Author Topic: I Love Coffee (Read 1897 times)

WineMan · « **Reply #15 on:** May 20, 2003, 03:52:22 PM »

One time, working the late shift as a dispatcher for a bus company as my college job, my roomate graciously offered to bring me a mocha to help keep me awake. She always did nice things like that for me. This time, though, about one half hour after I finished it, she asked me if I was feeling okay. I said, "No that you mention it, I do feel a little strange..." Turns out she ordered my mocha with four extra espresso shots!!

I still haven't rid myself of that damned annoying twitch in my right hand....

Scootter · « **Reply #16 on:** May 20, 2003, 03:54:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Coffee is my life's blood. I can't live without it.

When I was an undergraduate, one of my more wordly and caring professors attempted to persuade me to give up coffee because of the horrible, near-slavery working conditions under which coffee bean pickers operate.

I told him my daily coffee fix was worth enslaving people.

-- Todd/Leviathn

There is a bit of blood in my coffee system, I drink about 1.5 to 2 pots a day.

I agree that there is things worth fighting for, coffee is one. If anyone want to take over Costa Rica to start growing tea on the coffee farms, I am going to be the first to fight for the Tico's, and I will fight into the late hours of the night, just watch.

I LOVE the damn stuff ... nice and black and steaming...ahhh... got to go now coffee break .......ahhh yes then a smoke

Sabre · « **Reply #17 on:** May 20, 2003, 04:01:23 PM »

To paraphrase a line from Frank Herbert's "Dune"...

"By coffee alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the bean of java that the thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the teeth acquire stains. By coffee alone do I set my mind in motion."

Sabre

LePaul · « **Reply #18 on:** May 20, 2003, 04:06:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Sabre
To paraphrase a line from Frank Herbert's "Dune"...

"By coffee alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the bean of java that the thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the teeth acquire stains. By coffee alone do I set my mind in motion."

Sabre

Whoa, someone pushed the barrier and needs a lil decaf now...

midnight Target · « **Reply #19 on:** May 20, 2003, 04:07:35 PM »

Started loving coffee as a poor college student when I discovered that refills were free!

hawk220 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 20, 2003, 04:08:30 PM »

mmmmmmm coffee.. used to be my #1 vice.. easily a couple pots a day of the stuff.. fancy-assed Seattle coffee.. cheapo gas station coffee, whatever.. its all good.. then the kidneys went south and I can only drink 3 cups of TOTAL FLUID a day.. its hell.

MrBill · « **Reply #21 on:** May 20, 2003, 04:22:26 PM »

well there's coffee and then there's

Coffee:
Fill a 5 quart pot with 4 quarts of water throw in the shells of the four eggs that you will have for breakfast and bring it to a rolling boil. Poor in two cups hand ground medium roast beans and a half cup of chicory. Bring back to a simmer and and enjoy the smells that fill the kitchen while you finish breakfast. When nothing is floating, 30 minutes is about right, smirk at the cream and sugar, dip your cup and enjoy. If your a wuss strain it. If it takes more than one pot to get you through the day simmer it longer.

-ammo- · « **Reply #22 on:** May 20, 2003, 05:01:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Coffee is my life's blood. I can't live without it.

When I was an undergraduate, one of my more wordly and caring professors attempted to persuade me to give up coffee because of the horrible, near-slavery working conditions under which coffee bean pickers operate.

I told him my daily coffee fix was worth enslaving people.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Thats why I cant stand UNC:D

Coffee is great, I drink wayyy too much of it all throughout the day.

OIO · « **Reply #23 on:** May 20, 2003, 05:09:15 PM »

Boxboy, try cold coffee.

I dont mean "frappe" or "latte" or any other crap like that you gringos market

Just make the coffee, 50% coffee 50% milk, 2 soupspoons of sugar and put it in the fridge.

I've found all my friends that hated coffee hated it because they would take it warm/hot or lukewarm (bleagh!) , but when cold its a very refreshing drink.

Now for my community service announcement: Buy Colombian Coffee .

Greese · « **Reply #24 on:** May 20, 2003, 06:01:39 PM »

I used to go to a coffee shop in Clackamas somewhere which served up what amounted to a 32 ounce cup filled with nothing but strait shots of espresso. It took a while for them to brew that much espresso, but man, what a rush. I ordered it a couple times, and both times I went through "phases". Start off nice and jittery, kind rushed. Typical caffeine effect. Then a sort of panic set in. It felt like I was going to die. My emotions would be all jacked up. It would get really scary, then I would end up in a real calm mood, not really able to think straight, but at the same time, not panicky or jittery anymore. I would be like that the rest of the day. Sort of in a poetry mood.

Drink itself cost about 13 bucks (as I recall, it's been about 5 or 6 years). Definetely would do it again If I found a place that served it around where I live now.

vorticon · « **Reply #25 on:** May 20, 2003, 06:08:04 PM »

coffee and tea are good but ber and whiskey are better

midnight Target · « **Reply #26 on:** May 20, 2003, 06:10:15 PM »

My Italian Grandfather never drank coffee without pouring a dab of whiskey in the cup.

Saintaw · « **Reply #27 on:** May 20, 2003, 06:17:32 PM »

Blue Mountain. Not that I can afford it everyday, mind you

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #28 on:** May 20, 2003, 08:15:37 PM »

Maybe you should give Kopi Luwak a shot. It's a full-bodied coffee experience with a hint of chocolate that's a taste bud treat. If it sounds like a tempting alternative, then you will probably want to start saving your pennies - this coffee's gonna cost you a bit.

Kopi Luwak goes through a pretty unique harvesting process that drives the cost of these beans through the roof. Coffee beans are actually the seed of a cherry-like fruit grown on islands like Java and Sumatra. An animal, much like the raccoon, called a Palm Civet, lives on these islands amongst the coffee trees. It is in these coffee plantations that the Palm Civet helps itself to the ripest cherries on the trees. Only the fruit gets digested and the Palm Civet later poops out the beans.

Plantation owners salvage the beans from the cat's feces. Only about 500 lbs (227 kg) of this tasty coffee is harvested each year, which means you're going to be paying an arm and a leg for a sip. A pound of this delicacy goes for as much as $300 US.

XNachoX · « **Reply #29 on:** May 20, 2003, 08:34:06 PM »

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Originally posted by vorticon
coffee and tea are good but ber and whiskey are better

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