# Curry flavoured Coffee - Or weird combos that could be either great or terrible. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [September 24, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067 "2008-09-24T21:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/21 "2008-09-25T07:04:16Z")
-Hibiscus Cheese -Tangerine and Balsamic Vinegar Chicken -Coffee Bars TM®© (just like Chocolate bars, but Coffee beans ground fine with sugar and Milk, maybe some added emulsifiers) -Chicken flavored cookies - Deed Fried Baked Beans. ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/22 "2008-09-25T07:44:41Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I Have just had a golden vegetable cup-a-soup with some curry powder sprinkled in it. THIS is a fairly normal combo. > > But seeing the empty cup and the jar of Curry Powder on my desk together got me thinking. > > So do you think sprinkling some of the powder into a cup of coffee would make it the drink from the seventh circle of Hell, or would it have some weird tastebud warping way of actually improving it! > > How about Curry Tea! (Now that one actually sounds a bit better… A cup of tea goes quite well with an actual curry) > > I don’t think I’ll ever actually try either.. Would you? > Suggest a weird food combination. The only rule is the seperate parts have to be edible or used as parts of something that is edible. Lindt Chocolates has The Excellence Chili Bar [http://www.lindtusa.com/search-exec/](http://www.lindtusa.com/search-exec/) chocolate & chili peppers. Love, Phil ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/23 "2008-09-25T08:47:23Z")
Here in Sweden they have a Lakritspuck - “licorice puck” - which is vanilla ice cream in a salt licorice shell. So we got a double whammy here - salt and licorice first (available in candy form as well) then the vanilla ice cream. It’s good. Really. It’s surprising how well the flavors work together. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/24 "2008-09-25T08:59:20Z")
Hot Crab and Sweet Melon Soup. A warm (temp) soup made with some kind of sweet melon (maybe watermelon, or mussmelon, or honeydew, or a mix) and crab chunks. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/25 "2008-09-25T11:57:50Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > On a similar note.. A food combo that people already do… Beer in breakfast cereal. To me this is a WTF :eek: thing to do. > > Does it actually taste good?? In the movie “Where’s Pappa?”, George Segal’s senile mother put pepsi on her Cocoa Puffs. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/26 "2008-09-25T12:34:16Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Gum and Nuts: Together at Last! > > On a related note, malt liquor is surprisingly palatable, though you’d never believe in a million years that it would be. :smack: Malt liquor mixed with OJ :smack: ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/27 "2008-09-25T14:21:59Z")
Tempura Circus Peanuts ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/28 "2008-09-25T14:53:32Z")
Chicken Fried Eclair Lucky Charms Chow Mein ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/29 "2008-09-25T15:48:28Z")
Kimchee Jello Shots Tuna Pancakes (my son thought that one up). ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/30 "2008-09-25T16:05:03Z")
I put chocolate milk on granola once. That sounded pretty good. It was awful! How could it be bad, right? Oats, raisins, milk, chocolate, all good things. I had to put it down the disposer. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/31 "2008-09-25T16:15:24Z")
I recently saw a Food Network show about a company that makes rather unusual chocolate bars. They once tried combining chocolate with curry, which sounded like a good idea until they tasted it. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/32 "2008-09-25T17:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Chicken flavored cookies They have them at a Chinese bakery I’ve been to. Haven’t tried them. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/33 "2008-09-25T19:39:03Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > :smack: Malt liquor mixed with OJ :smack: If you’re talking 45 & OJ, I’ve got a better idea for you… My SIL the corn freak makes vanilla ice cream with brown sugar and adds cream corn to it. It’s sorta like mixing pop corn and ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/34 "2008-09-25T22:50:09Z")
I had an ex-boyfriend who had been raised in Bhutan (he wasn’t Bhutanese himself). He forever had a thing for buttered tea. I could barely look at him while he drank it. On top of that, he was always complaining about the lack of commercial yak butter in the United States. Apparently regular butter in his tea didn’t have the same “tang”. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/35 "2008-09-25T23:02:56Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > In the Middle East they put cardamom in coffee, and it’s not bad. I think if you stick to the aromatic end and leave out turmeric and cayenne you might be okay putting spices in coffee. Ethiopian berbere might be good. I might try this in the AM for kicks. > > A former housemate made a batch of ale with a hint of cumin once, and it was awful. Cadamom in coffee is awesome. I used to own a pizza shop. We experimented with alot of combinations. One I was particularly fond of was Caramelized pear, bacon and gorgonzola on a white pie. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/36 "2008-09-25T23:48:55Z")
I’ve had Green Tea Chocolate once - it was exceptionally tasty. Unfortunately I don’t know where to go to get more. Not very sweet (this is a big plus, for me) but a rather subtle smooth taste. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/37 "2008-09-26T01:55:45Z")
I’ve put tomato juice in coffee once. In a spirit of confession I must admit that, since I had done it by accident, and it was to be the first coffee of the morning, I was a coward and threw it out without trying it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/38 "2008-09-26T03:23:39Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I recently saw a Food Network show about a company that makes rather unusual chocolate bars. They once tried combining chocolate with curry, which sounded like a good idea until they tasted it. Could it have been Vosges? They’re a very high falutin’ chocolate place in Chicago. (They may have other locations elsewhere.) Their stuff is fantastic and often very odd. Some friends and I got together last weekend and one of them had lugged with her a giant bag filled with Vosges chocolate. She apparently went insane at the sight of so much chocolate. Their curry chocolate was probably the least favorite, though. My faves were the [Barcelona Bar](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/barcelona_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars) (it’s quite salty, which makes for an intriguing flavor) and [Red Fire](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/red_fire_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars) (chocolate + spicy peppers = yum). ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/39 "2008-09-26T04:56:07Z")
[Theo Chocolate](http://www.theochocolate.com/products/3400-phinney-bars.php) makes a coconut curry chocolate bar. I’m not a fan (it’s based on milk chocolate, and I prefer dark), but it seems to be popular. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067/40 "2008-09-26T05:47:13Z")
> [@Musky\_Moon](#): > > One I was particularly fond of was Caramelized pear, bacon and gorgonzola on a white pie. That actually sounds really, really good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-flavoured-coffee-or-weird-combos-that-could-be-either-great-or-terrible/465067.md?page=3)