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[yuiyoshida]

Last edited Fri Oct 25, 2013, 03:17 PM - Edit history (1)

Was talking with friends about Coffee. Some like it black, some with sugar, or creamer or both. Someone suggested that most people prefer it black.. with nothing added. Lets find out!

21 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Black
	10 (48%)
	Cream, (Milk) (Coffee Mate) (Creamer) (half and half)
	3 (14%)
	Sugar (or artificial sweetener) (honey)
	0 (0%)
	Cream & Sugar
	5 (24%)
	No thanks, I don't drink Coffee
	1 (5%)
	Do you have TEA?
	2 (10%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[fizzgig]

1. black coffee upsets my stomach

honey and cream is my preference, but sugar and cream is fine.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Follow coffee dad on Twitter

https://www.twitter.com/coffee_dad

[Chan790]

6. That's honestly a sad Twitter feed if you just scroll through all the 3-word coffee posts.

The other main topic he talks about is his son's death.

[MiddleFingerMom]

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[yuiyoshida]

4. psssst... you know what?

I use that.... SHHHHHHHHH.. don't tell anyone. I like it with french roast. but shhhhhhh.

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. I put it in my coffee in the morning and sometimes on cereal at night for dessert

[KamaAina]

5. Mom is a half-and-half snob

She gets all butthurt if someone dares to serve milk with her coffee. Srsly.

[yuiyoshida]

8. oh!! I will add that to that list..thanks!

[Wait Wut]

7. BLECH!!!

I would have selected 'tea', but I was too busy gagging at the thought of coffee!

[yuiyoshida]

9. You can still select tea...

You know you can change your chose on these right?

[Wait Wut]

28. But...I'm being rebellious.

I don't see an option for Chai, anyway.

[yuiyoshida]

30. Chai is a tea...

It falls under the tea category. See the posts below!

[Wait Wut]

45. Don't care.

Not gonna change my vote.

[yuiyoshida]

46. YOU GOTTA CHANGE YOUR VOTE...or...or... OR I WILL SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT....

wait, that's been done before..carry on.

[Wait Wut]

51. LOL!!

I dare you!!!

[OriginalGeek]

10. I used to love milk and sugar

but I loved Half and half even better - but I only ever had that when visiting my Dad. For some reason I was too cheap to buy it for my coffee.

Sadly, Dad is long gone and so is my ability to have sugar so I just drink it black. I have discovered, though, since switching to black, that milk/cream and sugar covered up a multitude of sins in coffee.

[yuiyoshida]

11. I was at t his place today and this guy came in and got a coffee..

He asked for 5 packets of sugar. Said he loved to have coffee with his sugar in the morning. (I guess so!!)

[OriginalGeek]

14. lol, yeah I put a ton of suagar in eerything

coffee, tea, cereal, etc...

probably why I'm not allowed to have it now.

5 packs sounds about right. For a small cuppa.

[dr.strangelove]

13. coffee should taste like coffee

not milk and sugar. It should be black, bitter and HOT (like my wife). She is so kicking my butt for that comment!

Seriously though, I don't like anything in my coffee except ice on a hot day, and then it needs a shot of espresso.

[kentauros]

15. Chai, please!

[yuiyoshida]

16. Chai is a tea...

I like chai too.. but better than that is THAI ICE TEA...omg.. I LIVE for that stuff!!!

[kentauros]

17. Yes, chai is tea, so don't ever say "chai tea"

I love Thai Ice Tea as well, and, I will drink coffee, but only if it's "Cafe sua da"

[yuiyoshida]

18. I think the one thing Asia has in common is the word tea.

In Japan, green tea is known as Ocha. (O' makes it honorable, so the honorable tea) Teas from China in Japan are called Kocha. Mostly brown teas. I believe in Korea and China tea is know simple as Cha. For example, Oolong cha. Pu Erh Cha. In India you have Chai...which kinda looks like Cha...with an "i" at the end. In Vietnamese...Tea is trà and Che.. which looks like Cha. In Thailand the word for tea is also Cha. In Cambodian, the word for tea ..is simply Te. In Tiebet the word for tea is ja..which looks like Cha. In Laos the word for tea is Saa...which again sounds a bit like Cha. In Bangladesh the word for tea is Cha.

[kentauros]

21. Okay, and I probably won't remember any of that ;)

I was only referencing how Americans confuse things and then add part of the definition onto the original word as if they can't remember that little bit! Such as ATM machine.

