Coffee: Good or Evil? - Page 4

Carbonated_Brains · 07-26-2004, 03:47 PM

And those are demitasse cups, you uncultured swine! ;-)

ladysycamore · 07-26-2004, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

Starbucks is the spawn of satan. They still get firebombed and vandalised over here on occasion, good.

Whoa, you mean you are in favor of businesses getting firebombed and people possibly getting hurt/killed?????

Kitsune · 07-26-2004, 03:54 PM

I've had someone push "real" coffee on me before: I was handed a styrofoam cup full of what appear to be decade-old 30W motor oil that had been heated.

"It's Cuban coffee. You'll like it."
"Cuban, huh? Let me get some crea--"
"No, no! Cubans do not drink it with cream or sugar. Drink up, my friend."

And so I downed the thick brew moments before the cup disintegrated from the caustic liquid. It quickly found my stomach and ate a hole straight through the lining. Holy hell, that stuff was lethal.

Those poor cubans -- we need to air-lift them some half-n-half right away!

Carbonated_Brains · 07-26-2004, 03:56 PM

If you can't stick a fork in and half it stand straight up, it isn't coffee.

jaguar · 07-26-2004, 03:59 PM

Go to Italy, find a good cafe, there are many staffed by people that train for literally years on how to make a good cup of coffee, gague the quality of beans, roast them perfectly, grinding consistancy, water tempreature....I'm not kidding, it's a goddamn art. As for the dainty cups, a real expresso has the same caffeine content as a full mug of coffee in 1/10th of the volume, two of those and you're wired for hours. I prefer a full mug, black and sugarless myself - mostly just you can sip on it for longer but when you're in a hurry it's a great hit.

ladysyc - the only reason someone would be there at 3 in the morning is robbing the place. mostly it's just graffiti or broken windows.

Kitsune · 07-26-2004, 04:04 PM

the same caffine content as a full mug of coffee in 1/10th of the volume

Now that is something I could get used to. Hook it to my veins!

jinx · 07-26-2004, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

As for the dainty cups, a real expresso has the same caffeine content as a full mug of coffee in 1/10th of the volume, two of those and you're wired for hours.

No, actually espresso has less caffeine because it brews so much faster. That's a common myth though.

jaguar · 07-26-2004, 04:40 PM

Ye gods I'm tired, I'm starting to spell phonetically.

But an espresso has a much smaller volume than drip brew.

lookout123 · 07-26-2004, 05:11 PM

best coffee i ever had in my life was in riyadh, ksa. at the british embassy. i don't know what kind it was, as the pakistani steward who always magically appeared to place a cup in my hand only smiled and never spoke. but it was awesome, so awesome that i may volunteer for another tour to go back.

i think starbucks is just overpriced sewer water, but nothing is bad as the turkish coffee. talk about making your toes curl and body parts fall off... yuck.

jaguar · 07-26-2004, 05:22 PM

Yea that turkish stuff is......unique. Hookah pipes and that apple flavoured stuff though...oh man that stuff rocks, that and a triple single malt on the rocks and I'm a happy man for the evening.

wolf · 07-27-2004, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

I love Starbucks. ...I wish I had a venti decaf soy latte right now...

That is so majorly not coffee that I can't find words to adequately express my distress! EEEEEEEEAUW. And you're the woman who convinced her husband that microwaves were evil incarnate?

russotto · 07-27-2004, 01:18 PM

I like Starbucks java chip ice cream; I think the cream balances the overroasted Starbucks taste and everything works out.

On coffee itself, I'd be a snob if I liked it enough and could stand the side effects (no, not the caffeine. The coffee odor coming from every pore, and not just pores). I like Bucks County's regular blend, and some of the Whole Foods Markets blends, but if it's from a can keep it away.

jinx · 07-27-2004, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

That is so majorly not coffee that I can't find words to adequately express my distress!

Yeah, yeah, I know... try making a decent cup of coffee with soy milk though - it's just not possible. A latte is... dessert. Plus I don't have to stand there at the couter dicking around with cream and sugar for a half an hour...

DanaC · 07-27-2004, 02:56 PM

Of course there is a cost to our morning cup of coffee

Child Labour

jaguar · 07-27-2004, 03:03 PM

That's why I buy Fair Trade.

07-26-2004, 03:59 PM	#50
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Go to Italy, find a good cafe, there are many staffed by people that train for literally years on how to make a good cup of coffee, gague the quality of beans, roast them perfectly, grinding consistancy, water tempreature....I'm not kidding, it's a goddamn art. As for the dainty cups, a real expresso has the same caffeine content as a full mug of coffee in 1/10th of the volume, two of those and you're wired for hours. I prefer a full mug, black and sugarless myself - mostly just you can sip on it for longer but when you're in a hurry it's a great hit. ladysyc - the only reason someone would be there at 3 in the morning is robbing the place. mostly it's just graffiti or broken windows. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain Last edited by jaguar; 07-26-2004 at 04:21 PM.

07-26-2004, 04:40 PM	#53
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Ye gods I'm tired, I'm starting to spell phonetically. But an espresso has a much smaller volume than drip brew. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-26-2004, 05:11 PM	#54
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	best coffee i ever had in my life was in riyadh, ksa. at the british embassy. i don't know what kind it was, as the pakistani steward who always magically appeared to place a cup in my hand only smiled and never spoke. but it was awesome, so awesome that i may volunteer for another tour to go back. i think starbucks is just overpriced sewer water, but nothing is bad as the turkish coffee. talk about making your toes curl and body parts fall off... yuck. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-26-2004, 05:22 PM	#55
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Yea that turkish stuff is......unique. Hookah pipes and that apple flavoured stuff though...oh man that stuff rocks, that and a triple single malt on the rocks and I'm a happy man for the evening. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-27-2004, 03:03 PM	#60
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	That's why I buy Fair Trade. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-26-2004, 03:47 PM	#46
Carbonated_Brains Does it show up here when I type? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Between the smoky layers of a prosciutto sandwich! Posts: 355	And those are demitasse cups, you uncultured swine! ;-)

07-26-2004, 03:54 PM	#48
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	I've had someone push "real" coffee on me before: I was handed a styrofoam cup full of what appear to be decade-old 30W motor oil that had been heated. "It's Cuban coffee. You'll like it." "Cuban, huh? Let me get some crea--" "No, no! Cubans do not drink it with cream or sugar. Drink up, my friend." And so I downed the thick brew moments before the cup disintegrated from the caustic liquid. It quickly found my stomach and ate a hole straight through the lining. Holy hell, that stuff was lethal. Those poor cubans -- we need to air-lift them some half-n-half right away!

07-26-2004, 03:56 PM	#49
Carbonated_Brains Does it show up here when I type? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Between the smoky layers of a prosciutto sandwich! Posts: 355	If you can't stick a fork in and half it stand straight up, it isn't coffee.

07-26-2004, 04:04 PM	#51
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	the same caffine content as a full mug of coffee in 1/10th of the volume Now that is something I could get used to. Hook it to my veins!

07-27-2004, 01:18 PM	#57
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	I like Starbucks java chip ice cream; I think the cream balances the overroasted Starbucks taste and everything works out. On coffee itself, I'd be a snob if I liked it enough and could stand the side effects (no, not the caffeine. The coffee odor coming from every pore, and not just pores). I like Bucks County's regular blend, and some of the Whole Foods Markets blends, but if it's from a can keep it away.

07-27-2004, 02:56 PM	#59
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Of course there is a cost to our morning cup of coffee Child Labour

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