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Crazed Rabbit
02-12-2011, 03:55
Well?
For me, it's tea. Coffee just tastes bad. I had my first cup around age 12 and couldn't finish it. Waited a decade till my second cup and couldn't finish that either. I know adding milk, sugar, cream, small floating marshmallows, etc., could make it taste better. But I always figured; why spend time adding a bunch of stuff to mask the unpleasant base taste instead of just drinking something else?
I tried tea in college and enjoyed the milder taste. And so now when I need caffeine I just get tea.
My favorites are earl grey tea and chamomile, though I like English black tea and peppermint tea as well. I tired green tea and some other tea based on flowers and couldn't finish either of them.
So, what do Orgahs prefer?
CR
I do not like either option
Major Robert Dump
02-12-2011, 05:31
Depends on the weather and whats available. I avoid army coffee at all costs, but do like gourmet and ice coffees. Tea is always good, although for a caffiene kick I will usually opt for a cold diet pepsi.
Coffee
I drink my coffee black.
Fisherking
02-12-2011, 07:46
Coffee for me. I don’t know why but tea just leaves me flat. About the only way I ever drink it is iced with lemon, sort of brown lemonade.
Army Coffee is a whole different beast. Unless they have gone hi-tec the stuff was puke. :rifle:
Recipe: Army Field Coffee
Dump 3 lb. of coffee grounds into 5 gal of water and boil, sprinkle with salt and egg shells to make the grounds sink. Serve luke warm.
I swear I have seen them use coffee canned in 1943, so... :daisy: that stuff.
pevergreen
02-12-2011, 07:51
I can't drink hot things. Its not natural. Drinks should be cold.
*is sweating with fan on, in shorts and no shirt*
Not even that hot today...
Veho Nex
02-12-2011, 07:58
I like tea when im sitting around doing nothing, but coffee is a favorite for me at any occasion.
Fisherking
02-12-2011, 08:02
@ pevergreen
Tropics got you down?
Maybe you need a holiday. Go visit Canada or Alaska or come here, I’ll put you up for a few days. You may learn to enjoy warm drinks.
Togakure
02-12-2011, 08:03
I enjoy both. Dark coffee (espresso strength) w/cream ans sugar, or black with sugar. Black tea with cream, cream and sugar, just sugar, honey, or honey and lemon--depending on the type of tea. Green tea always straight up, preferably sencha or genmaicha. Love chai tea too. Toga loves wondrous variety.
Justiciar
02-12-2011, 08:16
I drink both. As for brands, I really couldn't care less. Instant coffee does the trick and any handy tea bag's fine by me. I used to prefer the former, though I've since discovered the joy of really bloody strong tea without too much sugar in it. Currently If I'm making a brew for myself and others, I'll put their bags in my mug and leave it to stew for a bit. Much better than the sweet, milky gnats' whizz I grew up drinking.
I prefer coffee over tea. I live in the south though, so sweet tea is always around.
Mouzafphaerre
02-12-2011, 10:36
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If this was asked last year I would jump "tea" blindfolded. But tastes do change.
I've happened to be drinking tea only when at home late at night. Out, I'm going for green tea and other herbal/fruit teas.
Coffee has become essential 'coz I can't complete the waking up process before having one at 8 in the morning. I used to favour Turkish coffee over all sorts but nowamonths filter coffee is at the top of the list. No matter how, my coffee is black, so is my tea unless it's green. ~;p
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a completely inoffensive name
02-12-2011, 11:21
A Team Gulp of Shasta every day. Does my body goooood.
Espresso, none other than Illy. Black.
Hosakawa Tito
02-12-2011, 11:57
I like both. Coffee in the morning to kick start my day. Tea in the afternoon & evening *with cookie* to sooth the savage beast within. Don't know why, but the caffeine kick in coffee disrupts my sleep at night if drunk after noon-time. Tea doesn't have that affect on me.
