How do you do coffee

[lattelady5]

How do you do your coffee? Brew it at home? Traditional coffee make or another method? What kind of beans do you use? Or do you just buy it out? How do you take it?

Which picture best represents your cup of coffee?

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[lattelady5]

I just have a regular coffee maker and brew 1.5ish cups in the morning. Occasionally I will do a cup in the afternoon too.

I have a little stovetop espresso maker but I never use it anymore. I want to get a french press.

I used to use a splash of heavy whipping cream but dairy bothers me too much anymore. I've been using hazelnut non dairy creamer.

My perfect coffee is 11. I'd rather drink it black that have too much cream.

[abs]

I brew it at home every morning. I usually drink 2.5-3 cups. Black and super strong.

I love coffee.

[jag01]

There is nothing better than that first sip of coffee in the am. We have a traditional brewing machine. I put Southern Butter Pecan creamer in it. My DH bugs me that I should put some coffee in my creamer, it looks like the 5 or 12. It has to be in an oversized, pretty mug too.

[momin2013]

M-F: DH and I don't have breakfast together, so we each make our own coffee. We use Nescafe Instant Espresso - I make mine like a regular coffee (it's basically like an Americano) with two tsp. of sugar and some milk.

Sat & Sun: We have breakfast together; 95% of the time we brew coffee in the regular coffeemaker with usually either Nabob or Kicking Horse beans that we grind fresh. The other 5% of the time I'm feeling fancy and I'll either make it with the French press or in the stovetop espresso maker, in which case I make cappuccinos by adding steamed milk and topping them with cinnamon.

Once in a blue moon I have a craving for Turkish coffee. I have a small tin of coffee that I keep for that purpose and I'll make it in our little Turkish coffee pot, sometimes adding steamed milk and sugar.

ETA: Oh, my ideal coffee looks like #1

[vettymama]

Brew at home. Caribou ground beans. Usually the blend. Black. So picture #2. During the Christmas season I buy peppermint mocha and add a splash of that for one cup. I probably drink 3-4 cups a day.

[cna]

I brew it at home in a regular old mr. Coffee. I must have coffee in the biggest mug I can find and my current cup resembles #4.

[gastro]

Decaf nespresso with extra water and a splash of almond milk. Not everyday, just when I feel like it.

DH drinks drip coffee - he needs it to be ready and waiting when he wakes up and the drip machine is the only one we have with a timer.

About 2x a week I get a decaf Americano with a splash of soy milk from Starbucks.

I never add sugar to my coffee, just a splash of some sort of milk to take the edge off the black.

[nicolewi]

I don't make it at home. DH doesn't drink it and I didn't yet get to a point where I "need" it. I will drink it anytime it's offered when I'm out, and I used to have it at work. Lately, I've started making instant decaf with half milk/half water and sometimes a little bit of sugar. Mine would be a 9, or even a 12 if I am going all-out. My favorite thing is really a vanilla latte.

Also, I do decaf b/c if I have more than a cup or so of regular it seems to make me feel weird...almost kind of nauseated. Maybe I"m just not used it.

[ttc76]

I am very basic and use instant coffee.

[mamaalysson]

I miss coffee. :-(. I had to switch to tea, but I'm still going to play.

#3 is my ideal. My favorite beans are from a local roastery - Portland Roasting Company. We use a French press. I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk in my coffee.

[nowa]

We brew at home using a Chemex. We also have a French Press which I sometimes use for my afternoon cup. And we also have a Bialetti stove top espresso maker which we use rarely.

We buy whole beans usually from Costco -- either the Kirkland brand that's made by Starbucks or Mayorga. We grind the beans every morning.

DH and I both drink it black. Occasionally, I'll make myself a latte in the afternoon or I'll buy myself a cup once in awhile if out.

Picture 6 if I make it. Picture 8 if DH makes it, which he usually does on the weekdays. He makes me a cup and puts it in a Thermos for me until I wake up.

[quesyrah]

We use either a regular coffee maker or a French press. We also always have a pitcher of iced coffee in the fridge. For that we use a coffee toddy.

I drink probably 3 cups a day. 1 hot in the morning and 1-2 iced late morning and early afternoon.

I use a splash of milk so I would say mine looks like 6 maybe?

If I get coffee out it's just an iced coffee.

[thecheshirekat]

I have a Keurig and my favorite is the Green Mountain Southern Pecan flavor. I run each cup through twice because I like having a giant mug of coffee more than I like having strong coffee, and I add 2-3T of heavy cream and enough liquid Splenda to make it delicious. Mine is probably most like #5.

[lattelady5]

Feb 22, 2016 10:04:05 GMT -5 nicolewi said:

Also, I do decaf b/c if I have more than a cup or so of regular it seems to make me feel weird...almost kind of nauseated. Maybe I"m just not used it.

Caffeine can make you feel nauseous if you're not used to it or drink more than you're used too. Protein can help curb that feeling.

