I like 'em light and sweetrockfauxJuly 7 2006, 11:54:27 UTC
Ok, first of all, coffee is defined by the BEAN. So in that sense I'm a snob. I've got my brazilian EXTRA FORTE, and for general daily use I buy Dean's Beans, Green Mountain, or some other kind of high quality bean.
When I used Equal, I used to totally over-sweeten my coffee. When I first kicked the habit, I needed SIX sugars in an 8 oz coffee, and 6 creams!
Now I'm down to half that (generally 3 & 3, though I use a little more cream in Hazelnut).
Keep in mind that 1 cream is literally a teaspoon of liquid. I think 1 sugar packet is 1 teaspoon, also.
Since I stick with good quality beans and I have halved my sugar and cream consumption, I think I'm doing pretty well.
Fact is, I like my coffee like I like my men, light and sweet.
the half-decaf thingrockfauxJuly 7 2006, 11:56:48 UTC
I am not addicted to the caffeine in coffee. I just LOVE THE TASTE.
I'd drink just decaf, since it doesn't send my bloodpressure up or give me jitters, but dammit, decaf just tastes BAD!
The only Decaf I can drink straight is Dean's Beans.
So, I compromize. Half decaf coffee and half caffeinated coffee = all the taste, half the caffeine. Hey, my job is stressful enough, I don't need more caffeine to push me over the edge!
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[coffee snob mode on] I don't know what you think you're drinkin' but it ain't coffee [coffee snob mode off]
;)
6 sugars?! 7 creams? SEVEN?
;)
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When I used Equal, I used to totally over-sweeten my coffee. When I first kicked the habit, I needed SIX sugars in an 8 oz coffee, and 6 creams!
Now I'm down to half that (generally 3 & 3, though I use a little more cream in Hazelnut).
Keep in mind that 1 cream is literally a teaspoon of liquid. I think 1 sugar packet is 1 teaspoon, also.
Since I stick with good quality beans and I have halved my sugar and cream consumption, I think I'm doing pretty well.
Fact is, I like my coffee like I like my men, light and sweet.
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I'd drink just decaf, since it doesn't send my bloodpressure up or give me jitters, but dammit, decaf just tastes BAD!
The only Decaf I can drink straight is Dean's Beans.
So, I compromize. Half decaf coffee and half caffeinated coffee = all the taste, half the caffeine. Hey, my job is stressful enough, I don't need more caffeine to push me over the edge!
*coffee snob mode off*
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