Coffee or Tea?

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Coffee, strong, with half and half. Two Harv and Vera mugs worth every day.

No wonder you run around screaming like that. Maybe you should cut back, huh?

[Curly]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Does anyone else like cinnamon in their coffee?

Cinnamon is the only thing that I will allow in my coffee...no milk, no cream, no half and half, no chocolate, no sugar. Coffee should be served pure with nothing added (except occasionally cinnamon).

[krisk]

coffee in the morning, freshly ground fair trade, and yes! I put cinnamon in it! I have a coffee press at home and even a smaller one at work. I refuse to drink warmed over dishwater which they make here. I'm told that my coffee is STRONG! *shrug* it's good! anyway, one at home, usually one at work. along with the cinnamon I add a bit of milk and almond flavoring, not the syrup stuff, the flavoring used in baking.

I used to drink a fair amount of hot black tea, but in my late 20s or early 30s it started making me sick, as in drink a cup, and clear the hatches she's gonna blow sick!!!! just recently I have noticed that iced tea (which I love!) on an empty stomach has the same effect. I like to mix rose tea and celestial seasonings mandarin orange spice for iced tea. I like lapsang soochang and gunpowder as well. one of my favourites for summer and hard work is people's republic of tea green tea with honey lemon and ginseng. I make it super concentrated and then put it on ice.... yummmm!!!!

[WDecraene]

Coffee !! No contest at all.

Strong shots or cappuccinos depending on the time of the day

[Peverel]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Does anyone else like cinnamon in their coffee?

Not tried that but it sounds lovely - I do sometimes put a pinch of salt in mine

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Peverel

Not tried that but it sounds lovely - I do sometimes put a pinch of salt in mine

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by Peverel

Not tried that but it sounds lovely - I do sometimes put a pinch of salt in mine

In the name of all thats holy...................why???

[Peverel]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

In the name of all thats holy...................why???

Have a friend from Barbados and he does it all the time - even when making for other people. One really hot summer (obviously not a recent one lol) I just got used to it. I am told it is pretty common over there

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Peverel

Have a friend from Barbados and he does it all the time - even when making for other people. One really hot summer (obviously not a recent one lol) I just got used to it. I am told it is pretty common over there

hm, actually i can understand that... i heard that you need to make sure to eat a bit of salt when it's very hot because you lose it when you sweat. although probably there is plenty of salt just in regular food. but in a hot place like barbados, particularly if they don't use a lot of salt in cooking, perhaps they need it...

[Peverel]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hm, actually i can understand that... i heard that you need to make sure to eat a bit of salt when it's very hot because you lose it when you sweat. although probably there is plenty of salt just in regular food. but in a hot place like barbados, particularly if they don't use a lot of salt in cooking, perhaps they need it...

or my friend is a loony, which is equally possible

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Peverel

or my friend is a loony, check is equally possible

always a possibility as well.

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by Peverel

Have a friend from Barbados and he does it all the time - even when making for other people. One really hot summer (obviously not a recent one lol) I just got used to it. I am told it is pretty common over there

Okay. Isn't this wide world wonderful in its differences?

[krisk]

yeah just keep out the funky old sock from the cowboy boot. gives it a really unpleasant aftertaste.

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by Peverel

Not tried that but it sounds lovely - I do sometimes put a pinch of salt in mine

Lots of people I know, and even restaurants, shake a bit of salt in the coffee grounds before putting them in the drip coffee machine. They say it brings out the flavour.

WDE.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Lots of people I know, and even restaurants, shake a bit of salt in the coffee grounds before putting them in the drip coffee machine. They say it brings out the flavour.

WDE.

strangely, that seems quite plausible to me.

i wonder if i should try it...