Q: How do you take your coffee?

[Count Blucher]

My standard coffee at home was Folgers with Skim-plus milk and 2 blue packets, but I've recently decided that when my supply of blue gives out, I'm swtching to Splenda's yellow packets.

Sure, thats a pretty tame & boring revelation, but it makes me wonder:

Q: How do you take your coffee?

[Suburban Plankton]

Fully caffeinated, black, no sugar.

Just as God intended :)

[jjimm]

Fully caffeinated, black, no sugar.

Just as God intended :)Same. And pretty damn strong. However, I gave it up 3 months ago.

[Panurge]

At home & at work: French press, black, no sugar.

Out: 50/50 between espresso and cortado.

[Tapioca Dextrin]

I take it black - like my men

Oh, and the morning routine involves four shots espresso with 7oz hot water.

[Gagundathar]

I was perturbed this morning when I discovered that our lab manager failed to replenish the Sumatra blend (Peet's Brand) that I have become habituated to. The alternative is something disgusting called Major Dick or something like that. When I conveyed my disappointment, she mistook my request and prepared a new pot of coffee. Unfortunately, it was of the aforementioned execrable variety and therefore unpalatable.

In answer to your question, however, I take my coffee orally.
I prefer it unadulterated by any admixtures of other chemicals.

[Lynn Bodoni]

Coffee is one of my triggers, even decaf. I can manage an occasional cup or two, but every time I think that I can go back to drinking coffee on a daily basis, my innards let me know that they are unhappy. Very unhappy.

So I drink tea in the morning, with lots of sweetener and a little sugar, and with cream in it. Yes, cream. I know that one is supposed to put skim milk in tea, but I prefer cream. The type of tea varies, but it's usually one of Bigelow's varieties.

[lee]

I take mine very strong with a bit of heavy cream, but unsweetened. I used to like it with sugar as well but weaned myself from that and now sweetened coffee tastes a bit nasty.

[Enright3]

Fully caffeinated, black, no sugar.

Just as God intended :)

Yep.

[Mr. Excellent]

Pale and tepid, just like I take my health care reform.

What?

[Colophon]

Strong, a dash of milk, no sugar. Similar strength to what they call a cortado in some places, but without the steamed milk.

[Dinsdale]

Black and bitter, like my heart.

Seriously, black and in large quantities. If I want sugar and milk in something coffee-flavored, I'll head to Arby's for a jamocha shake!

[Really Not All That Bright]

With cream, and with or without sugar depending on my mood.

[TruCelt]

"Al Dente", according to my old roommates. ;-) I think it comes from being an Army brat, I drink it really quite extremely strong. And plain, nothing in it please.

I do not, however, like dark roasted coffees. I like a medium or medium-dark roast, with lots of chocolate and/or caramel notes. To my taste, most of the Starbucks beans are just burnt.

[Alessan]

With milk and 1.5 teaspoons of sugar.*

My masculinity is not dependent on drinking my coffee "black". I like milk and sugar - why shouldn't I have some in my coffee?



* Unless I'm drinking Turkish coffee, in which case no milk, lots of sugar, and cardamon.

[RealityChuck]

What is this "coffee" you talk about?

[heater2000ca]

Around here, all I have to say is "double double", and they know what I mean (though I suspect I should explain for the rest of you - two creams, two sugars).

[Dinsdale]

I guess this is as good a place as any to repeat something I find insane - when I ask for my coffee black, and they ask "would you like sugar?" Hell no, I just told you I wouldn't. Black coffee is, by definition, unadulterated.

Hmm - maybe I'm sufficiently caffeinated for this morning...

[overlyverbose]

I take mine very strong with a bit of heavy cream, but unsweetened. I used to like it with sugar as well but weaned myself from that and now sweetened coffee tastes a bit nasty.

Seconded, though with the caveat that it depends on the type of coffee. If I'm brewing the coffee, it's super strong and a very dark roast with heavy cream, no sugar. If I have to drink office swill, it's black because I can't taste that it's coffee otherwise (it's very weak) - instead I'll just get the flavor of that nasty powdered creamer they provide here.

[overlyverbose]

Around here, all I have to say is "double double", and they know what I mean (though I suspect I should explain for the rest of you - two creams, two sugars).

That sounds a lot like robble robble. (I couldn't help myself.)

