How do you like your coffee, DL?

Black.

A couple of mugs with cream and sugar in the morning. I rarely drink any after that.

Kicking Horse or Lavazza black. Better quality coffee doesn't need anything added to it.

What a fascinating thread!

I don't know why drinking coffee with cream never took off in the UK like it did in the US. I just have semi-skimmed milk and a teaspoon of either sugar or a flavoured syrup in mine at home.

You could never do a scene like that now. Or Blazing Saddles. People get offended at the drop of a hate. Outrage society.

One (maybe two...) cups in the morning, made with Breville Espresso Machine. Lots of teamed 2% milk. 1 sugar cane sugar cube.

Strong and black, like my presidents.

Cream

I drink two or three cups everyday. Usually cappuccino with thick thick froth and a pinch of cinnamon, sometimes I'll pour some Baileys.

Black with Sweet & Low. Two cups every morning. I used to use a French press until I read that the oils and the sludge that falls to the bottom of the cup is harmful to your health. So I switched to an Aeropress coffee maker. Simple, easy cleanup, and makes a very tasty cup of coffee.

R10 Baileys with coffee is lovely.

Black like my hard hard heart.

Black, like the poster above said - I want to *taste* the actual coffee. If I wanted "hot chocolate", I'd make that instead. Cream and sugar in coffee has always been a head scratcher for me...It's how our parents used to flavor it when we were little and curious about what the grown ups were drinking with dessert.

A drop of half and half, but just a tiny drop because l want it searing hot like Miranda Priestly.

I love cafe style ground coffee that I can use in a plunger. I also like Nespresso coffee pods, usually Italian coffee Nespresso pods.

Oh, I use a lot milk frother too but not dairy milk, plant based milks.

Black, like my men.

Do we know whatever came of this child actress? And also the child actor who had scenes in the cockpit with Peter Graves & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

She's head barista at Starbucks, naturally. Requests for milk or cream are scorned.

I don't use pods at home but I've tried them at work and in hotel rooms. The plain black, unflavored coffee tastes off, regardless of which blend I select. Does anyone who uses pods regularly think the taste is preferable to other coffee delivery methods?

Honey and Coconut creamer

I drink two pots of black coffee every day. I sit, smoke, and watch Fox News all day.

i add a packet of equal and a little bit of cream. i'm a diabetic so i can't do sugar

With milk if I'm having it for breakfast or it's not that great, black if I'm having it later in the day and it's good stuff.

One Keurog cup a day, 2/3 coffee & 1/3 1% milk, one tsp of sugar. I used to do 3 tsp plus creamer X 3 cups a day, yikes!

Dairy 1/2 and 1/2, no sugars or sweeteners. NEVER that fake Creamora shit, only dairy will do.

I like my black coffee lightened up with milk (not cream).

It's passable.

R22 = frauffee

[bold]Black , with cream , with cream and sugar, with just sugar, with what exactly?[/bold]

1st cup: with heavy cream and Vit D3+Magnesium+Omega-3

2nd cup: black, or cinnamon, or cinnamon and clove

No sugar, no xylitol, no erythritol, no agave syrup, no sweetener period.

[bold]Where do you like to drink it?[/bold]

Right now, in my residence. The pandemic saved me $800/year in 'foofy' coffees and baked goods and tips and 100 hours of crossword and pencil puzzle solving. In olden times, at a counter in conversation with fellow coffeehouse regulars.

[bold]When do you like to drink it? Mornings only in order to wake up?[/bold]

Yes. Coffee is my go juice.

[bold]Do you enjoy coffee shops?[/bold]

I do. The ones that let fully vaccinated people up-to-date on their shots in to enjoy their coffees without staining their fabric mouth-covers. I wish there were coffee bars where one could walk up to an order window facing the sidewalk where I am. I would happily patronize those establishments.

I also, on occasion, prepare Turkish coffee for myself, with either cardamom powder or orange flower water.

The only time I have coffee is when I go out to eat for dinner.

Decaf, with 3 sugars and 2 half-and-half.

Light with half and half, no sugar. I loathe it with plain milk and will go without if milk is the only option.

One cup, if that, per day. I drink herbal teas quite often now.

I work remote, so drink it at my desk.

Have only been to drive thru coffee places since Spring of 2020, and that's okay. Never was big on a coffee run every day.

I worked in a small town coffee/ice cream shop when I was in high school. It had morning regulars who annoyed the shit out of me then, but I now see what a cool thing it was to have a place to hang. This was in the 80s way before Starbucks everywhere was a thing.

Black if I make it at home or with cream if I go out for breakfast.

Black and lukewarm at night before work.

I have cut down to 2 very large mugs a day (from 4 or 5). My favorite brand is cafe bustello. My favorite way to have it is with peppermint mocha non dairy creamer but that's ridiculous so my usual coffee is with a splash of half and half and a quarter teaspoon of sugar.

