Coffee: Good or Evil? - Page 10

Lady Sidhe · 09-14-2007, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

You can have my coffee when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

I second that. Coffee is the ambrosia of the gods.

It's especially good with a dash of spiced chai, or if it's black creme brulee with a squirt of apple syrup (it may sound icky, but it actually tastes like a caramel apple...don't get me wrong, though...I love coffee-flavored coffee just as much. With lots of sugar and powdered cow).

We've moved to Florida (it sucks...one big ant hill/high school USA). I work as a barista now, so I've gotten to try coffees from all over the world. I have to say, though, Jamaican Blue Mountain, which is $40/lb, didn't impress me. Haitian Bleu is excellent, though. I can even drink it black, which I normally can't do. It's very smooth. Cool Cafe Blues and Creme Brulee are nice and caramel-y.

Of course, I'll settle for Folger's Instant if necessary.

Maxwell House is crap, though. I'd rather drink tea than drink Maxwell House. Nasty, nasty, p-tooey! Bleech!

lumberjim · 09-14-2007, 08:19 PM

they have baristas at starbucks you know....

hows troubleshooter? buried in the backyard yet?

Flint · 09-15-2007, 01:51 AM

Coffee got my homework done tonight, instead of me passing out from exhaustion due to planning a first birthday party.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-15-2007, 01:29 PM

If coffee make you drinkers so energetic, why the hell can't you clean up after yourselves?
Always drips on the floor leading away from the pot. Sugar, creamer and dirty spoons all over. Brown rings and empty, or worse, almost empty, cups where they shouldn't be. Half full cups on tables, shelves, the copy machine, computer terminals or in wastebaskets, lurking like land mines.

binky · 09-15-2007, 08:56 PM

OMG without a doubt coffee is evil - on the weekends if I sleep in and my husband has a cup or two, he's giving me the stink eye until I have my tea and get my ass moving

Elspode · 09-16-2007, 12:51 AM

I cannot even begin to conceive how "coffee" and "evil" got stuck together in the same goddamn phrase.

Coffee...good.

fargon · 09-16-2007, 11:15 AM

Coffee is neither good nor evil. coffee has been my drink of choice for 30 years, why the flavor and the slight lift I get from the caffeine. I have never had a decaf that was any good. Once you figure out how to brew your coffee with out it becoming bitter you can truly enjoy the complexity, and flavor of the brew. Once I got away from home and learned how to make coffee with out scorching it I was able to research and come up with new brewing and serving methods for the wicked brew.
Oh BTW my favorite coffees come from South East Asia.

DanaC · 09-16-2007, 01:04 PM

Lady Sidhe! How've y'been? Long time no see!

wolf · 09-16-2007, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Sidhe

Of course, I'll settle for Folger's Instant if necessary.

Philistine.

bluecuracao · 09-17-2007, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by binky

OMG without a doubt coffee is evil - on the weekends if I sleep in and my husband has a cup or two, he's giving me the stink eye until I have my tea and get my ass moving

Keep your eyes shut, and you won't have to see the stink eye. :p

dar512 · 09-17-2007, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

What about all the fluoride it provides?

From here:

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Fluoride is toxic in very large quantities and can cause gastrointestinal symptoms and sometimes even death. But you'd have to ingest about 20,000 times more fluoride than what's in an 8-ounce glass of fluoridated water to see such an effect.

Happy Monkey · 09-17-2007, 04:13 PM

But remember, by the tenets of homeopathy, the less fluoride there is in the water, the more powerful it is!

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-18-2007, 02:20 AM

Hey, the active principle in a homeopathic remedy is faith.

TheMercenary · 09-21-2007, 10:15 AM

I am a coffee snob. I prefer good coffee. Not the burnt bean of a $4 Starbucks or similar brand either, but I will drink it on occassion. I want good 100% bean coffee. African coffee is good, so is some of the Indonesian beans. 100% Columbian is a must. Melita is our brand of choice for daily drinking. Illy is very good, from Italy, but to strong for a lot of people, I buy it mail order by the case. I drink 3 to 6 cups a day.

theotherguy · 09-21-2007, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Not the burnt bean of a $4 Starbucks or similar brand either, but I will drink it on occassion.

Yabbut, the Bucks burns it better than many of the other big chains.

09-14-2007, 08:19 PM	#137
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09-15-2007, 01:29 PM	#139
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If coffee make you drinkers so energetic, why the hell can't you clean up after yourselves? Always drips on the floor leading away from the pot. Sugar, creamer and dirty spoons all over. Brown rings and empty, or worse, almost empty, cups where they shouldn't be. Half full cups on tables, shelves, the copy machine, computer terminals or in wastebaskets, lurking like land mines. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-16-2007, 12:51 AM	#141
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I cannot even begin to conceive how "coffee" and "evil" got stuck together in the same goddamn phrase. Coffee...good. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-16-2007, 11:15 AM	#142
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Coffee is neither good nor evil. coffee has been my drink of choice for 30 years, why the flavor and the slight lift I get from the caffeine. I have never had a decaf that was any good. Once you figure out how to brew your coffee with out it becoming bitter you can truly enjoy the complexity, and flavor of the brew. Once I got away from home and learned how to make coffee with out scorching it I was able to research and come up with new brewing and serving methods for the wicked brew. Oh BTW my favorite coffees come from South East Asia. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

09-15-2007, 08:56 PM	#140
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	OMG without a doubt coffee is evil - on the weekends if I sleep in and my husband has a cup or two, he's giving me the stink eye until I have my tea and get my ass moving

09-16-2007, 01:04 PM	#143
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09-17-2007, 04:13 PM	#147
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09-18-2007, 02:20 AM	#148
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Hey, the active principle in a homeopathic remedy is faith.

09-21-2007, 10:15 AM	#149
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I am a coffee snob. I prefer good coffee. Not the burnt bean of a $4 Starbucks or similar brand either, but I will drink it on occassion. I want good 100% bean coffee. African coffee is good, so is some of the Indonesian beans. 100% Columbian is a must. Melita is our brand of choice for daily drinking. Illy is very good, from Italy, but to strong for a lot of people, I buy it mail order by the case. I drink 3 to 6 cups a day. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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