[ZenBeam]

Black, unless I'm eating breakfast at a restaurant where the coffee isn't as good as at home. Then I usually add some half&half. Never sugar.

[EvilTOJ]

I like it like I like my women; strong, dark and bitter. OOhh I have some of that Kona coffee in the freezer, I should grind some up and put it through the french press.

[C3]

I drink Larry's Beans (https://www.larrysbeans.com/store/), either 3 Moon Peru or Woodstock Morning Blend, with one Sweet & Low (pink), two cups/morning. If I run out of S&L, I drink it black. If I'm somewhere with crappy coffee, I'll add cream & real sugar.

[tr0psn4j]

Dark coffee, I brew it really strong, and add a little bit of milk and one teaspoon of sugar.

Turkish coffee, I'll take without sugar. 1 teaspoon of coffee, to one tiny cup of water.

[Really Not All That Bright]

I like it like I like my women; strong, dark and bitter.
[Eddie Izzard] I like my coffee like I like my women: hot and dark. And with a spoon in them. [/EI]

[buttonjockey308]

I like my coffee the way I like my women; hot, blonde and sweet.

[Czarcasm]

On most days, black and lumpy.
When I really need the kick, black and crunchy.

[needscoffee]

Very strong, with 1/2 & 1/2. I'm unsuccessfully trying to wean myself off the 1/2 & 1/2.

[Shark Sandwich]

Caffeinated, black, and strong.

I take my coffee like I take my women: ground up and stored in the freezer.

[KneadToKnow]

I brew it strong in a French press, but after that I doll it up with half & half and Splenda until it's pale gold and sweet as can be.

[shiftless]

Hot, black and bitter.

[pulykamell]

I guess this is as good a place as any to repeat something I find insane - when I ask for my coffee black, and they ask "would you like sugar?" Hell no, I just told you I wouldn't. Black coffee is, by definition, unadulterated.

Hmm - maybe I'm sufficiently caffeinated for this morning...

It depends on which definition you're using. I use "black coffee" as you do -- to mean unadulterated coffee. However, I have come across another definition: simply coffee without dairy, which may or may not have sugar in it. It seems to me that both are acceptable.

[AuntiePam]

Coffee is one of my triggers, even decaf. I can manage an occasional cup or two, but every time I think that I can go back to drinking coffee on a daily basis, my innards let me know that they are unhappy. Very unhappy.


Me too. Cream (or liquid Coffeemate) and sugar when I decide to risk it. Seattle's Best or Peet's -- a friend in Washington sends me Peet's. Gevalia has some decent flavored coffee -- Pumpkin Spice is a good one.

[ivan astikov]

Just the one sugar, and the milk has got to be mixed in with the coffee( Yes, I drink the instant crap!) before the hot, but not boiling water is poured in.

[Nzinga, Seated]

I take my coffee like I take my men. Black, strong and with a big dick. Am I doing it right guys? Am I playing it right?

I take my coffee with tons of sugar and cream, but I always wanted to be the cool type to take it black.

[Chefguy]

Locally roasted, home ground, drip made, a bit of half&half and a bit of Splenda. I really prefer cold-brewed, but we've gotten lazy in the last few months.

[Superfluous Parentheses]

Strong, with a little salt and a lot of full-cream milk.

[Covered_In_Bees!]

I am not a big coffee drinker, but when I do have some it's usually because some got spilled and mixed in with my cup of sugar that I was about to enjoy.

[Mangetout]

My preferences is for strong, black, no sugar most of the time, but I'll drink it any way it comes (that is, if someone puts milk or sugar in, I'll drink it rather than letting them make it again)

I like a latte at lunchtime occasionally.

[picunurse]

Clear and cold. No sugar, no cream and definately no coffee! :D

[Autolycus]

[Eddie Izzard] I like my coffee like I like my women: hot and dark. And with a spoon in them. [/EI]

I like my coffee like I like my women: in a plastic cup.

I like my coffee like I like my women: covered in bees.

:D

As for the OP, how the hell should we know? Why don't you ask Q yourself.

[palindromemordnilap]

Orally.

As long as it's hot, I'll drink it any which way -- caff/no caff, with or without cream and/or sugar, Starbucks or vending machine. But I like it best with a flavored creamer, hazelnut or italian sweet cream or some such.

