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Life changes

I have an announcement...

I have decided to start drinking my coffee black.

Hey, it's a big change for me. Verdict so far: it helps to have really good coffee, as opposed to months-old pre-ground store brand.

Update: oh, and sugar -- gotta have sugar. Just two spoons per cup. I'll start cutting down on that next.

Posted on October 23, 2007 11:03 AM | Permalink

Comments (14)

Luther McLeod

I drink instant at home before work... no time/too lazy to brew... with cream and sugar. At work, with fairly decent coffee... black. But two spoons of sugar.... wow.

Posted by Luther McLeod | October 23, 2007 11:28 AM

Posted on October 23, 2007 11:28

Jeffro

I'm not much of a coffee drinker, but when I do - straight black, with nothing added. Latte and fancy schmancy Starbucks stuff - not so much.

I guess it shows just how plebian I really am, but Mickey D's brews a pretty decent cup.

Posted by Jeffro | October 23, 2007 11:57 AM

Posted on October 23, 2007 11:57

Andrea Harris

Well, when I say "cup," I generally mean a 10-ounce mug.

Posted by Andrea Harris | October 23, 2007 1:31 PM

Posted on October 23, 2007 13:31

McGehee

It's been a long time since I drank much coffee as a habit -- moving from the subarctic to the subtropics will tend to put you off hot beverages -- but I'd say 98% of the time I drank it black, no cream no sugar. And we're talking usually convenience-store coffee.

Once in a while I'd grab a flavored CoffeeMate thing just for a change-up, but just one of those in any decent-sized cup barely made any difference that I could taste -- probably because my taste buds had been corroded by weeks of c-store coffee with nothing added..

Posted by McGehee | October 23, 2007 4:35 PM

Posted on October 23, 2007 16:35

Andrea Harris

The subtropics put you off hot beverages? That sound you hear is the collective confusion of everyone where coffee grows.

Posted by Andrea Harris | October 23, 2007 4:41 PM

Posted on October 23, 2007 16:41

John Weidner

But my question is, why? Where there is coffee there is life. Even in the sub-tropics. Surely such a change must indicate some seismic shift in philosophy or world-view? It's almost like changing ones name.

Posted by John Weidner | October 23, 2007 9:00 PM

Posted on October 23, 2007 21:00

Andrea Harris

It just occurred to me that many Americans don't drink coffee because they like it -- they drink it to keep warm. That's also why American coffee tends to be so lousy in most of the country. I come from Miami so I've been spoiled -- Cuban coffee shops are on almost every street, and a lot of them are open twenty-four hours. Then I moved to Orlando, and encountered grown people who don't drink coffee. It was like moving to another planet.

Think of it -- it has to be true. In places with true coffee culture (South Florida, all the coffee-growing nations) coffee is always drunk piping hot. Iced coffee is an American phenomenon.

Posted by Andrea Harris | October 23, 2007 9:18 PM

Posted on October 23, 2007 21:18

prairiecat

I once thought I'd do the same thing, Andrea...seems so many of my friends were limiting their coffee intake in some way for various reasons. Once I 'analyzed' how I drink coffee, though, I stayed with the same old plan. Two cups, maybe 3 - or a convenience-store-bought insulated mug - in the morning with plenty of sugar. In the evening I usually stick with tea with sugar, & if I have coffee later in the day it's with creamer, sugar & cinnamon. More of a 'treat' then, I guess.

And yes, black coffee for me works much better with GOOD coffee.

Posted by prairiecat | October 23, 2007 9:18 PM

Posted on October 23, 2007 21:18

Andrea Harris

I just think the milk is irritating me.

Posted by Andrea Harris | October 23, 2007 9:37 PM

Posted on October 23, 2007 21:37

McGehee

It just occurred to me that many Americans don't drink coffee because they like it -- they drink it to keep warm.

I like the smell of coffee, and on a cold morning a hot cup of even mediocre coffee is like heaven. But I don't drink coffee when it's warm for the same reason I wouldn't eat a popsicle while going out to the mailbox in Fairbanks in January.

Posted by McGehee | October 24, 2007 6:42 PM

Posted on October 24, 2007 18:42

Andrea Harris

Thousands of Cuban-Americans standing outside in the hot Miami sun drinking tiny cup after tiny cup of hot cafe cubano don't understand you.

Posted by Andrea Harris | October 24, 2007 10:20 PM

Posted on October 24, 2007 22:20

McGehee

Dozens of Eskimos standing around in Barrow, Alaska eating popsicles in a blizzard though -- they understand.

Posted by McGehee | October 26, 2007 5:01 PM

Posted on October 26, 2007 17:01

Sean McCormick

Black? Ptooey. Take instant coffee crystals, melt them in a spoon with your lighter, and then inject them directly into a vein.

It's the G.I. Joe of caffeine fixes.

Posted by Sean McCormick | October 26, 2007 9:38 PM

Posted on October 26, 2007 21:38

Keith

I gave up drinking coffee with milk when living in remote areas of Australia. We were often cut off for months at a time and if anything was going to be air-dropped milk certainly wasn't a priority. (beer and cigarettes were).
Average around fifteen mugs of coffee a day, three spoons of sugar. That and a cigarette or two covers the major food groups.

Posted by Keith | October 29, 2007 1:48 AM

Posted on October 29, 2007 01:48

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