I went to Italy when I was 19. I tried Italian cappuccino for the first time and it was divine. I had 3 with some crackers and nutella. I felt sooooo carsick. My friend was all "yeah, 3 espressos and no food will do that to you" Lol

[Deleted]

H brews two keurig k cups-usually Starbucks Verona and I splash it with sugar free creamer or sugar free torani syrup before taking it to go for my work commute. At work, I make pour over brew with Starbucks coffee for iced coffee refills. I prob have 4 cups per day Monday-Friday.

On weekends, I usually grab Starbucks. A quad venti iced latte or a venti iced coffee with sugar free vanilla syrup and splash of heavy cream.

Mine looks like #3

[dizzycooks]

We have an espresso maker and I usually have one or two drinks a day. First is a white mocha that looks a lot like 12 and the other is a latte that looks more like 9. I justify it as being mostly milk so it's my dairy for the day

[cjcouple]

I usually buy 1 iced coffee a day from dunkin donuts.
Probably looks closest to 4

Caramel iced coffee with 1 cream only. (Caramel is sweet so no added sugar.

I have purchased the bottle of Starbucks caramel iced coffee for snow days, early sport days and just add cream.

I have done the ground coffee in the k cup maker on occasion too. Still only 1 cup a day.

[expectantsteelerfan]

I'm doing a meal plan trying to eliminate refined sugar and lose weight. I prefer chai tea, but that has lots of sugar, so for at least a month I've given it up and had to replace with coffee. I brew at home in a small 2 cup pot. I drink one cup and save the other for the next day. I can't drink it black so I add a splash of almond milk and half a packet of stevia, so it looks like #6. I'd prefer a sweet flavored creamer and a whole packet of stevia/sugar/whatever though.

[Deleted]

I'm a tea gal, *special snowflake*, but on the rare occasions I have coffee, I grind beans and make it in a french press. Then lots of milk, like #1. Or flavoured creamer, but DH doesn't like it so it's rarely on hand.

[cabbagecabbage]

We have a Cuisinart thermal carafe pot. It's a regular coffee machine but I love the thermos. My husband brews a 10 cup pot every morning. It's waiting when I get up. I'm much worse at it and always get it too strong if I brew.

I drink 2 good sized cups a day with creamer not milk (it's lactose free and I'm intolerant) and 1 sugar. Mine looks like #3.

[penguingrrl]

Mine most resembles #3. I drink it brewed at home, sometimes I'll get Starbucks as a treat. I brew TJs Bay Blend normally, sometimes will get beans from a local roaster. We brew close to a pot each morning as we each drink two big mugs. I also have a French press that I'll occasionally use for afternoon coffee or on the weekends. I like very dark roast coffee. If I go to Starbucks I get a triple grande latte. I don't like my coffee sweet at all and like milk (2% at most, whole milk or any sort of cream is too thick and loses the coffee flavor).

H brings me coffee in bed every morning and has since we first moved in together (except when I was pregnant and had an aversion, then it was tea). I usually finish my first cup of coffee before even getting out of bed.

[jnksmom]

I have a keurig. I drink one cup each morning. I add creamer to mine. If I have flavored creamer I don't use sugar. If I use milk, then I add a little sugar. I usually take it with me to work. Occasionally I will make a second cup at work. My office mate has a keurig in our office. My ideal coffee looks somewhere between 3&9.

[quesyrah]

Feb 22, 2016 19:11:42 GMT -5 cabbagecabbage said:

We have a Cuisinart thermal carafe pot. It's a regular coffee machine but I love the thermos. My husband brews a 10 cup pot every morning. It's waiting when I get up. I'm much worse at it and always get it too strong if I brew.

I drink 2 good sized cups a day with creamer not milk (it's lactose free and I'm intolerant) and 1 sugar. Mine looks like #3.

We have the same cuisinart! LOVE it

[gastro]

Feb 23, 2016 9:02:43 GMT -5 runningfish said:

Dunkin Donuts original kcups. I drink it black with a squeeze of honey. Lately I've been drinking 4-5 cups a day :/ (newborn twins and a two year old are literally sucking the life out of me). The kcups were great when I jut had one cup or two a day, now I'm thinking I should go ahead and get a pot that makes a gallon at a time.

Hey there Momma! How are you doing? We've all been thinking about you!

[mamaalysson]

Feb 23, 2016 9:02:43 GMT -5 runningfish said:

Dunkin Donuts original kcups. I drink it black with a squeeze of honey. Lately I've been drinking 4-5 cups a day :/ (newborn twins and a two year old are literally sucking the life out of me). The kcups were great when I jut had one cup or two a day, now I'm thinking I should go ahead and get a pot that makes a gallon at a time.

I missed that you had your babies!! Congrats!

[dizzycooks]

Will somebody bring me the whole darn pot please? I don't even care how it's made.