I usually don't drink both, coffee at work, either black, with sugar, milk, as Cappuccino, etc.
Tea, I drink very rarely, usually when I'm really sick.
Which reminds me I have a coffee machine at home, but I rarely use it.
Every morning starts with a big mug of tea. Followed by as much coffee as I can drink during the day wihout freaking out, and then more tea at night.
I got a killer espresso machine for Christmas, so I'm nuking myself pretty heavy these days. Strong, black coffee, bordering on Turkish. Ahhhhhhh.
My crack dispenser.
http://www.appliancist.com/breville-espresso-maker-roma.jpg
phonicsmonkey
02-12-2011, 13:23
I am English and therefore a tea drinker.
However, since moving to Melbourne where the coffee is truly the finest to be had anywhere on this Earth I have also learned to enjoy the product of the bean.
Louis VI the Fat
02-12-2011, 13:54
I'm an equal opportunity guy so I drink both.
As I refuse to put anything black to my lips, I use plenty of milk in my coffee, and just a spot of it in my tea.
As I refuse to put anything black to my lips
That's racist, I should report you! :stare:
Rhyfelwyr
02-12-2011, 14:36
Can't beat a mug of Tetley tea!
Don't mind coffee either.
I've been drinking tea for as long as I can remember. Used to have a fair bit of milk and sugar, now the thought of that makes me sick, only a spot of milk please...
pevergreen
02-12-2011, 14:39
@ pevergreen
Tropics got you down?
Maybe you need a holiday. Go visit Canada or Alaska or come here, I’ll put you up for a few days. You may learn to enjoy warm drinks.
I might take you up on that one day.
However, since moving to Melbourne
Hello new Aussie. :beam:
Ibn-Khaldun
02-12-2011, 14:40
Tea for me, please!
I used to favour Turkish coffee over all sorts but nowamonths filter coffee is at the top of the list.
Mouzaf,
What kind of coffee do you use for your Turkish coffee, and how big\small a cup?
We can get a killer Kenya AA black a few towns over. I might grab some today and try that.
Hosakawa Tito
02-12-2011, 17:23
Mouzaf,
What kind of coffee do you use for your Turkish coffee, and how big\small a cup?
We can get a killer Kenya AA black a few towns over. I might grab some today and try that.
I may be wrong, but I believe "turkish coffee" refers to the method it's prepared and served and not a special variety of coffee.
I may be wrong, but I believe "turkish coffee" refers to the method it's prepared and served and not a special variety of coffee.
I think you're right. But some types of coffee must be better, or more "classical", for a proper Turkish coffee.
I drink both, but prefer coffee. With milk and sugar or sugar alone. Enjoy latte, cappuccino or macchiato very much.
Not a big fan of tea, but I can enjoy it on occasions; goes best with cookies. Love turkish apple tea.
Nothing beats coffee+chocolate though; that's a match made in heaven :smitten:
I drink both, but prefer coffee. With milk and sugar or sugar alone. Enjoy latte, cappuccino or macchiato very much.
Isn't latte just milk and Macchiato the short form of Latte Macchiato?
On that note, is it correct that Latte Macchiato is Espresso with milk and Cappuccino is Coffee with milk or what is the difference exactly?
And what differentiates a so-called milk-coffee from those two? I ask because we serve all three at work but I never really got the difference, the machine has "Espresso beans", Coffee beans and milk to mix them together.
Strike For The South
02-12-2011, 19:01
Whiskey
But srsly, a 5 hour energy or a Vitman B complex
I try to only drink water
Unless of course I'm boozing
Which is right now
gaelic cowboy
02-12-2011, 19:10
Tea cos I'm Irish
an stout cos of the same
I have an iced tea brewer. I use it 2-3 times a day, makes a rather large pot of tea. I like to mix mostly black tea with some flavored, no sugar. Mint, ginger, peppermint, etc are my favorites. Occasionally fruit teas as well.
Whiskey
That gets you 50% of the prize.
