Morning Coffee

[rusty]

So...

How was the morning java this morning?

Black?

Strong?

Slightly thick?

Bit sticky?

(Funny example of trademark drift - circa 1917)

[fflintstone]

are you talking about motor oil or coffee?

for motor oil I run walmart synthetic in most of my vehicles, Rottela in my jeep and tractor.

I like coffee only if from a hi dollar shop or I make it myself. I grind sumatran beans extra fine and plenty of them. I like some irish whisky, a little chocolate and caramel syrup and a fair amount of real half and half. I like it warm or iced. I haven't made coffee in at least 3 months but I was wishing I had some half and half this morning. I was craving coffee.

[HeelSpur]

Bet I don't drink 3 cups a year, goes out the same way it went in, black and liquidy.

[amertrac]

My morning coffee in my mug that holds about 2 cups  , milk no sugar . When i finish that I use the rest of the coffee and make the machine ready for momma later. the machine says 4 cups but they gotta be tiny cups   bob w.

[Papaw]

I have a mug of coffee with Sweet n low and Swiss Miss dark every morning at about 4 because that is when I am least busy at work and am drowsy from the night shift. I make the coffee strong.
At home I make coffee for Momma when she gets up, and make it strong, but she always puts ice in it.
At times I will grind beans, but convenience usually wins.
Very seldom will I have coffee away from home or work, especially high priced coffee shop stuff.

[jimwrench]

When I retired some 21 years ago I changed my morning coffee to LIptons orange pekoe. No particular reason. Go figure.

[Papaw]

To name a favorite, I'll have to go back to the 60's when I was in East Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East having an aromatic hot cup of coffee, with no sugar, straight from a portable coffee set consisting of a charcoal stove, copper kettle and a basket of small cups rinsed with some suspicious looking water. It added to the flavor!





The bronze pot hung from his shoulder and had a coal fire in the bottom, He would walk the streets singing Kahawa-Kahawa . coffee. He would start his coffee in the early morning and simply add water and coffee as needed. It cooked all day!
The thing was, you would flag him down, he would tip the pot to pour a very small cup of coffee in small cups hanging from his waist. You stood in the street talking to him and anyone else who stopped or passed by. To ignore others was very poor manners. You could get lots of news, weather, small talk, etc. that way.

[Ken W.]

I'm kinda of a coffee snob. I like a good tasty coffee. Not too strong with a teaspoon of honey and a little half & half. If it come in a can it's Nabob from Canada just over the border.Other wise it's whole bean ground fresh from either Gevalia or Kona .

[Branson]

I like coffee only if from a hi dollar shop or I make it myself. I grind sumatran beans extra fine and plenty of them.

Yeah!  Sumatra (Mandheling plantation) has my vote as the best coffee in the world!  It's been my standard for around 40 years and usually grind my own, one pot's worth at a time.  I made 8 cups this morning, but usually I make 6.  It's gonna be hot today, so I'll have some iced coffee later.

Love strong coffees.  Cuban coffee is about the only coffee that gets cream and sugar for me -- that and Viet-Names coffee ("ca fe sua"), whether hot or iced.  Turkish coffee is another favorite. 

[fflintstone]

I like coffee only if from a hi dollar shop or I make it myself. I grind sumatran beans extra fine and plenty of them.

Yeah!  Sumatra (Mandheling plantation) has my vote as the best coffee in the world!  It's been my standard for around 40 years and usually grind my own, one pot's worth at a time.  I made 8 cups this morning, but usually I make 6.  It's gonna be hot today, so I'll have some iced coffee later.

Love strong coffees.  Cuban coffee is about the only coffee that gets cream and sugar for me -- that and Viet-Names coffee ("ca fe sua"), whether hot or iced.  Turkish coffee is another favorite.

I love real Kona coffee as well but it is expensive fortunately most Sumatran coffee is affordable. I am really craving some good coffee now but no half and half..... :( :(

[scottg]

 I like coffee.
I have a strict rule.
 I only drink coffee when I am awake

 I buy the cheapest coffee sold in this town. I wait for it to go "on sale" and buy a sample can.
If its good I run back and buy multiple big cans. I won't go below a few backup cans in my stash at any given time
 I make it no more than medium strong, considering current standards. About like Starbucks regular, at most.

  All my coffee snob friends make this stuff that the spoon can stand up in. They buy expensive coffee and make it so strong they are lucky to gag a single cup down. Then they are done for the day and who could blame them. Yuck

  I don't even warm up until I am on my second 12 cup pot. I use a West Bend 12 cup percolator and they are not talking about girly demitasse cups. This sucker is substantial. (I used a Corning all glass and stainless for 30 years before this.)
  In case you didn't know, a percolator with a good thermostat, keeps coffee good much longer than a Mr Coffee type drip pot. Those things scorch the coffee undrinkable in 10 minutes flat.
 
  On average I make 4 pots a day. Almost none is ever wasted. If I have company, then more. 
 I drink it light, with just a splash of milk.
 
 I actually like coffee.
  I drink the stuff wholesale.

PS While I will politely and graciously drink coffee out of anything, my preferred cup is a pattern I don't know who made. They are merely marked USA on the bottom. The Sambo's coffee house chain was their first big customer, but over the years they made them with silly logos and "charming" stickers on the side, plus plain white for restaurant use. I have tired a million mugs, but I keep coming back. They aren't so big the coffee gets cold before you can finish. They aren't so small you have to keep making trips back to the pot. They have an adequate handle. 
 They are slightly tapered, wider at the lip.
 I only have one original Sambo's cup left. They have become collectible so I mostly find the goofy logo cups or the plain white these days. I can look over a stash of 300 coffee mugs at the Salvation Army, and spot a single example among the dross, from a distance of 10 feet. :)
      yours Scott