The other side of Coffee

[Orbit1]

Canâ€t really stand the taste of coffee but when I was working out steady I got into Bulletproof coffee pretty big. The coffee wired me up and the fatty butter made me full.
I have 16 oz every morning now. Spoon full of Truvia, spoonful of heavy cream and usually a couple squirts of no sugar flavoring of some kind. Usually salted Carmel.
We started buying that when my wife was trying to kick her Tim Hortons French Vanilla cappuccino habit.
Usually when I work nights Iâ€ll have 12oz black with some Splenda to sweeten it up.

[somenole]

It seems the coffee drinkers here mostly drink it black or with a little creamer. Now to be sure, I didnâ€t imagine this crew here was going to Starbucks to have 23 specialty flavorings add and then whipped into a frizzy frothy coffee slosh concoction like the ladies at my office seem to prefer.

God Iâ€m old, as a kid I remember watching the chrome coffee pot, plugged into the wall socket with the coffee percolating up to the glass bubble on top. I have a French press thatâ€s kind of like the fancy version of that. 

Those coffee concoctions are full of sugar. Thatâ€s why the kids love them. Starbucks regular coffee blows, IMO.

[ScarletHayes]

Yup.  Starbucks regular is like drinking tar.  I never thought it was possible to "burn" a liquid (outside of it being a flammable liquid of course), but Starbucks manages to do it all the time.  "Burnt" coffee is no good.

[dunefan]

It seems the coffee drinkers here mostly drink it black or with a little creamer. Now to be sure, I didnâ€t imagine this crew here was going to Starbucks to have 23 specialty flavorings add and then whipped into a frizzy frothy coffee slosh concoction like the ladies at my office seem to prefer.

God Iâ€m old, as a kid I remember watching the chrome coffee pot, plugged into the wall socket with the coffee percolating up to the glass bubble on top. I have a French press thatâ€s kind of like the fancy version of that. 

Those coffee concoctions are full of sugar. Thatâ€s why the kids love them. Starbucks regular coffee blows, IMO.

The good old days.  I don't know that I've seen a "percolator" in a store for years.  That's all that was in our house when I was growing up.  Drip coffee makers were a gigantic step forward.  Try an Aeropress.  It makes great coffee and I think it's superior to a French Press.

[dkeener67]

I've always hated the smell and taste of coffee. I'll gag and spit out anything with coffee flavor in it. Never had more than a sip because the few sips I've had almost made me hurl.

Are you related to Ala?

[Alabuckeye]

Donâ€t drink it....do drink an English breakfast or honey lemon ginseng tea though. I can drink one that my wife likes, an americano from a local coffee shop, but no other than that

Coffee breath is horrible....

[dkeener67]

I really enjoy my morning coffee, almost every day Iâ€ll have 2-3 cups. Starting to have upset stomach tho so I might have to back off some. Thatâ€s gonna hurt.

When I was working I would drink between 60 and 80 ounces a day. No kidding, I'd stop around 4pm. Now it's about two cups (about 20 oz) only in the am early.

[dkeener67]

Donâ€t drink it....do drink an English breakfast or honey lemon ginseng tea though.  I can drink one that my wife likes, an americano from a local coffee shop, but no other than that

Coffee breath is horrible....

So you are related to 3rd. Disco, Wham, musicals....

[Alabuckeye]

Donâ€t drink it....do drink an English breakfast or honey lemon ginseng tea though.  I can drink one that my wife likes, an americano from a local coffee shop, but no other than that

Coffee breath is horrible....

So you are related to 3rd. Disco, Wham, musicals....

Yes, 3G and I are 10th cousins 4 times removed. As far as disco, wham and musicals....no, I like music

[ChinaBuck]

It seems the coffee drinkers here mostly drink it black or with a little creamer. Now to be sure, I didnâ€t imagine this crew here was going to Starbucks to have 23 specialty flavorings add and then whipped into a frizzy frothy coffee slosh concoction like the ladies at my office seem to prefer.

God Iâ€m old, as a kid I remember watching the chrome coffee pot, plugged into the wall socket with the coffee percolating up to the glass bubble on top. I have a French press thatâ€s kind of like the fancy version of that. 

Those coffee concoctions are full of sugar. Thatâ€s why the kids love them. Starbucks regular coffee blows, IMO.

Oh my gosh yes, that thing was running 24/7 at my parents house.

[ChinaBuck]

I've always hated the smell and taste of coffee. I'll gag and spit out anything with coffee flavor in it. Never had more than a sip because the few sips I've had almost made me hurl.

Are you related to Ala?

He's at least related to me. Coffee and I do not get along at all.

