The Coffee Experience

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:56 am

I don't want an experience. I just want a plain ole cup of coffee. No Latte Tatee, Marachino Boldewa, Frappe Papay Do da or any other over priced cup of java with questionable high caloric ingredients. I know that the price of coffee beans has risen and with it, the price of a plain old cup of coffee, but to pay five to seven dollars for a cup with fancy designs in the creamy top is ridiculous. To each his own however.

This morning my DIL asked me if I would like a cup of coffee and since I had just woken up I replied "yes thank you". *Thirty minutes later after she had ground the beans and *performed several ritualistic sequences she passed a cup of froth to me that tasted like cotton candy. *She, like many of her generation are into this "Coffee Experience" thing, both at home and out and about.

I need two cups of coffee within 10 minutes of getting out of bed in the morning? Black with a touch of milk, no sugar.*

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:05 pm

Coffee experience.... No Thanks... You can keep your skinny Latte's or what other poncy cobblers they call It.... Just give me a large Jar of Nescafe Gold Blend and I am very happy.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:48 pm

Lon: "need two cups of coffee within 10 minutes of getting out of bed in the morning? Black with a touch of milk, no sugar."

Me too! I've never even been in a Starbucks! My favorite coffee is Dunkin' Donuts (that's what happens when you have lived in Massachusetts) and every Christmas season they lower the price & I stock up until June. Oscar, you sure you want to settle for Instant? That's emergency coffee for me. Although, when the emergency occurs, & don't they always, your brand is mine as well.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:54 pm

Oh dear me Lon......you and me both.

Ask for a coffee in any place that sells coffee and they confuse you with a long list of variations.

I always ask for a "Simple black coffee" and take the smile off their faces.......hold the sugar (I'm sweet enough)

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:45 pm

Bruv;1380257 wrote: Oh dear me Lon......you and me both.

Ask for a coffee in any place that sells coffee and they confuse you with a long list of variations.

I always ask for a "Simple black coffee" and take the smile off their faces.......hold the sugar (I'm sweet enough)

So do I and then nine times out of ten they bring a cup with the tide gone out and a separate little jug of milk :wah:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:18 pm

Oh, I gave up the caffeine years ago. Don't miss those diet cokes at all.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:58 pm

Bruv;1380257 wrote: Oh dear me Lon......you and me both.

Ask for a coffee in any place that sells coffee and they confuse you with a long list of variations.

I always ask for a "Simple black coffee" and take the smile off their faces.......hold the sugar (I'm sweet enough)

Trouble is, you ask for a black coffee and they still come out with a list of possibilities you don't understand - black coffee equals coffee plus water and is either filter or instant, what more do you need to know?

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:20 pm

New Zealand like evey where else has it's share of exotic coffe joints but the standard at home coffe seems to be some kind of Nestlé instant which for my taste is too bland. My preference is for perked coffee in the old fashioned coffee pot with the little glass buib on top that shows the color of the coffee.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:13 pm

Choose joy my friends. Drink tea.:wah:

Post by **Betty Boop** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:50 am

Clodhopper;1380301 wrote: Choose joy my friends. Drink tea.:wah:

:yh_sick

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:20 pm

Betty Boop;1380334 wrote: :yh_sick

A girl after my own heart

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:31 pm

I am very partial to a double expresso but not partial to the price.

Mr O and myself returned cold, tired and weary one late afternoon from an all day fishing trip and decided to call In at a certain Motel In Frenchay, Bristol to re-charge. Two double expresso's.... £14 Thank you very much.... They had the cheek to serve It with a tiny biscuit as If to compensate us In some way.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:38 pm

oscar;1380369 wrote: I am very partial to a double expresso but not partial to the price.

Mr O and myself returned cold, tired and weary one late afternoon from an all day fishing trip and decided to call In at a certain Motel In Frenchay, Bristol to re-charge. Two double expresso's.... £14 Thank you very much.... They had the cheek to serve It with a tiny biscuit as If to compensate us In some way.

It's the in thing, to throw a biscuit on your saucer, annoys me no end seeing as I'm allergic to the damn things. What's worse is when they've taken my order for a coffee I've usually asked if they do anything wheat and gluten free, biscuits or cake, and then when they say no I say 'oh no good I'm celiac so nothing for me thanks' they still put the damn biscuit on my saucer!! :rolleyes:

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:16 pm

Bryn and Betty: Philistines! :wah:

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:40 am

Clodhopper;1380408 wrote: Bryn and Betty: Philistines! :wah:

:wah: I will drink a Jasmine tea now and again but traditional tea is yuck!!

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:52 am

I will drink a Jasmine tea now and again but traditional tea is yuck!!

I've started doing other teas as well. Camomile is good late at night, and I liked the strawberry, ginseng and vanilla one of my lodgers has just found.:-4

But give me a good pot of Assam with milk and sugar in proportion and I'm as happy as Larry.:p:-6

(btw, who is Larry and why is he so happy?):-3

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:57 am

Clodhopper;1380434 wrote: I've started doing other teas as well. Camomile is good late at night, and I liked the strawberry, ginseng and vanilla one of my lodgers has just found.:-4

But give me a good pot of Assam with milk and sugar in proportion and I'm as happy as Larry.:p:-6

(btw, who is Larry and why is he so happy?):-3

Not keen on all those fruity teas at all.

As happy as Larry

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:19 am

Cornish Kiwi Aussie! Well there a mix! Think my guess would be the boxer Larry rather than Larrikin (and I had no idea that was a Cornish word!) since the hooligan idea seems not to fit so well. Mind you, it may have done when the phrase was coined.

(And I've derailed the thread. Guilt.)

Coffee's ok. A great end to a good meal.