Price of coffee What are you drinking.

[Western]

Reminds me of a CPO I worked with whose hobby was cake decorating. He had a fascination with sugar and put 6 lumps in every cup of coffee. We nicknamed him "The 6-lump Chump.":laughing:

:laughing::thumbsup: Funny Jim!!

I was telling him (BIL)I ratted him out on TBN He just laughed and said " that's ok, I can still drink it on a 1400' carrier that's bucking like a horse and probably upside down too!"

 

[Nissan197]

I usually only drink coffee at work. However, I do have some at the house. I usually buy what is on sale. Currently the can I have I bought at Aldi.

 

[DeeDubya]

X2. Although I've grown quite fond of Community's Cafe Special

I keep coming back to the Cafe Special too. But what actually is "Between Roast"?

 

[tcreeley]

When I was going to school days, I worked nights. Slept in between. I drank old coffee all night long. Never drank coffee before. I got so I'd drink sludge coffee. Then one day visiting someone I had a cup of french roast. It was delicious and I started looking into coffee. This magazine ad I saw, said free coffee maker with 2 lbs of coffee. I did it and 20 years later I still drink Gevalia coffee.
I order it and get a variety from all over the world. I can barely drink anything else now that I've gotten so spoiled. I used to drink it black but teaching kids I got - "your breath...!" so I started using cream - heavy cream and sugar. Two cups is my breakfast and 3 to go in a thermos. If I get stuck without Gevalia, I get Eight o'clock french roast. I grind it when I make it.

My son has low CSF and was told to drink coffee because the caffeine stimulates the body to make more CSF. He drinks a lot of coffee too.

 

[Marveltone]

Like a couple others on this forum, I buy green coffee beans bulk (half the price of roasted) and roast my own. Immensely cheaper and better no matter how you look at it. I first modified an air popcorn popper to experiment. Once I found out roasting was a viable option, I invested in a cheap home roaster and have never looked back. My wife and I brew regular drip coffee as well as making stove-top mocha and lattes.

Life is good!

Joe

 

[QRTRHRS]

I buy Eight O'clock beans and grind enough for about two cups with a little electric grinder. I like mine straight up too.

I have had a long standing relationship with coffee having started drinking it when I was washing dishes in a diner at age twelve. When I was driving truck, I would pretty much be drinking it all day or night long.

I don't know what kind of coffee the Pilot truck stops use or if it is still good but I always thought they put out a decent tasting coffee for the price.

 

[czechsonofagun]

I buy Tchibo at Wegmans when I can - Tchibo

Not cheap, but it is a luxury I allow myself.

Also Nescafe - cold water and ice - for hot days.

 

[Patriotic Stabilist]

Coffee bothers my reflux, so sad. But once in awhile I get a decaf venti at Starbucks and DD gets a hot chocolate.

I used to love coffee. Have been a soda addict for years, diet for years, don't like it but can't stand the calories from the real stuff. Now I'm trying to get off it to water and Kool Aid or tea. But caffine keeps me awake at night.

 

[dmccarty]

hehe this morning I was tired, kiddo was up early. Something about turtles scaring her. Shes 2 1/2 and the makebelive world is starting in full force. I made a cup of coffee and instead of putting sugar in the cup i put two scoops of coffee. I can tell you I woke up fast! Anyone else put the wrong condiment in their coffee?

I add sugar to the coffee grounds and THEN brew. Read somewhere that adding a pinch of salt mellows out the coffee a bit. I tried the pinch of salt and like the taste.

One morning I added salt and a pinch of sugar.

:ashamed::confused2:

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

When my coffee habit got really bad in the early 90's, I was buying a big mug first thing in the morning to go with my bagels at the bagel shop. Then mid morning I would get another mug full at the cafe at work. Then in the afternoon another mug refill. The mugs were about two cups of coffee.

One day I did the math. Each mug was about $1-2. So three mugs a day was at least $60 a month PLUS another $10 or so for the weekend! :confused2:

Now people pay HOW much for a cup of coffee at Starbucks?

I started brewing my own coffee.

Since I was saving so much money I was buying whole beans and grinding them. The problem was that over the years I could not buy the beans I wanted all of the time AND the quality was varied. So I tried Gevalia. Expensive but after a few years I noticed their quality had decreased while prices went up. I was visiting my parents and they had Foldgers Gourmet coffee so I drank it. :laughing:

Been drinking it ever since.

I had a B&D coffee maker but one day I broke the carafe. So I started looking for a coffee make that did not have a glass carafe. The only one I could find was a very expensive Cuisinart coffee maker. A coworker had one and love it so I bought it with a coupon. :laughing:

That had to have been almost 15 years ago and the thing still works. Over the years I tried everything I could think of to clean out the carafe. This year I found a cleaner sold at beer brew stores that works wonders. That finally cleaned out the carafe.

Back to my coffee.

Later,
Dan