Coffee VS Energy Drinks

[Montmorency]

Apple pie and whiskey I get, but biscuit?

I should say corn products more generally, anything with corn. Biscuits, corn mush, hoe cake, johnny cake, hominy grits, etc.

Slathered in maple syrup, molasses, pork fat, butter, whatever. We've always been greasy.

Washed down with whiskey. Or cider. Beer and wine were never too popular in the antebellum days.

Hmm, I guess it does sound better than potatoes and cabbage.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I should say corn products more generally, anything with corn. Biscuits, corn mush, hoe cake, johnny cake, hominy grits, etc.

Slathered in maple syrup, molasses, pork fat, butter, whatever. We've always been greasy.

Washed down with whiskey. Or cider. Beer and wine were never too popular in the antebellum days.

You're really talking about the Old South with that particular list. Northerners tended toward wheats and ryes or potatoes for their starches. Rum was also a favorite, especially in the NE given the triangle trade, and beer not uncommon. Wine was for people wealthy enough to import it, so....

They did drink a lot of cider given their trust of the water in those days.

Hmm, I guess it does sound better than potatoes and cabbage.

Indeed. And BOILED, not even fried or usually even roasted. Boxty was a veritable example of haute cuisine by traditional Irish standards.

[Xantan]

I looked up boxty out of curiosity - it's a potato... pancake?

[Xiahou]

I always tell the people at the coffee shops when they ask if I want room for cream... "If it's worth drinking, it's worth drinking black." They probably hate me.

But, to the original post, there's a world of coffee variety out there. Probably any of it will take some getting used to- but if you found it too bitter, it could just be that it was roasted too dark or prepared badly. When I had more free time and disposable income, I used to roast my own coffee. I found I was generally attracted to light roast coffees from Africa for their brightness/fruitiness or a medium roasted Sumatra for it's smoothness.

This site can give you an idea of what some of the world's coffee regions are known for. Everything that's not complete garbage is some form of Arabica been. The alternative, Robusta, is only used in cheap coffees.
Also, please remember that Starbucks makes horrible coffee.

[edyzmedieval]

[bauuubass]

For me it started with sweet coffee, with lots of sugar and milk then, as time went by, I started eating less sugar altogether and found my coffee too sweet, now as I've read other people said as well, I drink it with just a bit of milk and no sugar at all.

[Xantan]

Tried the energy drink Carabao recently - quite similar to Red Bull I found it, which makes sense since they're both originating from Thailand.

Some of you might know Carabao because it sponsors the English football league, and that's exactly why I got interested in it, out of curiosity at least.