If I am really feeling like enabling my ridiculousness I will add half and half and a splash of torani syrup, usually salted caramel or mint chocolate.

Bialetti 6-cup moka pot (the cup sizes are for demitasse). Pre-ground light- or medium-roast coffee. Half 'n' half and cane sugar. Two pots (two mugs).

Not at all, OP.

I'm allergic to coffee. I drink tea. I don't care for dairy in tea, other than Chai. I do like lemon in it, though.

R30, orange flower water? Do tell.

Adding I blend regular and decaf for 50/50 "lo-caf" effect.

Black no sugar or sweetener of any kind since 1972, my freshman year of college.

I take 200 mg of caffeine two or three times a day with seltzer water. I don't like the taste of coffee.

With a dash of non-dairy Country Creamer and 3/4 teaspoon sugar in a heavy, masculine old-diner mug.

Usually black, old school filter/drip. If I feel the need to add something to it, half & half. Milk is fine for tea, but it's too watery for coffee. I feel pretty shit if I can't get it in the morning. Four cups a day is the usual. I try not to drink it too late but I'm not always good about keeping to that.

Strong and Brazilian, like my men. (3 Corações, the go-to coffee for Brazilians, black, two spoons of sugar. Nothing better.)

Black, like Muriel's soul.

22 oz. mug of black, dark roast in the morning. First thing I do after letting the dogs out and sitting their food bowls down.

Black double Americano when I reach my office (and cappuccino machine).

The *only* time I put creamer in my coffee is when it is bad. Like my grandma's percolated sludge.

Thank you for asking. I take my coffee as an enema.

OMG. R48 Me, too!

I hate those pods, too much packaging, bad for the environment.

strong and black

During my favorite time of day, NIGHT! I love curling up with a rich cup of coffee. You think coffee and sleep don't mix? They do if it's HIGHPOINT!

Hazelnut creamer!

In the summer, though, I make an iced mocha.

Iced with milk. Yes, I’m from the northeast.

R54: Cafe Vienna and a warm bath are the perfect icebreakers for when you need to talk to the mailman.

Peets K-cups, dark roast, with 1 teaspoon of sugar and a good splash of cream.

I used to drink 2-3 large cups a day, but 1-2 medium cups is usually all I need now.

Four shots of espresso with oat milk

Thirty years ago I was at a dinner party hosted by an eldergay. Many of his best dishes were depression era. His go-to dessert in summer was a large scoop of vanilla ice cream sprinkled with a spoonful of fresh ground coffee. It's delicious if you like the taste of coffee, as I do.

Skinny and submissive, just like I like my men.

Oh, wait...

Folger's crystals. Hot, black and strong.

In the morning, at 8:34, with Elizabeth, a beaker and hopefully that dishy vicar

[quote] a large scoop of vanilla ice cream sprinkled with a spoonful of fresh ground coffee.

Wait R59 - so like a spoonful of hot (cold?) coffee, as in the liquid you'd otherwise drink, over the ice cream or he'd sprinkle the actual coffee grinds on the ice cream?

I'd do that with instant coffee, not ground coffee.

OP- BLM and the Children's Welfare groups would ARREST the producers of that movie for such UNWOKE dialogue- if a movie like that was made today.

R63, he would use a spoonful of fresh ground coffee, dry, not brewed. But after reading R64, I'm wondering it indeed it was instant coffee he had used.

I used to drink 3-4 cups of black coffee a day, but having developed blood pressure issues this year, I've cut it down to 1. But, I do miss the taste of a good cup of coffee throughout the day. Can anybody recommend a good decaf that doesn't taste like weak brown water?

Is there an agreed upon definition of black coffee? I always thought it meant nothing in it. Period. But some of you seem to think sugar in your coffee is still "black coffee".

Green Mountain Dark Magic K-cup with nothing added. Two or three cups every morning.

I like my coffee that's bursting with Flav-vuh!

Half & half, Splenda.

It only took 20 years to figure it out, but I like my coffee best as Cafe au lait—equal parts coffee and milk (in my case, oat milk). At Starbucks it’s called a misto

The way I like my DL threads with dark, bitter roasts.

Black. Two per day. One in the early morning to help me become human again, and one in the early evening.

We drink coffee after dinner exclusively, neither of us like caffeine when we wake up. Generally we brew a strong medium roast and I only add a small splash of dairy to mine, but my partner really likes adding both cream and some Torani syrup Irish Cream flavoring.

Years ago we went to an Olive Garden with relatives and their coffee was really good so we bought some already ground (it didn't come in whole bean) and that was the only coffee I ever liked straight black.

Right now we're going through a few bags of Starbucks Holiday Blend (the only Starbucks anything we ever buy) but also have Lavazza espresso roast and some Lavazza Dek decaf (which you might like, r67, it's strong and a pretty decent flavor), plus a few bags of Cafe Bustelo.

In the summer, we have Greek Nescafe iced coffees.

