Thread: What coffee do you drink?

Originally Posted by Gerbil

Originally Posted by jandajoy

2 teaspoonfulls of regular Nescafe plus 1 sweetener, stirred, not shaken. AHHHHH

Instant coffee drinkers need not reply to this thread.

However, if (as it appears), you're snorting the ingredients rather than the more traditional 'dissolving in boiling water', we'd be interested in more feedback.

Instant expresso in a small cup = 2 heaped spoonfulls of Nescafe + 2 spoonfulls of sugar + boiling water, stirred really well can confuse even Italians. Believe me it works especially if the guests concerned have just wrapped themselves round the out side of a large lunch with appropriate libation.

Those little sticks of Mocca are fine for me and you don't even have to use a spoon just the empty packet.
Hows lazy is that?
Three baht each.
Why would anyone go into a Starbucks? Suckers.

I used to get Suzuki House Blend at Macro, but anymore I buy Suzuki Premium blend is about the best I can find.
I hate that Espresso grind shit as you get all the mud in your pot, but at home I drank Hills Bros. since I was 5 years old.
Very good in camp when just kids was there and boil it in a coffee can over a camp fire and have a cup with your morning hand rolled Bull Durham ciggy,, nothing like it.

When I took care of AA meetings at home I always bought Hills Bros coffee, it cost a ittle more than Folgers and other coffees, but still cheap compared to here, this is the most expensive coffee I have ever seen,, When I left the states to came here is 2001 I was paying less than $5 US for 3 pounds of coffee. here you pay that much for 1/2 pound.

And I think that all instant coffee such as nescafe should be dumped down the fucking toilet,, only a know nothing will drink that shit..

Originally Posted by blackgang

since I was 5 years old.

Your parents used to let you drink coffee at the age of five! Was that necessary?

I've never 'got' coffee. I suffered terrible reflux and anxiety attacks/pounding heart after a cup plus it never energised me. Tea, however, is sent from above and a 20 minute brewed pot will keep me going for hours, especially green tea.

Only whale-loving tree huggers drink green tea.

Real men drink black tea like PG Tips or, Typhoo .

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Oh, how very common! I suppose you have it in a mug and dunk RichTea or Ginger Snaps in it.

Ooooooooo for a real McVities Digestive.....

Like buad hai I buy VPP Espresso. And rarely drink coffee when I'm out.

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I think Marks and Sparks sell their own brand in one of the shopping centres opposite Siam Square. Still bloody common, though.

The missus gets some coffee from Laos and guests visiting always sing its praises.

Originally Posted by Sir Burr

Ooooooooo for a real McVities Digestive.....

Have any of you seen the Peter Kay sketch about dunkin' biscuits?

Rich Tea should be called One Dips and Hobnobs are the soldiers of dippin". Go on dunk me again!

Originally Posted by Scooter

Rich Tea should be called One Dips

Ah, the sludge at the bottom of the cup. Yummy. Tipping your head back waiting for gravity to release the dollup.

OK I've got it.

I WILL NOT BE COMMON.
I WILL DRINK WHACKY, FANCY COFFEE AND TELL PEOPLE.
HOW GOOD IT IS.
HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS.
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BUY.
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE.

And I will go and live on Lygon St. and abuse my body with the distilled essence of beans. Paradise.
Thank you all for my enlightenment, conversion and salvation.
Coffee ( flashy coffee - not amphetamines, tes, cigarettes, booze, or carrots) I'm on the straight and narrow now.

(Not bitter, just "freshly ground" )

I used to buy Suzuki espresso ground for filter coffee. Kept it in the freezer, same with the beans when I got a grounder. Thai, Malay and Laoatian coffee are all lovely, IMO. Kinda get used to adding sweet tinned milk to it.

These are the two main western coffees. Arabica is said to be much superior.

Arabica ...much more refined flavor and contain about 1 percent caffeine by weight. Because of its delicate nature, it yields only 1 to 1.5 pounds of green coffee per year. This is the coffee that specialty roasters search for. It accounts for about 75% of the world production. Because the arabica tree is susceptible to disease, frost, and drought, it requires very careful cultivation with just the right climatic conditions.

Robusta It contains about 2 percent caffeine. It bears more coffee cherries than the arabica plant. It yields 2 to 3 pounds of green coffee a year. This plant is used for the lower grades of coffee that are sold in the market. Although generally not found in gourmet shops, robusta beans are often used in the processing of soluble (instant) coffees and popular commercial blends.

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Originally Posted by blackgang

And I think that all instant coffee such as nescafe should be dumped down the fucking toilet,, only a know nothing will drink that shit.

I love instant coffee. Granted, it doesn't taste much like brewed coffee. But, as I've said before, you just have to think of it as a different sort of beverage. I happen to think that the Tesco brand instant is the best available here in Korat. I drink a big mug of it daily, first thing in the morning, with brown sugar and milk.

For breakfast, I brew a pot of the VPP Espresso.

I remember this:

Camp Coffee, the sludgy scottish treat

It was absolutely fcuking awful. Another 'scottish delicacy'

Nes cafe...not coffee

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Nes cafe...not coffee

Exactly. Instead think of it as a hot, brown caffeine delivery system.

Same with the canned ice "coffee". Not really coffee, but pretty good at times.

Not everyone likes the same things, thats for sure.

If all people were alike then there would be no use for that stinking shit the Thai call food, people wouldn't eat it and dogs will not eat it now.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

I remember this:

Camp Coffee, the sludgy scottish treat

It was absolutely fcuking awful. Another 'scottish delicacy'

Hardly, I've never heard of it.

At least we don't eat eels.

Dont bring "camp coffee" up. My stomach is still churning just thinking about it.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

I used to buy Suzuki espresso ground for filter coffee.

I tend to buy the Suzuki brand as well (golden blend, I think - red packaging) - they are far better at coffee than at making cars!

I'm a filthy commoner when it comes to coffee. I like a nice brewed cup in cool climes but in Thailand I always grabbed one of the cheapo ice coffees (dispensed, not canned) from 7/11 or Family Mart. My favorite was the "Espresso Roast" at Family Mart.

Coffee has a nice taste but I avoid it as I have trouble sleeping at the best of times.