[Colophon]

As for the OP, how the hell should we know? Why don't you ask Q yourself.
I'd imagine Q takes his in some kind of self-heating cup that has a Taser hidden in the base. :cool:

[Canadjun]

Crisp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Crisp)!



I'm amazed that I seem to be the first one to mention that

[Drain Bead]

Black, cooled off a bit. I usually let the cup sit about 10 minutes before I start drinking it.

[GameHat]

Black. Strong.

I do make an exception for the coffee at work. It comes there in shitty little packets with an insulting brand name: "Superior Coffee". It's anything but. Hell, it's prison grade. They must cut it with sawdust. Sawdust that has been used to absorb oil spills in a garage. A dirty garage. That shit is foul. I'll usually toss in a packet of Equal just to be able to get it down.

It's bad enough that I keep a jar of generic instant coffee at my desk and use that most of the time. I'm a coffee snob, and the instant is shit, but it's a full order of magnitude better than the crap they stock in the breakroom at work.

But at any decent coffee shop I really enjoy the taste of well-brewed coffee. That I always take black.

[FloatyGimpy]

Crisp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Crisp)!



I'm amazed that I seem to be the first one to mention that


That's what I came to say and was also amazed that it hadn't been said right away.

Maybe it's a Canadian commercial?

[Ephemera]

With non-dairy creamer (preferably amaretto) and a couple packets of sweetener.

I drink maybe three cups of coffee a year, though.

[Cunctator]

With milk, but no sugar.

[Superhal]

Cream and sugar.

Always the supermarket instant too, drip coffee gives me an upset stomach.

[panache45]

Just like my man . . . strong, sweet* and creamy.

*Splenda

[StuffLikeThatThere]

Very strong (because my husband brews it, God love him, and that's how he likes it), with some 1% milk frothed up beyond all reason, and probably a little too much sugar. It's fantastic.

But in a pinch, I will drink hospital waiting room coffee, black, because I am a caffeine whore.

[Lacunae Matata]

Strong, caffeinated, and unadulterated... just like I like my... coffee?

[rhubarbarin]

I drink a half pint of heavy cream mixed roughly half and half with strong coffee daily.

[Leaffan]

Black and strong. Just like my ............................. belt.

[InterestedObserver]

As dark chocolate covered espresso beans. :cool:

Seriously, I don't drink coffee, never have (aside from a few sips once when I was about 12). But MAN, a few of those yummy puppies and I am high and happy as a kite. :D

[outlierrn]

If you wanted a cup of cream and sugar, why'd'ja order coffee?

[Projammer]

Like I like my women. Strong and bitter.

No additives for my addiction, thanks.

[badbadrubberpiggy]

Hot and strong, with a bit of milk/cream (depending on what's in the fridge) and some splenda.

[MsChilePepper]

Dark French roast, brewed strong, with a tot of half & half and a scant teaspoon of sugar. Splenda's OK in a pinch, but it doesn't taste the same as real sugar.

I'm genetically predisposed to liking strong coffee.

a friend in Washington sends me Peet's.

You can buy Peet's online directly from the source!

Crisp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Crisp)!


Damn, I haven't had one of those in a very long time. Who wants to be my Coffee Crisp dealer? ;)

[missred]

Like I like my men: hot, sweet, strong and blonde. :D

At home, I drink it with 2% milk and two packets of splenda or truvia. Out, I drink it with three creamers and two blue or yellow packets.

[Wile E]

Like I like my men, hot and filled with International Delight Irish Cream ... wait, what?

[pravnik]

Cream, no sugar.

[Chickie]

My roommate and I buy a different flavor of creamer every month or so. We've gone through Italian Cream, Irish Cream, Pumpkin Spice, Creme Brulee, French Vanilla, etc. My favorite is the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut. Mmmmm...

We buy whole bean and grind it in the AM (ah, Seattle). I use the creamer and just a bit of extra sugar. Half and half is good when our creamer isn't available (i.e., I'm not at home).

When I was on a diet, I used to drink it black and splenda'd, but it would give me tummyaches. Now I use real sugar, and dairy (gasp), and my tummy likes it fine :)

[Siam Sam]

Hot coffee, be it drip or instant: Black.

Iced coffee: Sweet.