Answer "What kind of whiskey?" correctly for the other 50%.
phonicsmonkey
02-13-2011, 07:13
Hello new Aussie. :beam:
Hey!
I've been here five years now, but I'm still new (ish)
Strike For The South
02-13-2011, 07:15
That gets you 50% of the prize.
Answer "What kind of whiskey?" correctly for the other 50%.
The kind Beirut drinks
phonicsmonkey
02-13-2011, 07:17
Isn't latte just milk and Macchiato the short form of Latte Macchiato?
On that note, is it correct that Latte Macchiato is Espresso with milk and Cappuccino is Coffee with milk or what is the difference exactly?
And what differentiates a so-called milk-coffee from those two? I ask because we serve all three at work but I never really got the difference, the machine has "Espresso beans", Coffee beans and milk to mix them together.
Depends where you come from I think.
Here in Melbourne a latte is an espresso shot with hot milk and a stiff foam on top. More milk than a cappuchino and a stiffer foam, no chocolate flakes on top.
a Macchiato (which means 'stained' in Italian I'm told) is a long black (espresso shot with extra hot water) with a smudge of milk foam on the top.
pevergreen
02-13-2011, 11:46
Hey!
I've been here five years now, but I'm still new (ish)
Yeah, but I only just found out you were in Australia.
You wouldn't have 'gotten sick' like Captain Blackadder did that time I was going to meet him.
phonicsmonkey
02-13-2011, 13:02
You wouldn't have 'gotten sick' like Captain Blackadder did that time I was going to meet him.
lol
There's time for both for me. I drink any sort of coffee, from Indian coffee till Turkish coffee and anything in between and also different sorts of tea (though I'll probably never try Lapsang Souchon again). I usually start the day with nettle tea, followed by a strong cafe au lait.
Hosakawa Tito
02-13-2011, 13:36
There's time for both for me. I drink any sort of coffee, from Indian coffee till Turkish coffee and anything in between and also different sorts of tea (though I'll probably never try Lapsang Souchon again). I usually start the day with nettle tea, followed by a strong cafe au lait.
Hehehe, tea brewed from smoked & charred pine cones isn't one of my favorites either.
The kind Beirut drinks
You conquer nations and womens with that smoothosity? :cool3:
Mouzafphaerre
02-14-2011, 00:07
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Nothing can be compared with fine red wine. I have a few glasses, always with good company and within a few hours, about every ten days or so. :barrel:
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Samurai Waki
02-14-2011, 01:02
I live in the Pacific Northwest, so it has to be Coffee on a good day, and Tea for every other.
Beefy187
02-14-2011, 02:00
Coffee makes me sick for some reason.
Teas the way to go.
Coffee. I've tried different teas but never really cared for them much.
Maté is great as well, but doesn't really fit either category
phonicsmonkey
02-15-2011, 23:50
I drink any sort of coffee, from Indian coffee till Turkish coffee
I love Lebanese coffee - all spiced and lovely.
Also had Mexican coffee at a restaurant in Melbourne which was very different and heavily spiced.
seireikhaan
02-16-2011, 03:15
Tea. Preferably unsweetened. Coffee is just a bit too strong for me.
Coffee. Black. Hot. Lots.
Everything else is for pansies. Grow a pair and drink a man's drink.
Justiciar
02-16-2011, 21:59
Coffee. Black. Hot. Lots.
Everything else is for pansies. Grow a pair and drink a man's drink.Pfft. Coffee's the drink of pompous urban metrosexuals. In other words; no, you!
Pfft. Coffee's the drink of pompous urban metrosexuals. In other words; no, you!
Brits get a pass on the coffee/tea thing, as long as you don't eat cucumber sandwiches with them. East Asian nationals do as well. Everyone else needs to drink coffee. IT'S THE LAW.
