Coffee Survey

Cafe Society
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  1. How do you drink your coffee? Hot, Cold, Iced, Black, Creamer, Sugar/Sweetner?
  2. Do you make it at home or do you buy it on your way to work or out in public?
  3. Are you particular about the brand of coffee and where you get it from?
  4. What are your opinions on overpriced coffee shops? Like Starbucks and local shops? What are your opinions on drinks that look like milkshakes/lattes?
  5. What got you into coffee? Your first time trying it?
  6. Are you an everyday drinker or whenever you feel like it?
  7. Have you ever taken a break from coffee?

My Answers:

  1. I like my coffee hot with some creamer (no sugar/sweetner)
  2. It all depends on the day for me: I usually make it at home, or I sometimes buy a small/medium coffee from McDonalds, Dunkin, or a random gas station before work.
  3. I’m not picky about coffee, even though it all depends on where it’s from and how it’s made. The worst coffee I had was from a specialized coffee machine at an Amazon Warehouse, since it was cheaply made and didn’t taste right to me. The best coffee always seems to be served at nice sit down restaurants.
  4. Even though Starbucks doesn’t taste bad (to me) I don’t like the idea of paying $3-4 for coffee, when I can get it for less than $2 at McDonalds and sometimes for less than a dollar (or free) at certain gas stations, like Sheetz and Coen (with rewards on their app) I also don’t like the idea of sugary coffee drinks that look like milkshakes.
  5. When I got my first job at 14-15 (a bus boy at a retirement home) I noticed that they served coffee in the break room, so after trying some, I didn’t mind the taste, even though I couldn’t fall asleep for awhile after work, since I didn’t know about caffeine back then.
  6. I sometimes drink it everyday, or I only drink it a couple times a week, depending on if I’m in the mood for it or not.
  7. I sometimes take a break from coffee, since I’ve been paying more attention to my dental health over the past few years, even though I can survive without coffee for some time.
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I don’t drink coffee very often but when I do it’s with 4 Splendas or Equal and non-dairy creamer, plain of flavored.

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Dunkin iced coffee extra extra mocha.
Its only 3.79 for 20 oz. I get it when I have cash.
Never wanted coffee til I tried it iced, with sugar.

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Hot, black, Mr. Coffee, some large brand dark roast, first thing out of bed, daily.
I have a coffee mug that says, in Master Of Reality font: “I like my coffee how I like my sabbath”

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  • How do you drink your coffee? Hot, Cold, Iced, Black, Creamer, Sugar/Sweetner?: Hot or iced, cream & sugar
  • Do you make it at home or do you buy it on your way to work or out in public?: I have a small espresso machine that works very well.
  • Are you particular about the brand of coffee and where you get it from?: I buy pinon coffee from New Mexico and Ethiopian single source from Coffee Bros of New York (when I can get it)
  • What are your opinions on overpriced coffee shops? Like Starbucks and local shops? What are your opinions on drinks that look like milkshakes/lattes?: Dislike Starbucks and always have. I rarely have coffee outside of home, but have no quarrel with most restaurant coffee.
  • What got you into coffee? Your first time trying it?: Tried it for the first time in Kotzebue, AK at age 17. I was freezing my arse off. Didn’t really get hooked until I was in the Navy.
  • Are you an everyday drinker or whenever you feel like it?: Daily; one cup with two double shots.
  • Have you ever taken a break from coffee?: Nope. Quit drinking it black about 30 years ago, as it didn’t agree with me.
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  1. Hot with flavored creamer or plain creamer and a bit of sweetening
  2. Make it at home using dollar store pod machine and Great Value pods (medium donut brew)
  3. I will do a coffee shop if I am on vacation or celebrating an occasion at home
  4. I don’t get into all the coffees that need a degree in mixology to analyze before ordering
  5. I started drinking coffee in college to stay up studying for finals
  6. I drink 2 cups every day; one in the morning at home and one at work; occasionally one in the evening
  7. I don’t feel the need to take a break from coffee but I have cut down from the amounts I used to drink as a young adult which were measured in pots instead of cups
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  1. Hot or iced with half & half. A spoon of cocoa powder if I’m feeling crazy
  2. Mostly made at home or work.
  3. I’m not too picky, but I’ve had some horrible brands I avoid. I like a light roast.
  4. I’ll indulge in Starbucks when I travel and will usually opt for a specialty drink.
  5. I quit soft drinks and needed a caffeine replacement.
  6. I start each day with a cup of coffee. And one or two during work as a sort of appetite suppressant and energy booster.
  7. The breaks I have taken have been blissfully short, but the craving rapidly subsides after a few days.

I count coffee as one of the most effective drugs I take daily. It keeps me from overeating and makes me poop on schedule. It doesn’t taste bad either.

