Breakfast Foods and Coffee Thread

[Relayer1]

BEGONE! BEGONE! YOU DECAFF DEMON!!!

Having tried all manner of decent coffees of various strengths and brewing techniques, do many of you get a caffeine 'buzz' or feel more alert ?

I appear to be immune. I drink a lot of tea which also contains caffeine and I've never felt the slightest lift from it coffee. I can drink coffee strong before bed and sleep like a log, slug it when I wake up and stay groggy. Caffeine doesn't touch me.

I'm missing out...

 

[marillion]

I drink coffee to wake up at 5 AM for work, I'll take the bitterness.

Right? My brother is a fan of the pinch of salt trick, but I've never found it to work for me.... If it's bitter, I make a new pot! LOL...

Brand-wise, a couple of years I indulge in mail ordering Dazbog Coffee from Denver.... It's my absolute favorite.... Otherwise I usually buy Peets or Starbucks...

 

[cosmic mouse]

I drink coffee black, pour-over if I'm at home. If it's bitter, I just add a pinch of salt. Or I opt for cold brew, which generally has a nice, natural chocolaty flavor, and it's impossible for a chain like Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts to burn it (because they always seem to burn their normal percolated coffee).

Bam! on Starbucks burning the joe. At least it tastes burned, even if it isn't. I actually avoid both of those either because it tastes burned or it isn't strong enough (DD). Oh, heck, I'm a coffee snob. It's why I brew at home.
I'll have to try that salt trick sometime too.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

Oh, heck, I'm a coffee snob. It's why I brew at home.

I can be a bit of a coffee snob. I'm a "grind your own beans, Chemex pour-over" guy, most of the time.

 

[Santaman]

Having tried all manner of decent coffees of various strengths and brewing techniques, do many of you get a caffeine 'buzz' or feel more alert ?

I appear to be immune. I drink a lot of tea which also contains caffeine and I've never felt the slightest lift from it coffee. I can drink coffee strong before bed and sleep like a log, slug it when I wake up and stay groggy. Caffeine doesn't touch me.

I'm missing out...

I do not get a coffee buzz, I drink it for the taste mainly, like you, I can drink coffee before sleep and it doesn't have any effect..
There's coffee and coffee.. I do enjoy a well made cup..

 

[scotpens]

Having tried all manner of decent coffees of various strengths and brewing techniques, do many of you get a caffeine 'buzz' or feel more alert ?

I definitely get a caffeine buzz from coffee, but I get a quicker and stronger buzz from taking caffeine pills (No-Doz or store brand equivalent). Sometimes I just need to jump-start my brain in a hurry.

 

[UncleRogi]

I definitely get a caffeine buzz from coffee, but I get a quicker and stronger buzz from taking caffeine pills (No-Doz or store brand equivalent). Sometimes I just need to jump-start my brain in a hurry.

When I was younger, I once chased 4 No-Doze with a cup of coffee...NOT an experience I would
recommend at all.....

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I never touch the stuff. Coffee, that is. Or No-Doz.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Semi-Skimmed Milk is ~2.5% fat

In the U.S., milk that's 2% fat is called "reduced fat,"

OK, I was going to chime in and say, "in Canada... we just call it 2% milk". But then just to check, I did an image search, and was shocked to find it is actually labelled as "Partly Skimmed":

In all my years on this planet, I have never really noticed that! So I guess officially it is Partly Skimmed... but colloquially, everyone just calls it "2%" (around this part of the country, anyway). And I checked to see, and it turns out 1% is also called Partly Skimmed. So I guess you still need the 1%/2% to differentiate!

I actually buy skim milk. But as i said, I don't put it in coffee... what would be the point?

I seriously wonder why Starbucks even bothers to exist in Canada. Don't they realize Tim Hortons is better?

Believe it or not, Starbucks also has their dedicated fans up here. If we ever have a civil war, this is what it will be about...

 

[scotpens]

To me, any milk other than Whole tastes like chalky water.

After years of drinking lowfat milk, I find that whole milk is too rich for my taste. It tastes almost greasy.

Incidentally, the hooded seal produces milk with the highest fat content of any mammal. Hooded seal milk is more than 60 percent fat. I imagine drinking it would be somewhat like swallowing pure lard.

 

[MacLeod]

To me, any milk other than Whole tastes like chalky water.

Whilst whole milk is my preference I'm ok with Semi in my Tea or Coffee as for skimmed it's more like coloured water and I would rather drink my Tea or Coffee black than put that stuff in it.

 

[Marynator]

I have been off of coffee for almost 3 years now. It was really difficult the first month!

I drink a cup of decaffeinated Earl Grey every morning. On Sundays I drink the real thing and get a pleasant feeling from it. I have a routine with my cat, she will sit on my lap for a good 2 hours while I drink tea and read a book. She will actually get a bit antsy and start bugging me if I am late!

Yes, I drink Earl Grey because of Jean-Luc Picard.

 

[MacLeod]

I tend to drink more coffee in the winter than the summer. In the summer I prefer Tea esp. on the warmer days.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

To me, any milk other than Whole tastes like chalky water.

Funny: that's how I might describe the grossly over-Pasteurized swill you find in those little hermetically-sealed shelf-stable drink-boxes. Although my preferred description is "tastes more like milk of magnesia than milk of a cow."

And in the U.S., 1% used to be called "extra light" (even though the reduced fat content would make it MORE dense, not LESS) and 2% used to be called "lowfat."

I'm also rather fond of saying "No coffee today. My civet is constipated."

 

[C.E. Evans]

I generally start the day with a cup of instant coffee with just sugar. I know some may think badly of instant coffee--even to the point where they don't really consider it coffee at all--but I'm not a connoisseur and don't really drink it for the taste anyway. Teas, though, are a totally different matter and I generally have a wide variety (black, green, red, etc.) stashed in my cupboard at any given time.

 

[Smellincoffee]

I drink my coffee black and sweet. On occasion -- if I'm in a bookstore with a coffee element -- I'll take a shot of hazlenut for the different taste, but not regularly.

 

[Haido]

I’ve only started drinking coffee because my eye doctor says it would get rid of my migraines. It worked tremendously. I prefer black coffee but I tend to rely on putting liquid creamer only because I don’t like just sugar in it. I love coffee <3

 

[Australis]

SALT in coffee? Eeeewwwww....

The tiniest, tiniest pinch. As I said in a previous post, an old British Army trick. Takes that bitter edge off, but too much and,as you surmised, salty coffee. We're talking, I dunno, one or two matchheads' worth, tops.

It's 6:30 here. Couldn't sleep. Normally I have brakfast late but today it's a couple of jaffles (tasted sandwiches, cheese and green onions) and a cup of black coffee. French press, lot of sugar. It is really hitting the spot!

Brands. This one is believe it or not Lazzio medium roast, which is an Aldi-owned brand. For a lower-priced brand, it's quite nice. I'm also partial to Robert Timms Espresso and Melitta Blue Mountain. I buy ground, as I used to buy whole beans but grinding them was a pain.

For more expensive coffee, there are couple of local roasters. My latest discovery was Glee Coffe (nothing to do with the TV show), they have some of the best coffee I've ever tasted, plus do some nice nibblies to go with it. Last time I was there, nachos.
http://www.gleecoffee.com.au/

Another one is Cafe 147 IN nEWCASTLE nsw.
https://www.google.com.au/search?cl...41989!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1117!2i657!4f13.1

They sell local roasted coffee from Darks
http://www.darks.com.au/
(and you have to admire a company that has a roast called Satan's Crowbar).

 

[MacLeod]

Coffee should of course always be served hot.

 

[Australis]

Unless it's a cold brew...