[sunstone]

Black. None of that sugar, cinnamon, cream, hazel nut, or other nefarious additional material, please...the many natural compounds found in coffee are quite enough.

Unlike many others, not only do I like my coffee black, but I like my women black, white, cinnamon, and so forth. Just no internal synthetics, please.

[Autolycus]

I take my coffee hard until it comes. Maybe that's why I'm banned from Dunkin' Donuts.

[tesseract]

Strong with milk or cream, no sugar.

One of my friends is an attorney who does workplace investigations. When she and an employee who had been accused of sexual harassment were fixing up their coffee prior to her interview of him regarding the alleged harassment, he told her, "I like my coffee the way I like my women -- ground up and in the freezer." Things that make you go hmmm...

[Hanna]

When I'm out, I'll drink it any way I can get it, but at home I French Press it, then add real cream (none of that half and half crap) and Davinci's sugar free caramel syrup.

[Swords to Plowshares]

K-Cup coffee of my choice, dash of milk, half tsp of sugar.

[Chessic Sense]

I have a rule. No beverage should ever be made from a bean. Hot chocolate is OK, since it's not made from a bean, but made from a substance that is, in turn, made from a bean. That doesn't count.

[Enderw24]

I take my coffee like I take my women

Tied up in a burlap sack and thrown on the back of an ass by Juan Valdez.

[Siam Sam]

I have a rule. No beverage should ever be made from a bean. Hot chocolate is OK, since it's not made from a bean, but made from a substance that is, in turn, made from a bean. That doesn't count.

It's the one-click rule extrapolated.

[Rushgeekgirl]

Folger's Instant, a rounded teaspoon. One pack of Splenda (or one drop when I used EZ-Sweetz liquid sucralose) and a splash of whatever milk we have handy. Usually 2 percent.

If I'm feeling fancy I'll dump half a packet of cocoa in instead of the Splenda. And maybe a little whipped cream. mmmm...

[NetTrekker]

"Al Dente", according to my old roommates. ;-) I think it comes from being an Army brat, I drink it really quite extremely strong. And plain, nothing in it please.

I do not, however, like dark roasted coffees. I like a medium or medium-dark roast, with lots of chocolate and/or caramel notes. To my taste, most of the Starbucks beans are just burnt.

A lot of people, including me, feel the same about Starbucks. Although I've discovered they can make good coffee without the over-roasted taste from their Americano espresso beans. I drink coffee with milk and a little Sweet-n-Low. Straight black tastes too acidic to me. I don't like Hazelnut or any other flavored coffees although I'll use Irish Creme if available.

[GuanoLad]

White with no milk, sweet and sugar-free. And a straw.

(I don't drink coffee)

[tr0psn4j]

A lot of people, including me, feel the same about Starbucks. Although I've discovered they can make good coffee without the over-roasted taste from their Americano espresso beans. I drink coffee with milk and a little Sweet-n-Low. Straight black tastes too acidic to me. I don't like Hazelnut or any other flavored coffees although I'll use Irish Creme if available.

Are you talking about the beans they sell or the coffee they have on "drip?"

The beans are pretty good and are available just about everywhere. The coffee they sell in a cup, isn't all that great even though they presumably use the same beans they sell to the super markets.

[trapezoidal jellyfish]

half a mug skim milk, half water, in the microwave for 1.5 minutes. Then mix in a very scant teaspoon of Folgers instant and 2 heaping teaspoons turbinado sugar. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinado_sugar) This is actually the closest I get to drinking real coffee.

[tumbleddown]

Beige and sweet as candy. Coffee must be lighter in color than my skin and the first sip should make me feel like my teeth might develop instant cavities, or I can't stand it.

I also prefer it over ice.

[NetTrekker]

Are you talking about the beans they sell or the coffee they have on "drip?"

The beans are pretty good and are available just about everywhere. The coffee they sell in a cup, isn't all that great even though they presumably use the same beans they sell to the super markets.

I was talking about coffee made in the Starbucks store. I once went in and wanted decaf but it was later in the day after they'd stopped making it (their regular stuff...I don't know what type of beans it's made from). They said they could use the Americano decaf which I understood was normally used for espresso. I think they just brewed it as an espresso and diluted it to regular coffee strength, and I thought it was much better than their regular Starbucks blend.

