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[Tellemurius]

I like the smell of coffee, though.

@!

So its like weed, drinking it sucks but breathing it is full of awesome (i wouldn't know as im allergic)

[Gunner-Chan]

Drinking coffee doesn't suck. As long as it's good coffee.

Almost all coffee out there is actually crap. So that kinda adds up.

[Tellemurius]

Drinking coffee doesn't suck. As long as it's good coffee.

Almost all coffee out there is actually crap. So that kinda adds up.

Indeed, Starbucks is on top of the pile i can tell you that, thats not coffee its a sugar bomb. The barista over here even stared at me when i wanted black coffee straight.

[penguinofhonor]

Coffee smell is always awesome independent of the quality of the coffee.

Though I tend to drink my coffee super sweet and creamered down, regardless of the quality. Good coffee gets noticeably less creamer and sugar, but still more than most people use.

[Delta Foxtrot]

There are a couple of events a year when I have some coffee with my milk.

[Osmosis Jones]

Indeed, Starbucks is on top of the pile i can tell you that, thats not coffee its a sugar bomb. The barista over here even stared at me when i wanted black coffee straight.

It's because he knows how bad a barista he is, and that it's impossible to hide that when you don't order some orangewhipmochafrappeminilongamericanochino.

[penguinofhonor]

... how much skill is there to being a barista?

[Osmosis Jones]

A surprisingly large amount, actually. The time taken to train someone up to starbucks grade churned out crap is pretty short, but to make good coffee takes training; everything from knowing the source of the beans, how to roast them, getting the temperatures right, lots of things. Good baristas will even get head hunted, if my friends experience is anything to go by.

[penguinofhonor]

That makes sense. The only comparable thing I can think of is a bartender, and I was wondering how hard it could be when you basically had a fraction of the amount of drinks to know how to make. Didn't think about the part where you actually have to brew the coffee.

[nenjin]

Even Starbucks standard coffee is kind of UGH to me. I swear they steep the beans in caffinated water (yes, companies do stuff like that.) It's so freaking bitter that it goes beyond gourmet coffee into being a shitty coffee all it's own.

My problem with most coffee from other places (gas stations, McDonalds, whatever) is the proportions. 1 cup of water = 1 heaping spoonful of coffee. That's how I like it. Compared to most other places where it's closer to 1 cup of water = .25 spoonful of coffee.

Just about any coffee tastes decent enough to drink when you brew it strong enough. And just about any coffee tastes like shit when it's so watered down you can see through the coffee pot.

[Haspen]

When it comes to coffee, it's like small cup + 1.5 teaspoon of coffee for me... Anything less than that and it's not a coffee for me.

Of course, same amount of sugar and depending on my mood, some milk.

[Tellemurius]

Even Starbucks standard coffee is kind of UGH to me. I swear they steep the beans in caffinated water (yes, companies do stuff like that.) It's so freaking bitter that it goes beyond gourmet coffee into being a shitty coffee all it's own.

My problem with most coffee other place (gas stations, McDonalds, whatever) is the proportions. 1 cup of water = 1 heaping spoonful of coffee. That's how I like it. Compared to most other places where it's closer to 1 cup of water = .25 spoonful of coffee.

Just about any coffee tastes decent enough to drink when you brew it strong enough. And just about any coffee tastes like shit when it's so watered down you can see through the coffee pot.

Starbucks just dumps a buttload of sugars in their drinks so you don't even taste the coffe most of the time just the sweetner, cream, and other crap.

[penguinofhonor]

Starbucks just dumps a buttload of sugars in their drinks so you don't even taste the coffe most of the time just the sweetner, cream, and other crap.

And that's delicious! I usually get tea from there though.

[Tellemurius]

Starbucks just dumps a buttload of sugars in their drinks so you don't even taste the coffe most of the time just the sweetner, cream, and other crap.

And that's delicious!

So is Insulin (diabetes joke)

[Sirus]

So what do people think of peanut butter? It's a staple of many families, so I'm wondering how people use it or if they use it at all.