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  1. Hot, with skim milk and non-caloric sweetener.
  2. Mostly at home, as I don’t commute to work often anymore. When I did take the train into the office, I’d get coffee from the little mom-and-pop coffee shop in my train station. At home, I have a Krups drip coffeemaker.
  3. I have several brands I buy; I tend towards smaller brands.
  4. Not a big fan of the taste of Starbucks or Dunkin’ coffee – and there aren’t many chain shops around here that aren’t one of those two; we don’t have many, or any, Peet’s, Caribou, Dutch Bros., etc. The little local shop in the train station has really good coffee, and it’s not overpriced. I don’t drink sweet/milkshake-like coffee drinks.
  5. I never drank coffee when I was younger – when I was a kid (in the pre-Starbucks era), most coffee back then was bitter as hell, because the big coffee companies primarily used robusta beans, rather than arabica. I probably started drinking it more regularly about ten years ago, when I was 50-ish.
  6. I drink coffee pretty much every day. On a regular day when I’m at home, I have 2 to 3 cups of it over the course of the morning.
  7. I haven’t felt compelled to “take a break” from coffee.
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  1. Hot, with creamer, (usually Coffemate), no sweetener. When I was younger I only drank coffee with whiskey in it.
  2. We make it at home. It costs $.50 a cup. Why would I pay $5.00+ a cup to have someone else make it for me? If I’m out and about and want to drink something I will find something I like better.
  3. We buy it from Amazon. We don’t but the best available because we’re cheapskates. I once bought some Jamaican Blue Mountain for $20+ a pound. It wasn’t that much better. What we drink now is good enough for us.
  4. I don’t frequent them. When I’m with the spousal unit and she stops at one, I’ll have an Italian soda, if they have that, but otherwise, nothing.
  5. My wife is addicted. It has become a ritual.
  6. Almost every day. It bothers my stomach though,
  7. so sometimes I take a few days off.
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  1. Hot, strong and black. If it doesn’t dissolve the spoon it is too weak.
  2. I make it at home or work unless I need emergency coffee on the road.
  3. Yes, I buy it online from reputable dealers. Here is my go to for “generic” coffee.
  4. That’s not coffee. Going into old Seattle mode. I remember when you could taste the difference between Starbucks’ Sumatran and Sulawesi. Now it’s all espresso roast and all the same taste.
  5. My dad. I’ve been drinking coffee since I was 8.
  6. Couple of pots a day.
  7. Why would I do that?! Have YOU ever taken a break from breathing?
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  1. Hot, black. I’ll have espresso occasionally or lattes when traveling. I’ve done drip, pour over, french press, and aero press at home. No huge differences imo.
  2. Not really, but a previous job had free Maxwell house, which is disgusting.
  3. I like coffee so I like shops that make it. I don’t sit in there for hours and read or work and don’t really understand why people do.
  4. 8am class in grad school.
  5. Pretty much every day.
  6. I get headaches if I stop, so not more than like 2 days.
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  1. Hot with creamer, no sugar.
  2. Make it at home.
  3. Not particular at all. I buy the cheapest beans at Costco.
  4. I’ll go to Starbucks once in a while to get a latte, but again, no sugar or sweetener.
  5. My parents were coffee drinkers all their lives, and I just naturally had some occasionally. When I was a kid I added a lot of sugar, but I stopped when I got older.
  6. I have one cup every morning. Rarely more or less than that.
  7. Yes, when I was in graduate school I didn’t drink so much coffee. Don’t remember why.
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  1. Hold, Cold, and Cold Brew. Lightened with 1/2 & 1/2, sweetener - most commonly non-caloric, with caffeine before 4pm, decaf in evenings/night.
  2. Almost always made at home (fresh press, cold brew carafe, refillable K-cup options)
  3. Cheap and cheerful coffee options, normally Kirkland for caffeinated option, decent store brand for decaf.
  4. Overpriced is a value judgement of course. If I go to such places, I normally either get “straight” coffee rather than the mixed drinks, so $2.99 or so, which is comparable to getting drinks at a sit down place. Sometimes (like my recent 640 mile drive), I find the heavy sugar, multi-shot options are worthwhile to keep me alert, but I don’t pretend it’s a “deal”. And I have no problems with hot or cold milkshake/latte options, as long as I acknowledge it’s fundamentally a dessert or milk shake, coffee flavored.
  5. My mother. As a child, watching my mom drink coffee, I’d often want some, but it was way too bitter. So she’d put a spoonful in my glass of milk.
  6. More-or-less everyday, normally a cup of French Press in the morning. Maybe a cup of decaf in the evening. I’m more likely to drink hot/iced tea in the mid day than coffee.
  7. Sure, coffee does tend to set off my need to use the loo in the morning, so I’ll avoid it if there’s not enough time in the morning for a bathroom break, or (see the 640 mile drive) I might not have so many options. Plus, when I was on said trip, I was with my Father and Step Mother, who drink tea, so none in the house and I wasn’t going to go Out to get any. So no coffee for 5 days.
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  1. Many different ways but never black no sugar.

  2. Make at home.

  3. Not particular, exactly. Hate instant. LOVE Bustelo. Am a K-cup enthusiast but don’t need it for my daily cuppa. I love experimenting.