[Count Blucher]

Folger's Instant, a rounded teaspoon. One pack of Splenda (or one drop when I used EZ-Sweetz liquid sucralose) and a splash of whatever milk we have handy. Usually 2 percent.

If I'm feeling fancy I'll dump half a packet of cocoa in instead of the Splenda. And maybe a little whipped cream. mmmm...

I was starting to feel guilty about stealing a teaspoon of cocoa from the jar we have for our kids chocolate milk. But I only do it 3-4 times a year.

And I'm the one who buys the jar.

Hey, wait a minute...thats not theft. :smack: :D

[Shirley Ujest]

In a cup!




( I can't believe I'm the first to say that! You guyz are slow.)


I like my coffee hot, soy milk, agave nectar for sweetner and covered in bees!

[RTFirefly]

With cream and Splenda (2 packets).

The coffee itself is Trader Joe's Breakfast Blend, with the beans ground right before brewing. Keeping the beans whole until brewing makes a world of difference, IMHO: the flavor of ground coffee gradually leaches into the surrounding air. The same happens with beans, but much more slowly on account of much less surface area.

[Gleena]

Not drip, never again. Ugh. French press is fine, but I have a nice espresso machine at home and actual coffee within stumbling distance - about half a block away.

Skinny flat white for breakfast. Doppio with an Equal any other time. Regular strong long black with two equals on cold days when I want hot liquid in volume (in other places, this might be called a strong Americano? Two shots on top of hot water, is what I mean.) Also, depends on the beans. Vittorio is just awful. Will drink most other of the Italians, though. Nothing organic. Coffee is organic by definition. I have yet to taste organic beans that tasted like anything I want to drink. Ugh.

I used to drink just whatever drip coffee awfulness I came across, but I spent two years working for an Italian coffee company and learned about coffee there. I'm not really a snob, there's great coffee everywhere around here, nothing I'm talking about is unusual. Drip coffee isn't the norm here and I'm glad of that.

And whee! Coffee loyalty card is full so I get a freebie in the morning!

[breaking-reality]

Milk and sugar. (Same way I take my tea, most days).

I can drink it black if I have to. And with just cream isn't bad, either.

[tr0psn4j]

By the gallon!

[Alessan]

This time of year?

With lots of milk and ice. In a blender.

[lindsaybluth]

3 cream, 3 splenda if I'm at Dunkin Donuts. Cream & 2 Truvia if at home. Once I have more kitchen space, I'll cold brew, since it does give me heartburn.

[SeaDragonTattoo]

OK, let me see if I can get 'em all:

I like my coffee like I like my men -

strong, black, hot, and in my mouth.

:p

yummy.

[Rhiannon8404]

Black, no sugar.

[Elendil's Heir]

No cream, but lots and lots of real sugar (no substitutes). I like it hot and sweet.

As an afternoon break, I appreciate a big, slightly bittersweet mocha.

[gotpasswords]

The alternative is something disgusting called Major Dick or something like that. I think Major Dickison's is their generic "house" blend.

Playing off the Tim Horton's theme, I'm guessing I'd be asking for a double double yellow as I use Splenda instead of sugar.

There's been some controversy at work. The foodservice contract changed and the original coffee kiosk (can't remember the name) was replaced with Seattle's Best, which is nothing more than Starbucks trying to hide its foul self under a different name. People have been complaining.

The commissary's response: Douwe Egberts is available at the food court. DE is notable for two things - they're a foodservice business unit of Sara Lee and in 2007, they opposed fair trade. Other than that, DE is innocuous, bland brown water.

[Annie-Xmas]

Cream, artifical sweetner and caffeine.

My basic philospphy about coffee is it looks good, smells good, is nice and warm in your hands, and makes you feel wonderful. But it tastes like shit.

[JiveCoolie]

If it's good or even decent coffee, I take it black.

In the office, I need a heap of correlate plus splenda to get my morning fix down.

[flickster]

Fully caffeinated, black, no sugar.

Just as God intended :)

+ 1

[anya marie]

Blaack with Equal or splenda or with cream occasionally.

[Angua]

Add another one for the black, strong and non-sweetened category.

[Autolycus]

This time of year?

With lots of milk and ice. In a blender.

Ah yes, just how I like my women.