R67 I like the Whole Foods instant decaffeinated coffee .

I'm afraid not to drink her brand of coffee now, assuming it's still available. What a commanding general Lauren Bacall makes.

The chocolate covered coffee beans will give you a giant buzz

The lil girl was obviously referring to slavery. Jesus, the 70s were racist.

I drink 2 mugs in the mornings made with a good old fashion driping machine. It says 6 cups but funky that, I ain't got no time for dainty cups.

Also I get my coffee at a specialist store. costs a lot but I usually don't splurge on clothing or house things so I treat myself.

I don't like coffee. I only like carmel latte, that way I don't taste the coffee, lol. And before you ask, yes I am an adult. I'm even getting old. I'm a Millennial, turning 35 next year. I have just never liked coffee. Can't really explain it.

If it's good coffee (and no, Starbucks is not good coffee), then a little bit sugar.

If it's just any old coffee, cream and sugar. This includes Starbucks and most other coffee-to-go, drip machines, and all the automatic cup machines.

I like my coffee the same way I like my men.

Ground up and boiled in a pot of water.

Having grown up in a world of Starbucks, I had never had instant coffee until I was an adult. Truthfully, Folgers and MC aren’t so bad if you don’t want that much caffeine

I drink brewed coffee and instant and at times I can't really tell the difference . I didn't know Alex Forrest was on this board.

I LOVE coffee!

Starbucks is my favorite and I have an iced low-calorie, no fat hazel-caramel Frappuccino every morning. I insist on having the whipped cream whipped and a dash of chocolate and cinnamon in my drink.

I just cannot without my coffee.

When the better-than-Sanka coffee first came out in the 1970s, R84, people would add the "crystals" until the cup stained on the outside part of it. College kids would eat it by the tablespoon for that "up all night" boost.

"Don't want that much caffeine," indeed.

[Quote] Starbucks is my favorite and I have an iced low-calorie, no fat hazel-caramel Frappuccino every morning. I insist on having the whipped cream whipped and a dash of chocolate and cinnamon in my drink. I just cannot without my coffee.

That seems like a high calorie candy with a touch of coffee

[quote]That seems like a high calorie candy with a touch of coffee

i think r86 is riffing on the fraus, like Linda from accounting.

[quote] Can anybody recommend a good decaf that doesn't taste like weak brown water?

R67, try Starbucks Sumatra decaf, whole bean. IMO, delicious. You won't even think of it as decaf.

Now THAT'S a motherfucking commercial, r70! Give me one of those dames for some hardcore ad slingin' -- whether it's coffee or Chevrolets or Crisco, they'll sell the shit out of your product and then snatch that paycheck on their way out the door. Perfection.

[quote] I just cannot without my coffee.

Cannot what? You left a word out.

Sorry to bump a basically dead thread, but r67, I wanted to mention that if you like iced coffee in the summer, the decaf Greek instant Nescafe is really really good. You put some in a little cool water and shake it up and it foams, then you add ice and milk or cream if you want, or just more water. It's delicious. If you're near a shop that sells it, I recommend it. The caffeinated tastes better (true of all coffees) but the decaf doesn't taste like decaf at all.

Milk, sweetener and lots of caffeine. It's hot tonic to wake me up while I begin work so that I don't fall asleep. It's not there especially to enjoy or to dissect the flavour.

A large mug of strong coffee with a good deal of half and half in the morning as soon as I get up. Perhaps a slightly less strong mug midday (which I never finish) or strong cup of tea (made in the pot with leaves) in which case I add Splenda to the half and half .

Do not understand sugar in coffee, it is sickening to me.

When out I have a cafe au lait exclusively. Apparently I really enjoy milk with my coffee.

An observation I volunteered one time providing lunch at a halfway house in NYC for poorc recovering addicts. To a man they all wanted several scoops of sugar in their coffee. Is this an addict thing.

They also took the decorations from the table. I surmised two things from this: One: They had very little so they lived in a world where you grabbed what you could and Two: Community life was impossible under such circumstances.

Wanting sugar means you are fucking narcissistic. Doncha know that, cunt? Who fucking cares.

If you need to have tons of sugar and milk in your coffee, you don’t really like coffee

When ordering at a restaurant, I like it black. However, I've been using a French press at home and use half and half to help obscure the graininess.

Funny you should ask. We bought a Nespresso Lattissima Pro for each other and it arrived yesterday. We had our first cup this morning. I had a latte macchiato. Excellent.

Black usually. At home, in the morning, 2 cups max.

I've never understood drinking a highly caffeinated drink to "relax." I drink it to wake up/perk up.

With non-fat/skim milk and a couple of splenda...and HOT

Nescafe instant decaf with milk & sugar for me, Nescafe seems to make the best instant coffee, its even better and stronger in Europe.

I purchased Nescafe instant latte packets from amazon.com, they shipped them from the UK, and they were good.