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Posted by: Rindy 16-Aug-2009, 10:18 PM

What kind of coffee do you make and do you make it in the morning upon waking or the night before?

I use Foldger Breakfast Blend medium and I make it the night before.

Do you take cream or sugar? Since my hiatial hernea I take cream powdered. I like the french vanilla Coffeemate brand.

It drives me nuts if I don't make the coffee at night.

Slainte

Posted by: englishmix 16-Aug-2009, 10:36 PM

In the morning my coffee is from work, which is regular Folgers - and I like it. They say a littel cream or milk helps reduce the teeth-staining effect so I have fallen into the habit of always having a wee bit. But my work doesn't have decaf, so I often add a bit of hot water. Now and again, I also get that reflux effect... old age...

Posted by: mcnberry 16-Aug-2009, 10:43 PM

Hi Rindy!

Right now I am into organic coffee. It's so much better! Coffee that is certified organic is grown without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. Yes, it is more expensive, but helps supporting coffee farmers and workers by paying a decent wage.
I grind the coffee beans and always make it right before I want a cup or two. Milk or cream is a must, but I have given up on the sugar recently. I didn't even know that flavored coffee creamers existed until I moved to the US. Growing up in Europe I am used to strong Espresso, and even the occasional cup of very strong Arabic coffee.

Posted by: Sekhmet 16-Aug-2009, 10:45 PM

Mine is from a local place, and it's a dark roast. The way I make it, it's received the (somewhat) affectionate moniker Morning Thunder. If it doesn't jump out of the cup and slap you awake, I did something wrong.

I make a pot in the morning, drink about half of it, then I'm the first one in the door at work, and I make it there. I like mine somewhere around mooing. Half and half or death. Milk if I absolutely must.

After learning how to make fireworks with Cremora, I just haven't looked at it the same since...

Posted by: flora 17-Aug-2009, 10:39 AM

Hmmmm, most favorite is Highlander Grogg, freshly ground right before and with half and half. During the fall I love Pumpkin Spice and for winter I do Blizzard. What do you think of the McDonald's McCafe coffees?

Flora

Posted by: englishmix 17-Aug-2009, 11:06 AM

MacDonald's coffee is often rather good, but I do not like their iced-coffee at all.

Posted by: Leelee 18-Aug-2009, 09:21 AM

I only drink coffee in the mornings. If I have any in the afternoon, I'm cannot sleep. That goes for anything with caffeine.

I prepare the coffee maker, before I go to bed, and set it on timer. I wake up to the most lovely aroma of Kirkland Signature, 100% Columbian Coffee; Supremo Bean, Dark Roast, fine grind. I take my coffee with a little sugar and milk to take the edge off

Tried it black and all I can say is ....."bitter bean juice"

The only coffee I will drink black is original Turkish Coffee my brother makes when he is home from his job overseas.

Posted by: 0407usmc 18-Dec-2009, 07:40 PM

I don't think there is anything better than a hot cup of your favorite coffee along with a slice of lemon meringue pie or apple sauce cake. I had to give up the 'real coffee' - that one with the caffeine. Decaf misses it all the way around! Folgers decaf will get me going in the early morning as long as I can pretend that it is 'real' coffee - huge effort some mornings!

Posted by: Camac 19-Dec-2009, 08:28 AM

I drink two cups of coffee a day. Maxwell house at 8:00 am and a Tim Horton's Double Double at 2:00pm. When I worked 12 hour night shifts I would drink 20 cups of coffee each and every night.

Camac.

Posted by: Rhymer 22-Oct-2010, 06:28 PM

I like coffe in the morning and afternoon. White with no sugar just sweetner, have to cut back on sugar since becoming diabetic. No particular brand. Also like it with a dram of whisky added. caffeine does not seem to affect me .

Posted by: MDF3530 22-Oct-2010, 07:08 PM

I like a local brand called Stewarts, but I can only find the small cans at certain stores and it is not cheap. I also like the Maxwell House breakfast blend. I drink it black.

I make it in the morning because my bedroom is right off the kitchen and the smell of coffee keeps me up.

Posted by: Haggishead 01-Nov-2010, 10:06 AM

Kirkland Signature blend roasted by company in the Pacific NW. (excellent coffee without the cost of 'buckys) Great oils; low in acid! Warmed, or occasionally, steamed milk. Set a pot in the morning and usually have one on in the late afternoon.

