usually okay. But in an empty stomach, it’s a no go.
As a reformed coffee addict, I feel I have to weigh in.
For years, I only headed off to work with 8 cups loaded with 3 tablespoons of sugar in my thermos.
"Houston, we have lift-off!!!"
A few years before I retired I cut back to 4 cups, (I think because my blood-pressure could only be measured with hydraulic gauges).
After I retired I could get by with only 16oz and one tbsp of sugar.
Since I wasn't doing a damthing anymore, it got to be more trouble than it was worth.
Today I am 'coffee-free'.
Of course, I'm only running on 5 cylinders...
Don't ask me to do anything, I'll just choose a nap instead
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Coffee = life.
For years, I only headed off to work with 8 cups loaded with 3 tablespoons of sugar in my thermos.
"Houston, we have lift-off!!!"
A few years before I retired I cut back to 4 cups, (I think because my blood-pressure could only be measured with hydraulic gauges
).After I retired I could get by with only 16oz and one tbsp of sugar.
Since I wasn't doing a damthing anymore, it got to be more trouble than it was worth.
Today I am 'coffee-free'.
Of course, I'm only running on 5 cylinders
...Don't ask me to do anything, I'll just choose a nap instead
Coffee = life.
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The only time I drink more then 3 cups of coffee in the morning, was when I was working two jobs & up14 hours a day.
I have on cold day, stayed in & hibernate like a bear, when I could no longer sleep I would get on the computer & drink hot drinks all day, mostly coffee, some time hot chocolate milk/ hot coco.
I have on cold day, stayed in & hibernate like a bear, when I could no longer sleep I would get on the computer & drink hot drinks all day, mostly coffee, some time hot chocolate milk/ hot coco.
I don't drink a ton of coffee, but I do enjoy it. I'm not a snob. To me the water is as important as the coffee. I despise coffee made with that chlorine flavored swimming pool water that most cities have. I'm just as happy with Folger's as I am with boutique coffee. That said, Dunkin Donuts coffee is pretty good. I have a can of Folger's at home. I also have a bag of Black Rifle Coffee Company's "Just Black" medium roast. It's good, but not worth the $16 price tag. The best I've found, so far, is Iowa Coffee Roasters Jamaican Island. Absolutely fantastic coffee.
I take mine straight black and a little on the tough side. I don't mind a few grounds in the bottom of the cup. Years ago I made it so strong that I could levitate and temporarily understand foreign languages after two cups, but those days are long gone now. I don't think my kidneys could handle it anymore...
I take mine straight black and a little on the tough side. I don't mind a few grounds in the bottom of the cup. Years ago I made it so strong that I could levitate and temporarily understand foreign languages after two cups, but those days are long gone now. I don't think my kidneys could handle it anymore...
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i confess to getting lazy and becoming a fru-fru coffee addict. cafe de olla, cinnamon coffee and yes, sigh, it is instant. and i add califa almond and coconut milk creamer. in my true coffee days i was ground coffee in a french press---forget the percolator thing. too may times the electric goes out. with a french press one is all powerful in grid down time.
The water is definitely important!
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Water is very important & i am drink coffee. I have found that if you down a pint at a time, I can get 64 ounce a day.
No I do not do that every day & I am more sore from work when I do not.
No I do not do that every day & I am more sore from work when I do not.
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K use to make coffee with tap water. I told him I don't put tap water in my body and our weekend coffee had to be made with filtered/bottled water. After drinking the 'fru fru' coffee all weekend K told me his normal tap water coffee tasted salty. Now he uses filtered water.
Bad water can make great grinds taste like dirt.
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DW use a Britta filter for all drinking water, coffee tea & lemonade.
