Your Beverage Preferences

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Nicki, Oct 13, 2010.

  1. Wreybies

    Wreybies Thrice Retired Supporter Contributor

    Joined:
    May 1, 2008
    Messages:
    23,826
    Likes Received:
    20,818
    Location:
    El Tembloroso Caribe
    So strong they give you a fork with it, not a spoon. ;)
     
  2. Lydia

    Lydia Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2009
    Messages:
    5,919
    Likes Received:
    235
    Location:
    Somewhere out there.
    Ooh, good taste. My two favorites. ;)
     
  3. Lavarian

    Lavarian Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Mar 23, 2009
    Messages:
    4,562
    Likes Received:
    93
    Wrey knows what it's all 'bout. Listen to him, he's a wise man.
     
  4. Steerpike

    Steerpike Felis amatus Contributor

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2010
    Messages:
    13,984
    Likes Received:
    8,557
    Location:
    California, US
    Tea. Black tea. A little bit of milk and tiny bit of sugar sometimes, otherwise just the plain tea.
     
  5. Cogito

    Cogito Former Mod, Retired Supporter Contributor

    Joined:
    May 19, 2007
    Messages:
    36,161
    Likes Received:
    2,828
    Location:
    Massachusetts, USA
    But if it's so strong that when you stir it, you pull back a stump of a spoon handle, think twice before pouring it into your stomach.
     
  6. Egil1Eye

    Egil1Eye New Member

    Joined:
    Oct 12, 2010
    Messages:
    27
    Likes Received:
    3
    Location:
    Niagara Falls
    I've had coffee, once only, that when poured out caused pavement to bubble, but this was the way CN workers preferred it.:eek:

    Personally, they can keep it.
     
  7. art

    art Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2010
    Messages:
    1,153
    Likes Received:
    117
    Coffee for me. Full milk and sugar. Don't touch tea. Chocolate milkshakes. Various juices. The palate of a rotund child, basically.
     
  8. hiddennovelist

    hiddennovelist Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Feb 25, 2009
    Messages:
    10,256
    Likes Received:
    163
    Location:
    Arizona
    I like both, but I drink coffee far more frequently. Iced coffee, hot coffee, frappuccinos, pumpkin spiced coffee...I don't care, I'll drink it all.

    For tea, I usually stick with some kind of chai latte or peppermint.
     
  9. Annûniel

    Annûniel Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Oct 25, 2008
    Messages:
    563
    Likes Received:
    32
    Location:
    Ye Old Dominion, USA
    Bleh, coffee.

    Much more of a tea person. :)
     
  10. Lavarian

    Lavarian Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Mar 23, 2009
    Messages:
    4,562
    Likes Received:
    93
    Out.
     
  11. hiddennovelist

    hiddennovelist Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Feb 25, 2009
    Messages:
    10,256
    Likes Received:
    163
    Location:
    Arizona
    FYI, Rob, I think of you every time I put sugar in my coffee. Just so you know.
     
  12. Lavarian

    Lavarian Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Mar 23, 2009
    Messages:
    4,562
    Likes Received:
    93
    Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
    Coffee seems like an odd metaphor for that.

    Regardless, I'm flattered.
     
  13. mammamaia

    mammamaia nit-picker-in-chief Contributor

    Joined:
    Nov 21, 2006
    Messages:
    19,150
    Likes Received:
    1,034
    Location:
    Coquille, Oregon
    de-caf green tea every am with breakfast...

    in my old life, i'd sometimes have coffee after a meal in a good restaurant... espresso or cappuccino, that is... only rarely would i have partaken of an ordinary cup o' joe...
     
  14. Trilby

    Trilby Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Jun 21, 2010
    Messages:
    2,097
    Likes Received:
    73
    Location:
    NE England
    Tea with milk, no sugar.
     
  15. Naiyn

    Naiyn New Member

    Joined:
    Sep 10, 2010
    Messages:
    227
    Likes Received:
    7
    Location:
    Nebraska
    I do enjoy sipping on a good Scotch. Middle of the road stuff, hate the bottom shelf brands. I'm not rich enough to enjoy the true top of the line, but I do have standards.



