I bet that I could make you an espresso or cappucino that you would not need milk or sugar in the the former, or sugar in the latter. It depends on the quality of the beans, the roasting (I use a brand that's espresso roasted), and the extraction.
Tea...Earl Grey...Hot
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I bet that I could make you an espresso or cappucino that you would not need milk or sugar in the the former, or sugar in the latter. It depends on the quality of the beans, the roasting (I use a brand that's espresso roasted), and the extraction.
Perhaps. The last coffee I tried was bagged Dunken Donuts variety. It smelled good but tasted like poo.
Dunken Donuts coffee is an acquired taste. It has a cardboard taste that takes some getting use to. BTW, I'm not only a coffee lover, but also a lover of tea, Earl Gray, hot.
The only places to get really good coffee are little independent cafes, not big chains. Oh., yeah, and not drink that filtered stuff, drink proper Italian style coffees. I'm very particular about my coffee. It doesn't matter how good the food is at a cafe/restaurant, if the coffee is not to my taste, I don't go back.
I've noticed a trend. When I'm out and about in public not working, I drink Starbucks (or Seattle's Best, a Starbucks Subsidiary). When I'm at work, I drink Coffee, Black. When I'm at home or leaving my house in the morning with a hot drink, I prefer Tea.
The interesting thing is that I don't get black coffee from Starbucks. I don't sweeten my coffee at work. The only place I desire tea is at home... so really it's all about circumstance, and which beverage sets the propery mood.
As for folks talking about coffee being bitter, I think that burnt or not, it is bitter and that is part of its charm. That is, after all, what makes coffee a refined taste. Unlike beverages such as heavily sweetened junk food drinks, Coffee (and to a certain degree tea as well) are an acquired taste.
The interesting thing is that I don't get black coffee from Starbucks. I don't sweeten my coffee at work. The only place I desire tea is at home... so really it's all about circumstance, and which beverage sets the propery mood.
As for folks talking about coffee being bitter, I think that burnt or not, it is bitter and that is part of its charm. That is, after all, what makes coffee a refined taste. Unlike beverages such as heavily sweetened junk food drinks, Coffee (and to a certain degree tea as well) are an acquired taste.
Even when it's not bitter, I just don't like it, and the reason, I have decided, is because I just don't like the taste of coffee. These things happen. I don't even like coffee ice cream, which isn't bitter at all but tastes like, yes, coffee. I don't even like tiramisu, if you can taste the coffee in it, and you can't get many things that have been flavored with coffee to taste less like coffee than tiramisu. So my conclusion: There is nothing that tastes even faintly like coffee that I'm going to like. Tolerate, maybe, but like? Nope. It is just not pleasing to my palate.
And absurd it was. For a time, the crew refused to get up in the morning, and then flyers began to show up professing that "A Day Without Earl Grey is A Day Not Worth Getting Up For." After negotiations, it was decided that Stash would be programmed in for the crew, and Bigelow for Captain Picard.
"Tea...Earl Grey...Hot." A cup of tea appears. Picard takes a sip and instantly flings the cup to the floor. Through red, swollen lips he says, "Not THAT hot!" He rolls on the deck groaning and holding his mouth.
Troi steps over to him, "I sense that you are in pain, Captain," she says.
"I sense that you are an irritating Bi...." starts Picard before getting control of himself. "Troi, from now on, you are promoted to my tea taster."
After this promotion, Troi had the Bynars program the food synthesizers to interpret the "Hot" of "Tea...Earl Grey...Hot" as 168 degrees. How it got to 168 degrees fahrenheit is another story.
Troi steps over to him, "I sense that you are in pain, Captain," she says.
"I sense that you are an irritating Bi...." starts Picard before getting control of himself. "Troi, from now on, you are promoted to my tea taster."
After this promotion, Troi had the Bynars program the food synthesizers to interpret the "Hot" of "Tea...Earl Grey...Hot" as 168 degrees. How it got to 168 degrees fahrenheit is another story.
I thought it was in this thread that someone mentioned how nice Darjeeling tea is, but apparently not.
In any case, since seeing that, I've started drinking Darjeeling tea, and it is very tasty. Alas, this comes at the detriment of my Earl Grey tea consumption.
In any case, since seeing that, I've started drinking Darjeeling tea, and it is very tasty. Alas, this comes at the detriment of my Earl Grey tea consumption.
Tea...Darjeeling...Hot. No. Just won't do.
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