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Coffee & Tea Fanatics?

Postby Erinland » Fri Nov 18, 2022 4:10 pm

Does anyone have a favorite coffee and/or tea of choice?

For coffee I like to add almond milk and cookie butter flavoring. Sometimes with extra foam and cinnamon on top if I have time to spare!

Black tea with lavender syrup/flavoring is another favorite of mine. :)

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Postby Markwright » Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:10 pm

I was a daily coffee drinker a few years ago, my favourite long ago being Cinnamon Dulce. Only when I started getting diarrhea after a while did I stop. Every great while, however, I do have a shot of expresso with four fifths of warm milk and one fifth of watered down coffee. I must say, I drink with enormous caution now these days lest I want to become a daily drinker and thus fearing the likelihood of skipping a day, followed by a headache or, even worse, a headache. Believe me, if coffee was a person, it would be that friend who would swiftly take you to the top of a mountain then shove you off soon thereafter. With coffee, you crash and burn, trust me.

On the other hand, I had been drinking tea a couple years before coffee. Tis not a strong, but tea is much gentler and, frankly, healthier, as I later found out too late when I began to get diarrhea. Tea may not have been a drink to wake me up unlike coffee, but I would take a cup of tea any day with little or no downsides whatsoever. If tea was a person, it be an easygoing fellow that would take you to the top of a shallow hill and then back...slowly and steadily. That is mostly the point with most teas I drank such as green tea, darjeeling, matcha and, my favourite, apple cinnamon. Take care with Irish Breakfast or Black Tea, however, they pack more or as much caffeine than the common coffee.

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Postby Diarcesia » Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:12 pm

Dark coffee for me (though I can't drink espresso)

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Postby Yukimura » Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:18 pm

ginger and turmeric tea. There's a store near me that sells organic teas and that is easily their best.

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Postby Len Hyet » Sun Nov 27, 2022 10:07 pm

I wouldn't say I'm a "fanatic" but I bought one of those giant tins of black tea from Costco and I've been averaging about a pot every day/every other day.
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Postby Barlyy » Sun Nov 27, 2022 10:11 pm

Turkish coffee. It's bitter, but it's amazing.
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Postby Jabberwocky » Sun Nov 27, 2022 10:17 pm

Black coffee in the morning.
Black tea in the afternoon, sometimes chai.
Herbal tea at night, mint or chamomile.
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Postby Stellar Colonies » Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:02 pm

To be honest, I’m not very fond of either.

Some mochas are okay, though.
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Postby Gocline » Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:59 pm

Coffee with milk. Nice and simple.

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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:55 am

Cappuccino with too much sugar is my drink of choice. Don't really understand tea, always comes across to me a very weird musty earthy taste that doesn't appeal.
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Postby Minoa » Fri Dec 02, 2022 3:30 pm

Standard English tea with milk. No sugar.
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Postby Deutsch-Francia » Fri Dec 02, 2022 3:39 pm

Personally, I tend to have a cup of black coffee with breakfast and lunch. I'm not really a fan of tea, though.
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Postby Tangatarehua » Fri Dec 02, 2022 3:48 pm

I'm usually partial to peppermint or chamomile tea, although lately I've been drinking Earl Grey a lot - for some reason I suddenly love it, as if my tastes have changed. I also really like Oolong tea but it's very hard to find where I live.

I'm not a big fan of tea with milk - even when I have English Breakfast tea, I've started just having it black.

As for coffee, well... no. I don't drink it. It's not even that I dislike it, but it's always a one-way ticket to diarrhoea town for me so I just don't anymore.
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Postby Minoa » Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:23 pm

Tangatarehua wrote:I'm usually partial to peppermint or chamomile tea, although lately I've been drinking Earl Grey a lot - for some reason I suddenly love it, as if my tastes have changed. I also really like Oolong tea but it's very hard to find where I live.

I'm not a big fan of tea with milk - even when I have English Breakfast tea, I've started just having it black.

As for coffee, well... no. I don't drink it. It's not even that I dislike it, but it's always a one-way ticket to diarrhoea town for me so I just don't anymore.

From my experience it is always a one-way ticket to screwing up my sleeping cycle. It is very hard to get back on track after that.
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Postby Pathonia » Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:27 pm

Chai tea twice or thrice a week.
Coffee once or twice a month.
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:09 am

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Postby Avonley » Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:19 pm

I really like to drink chai. It should be slowly cooked over stovetop for 30 to 45 minutes. It really wakes me up in the morning.

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Postby Terra dei Cittadini » Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:22 pm

I'll take a nice, cold sweet tea any day.
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Postby Erinland » Mon Dec 05, 2022 11:14 am

Honestly I don't know if I have met a coffee I just flat out didn't like.... Except when my barista friend made me a "bumblebee latte." A latte with SELTZER WATER, lemon, honey, and lavender. I can't say that I love seltzer water in my coffee. :eyebrow:

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Postby Laasmistan » Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:55 pm

I'm a bit of a tea fanatic. Coffee I can do without, though. Not really a fan.
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Postby Suth Seaxe » Wed Dec 07, 2022 1:16 am

I'm English so I drink a lot of tea.

Mornings I like a coffee to get going and then perhaps I'll have about 15 cups of a English tea through the day.

Normally I'll have a cheaper brand for everyday drinking such as PG tips, but my favourite tea is a brand called "Yorkshire Gold" which I like to have in the evenings.

Sometimes at the weekends I may have a earl gray (yes, with milk) or actually put a pot of tea on with loose leaf tea when I have time in the morning to sit and relax for half an hour. That's always enjoyable to take time with tea.

I also enjoy mint tea perhaps in the evening when I want something different.

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Postby Tillania » Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:39 am

I occasionally enjoy a Darjeeling, as for coffee: anything that kicks me awake in the morning will do.
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Postby Abarri » Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:13 am

Tillania wrote:I occasionally enjoy a Darjeeling, as for coffee: anything that kicks me awake in the morning will do.

Pretty much why I have been drinking a lot more coffee. The bottled kind.
I used to be a decaf drinker, but because of need I end up taking those with caffeine.
Maybe someday I'll return to decaf.

Tea...I prefer green, followed by black and the occasional Earl Grey.
Peppermint tastes nice too.
I hope to expand my selection of teas.
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Postby Floofybit » Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:15 am

I absolutely despise both. Hot chocolate can be good though.
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Postby Abarri » Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:22 am

Floofybit wrote:I absolutely despise both. Hot chocolate can be good though.

Oh my pod. Agreed.
Do you like yours with cream or some other additional flavoring?
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