    Wait a second...




    What thread did I just post in?
     
  16. KP Williams

    KP Williams Active Member

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2007
    Messages:
    606
    Likes Received:
    11
    Location:
    My place
    I'll be the first to say that I can't stand coffee or tea. But since I have yet to taste a form of coffee as appallingly disgusting as chai tea, I think I hate bean brew a little bit less.
     
  17. Taylee91

    Taylee91 Carpe Diem Contributor

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2010
    Messages:
    1,262
    Likes Received:
    75
    Location:
    The Bay State
    I'd say, for me, hot chocolate. But only some mornings.
     
  18. Annûniel

    Annûniel Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Oct 25, 2008
    Messages:
    563
    Likes Received:
    32
    Location:
    Ye Old Dominion, USA
    I take this back. Hot chocolate is the best. :D
     
  19. Taylee91

    Taylee91 Carpe Diem Contributor

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2010
    Messages:
    1,262
    Likes Received:
    75
    Location:
    The Bay State
    Uhh-huh. I like the cappucino Swiss Miss kind especially. Mmm! So foamy :p
     
  20. Annûniel

    Annûniel Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Oct 25, 2008
    Messages:
    563
    Likes Received:
    32
    Location:
    Ye Old Dominion, USA
    Hmm, I usually just take milk and put chocolate powder (Quik usually). But Swiss Miss is good too, when you don't have milk.
     
  21. Melzaar the Almighty

    Melzaar the Almighty Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2010
    Messages:
    1,789
    Likes Received:
    55
    Location:
    UK
    Oh my god, amazing hot chocolate from Millie's Cookies at Brighton station today... It's the perfect drink for waiting for a train. It takes off the edge - all the edges. The world becomes a big fluffy pink marshmallow just like the ones floating in the foam at the top of the drink...

    Stuff coffee and tea. :p Today cocoa is my friend! :D

    *Sugar high*
     
  22. Steerpike

    Steerpike Felis amatus Contributor

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2010
    Messages:
    13,984
    Likes Received:
    8,557
    Location:
    California, US
    There is some really good hot chocolate from Mexico. It comes as little wedges of actual chocolate, with some cinnamon and perhaps other seasonings added. You slowly warm up milk and put in the actual pieces of chocolate and let them melt. As they get close to melting I usually transfer the whole mixture to a blender to make a hot, frothy, chocolate drink that is perfect on a cold day.
     
  23. Melzaar the Almighty

    Melzaar the Almighty Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2010
    Messages:
    1,789
    Likes Received:
    55
    Location:
    UK
    I've had some like that - they looked like chocolate buttons, and you melted them in milk.

    Never occured to me to blend them - might be an idea. I always ended up with little globs of chocolate at the bottom.

    Obviously being in the UK, we don't get Mexican chocolate :)() but we do get Swiss and Belgian chocolate and other continental ones, which are also quite amazing and worth the extra money if you feel like treating yourself instead of just buying a jar of instant hot chocolate. :p
     
  24. Steerpike

    Steerpike Felis amatus Contributor

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2010
    Messages:
    13,984
    Likes Received:
    8,557
    Location:
    California, US
    Yeah, European chocolate is great. As a kid, I lived in Holland for a while, and the quality of chocolate there was considerably different than what you could readily get in the U.S. Now I can get European chocolate pretty easy here (or things that were hard to find before, like Maya chocolate), but I still have a hard time getting Dutch or German black licorice, which is what you HAVE to have if you're going to eat black licorice.
     
  25. Melzaar the Almighty

    Melzaar the Almighty Contributor Contributor

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2010
    Messages:
    1,789
    Likes Received:
    55
    Location:
    UK
    Mmm, liquorish...

    *realises we've gone off topic*

    I once had a milkshake from Shakeaway with liqourish blended into it. And sherbert. And lemon curd. It was the biggest mouth explosion I ever had, and I kept it in the fridge and took 2 weeks to drink it since it was so intense. :p
     

Share This Page

  1. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
    By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
    Dismiss Notice