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Rakastan khavia!!!
I'm a Finn. Finnish people are serious about their coffee and are the largest consumers of coffee in the world, averaging 12 kilos per year. DH and I drink more than our share - 45 or more kilos a year (that's over 100 pounds).
In a family with 5 children, I'm the only one who got the Coffee Gene (all of my siblings are tea drinkers...sigh). I like it black as pitch and STRONG. DH and I brew our coffee separately because I actually brew it too strong for DH (who is German/Italian)!
The beans are finely ground and I use twice as many as most people (think Turkish grind and espresso-strong). Okay, okay, I confess... I really EAT SLABS of coffee.
How do you drink coffee? Black, blonde, half-caf, decaf, cream/milk, sugar, or not at all?
P.S. NO, I do not consume kaffeost.
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We consume a lot of coffee
We consume a lot of coffee here too. DH doesn't brew it as strong as I'd like him to, on average, so we try to meet somewhere in the middle.
I'm a big press or pour over person, with a little flavored almond milk. I love a good Cubano when I order out. Luckily, where I live we have a good amount of exceptional coffee shops.
Mmmmm...Cuban coffee. I had
Mmmmm...Cuban coffee. I had that down in Florida after meals. Yummy!
It depends on the time of day
It depends on the time of day how I like my coffee, and I'm a HUGE coffee drinker too (regular coffee maker in my kitchen, my own personal full-sized Keurig in my home office). In the morning, I like it straight black and hot. In the evening, I'll put half and half in it. Caffeine seemingly has no effect on me, so it doesn't bother me a bit to drink a cup of coffee at 10pm, I can still go to bed and be dead asleep in 20 minutes.
I used to have this big coffee mug that said "Dark as night; sweet as sin; hot as hell" on it and I carried it everywhere at work (when I worked outside of the home). One day, someone in all seriousness asked me, "Is that how you like your coffee?" My response was, "Nope, it's how I like my men."
My daughter gave me a coffee mug for Christmas this past year, one of those really big ones that says "Momma *NEEDS* some coffee" and I'm the one who posts coffee memes on facebook.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust... life's a bitch, coffee's a must.
Caffeine has no effect or me
Caffeine has no effect or me either. I've gone to sleep after drinking a quad-shot latte!
Coffee and wine memes are my faves!!
DH and I like coffee strong,
DH and I like coffee strong, not espresso strong but Italian strong. But maybe it's Finn strong because...You know I'm a Finn too and I LOVED the Finnish coffee when I was there with that cream, that heavenly cream they have in Finland.
Our Keurig broke a couple years ago and I got a regular coffee maker, but make it black enough you cannot see through the carafe (that is not good coffee if you can see through it!). I have a cup with a piece of toast before I leave the house, then go exercise. At work I'll generally have black tea but every so often another cup of coffee (like today).
On weekend I'll brew a big carafe or do a french press. Summer I'll throw in some cold-brew to steep.
I like it with cream and sugar (but not too sweet just to take off the bitter edge).
And never, ever after 12:00 noon or I'll be up till 3:00 am.
Hey Cover, what that korppu
Hey Cover, what that korppu toast?
IMHO, Italian coffee is nowhere near as strong as Finnish coffee. When my parents were in Finland, Dad ordered Mom a half cup of coffee and hot water so she could have coffee the way she liked (weak to me!!).
I drink iced coffee - when I'm so busy I don't have time to drink it or I get pulled into a meeting and return to a cold cuppa. I rarely drink tea (to me, that's an "I'm sick" drink), but when I do it's hot green tea, with nothing added.
Ah, no, just regular toast,
Ah, no, just regular toast, but now I want some korppu toast!
The korppu brand we buy is
The korppu brand we buy is Trenary Toast. It's great for dunking in coffee, tea, hot chocolate...
I like espresso with whipped
I like espresso with whipped cream, but you can keep those chocolate sprinkles. If I want chocolate, I'm adding Godiva Chocolate Liqueur!
OMG, Llilac!!! NO COFFEE?!?!?
OMG, Llilac!!! NO COFFEE?!?!? ~swoon~
I couldn't do it.