Fisherking
02-17-2011, 16:03
It is so funny! Americans preferred tea when the British were loving their coffee. The Americans switched to coffee because of tax and patriotism and the Brits switched to tea because of taxes. Both were well over 200 years ago and it has just been ingrained into the cultures.
Just about any speciality blend from Twinings will do for me, with Lady Grey being the usual teabag being thrown into my cup; it's very rare that I have bog-standard normal tea these days.
That's not to say that I'm not partial to coffee, but tea easily wins for me.
I fired up my Breville Crackhead coffee machine this morning and my first cup was a double espresso made with Kenya AA black with the cream blasted with the steamer.
Oh my...
Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
02-19-2011, 03:31
Just about any speciality blend from Twinings will do for me, with Lady Grey being the usual teabag being thrown into my cup; it's very rare that I have bog-standard normal tea these days.
That's not to say that I'm not partial to coffee, but tea easily wins for me.
Lady Grey is an interesting one, more popular amongst young women than Earl Grey now it seems. Which is odd, because it's been around for yonks and I swear no one drank it until a few years ago.
Me, I drink the Early Grey, but I have coffee first thing.
Except when camping, when I drink Cofftea.
thefluffyone93
02-19-2011, 03:37
A smack to the face is usually enough for me.
But if I had to choose, I would go with coffee.
Lady Grey is an interesting one, more popular amongst young women than Earl Grey now it seems. Which is odd, because it's been around for yonks and I swear no one drank it until a few years ago.
I usually have Earl Grey along with breakfast, as the sharper taste from the bergamot oil really peps me up in the morning; Lady Grey feels like more of an afternoon tea, since the flavours are balanced and alot more delicate on the palate as a result.
God Emperor
02-19-2011, 17:12
Why tea ofc ! :)
I , like many, drink earl grey.. sometimes a green earl grey for the late evenings. However I am drinking a second-flush tea from India atm.. It's really good actually :laugh2:
I would usually stick to the black tea as it gives a kick to the brain : p
I would usually stick to the black tea as it gives a kick to the brain : p
I think that adding milk to Earl Grey can ease the strong bergamot taste on the palate, and I usually add just a little to complement the flavour in such a manner; I forego the milk if I want the whole pick-me-up element though, and almost always take Lady Grey without milk. :P
I also feel that sugar/sweetener is a definite no-no with speciality blends like that, they just seem to detract from the overall taste too.
Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
02-20-2011, 00:26
I usually have Earl Grey along with breakfast, as the sharper taste from the bergamot oil really peps me up in the morning; Lady Grey feels like more of an afternoon tea, since the flavours are balanced and alot more delicate on the palate as a result.
I think that adding milk to Earl Grey can ease the strong bergamot taste on the palate, and I usually add just a little to complement the flavour in such a manner; I forego the milk if I want the whole pick-me-up element though, and almost always take Lady Grey without milk. :P
I also feel that sugar/sweetener is a definite no-no with speciality blends like that, they just seem to detract from the overall taste too.
I drink it black, I never choose to drink it white, but only if it is offered to me that way. Oddly enough, the young lady who introduced it to me drinks it white.
Funny, isn't it?
Banquo's Ghost
02-24-2011, 17:17
Army Coffee is a whole different beast. Unless they have gone hi-tec the stuff was puke. :rifle:
Recipe: Army Field Coffee
Dump 3 lb. of coffee grounds into 5 gal of water and boil, sprinkle with salt and egg shells to make the grounds sink. Serve luke warm.
I swear I have seen them use coffee canned in 1943, so... :daisy: that stuff.
British Army coffee put me off the drink for years. This documentary footage demonstrates the key reasons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEYyjVuk5M8
I got very used to drinking absurdly strong and sweet tea, a peccadillo I indulge to this day. However, more usually I like to drink Earl Grey with lemon and occasionally a good green tea for the afternoons.
Having finally got used to good coffee that doesn't rely on mud for its taste, my mornings start out with a really strong espresso. Now and again, I'll linger over a cappucino.
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