Do you like coffee?

[Whisper]

Definitely like coffee, although it needs cream and sugar for me to be able to drink it...no idea why, but black coffee upsets my stomach even more than when it's been doctored up (same holds true for unsweetened tea).

I'll usually get lattes or cappuccinos if I buy it when I'm out, but at home, Dukin' Donuts dark roast in my good ol' trusty Cuisinart drip coffee maker is excellent as far as I'm concerned.

 

[nerp]

Coffee is my drug of choice. I quit smoking cigarettes, will definatley not be smoking pot by the time my child is born, but you bet your ass I'll be having some coffee every day.

I like strong and dark coffee but I'm not a coffee snob. I can have a cup of swill from a corner gas station and enjoy it. Granted, if I'm getting an espresso from good quality beans roasted onsite, I'm in heaven.

I used to drink my coffee with cream and sugar, but I've slowly stopped using sugar.

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: CoinOperatedBoy
I rarely drink coffee and when I do, I dump a truckload of sugar and creamer in there because black coffee tastes awful to me. At least, the sludge that they serve for free at work does.

A question for the coffee lovers: Did you find that your taste in coffee was acquired over time, or have you always liked it? I hated beer when I first tried it, but I've come to really appreciate it and have turned into a bit of a beer snob. Were you guys the same way with coffee?

Acquired in my case. I started out drinking it with a fair portion of milk or cream to mellow out the strength a bit. Eventually I realized I had begun to like the taste of coffee more without the additives and now I just drink it black.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Balt

Originally posted by: CoinOperatedBoy
I rarely drink coffee and when I do, I dump a truckload of sugar and creamer in there because black coffee tastes awful to me. At least, the sludge that they serve for free at work does.

A question for the coffee lovers: Did you find that your taste in coffee was acquired over time, or have you always liked it? I hated beer when I first tried it, but I've come to really appreciate it and have turned into a bit of a beer snob. Were you guys the same way with coffee?

Acquired in my case. I started out drinking it with a fair portion of milk or cream to mellow out the strength a bit. Eventually I realized I had begun to like the taste of coffee more without the additives and now I just drink it black.

It took awhile for me as well. I compare it to smoking. The first one makes you gag and cough but after the first few packs you can't live without it. Of course not nearly as addicting, but the more I drink it the more I need it!

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Love the smell, hate the taste.

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: Howard
aeropress here

mmmm, aeropress coffee is the best i've had outside of a gourmet coffee place. hard to believe it came from a $20 plunger.

 

[PepePeru]

Originally posted by: Balt

Originally posted by: CoinOperatedBoy
I rarely drink coffee and when I do, I dump a truckload of sugar and creamer in there because black coffee tastes awful to me. At least, the sludge that they serve for free at work does.

A question for the coffee lovers: Did you find that your taste in coffee was acquired over time, or have you always liked it? I hated beer when I first tried it, but I've come to really appreciate it and have turned into a bit of a beer snob. Were you guys the same way with coffee?

Acquired in my case. I started out drinking it with a fair portion of milk or cream to mellow out the strength a bit. Eventually I realized I had begun to like the taste of coffee more without the additives and now I just drink it black.

same.

I used to drink w/ cream + sugar. It's bad enough I'm the one that makes coffee for the office 90% of the time, then to have to do cream + sugar too.
I'm too lazy for that shit, so black it is.

 

[zoiks]

I used to drink black coffee and drank 2-3 cups every day for a few years. Then I got acid reflux and found out that the coffee was making it worse. Dropped it like a bad habit and am coffee free. Now I drink green tea every morning.

 

[lifeobry]

I like coffee but rarely drink it.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: rh71
once in a blue moon I'll drink it for the taste, especially iced coffee, but it makes me feel like taking a shit right after. Is that normal? I've never found the caffeine in any coffee to give me a jolt of anything. I've also tried 5-hour energy before hockey and I feel nothing different.

mmmmm blue moon :beer:

 

[d4mo]

Absolutely hate it. I won't drink the stuff. Tea on the other hand is ok sometimes.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: rh71
once in a blue moon I'll drink it for the taste, especially iced coffee, but it makes me feel like taking a shit right after. Is that normal? I've never found the caffeine in any coffee to give me a jolt of anything. I've also tried 5-hour energy before hockey and I feel nothing different.

mmmmm blue moon :beer:

lol...yea it's normal. It's a stimulant. I think the medical terms are gastrocolic reflex or gastrocolic response.

 

[KingGheedora]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Not an addict or connoisseur but I like it with lots of cream and lots of sugar.
(runs and hides from all you American black coffee nuts. More of a black tea guy.)

Is it typically Americans who drink their coffee black?

 

[Modular]

I really like the taste of coffee, but I can do without the caffeine.

 

[rockyct]

Originally posted by: KingGheedora

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Not an addict or connoisseur but I like it with lots of cream and lots of sugar.
(runs and hides from all you American black coffee nuts. More of a black tea guy.)

Is it typically Americans who drink their coffee black?

I think most Americans load their coffee with cream and sugar. However, the Americans who actually like the taste of coffee drink it black.

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: Howard
aeropress here

same

 

[ccblazer44]

I love coffee. Peet's coffee is my favorite to brew at home.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: rh71
once in a blue moon I'll drink it for the taste, especially iced coffee, but it makes me feel like taking a shit right after. Is that normal? I've never found the caffeine in any coffee to give me a jolt of anything. I've also tried 5-hour energy before hockey and I feel nothing different.

Coffee will make you poo. In short, it's beans, man.

 

[coldmeat]

I've never had some, but I don't really like the smell.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: KingGheedora

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Not an addict or connoisseur but I like it with lots of cream and lots of sugar.
(runs and hides from all you American black coffee nuts. More of a black tea guy.)

Is it typically Americans who drink their coffee black?

I'd say no. Coffee drinking styles vary greatly around the world, but America is gradually consuming more frappuchinos, coolattas and coffee candy flavored shit than real coffee. Consider Turkish coffee, which will stain your teeth. You might drink Espresso in Italy or France. . .Usually foreigners come to the states and wonder why our cups of coffee are so enormous and watery.

 

[IronWing]

No, I don't like coffee.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

The wife and I are coffeeholics. We use mostly kona beans that we grind daily in a cuisinart grinder, and use a bunn commercial pourover coffee maker that makes a pot in 3 minutes Making a pot right now

 

[Chaotic42]

Yep, I like it, I just don't like it when people use cold water and the coffee comes out sour.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: rockyct

Originally posted by: KingGheedora

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Not an addict or connoisseur but I like it with lots of cream and lots of sugar.
(runs and hides from all you American black coffee nuts. More of a black tea guy.)

Is it typically Americans who drink their coffee black?

I think most Americans load their coffee with cream and sugar. However, the Americans who actually like the taste of coffee drink it black.

Coffee has to be REALLY bad before I'll put cream in it...and NO SUGAR.

If I want a sweet drink, I'll drink Coca-Cola.

 

[Aquila76]

Love coffee; I've been drinking it since I was 12. I'm not picky; I'll drink any kind as long as it's not decaf. I do greatly prefer fresh roasted/ground, though. It doesn't cost more, and the taste is far superb to a can that's been sitting on a shelf at the market for who knows how long. I get my coffee from Batian Peak; they're literally right down the road from work (Billerica, MA). They'll ship anywhere, and you can get green coffee to roast yourself. I haven't taken that plunge yet, but I'm hoping to get into that soon. They have a lot of varieties and flavors of tea for those of you that swing that way, too.