  4. If I have enough money, I’ll get an expensive shop coffee. LOVE creamy, sweet coffees.

  5. Mi abuela made Puerto Rican espresso and I drank it as a child as a yummy treat.

  6. Pretty much every day. Or not. I don’t have to but I like to.

  7. Not intentionally but I’ve gone long stretches without because I don’t keep score.

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1. Hot, black
2. Made at home with a French press
3. It’s gotta be Nicaraguan coffee from MOM’s Organic Market
4. No, thanks
5. Exploring Italian cuisine when I got the book The Cooking of Italy when I was 12 and got a macchinetta
6. Every mortal day and then some
7. 1978–1981

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  1. How do you drink your coffee? Hot, Cold, Iced, Black, Creamer, Sugar/Sweetner?

    1. If I am just drinking regular coffee – with some cream

    2. If I am drinking espresso, usually black but sometimes with sugar

  2. Do you make it at home or do you buy it on your way to work or out in public?

    1. Usually at home or in the company’s office kitchen/coffee area or at whatever “third place” I like to frequent

  3. Are you particular about the brand of coffee and where you get it from?

    1. Usually Lavazza and purchased as whole beans at the grocery store

  4. What are your opinions on overpriced coffee shops? Like Starbucks and local shops? What are your opinions on drinks that look like milkshakes/lattes?

    1. My favourite coffee place in that realm is Second Cup though I have also frequented others as my Third Place depending on the circumstances. Beyond that I don’t really have an opinion one way or another.

  5. What got you into coffee? Your first time trying it?

    1. I was an ASW Officer in a Canadian warship in the ‘80s and, during the midnight watch, I actually fell asleep standing up in the Ops Room (or CIC for USN), so I decided drinking coffee and have loved it ever since

  6. Are you an everyday drinker or whenever you feel like it?

    1. I used to be, to a humungous extent, until I had my first endoscopy and was diagnosed with gastritis. I’ve basically switched to tea (not really my thing as I love coffee) as a result

  7. Have you ever taken a break from coffee?

    1. See above wrt gastritis
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  1. Normal coffee: hot, with half a teaspoon of sugar and cream. Cold brew coffee occasionally, black, nothing added. I can’t drink normal hot-brew coffee black because it’s too bitter, but cold brew is much smoother.
  2. At home. Normal hot coffee is filter brewed, cold brew coffee is store-bought.
  3. Yes, very particular. I used to buy a particular type of store-roasted Guatemalan coffee bean from one specific store. Now that they have a more limited selection, I buy the closest thing to it, a medium-roast which is similar.
  4. I have no use for either Starbucks or anything they serve.
  5. I honestly don’t remember when I started drinking coffee.
  6. Used to be every day when I was working. Now that I’m retired it’s more occasional.
  7. No.
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  1. Hot, filter brewed, black, sweetened with a bit of honey.

  2. 99% of the time I make it at home, when travelling I look for smaller independent cafes to buy from.

  3. I blend my own, I have a baseline blend that I rarely deviate from although I do occasionally try new mixtures if I can’t get my regular varieties.

  4. I never darken the doors of the bigger chains because their blends aren’t as good as mine, but the smaller independents are sometimes very good. I’ve tried some of the fancy variations, but if it doesn’t look and smell like coffee, then it’s a waste of time as far as I’m concerned.

  5. My parents always had coffee at breakfast and dinner so I probably started sometime in my mid to late teens.

  6. I brew a pot in the morning, my coffee maker has a stainless steel insulated carafe that keeps the brew hot all day. I drink the coffee from an insulated travel mug. I am a sipper, a full mug lasts me a couple of hours. I top the mug up as required throughout the day. My wife doesn’t drink coffee, so unless we have company the one carafe lasts me all day.

  7. No. We have gotten back into going back-country camping and canoeing recently. When we’re on a trip I will brew a single cup with breakfast, and then a second cup with dinner, so it’s a break in the all-day sipping, but not a break from coffee.

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  • How do you drink your coffee?
    Hot (Plain Old Drip), cream, No sweetener.

  • I make it at home if I’m having a boring morning stuck there. Otherwise I buy it “out in public” (great coffee joint where my retired friends hang out).

  • Are you particular…?
    I hate that I am, but my stomach only handles a dark (less acidic) roast.

  • What are your opinions on overpriced coffee shops?
    Special place in hell for those…

  • What are your opinions on drinks that look like milkshakes/lattes?
    I got a good laugh when a student came in late with a tall, whipped multi-color Starbucks concoction: "Are you telling this class that you’re late because you made some poor barista build you a WhatTheFukaccino?"

  • What got you into coffee?
    Got a job teaching. It went from Bitter Swill to Comfort Food.

  • Are you an everyday drinker?
    Oh, God, yes. And I saw an ADHD doctor who said I can skip the drugs if I get two cups a day.

  • Have you ever taken a break from coffee?
    Not purposely. I can get a headache doing so (Doc called that “The only downside”).

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  1. all of above; when I add cream it’s sweet italian creme, plus hazelnut syrup. don’t use sugar
  2. both
  3. cafe bustelo
  4. avoid national chains, patronize local ones
  5. family, drank early when a small child
  6. every day all day (I also eat 360 coffee ice cream and chocolate-covered espresso beans)
  7. only for medical reasons as required (thankfully happens seldom)