Poll: Do you drink coffee?
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I get free coffee at work. It's cheap and tastes pretty terrible but since it's free, I don't complain. I usually have 2 cups in the morning. It certainly helps perk me up.
It was only really after I got to university last year that I started really drinking coffee and taking it seriously. These days I drink at least 4 cups a day, usually in the morning or mid-morning before lectures. I have it strong, black and with a tiny amount of sugar. Also, it has to be properly ground coffee, made in a cafetiere or coffee machine. I won't touch instant any more.
Of course, as a Brit, I'm legally obligated to drink tea at least once a day, so I do that as well. Tea leaves, of course, with one sugar, sometimes milk. Depends on the tea.
Of course, as a Brit, I'm legally obligated to drink tea at least once a day, so I do that as well. Tea leaves, of course, with one sugar, sometimes milk. Depends on the tea.
Very seldom. I take one if I'm offered, or if I'm very tired.
Otherwise I get enough coffeine from the daily bottle of Pepsi!
Otherwise I get enough coffeine from the daily bottle of Pepsi!
I do, usually a cup or 2 a day.
I went to Costa and had a caramel coffeelejrlj (can't remember the spelling, but it was reeeeally good) smelled so nice and I didn't need any sugar or milk like I usually do.
I went to Costa and had a caramel coffeelejrlj (can't remember the spelling, but it was reeeeally good) smelled so nice and I didn't need any sugar or milk like I usually do.
I'll occasionally drink it, but I never really feel any boost from it. I just like the taste.
But it's never something I'd drink every day, or even every week.
But it's never something I'd drink every day, or even every week.
I tend to drink instant coffee a lot at work.
But, every so often, a friend and I decide to have something a bit decent. A while back it was ground beans from Vietnam, which was strong as hell. I had dinner plates for eyes on the drive home.
The last time though, we really pushed the boat out.....and had Kopi Luwak.
Kopi Luwak is one of the most expensive types. Beans cost roughly $350/kilo. It's also known as civet coffee, as they've been passed through the digestive system of various breeds of civet (mainly the Asian palm civet). Complex chemical reactions inside the creature alter the flavour.
I have to say, it was really very nice!
But, every so often, a friend and I decide to have something a bit decent. A while back it was ground beans from Vietnam, which was strong as hell. I had dinner plates for eyes on the drive home.
The last time though, we really pushed the boat out.....and had Kopi Luwak.
Kopi Luwak is one of the most expensive types. Beans cost roughly $350/kilo. It's also known as civet coffee, as they've been passed through the digestive system of various breeds of civet (mainly the Asian palm civet). Complex chemical reactions inside the creature alter the flavour.
I have to say, it was really very nice!
At first I drank it every morning, I couldn't start my day without it but later on, its effectiveness started to falter.
So I stopped drinking it altogether. ON THE OTHER HAND, I still drink it occasionally since now, apparently now that I haven't touched the stuff in a while, it's effective again.
Oh and I like it black. And hot. Hot and black.
So I stopped drinking it altogether. ON THE OTHER HAND, I still drink it occasionally since now, apparently now that I haven't touched the stuff in a while, it's effective again.
Oh and I like it black. And hot. Hot and black.
I don't, not anymore. I used to drink it, but I liked the taste so much that I would drink multiple cups per day, and I became overly-reliant on the caffeine. It got to the point where I couldn't even go one morning without sever headaches if I didn't drink a cup. I decided to kick the habit a couple months ago. I'm not completely free of caffeine though, as I still drink tea, but I'm not consuming nearly as much caffeine, and I can go without drinking it and not suffer the headaches.
Yes, preferrably with an approximately equal amount of lactose-free low-fat milk and one or two tabs of artificial sweetener.
A few years ago though, I found out that pharmacies sell OTC caffeine pills which contain 100 mgs of caffeine (i.e. about 1 cup of coffee or 1-and-a-quarter Red Bulls) in packs that come down to approximately ten cents a pill. Since the times when you need caffeine often happen to coincide with those when you're too lazy to brew yourself some coffee, I find them pretty damn useful.
Although I have to say that in my travels I have found coffee to be inferior to coca leaf tea - used at very low doses (at 5 mg a teabag and slowly absorbed via the gut) cocaine is perfectly safe and provides you with a much cleaner, less "wired" boost of energy than caffeine. A shame that people are idiots and prefer to stick their coke up their nose in oder to fuel acts of douchebaggery, thus ruining this perfect energy drink for the rest of us (Note to mods: In no way is this intended to promote illegal drug use. Drinking coca leaf tea should only be done in select South American countries lest you get into legal trouble. Snorting coke should not be done at all unless you want to fuck up your life in one of the most expensive ways possible. Smoking freebase coke should not be done at all unless you want to fuck up your life and that of those around you. Injecting coke... do you even need to ask?
Really , haven't we advanced to the point where we can finally prove Atahualpa, a child-sacrificing dictator, wrong about whitey being unable to responsibly handle the coca leaf?)
I should note that my country, Austria, actually takes great pride in its traditional coffee houses with unfriendly waiters and tiny cups - to which I say: Bollocks to that. If someone else is paying, it's off to Starbucks to get a huge dose of solubilized caffeine, easily bioavailable carbs and interesting new flavors
A few years ago though, I found out that pharmacies sell OTC caffeine pills which contain 100 mgs of caffeine (i.e. about 1 cup of coffee or 1-and-a-quarter Red Bulls) in packs that come down to approximately ten cents a pill. Since the times when you need caffeine often happen to coincide with those when you're too lazy to brew yourself some coffee, I find them pretty damn useful.
Although I have to say that in my travels I have found coffee to be inferior to coca leaf tea - used at very low doses (at 5 mg a teabag and slowly absorbed via the gut) cocaine is perfectly safe and provides you with a much cleaner, less "wired" boost of energy than caffeine. A shame that people are idiots and prefer to stick their coke up their nose in oder to fuel acts of douchebaggery, thus ruining this perfect energy drink for the rest of us (Note to mods: In no way is this intended to promote illegal drug use. Drinking coca leaf tea should only be done in select South American countries lest you get into legal trouble. Snorting coke should not be done at all unless you want to fuck up your life in one of the most expensive ways possible. Smoking freebase coke should not be done at all unless you want to fuck up your life and that of those around you. Injecting coke... do you even need to ask?
Really , haven't we advanced to the point where we can finally prove Atahualpa, a child-sacrificing dictator, wrong about whitey being unable to responsibly handle the coca leaf?)
I should note that my country, Austria, actually takes great pride in its traditional coffee houses with unfriendly waiters and tiny cups - to which I say: Bollocks to that. If someone else is paying, it's off to Starbucks to get a huge dose of solubilized caffeine, easily bioavailable carbs and interesting new flavors
Please...(!) It's not about when, it's about how!4RM3D said:
From a percolator or cafetiere, with full cream or condensed milk.
OT: Yes, but never instant coffee, so I only drink it at home, but I'm not at home long enough to really savour a good coffee except at the weekends.
However, that said, I need to get myself a new cafetiere, the filter's gone crap... :/