I didn't know that. I have a
I didn't know that. I have a friend who drank coffee AND smoked throughout 4 pregnancies. Apparently, she smoked so much that the doctor told her to cut down but not completely quit because of withdrawal (I think). All of her babies were 8-9 pounds.
Decaf is the devil.
Removed.
Removed.
Monchichi, why did you remove
Monchichi, why did you remove your cappuccino comment?? :?
There's nothing wrong with cappuccinos and lattes! xoxo
i drink coffee out of a beer
i drink coffee out of a beer mug. shocking, right? but actually, it holds the temp longer. i've only ever had one "client" notice.
i can drink it in any form ONLY if it's light (half-n-half, not milk) and sweet. i'll drink tea occasionally but only straight up (except for a nice chai latte).
Tuff, why am I not surprised?
Tuff, why am I not surprised?
We have very thick ceramic mugs that hold double what a regular coffee cup holds. They keep drinks hot very well.
yeah mine is a 16 oz mug. i
yeah mine is a 16 oz mug. i used to drink two full mugs daily but have actually cuz back quite a bit.
Cut back??
Cut back?? :jawdrop:
lol yup but not intentionally
lol yup but not intentionally or consciously. more often than not my body has just been craving the h3ll out of some icewater. i always drink a lot of water during the day anyway, but when i walk back to the kitchen to grab breakfast it's like "mmmmmmmmmmm ice...."
but i'm no coffee slouch, i started drinking it daily at school when i was in eighth grade
My blood type is khavi.
My blood type is khavi.
I love my Keurig. I don't
I love my Keurig. I don't like overly strong coffee but it's gotta be strong with a bit of milk and 2 sugars
I continue to drink 1-2 cups a day during pregnancy because I really don't think I could get up and start work without it! Plus, being pregnant has been making me SO tired lately so by 1-2 pm I have to have that second cup to make it until 5.
So bedtime is at 5pm?
So bedtime is at 5pm?
Good old Maxwell House, cream
Good old Maxwell House, cream no sugar.
I didn't start drinking
I didn't start drinking coffee until I was thirty. DH got me hooked.
I like it black and STRONG. I used to say, "I use coffee as a drug. I don't want it to taste good, i want it to work!"
We like blonde and chickory coffee best, adding espresso if an extra boost is needed.
Exjulie, I'd probably need
Exjulie, I'd probably need 1/2 a pound of blonde roast for one mug of coffee!!
Half-and-half?? ~sob~ My DH
Half-and-half?? ~sob~
My DH drinks black coffee at work, but he drinks it with sugar and creamer at home.
Shamefully, I only like the
Shamefully, I only like the fancy frozen latte styles. Really nothing more than a caffeinated kiddie drink.
I never picked up the coffee or tea habit.
ESMOD, I like the occasional
ESMOD, I like the occasional "foo-foo" coffee. I consider it akin to dessert!
whole bean coffee ground in a
whole bean coffee ground in a burr grinder, run through my Italian coffee maker with a touch of half and half. LOTS of it
LOTS of coffee? Or lots of
LOTS of coffee? Or lots of half and half??
I used to drink Café
I used to drink Café Francais!! My DH occasionally uses it like creamer.
i used to drink the french
i used to drink the french vanilla back when i was young and single and freshly launched. their chai latte is yummy also!!!
I drank Amaretto Café, Kahlua
I drank Amaretto Café, Kahlua Café, and Dutch Chocolate Mint. Ah, the good ol' days!!
That's what I started with
That's what I started with when I first drank "coffee" - you could make as much as you wanted with a kettle in the dorm room.
coffeeee mmmmmm GErman back
coffeeee mmmmmm GErman back ground, take my coffee black and strong...
if the spoon is not standing up straight in the brew - it's not strong enough, I use to drink about 14 cups a day, now I'm down to 5 a day...
SO doe snot drink coffee lol and my mum says she can have one coffee at my house and drink water for 3 days to have her fill off coffee... I make it that strong, either you drink it or you don't get coffee....
SO doe snot, huh? lol
SO doe snot, huh? lol
due to my long nails I did
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due to my long nails I did not pick that up hehehehehe
SO does not do snot, aniki.... he produces something like snot from his elephant nose