Posted by: Dogshirt 01-Nov-2010, 10:26 PM

DARK roast Colombian, STRONG, black and no STUFF in it!
Coffee should sit up and talk back to you in the morning! It should set you up for the rest of the day!
Coffee through the work day, Beer after work!

Posted by: togo 10-Nov-2011, 03:44 PM

I'll tell ya one of the greatest advancements in the coffee world for me is the Keurig single cup coffee makers!!
I love variety in coffee. I get all kinds: Kona, Caribu, French Roast, French Vanilla, Dark Roast, Hazelnut, Donut Shop.....
It takes 1 minute to get ready and now that I have figured out the timing system it's ready to go on a push of a button right when I get downstairs.
2 cups in the morning for me and every once in a great while one later in the day.

Posted by: Vixie 11-Nov-2011, 09:40 AM

Freshly ground extra dark beans, made extra strong

I buy Brazilian beans and grind just enough for my pot of coffee the night before.

What I would really LOVE is to buy green beans (unroasted) and find a coffee roaster. Now that would be a fresh pot of coffee!

Posted by: daleydog 10-Dec-2011, 02:49 AM

Chai tea for me

or a little stout

Never got the taste for coffee

Posted by: Mariko 16-Feb-2012, 01:40 AM

How dangerous, aha. I'll drink coffee (sometimes too much) whenever it strikes my fancy. I love my Tim Hortons before lecture, and my dad's on the weekends. We usually buy our beans from Starbucks or Second Cup, yum! Since last year (give or take a month), I've been putting chocolate milk & a little sugar in my coffee, so delish!

Posted by: dbsangel 27-Feb-2012, 08:43 PM

Love my coffee! Folgers medium roast with Chocolate Caramel Creamer. Always get it ready the night before so it's ready for me in the morning.

Posted by: jmparrish 27-Feb-2012, 09:00 PM

I don't drink coffee very often, but when I do I like a little French Vanilla creamer mixed in with it. Tim Hortons is tasty stuff, indeed! Many people in my family drink it black, but I'm not quite ready for that yet! More often I drink tea or lemonade.

Posted by: surfersully13 09-Mar-2012, 02:02 PM

I've been drinking tea since I was a little girl. Aunt Maggie would make strong black tea & put lots of milk in mine, whiskey in hers. I still drink strong black tea with a little milk & sugar from the time I wake until bedtime. Caffeine doesn't bother me. My family jokes I have tea in my veins instead of blood.

Posted by: iolanda 18-Mar-2012, 03:46 PM

I really love coffee...It's impossible start my day without a hot cup of coffee and have one before go to bed ( I'm totally agree with Rindy

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I drink a lot of coffee during the day..surely I overdo with it...
Have you tried putting a pinch of ginger powder in a cup of coffee? It's magic !
It's an African's tip.
Also, I love tea and another Eritrean tip is to put 3 cloves in the cuttle's water and if you like a little piece of cinnamon....A wonderful smell and aroma

Slàinte

iolanda

Posted by: jb156 20-Mar-2012, 11:28 PM

Decaf Columbian in the morning in my wife's Keurig. Sip it from my thermal cup all the way to work.

Posted by: Verbena 10-Apr-2012, 08:46 AM

I enjoy our new Kuerig -

Posted by: TetonAndDistrictPerformingArts 03-Oct-2015, 11:57 PM

I like a really dark-oily coffee; very full and deep in flavor.

I like to go see my "girlfriends" at the Java Express, and have them grind me a pound of "house coffee" and espresso together. The house coffee has the caffeine, and the espresso is lovely, dark, and oily

Posted by: five4 20-Nov-2015, 08:20 AM

Chock full o' Nuts Columbian, brewed bold in my Hamilton Beach single serve machine. Cream, a teaspoon of raw sugar and a tablespoon of honey...yum. Start it in the morning with filtered water, two cups and that's it for the rest of the day.

Posted by: Shadows 20-Nov-2015, 12:12 PM

Recently I am grinding and drinking "Sumatra - French Roast" from Coffee Roasters in Greencastle, PA.
When I am lazy or not really awake I drink "Black Silk" from Folgers.
I only use 1 tsp. of sugar now.
Both are good coffees.

Posted by: five4 21-Nov-2015, 03:26 PM

I obtained a coffee grinder a few years ago with the intention of grinding beans of the Sumatran and Ethiopian persuasions but my present coffee formula is so satisfying. Shadows, you have rekindled my interest in grinding and I think that after Christmas I will begin to peruse the local whole bean selections and see what I come up with chewing my own...