I have a recipe at home for chai, given to me by someone that had worked at a yoga center. An India woman made chai every day for the center, so that's probably why my recipe makes two-gallons at a time

Let me see if I can remember it, as I haven't made it in a long while.

2 bags of green tea
2 bags of oolong tea
three sticks of cinnamon
1-inch of fresh ginger root
40 peppercorns
30 clove buds
20 cardamom pods
8-qts of filtered water

Brew tea in the water and discard bags.
Simmer remaining ingredients for two hours over low heat.

Makes 8-qts.

[yuiyoshida]

24. Sounds yummy...

I once found a simple recipe for Thai tea...if I can find it, I will post in this thread, k?

[kentauros]

27. Great, and thanks!

I've never made my own Thai Tea and I would like to have that knowledge

The chai recipe I posted is adjustable to your tastes, too. I sometimes experiment, such as putting in more peppercorns or more cardamom (a favorite flavor and scent.)

[yuiyoshida]

29. I did not know they made a video!

[kentauros]

31. Well, I guess that's my cue to get back to work. Damn!

(videos are blocked here.)

I'll watch at home, and double-check my recipe.

Now, there's always Long Island Tea, too

[yuiyoshida]

32. One thing we have plenty of is bubble tea..or boboli

[kentauros]

33. I know of bubble tea, but I've never attempted it.

My favorite glass-straw manufacturer makes straws for bubble tea, though, so I might have to order one and find a place in town that serves it. I do like tapioca, so I might like it

[yuiyoshida]

34. When ever I go to Chinatown...

The places that sell Bubble Tea, always has a line out in front. People love this tea...My favorite is TARO.

[tjwmason]

50. Interesting.

It's also the Russian name for tea - чай (chai).

My Russian teacher suggested that might also be the source of an English slang word for tea: char.

[pinboy3niner]

19. Shhh--it's a secret. Nobody even suspects what a coffee hound I am.

[yuiyoshida]

20. So what your saying is you can see Coffee coming

a mile away!

[pinboy3niner]

22. Hell, I can HEAR it coming

[yuiyoshida]

25. and smell it too!

Ever stand on a river bank, and suddenly you wake up and smell the coffee?

[pinboy3niner]

26. I try not to fall asleep standing up on a riverbank

For some funny coffee fanatic stuff, do a search on MadTV Stan the Coffee Man sometime. The sketches are a hoot!

[kentauros]

35. "I see coffee, people!"

[pinboy3niner]

41. Bean there, downed that

[Kaleva]

23. Black and at room temperature or colder

[tabbycat31]

36. milk or cream and sugar

Never the fake cream. The first ingredient in it is HFCS, which I avoid like the plague.

[Blue_Tires]

37. I take it all ways

[LumosMaxima]

38. Can't stand the taste or smell of coffee.

I do like tea, but I voted "No, thanks" because I usually drink Coke.

[Graybeard]

39. With Lactaid and Sweet'N'Low.

How small a niche does that put me in?

I had to check Cream & Sugar even though neither

was correct.
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[yuiyoshida]

40. had not thought of Lactaid.. good idea though

I have heard that Splenda is popular too.. I wonder if anyone ever uses soy milk, Rice Dream or Almond dream instead of creamer..

[Graybeard]

47. Some of them curdle in hot drinks.

Soy, Rice or Almond milks are very good used cold. I can't recall which of those substitutes I tried but I found that it curdled in my coffee (not very appetizing).

It's been Lactaid for me due to my Lactose intolerance and it's just fine in all my cooking, etc.

[yuiyoshida]

48. I have lactose intolerance to a degree...

Can not do a lot of cheese, or ice cream. I enjoy sherberts better.. but if I do have ice cream, its usually in the form of a float, something that breaks up the ice cream a bit..

[yuiyoshida]

42. CAN IT BE???

That cream and Sugar people are outvoting the Black Coffee drinkers? Amazing!

[surrealAmerican]

43. I drink it black, but I doubt that "most people" do.

Most people I know put stuff in it.


Sometimes I think most people who drink coffee don't actually like the taste of coffee.

[winter is coming]

44. My husband makes coffee that frightens our guests.

I drink a 50/50 mixture of coffee and skim milk, with a little sugar tossed in.

[Blue_In_AK]

49. Half & half and honey.