The Coffee House

[snowbear118 49]

Go Lions!

Go Lions!

Lions?

 

[limr32 1]

Morning, hosers.

Forgot to buy milk so am drinking my coffee black this morning.

I hear there is some kind of game today?

 

[Cortian]

Mornin', y'all.

Now for that 2nd cup of coffee...

 

[smoke665]

Morning, hosers.

Forgot to buy milk so am drinking my coffee black this morning.

I hear there is some kind of game today?

Welcome to the "real" coffee drinkers!

 

[Frank F.]

Inspirational phase..

What is it? They tear the heart of our city apart to create a shopping centre with Primark and Hotel. This is 50 meters from the main entrance of our central railway station....

Technical: D850, Nikkor 1.8/85G, Panoramic shot of four wide open. Heavy edit with layers in Photoshop CC 2018 to bring out the mood.

 

[Cortian]

Morning, hosers.

Forgot to buy milk so am drinking my coffee black this morning.

I hear there is some kind of game today?

Welcome to the "real" coffee drinkers!

One of my best friends for years kept pestering me about adulterating my coffee with cream and sugar. Eventually I decided to give his advice a try. First I eliminated cream. Then, gradually, I reduced the amount of sugar I put in.

Been drinking it black for better than a year, now. Just like I drink my Scotch and Bourbon neat: Can't imagine drinking it any other way.

 

[davidharmier60]

Still morning here. Cut my thumb on one of my "new" pocket knives. It looks cold and damp outside the window.
50 meters is roughly 150 feet.
That doesn't sound too close unless the trains are noisy.
My cousin lived within 75 feet of the track.
Even when it got to the point you could ignore the noise it still shook the house.
That's all I got just now.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

 

[Cortian]

Still morning here. Cut my thumb on one of my "new" pocket knives.

I wouldn't care to guess how many times I've nicked, or down-right cut, myself with a new blade... *sigh*

 

[limr32 1]

Morning, hosers.

Forgot to buy milk so am drinking my coffee black this morning.

I hear there is some kind of game today?

Welcome to the "real" coffee drinkers!

A) You assume this is the first time I have had my coffee black, or that it is an anomoly.

B) I do not ascribe to the notion that there is only one "real" way to drink coffee. Whatever works for people, that is the "real" way.

 

[snowbear118 49]

I hear there is some kind of game today?

There's a Scrabble tournament over in Mechanicsville.

 

[terri36 7]

My favorite way to drink coffee is to have it strong, rich, with a tiny amount of sugar to remove any potential bitterness from a strong roast (seriously, like 1/4 tsp or less), but lots of beautiful rich cream. Not half & half - light cream.

I've been on an self-imposed altered diet and have dropped lots of weight over the past 5 months or so, and included in that alteration was to switch to tea in the morning. It was unquestionably THE hardest thing I imposed on myself. Lately I've been re-introducing myself to coffee, and it's just sad how my taste buds have changed. My once-perfect strong brew is almost intolerable, and I've developed a distaste for dumping in a lot of cream, on principle. I've been experimenting with different types of coffee and various amounts of cream, but so far, have been unable to recapture my glory days. *sniffle*

But damn, I'm sure skinny again.

 

[smoke665]

@terri thanks to Gary A., we have been spoiled by the difference in good coffee. Finishing up the last of a nice organic Costa Rican that we picked up fresh roasted this past month. Have three more bags of some more to try that we picked up at another place that will likely become our go to source for the future. With good coffee there is no bitter after taste.

 

[ceemac]

I've discovered that decaf tastes pretty good with a liberal dash of brandy. Since I'm retired and old, I can slur my words any time I like. People just think I'm having a stroke and leave me alone.

 

[Gary A.]

Inspirational phase..View attachment 153269

What is it? They tear the heart of our city apart to create a shopping centre with Primark and Hotel. This is 50 meters from the main entrance of our central railway station....

Technical: D850, Nikkor 1.8/85G, Panoramic shot of four wide open. Heavy edit with layers in Photoshop CC 2018 to bring out the mood.

It is all about money. “Money makes the world go ‘round, the world go ‘round, the world go ‘round ...”. (Caberet)

 

[Gary A.]

@terri thanks to Gary A., we have been spoiled by the difference in good coffee. Finishing up the last of a nice organic Costa Rican that we picked up fresh roasted this past month. Have three more bags of some more to try that we picked up at another place that will likely become our go to source for the future. With good coffee there is no bitter after taste.

My favorite way to drink coffee is to have it strong, rich, with a tiny amount of sugar to remove any potential bitterness from a strong roast (seriously, like 1/4 tsp or less), but lots of beautiful rich cream. Not half & half - light cream.

I've been on an self-imposed altered diet and have dropped lots of weight over the past 5 months or so, and included in that alteration was to switch to tea in the morning. It was unquestionably THE hardest thing I imposed on myself. Lately I've been re-introducing myself to coffee, and it's just sad how my taste buds have changed. My once-perfect strong brew is almost intolerable, and I've developed a distaste for dumping in a lot of cream, on principle. I've been experimenting with different types of coffee and various amounts of cream, but so far, have been unable to recapture my glory days. *sniffle*

But damn, I'm sure skinny again.

Start with home grinding your coffee. It will almost likely make a world of difference. Get an inexpensive grinder and a single varietal arabica coffee. ... a world of difference.