[zigbee]

Civil War soldiers HAD TO HAVE COFFEE.   The confederacy had trouble supplying troops with it.   Anything that had a burned flavor would work....corn cobs...okra seeds, sweet potatoes....etc. Chicory...they said roasted...lol.   Citizens of South had same problems as ships had hard time bringing in any supplies from abroad.  Smuggling was of course one way but not enough.

coffee has had a long and prosperous history with widespread origins, but its consumption during the Civil War, and alternatively, the unique substitutes for the lack of coffee in the Confederacy, were brought to astounding heights.  In the United States, coffee wasnâ€t widely accepted until the American Revolution, when Great Britain implemented taxes and tariffs on imported tea.  These tariffs infuriated American colonists, ultimately triggering the Boston Tea Party in December of 1773.  As a result, patriots were persuaded to enjoy coffee instead, as tea remained unpatriotic.  In a letter to his wife, John Adams declared that he wished for honestly smuggled tea, but when refused and offered coffee instead at an inn in Falmouth, Massachusetts, he stated: “I have drank Coffee every Afternoon since, and have borne it very well.  Tea must be universally renounced. I must be weaned, and the sooner, the better.” Other patriots followed suit, and as unpalatable as coffee may have once seemed, it became the preferred drink after the Revolution.






In October of 1832, a change in army rations added to the climbing rate of coffee importation: President Andrew Jackson substituted coffee and sugar for a soldierâ€s daily rations of rum and brandy, citing complaints from military officers of insubordination and accidental injuries from overindulgence.  With this modification, the importation of coffee into the US rose from 12 million pounds per year to over 38 million pounds.  Coffee became the alternative to alcohol consumption, helping soldiers refuel, stay focused, and push through difficult situations.  At the same time, the change in military rations further popularized coffee with the American public, and by 1840, New Orleans had become the second largest importer of coffee in the United States, thanks to its relative location to Brazil.  At the outbreak of the Civil War, the United States imported over 182 million pounds of coffee, with New Orleans distributing beans both throughout the Southern states and in to New England.

This large-scale importation of coffee into New Orleans changed as Southern states seceded from the Union in April of 1861.  In an attempt to prevent war and bring the rebellious states back into the Union quickly, President Abraham Lincoln declared a blockade to all Confederate states one week after secession.  The proclamation prevented the trade or purchase of goods, supplies, and weapons into or out of twelve ports throughout the Confederacy.  Additionally, any ships, along with any items contained within the vessels, found conducting business with any of the eleven insurgent states would be forfeited to the United States government.






Union general Winfield Scott further expanded on Lincolnâ€s proclamation of blockading the ports by proposing the Anaconda Plan, not only cutting off trade into the southern ports, but aiming to stop any trade up or down the Mississippi River.  Prior to the war, ferrying items up and down the river from New Orleans remained one of the quickest ways to transport and distribute goods into the Southern states.  In creating this blockade down the Mississippi River, General Scottâ€s hope was to not only cut off trade, separating the states from each other but to avoid all-out war and bloodshed as much as possible.  The importation and easy movement of coffee, along with sugar, iron, steel, and molasses, came to a halt.

[ChinaBuck]

Donâ€t drink it....do drink an English breakfast or honey lemon ginseng tea though.  I can drink one that my wife likes, an americano from a local coffee shop, but no other than that

Coffee breath is horrible....

English breakfast tea is good. I also enjoy Earl Grey. There are a lot of Chinese black teas that are good. One is a tea from leaves left to ferment and then dried. Sounds disgusting but has a good flavor. Now before the coffee drinkers to jump on me, remember there is Cervil coffee where the beans are eaten by Cervils, and then collected after the Cervil poops. Now that is disgusting.

[zigbee]

Donâ€t drink it....do drink an English breakfast or honey lemon ginseng tea though.  I can drink one that my wife likes, an americano from a local coffee shop, but no other than that

Coffee breath is horrible....

English breakfast tea is good. I also enjoy Earl Grey. There are a lot of Chinese black teas that are good. One is a tea from leaves left to ferment and then dried. Sounds disgusting but has a good flavor. Now before the coffee drinkers to jump on me, remember there is Cervil coffee where the beans are eaten by Cervils, and then collected after the Cervil poops. Now that is disgusting.

I THINK you mean Civet Cat dung.

The Civet coffee, also called as Luwark coffee, is expensive because of uncommon method of producing such a coffee. It is produced from the coffee beans digested by civet cat. The feces of this cat are collected, processed and sold. ... “Civet cat eats flesh of the coffee cherries and not the bean

[ScarletHayes]

Donâ€t drink it....do drink an English breakfast or honey lemon ginseng tea though.  I can drink one that my wife likes, an americano from a local coffee shop, but no other than that

Coffee breath is horrible....