Coffee Addiction

**Kaiser of Arabia** · 10-20-2004, 03:27

none, the only coffee I can even drink without throwing up is straight expresso. The rest tastes am awefully lot like batter acid to me.

**rasoforos** · 10-20-2004, 12:31

I do drink coffe but i have a strange coffee drinking pattern. I m not a person who will drink everyday but i used to consume tons of coffee during exam periods or when sleep was not a priority. So more or less long periods of no coffee of very little coffee and short periods of major caffeine overdose (and 3-4 hours of sleep per day)

What i consider coffee is a poison. First of all i always have black coffee. I add about 4 spoons of coffee,so in a small cup coffe makes up about 30% of the volume or more, instead of one or two. During my university years and particularly my 3rd year exams I reached the extreme of eating coffee

or just dissolve it in half a cup of water untill it becomes a thick liquid. Believe it or not i ve grown a taste for the bitter hell in a cup. I didnt do it in my Masters Degree year though (caffeine is not worth its side-effects i think) and i dont think i ll do it again, i go on drinking ultra strong coffee though.

**Xiahou** · 02-09-2005, 22:59

Thought I'd dredge this up instead of a new thread....

Does anyone regularly drink anything other than coffee from the regular "drip" coffee maker? I started out with that after college, but about 2yrs ago I moved on to the french press, 6 months ago I got an espresso maker and finally, just today, I picked up a small 'ibrik' and had my first dose of "turkish" coffee- thought I'd give it a go since I finally got a grinder good enough to make it. So, am I alone here or there other coffee nut wannabees?

**MoROmeTe** · 02-10-2005, 00:30

There's no such thing as coffe addiction. I've been drinking at least a good big cup a day, with plenty of sugar and milk, for the last 6 years of my life, and I've got no addiction whatsoever. Addiction!? Gimme a break...

**makkyo** · 02-10-2005, 00:30

I've been migrating over to Red Bulls and Soda. Tastes a lot better, plus it has more chemical junk in it.

**TheSilverKnight** · 02-10-2005, 04:19

I drink coffee and tea...but...I will admit I do have an addiction to coffee. It's just so bloody good...

**Uesugi Kenshin** · 02-10-2005, 04:39

I don't need caffeine, give me 7 hours of sleep or so and I will be up til dawn!

I love the night.....

**Hosakawa Tito** · 02-10-2005, 04:44

When I am finally laid to rest my cup, coffee maker & grinder + 1 lb. of Sumatra coffee beans will be going with me. My wife promises to put them right next to my salt shaker.

I have never tried Turkish coffee, but I wonder if it is similar to Spanish coffee? An inmate at the prison I worked turned me on to Spanish coffee a while back. He took finely ground coffee, he used a mortar & pestle to get it as fine as talcum powder, and placed it in a sock. He added the sock and lots of sugar (several ounces at least) to a hotpot of boiling water and poured off the foam & liquid into small cups just as it was about to boil over. Quite delicious, but don't drink the sediment in the bottom of the cup. Good coffee is nectar of the Gods. The above mentioned Sumatra with it's earthy bold flavor is one of my favorites.

**Xiahou** · 02-10-2005, 05:30

Well, Turkish coffee (at least as I know it) is made by putting a few teaspoons of sugar in the ibrik, filling it most of the way with water and adding copious amounts of finely ground coffee (think powder) so that it floats in a thick layer on top of the water. You heat the concoction until the foam reaches the top and then remove from heat and stir it down- repeat 2 more times, except no stirring the 3rd time. I like it, but its probably going to be too much work/mess to have regularly...

Read some proper directions here.

I had some sumatra mandheling before, but it didn't really do much for me- although I have reason to believe it may have been past its prime. Tough to find fresh coffee around here...

**Shadow** · 02-10-2005, 05:35

I am not a person who need coffee everyday but I have one mug every morning cause my mum always make extra.

**Mouzafphaerre** · 02-10-2005, 15:24

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Ahh, Turkish cofee.

I'll leave it to mom's expertise. Yummm!

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**Hetman_Koronny** · 02-10-2005, 19:15

Mmm, turkish coffee good - from time to time though

I usually have somewhere from 3 to 6 a cups a day and I drink instant coffee with milk no sugar.

I love espresso - it's the best thing I can ask for after a solid lunch on warm Sunday afternoon

**The_Emperor** · 02-10-2005, 20:16

I am admittedly addicted to Coffee when at work... yet surprisingly I rarely drink any at home.

Guess it just comes with the Job of being an IT Admin. (and that Coffe maker sitting in the corner of our small office, just calls to me).