Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 It has bubbles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 My favorite drink is DrPepper. All that other stuff is rubbish. Rubbish I tell you! This. You silly mortals and your alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody The Reverend Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I never understood non-alcoholic wine when they already make grape juice. Grape juice and wine have different tastes. I've never tried non-alcoholic wine, but I assume it tastes more like wine than grape juice. Otherwise, wouldn't they just call it grape juice? (Unless of course they were just looking for a reason to raise the price. This grape juice is made in France! From French wine grapes! That's why you should pay $20 for this bottle instead of $5 for the larger bottle of grape juice in the juice aisle!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 OK, I understand the social aspect of them, but if it weren't for the caffeine in coffee, I wouldn't bother with it. It took me years to accept the bitter taste of coffee. The only time I would drink it during my college years was when I was studying for an exam. As for non-alcoholic beer, shoot, I'm not proud; hand me coke. If that's not available, H2O works fine too. O'Doules just tastes flat to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 O'Doules just tastes flat to me. I use O'Doules when cooking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 O'Doules makes me sick. It's awful. Try the non-alcoholic Kirin. You might have to go to a Japanese grocer for it though. That's where I get it. There's grape juice, and there's grape juice. I've had grape juice that tasted like wine but without the alcohol and fizziness. Then you have filtered, sweetened, colored piss like Welch's "grape juice". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 O'Doules makes me sick. It's awful. Try the non-alcoholic Kirin. You might have to go to a Japanese grocer for it though. That's where I get it. There's grape juice, and there's grape juice. I've had grape juice that tasted like wine but without the alcohol and fizziness. Then you have filtered, sweetened, colored piss like Welch's "grape juice". Welch's grape juice isn't sweetened or colored... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 My parents took us to a Southern Baptist church when I was in high school. Becasue Southern Baptists don't drink alcohol, communion was performed with a non-alcoholic wine. The experience has forever deterred me from ever consuming any such thing again, although it might be the combination with unleavened bread that's culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Welch's grape juice isn't sweetened or colored... You're right. It still doesn't taste anything like wine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Welch's is made from Concord grapes, if I remember rightly. Nobody makes wine out of that varietal. Grape juice made from wine grapes tastes a bit more like wine, though still pretty sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Welch's is made from Concord grapes, if I remember rightly. Nobody makes wine out of that varietal. Grape juice made from wine grapes tastes a bit more like wine, though still pretty sweet. It's not very good wine, to be fair, but it is wine made from concord grapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 That's right: I'd forgotten about Manischewitz. It's not bad, if you don't mind a sweet wine that tastes a lot like Welch's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Kedem makes both kosher wines and grape juices in several colors and flavors. I was reminded of it while shopping today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 This thread wins the topic drift award for the week. The Reverend, Tyranicus and The Loquacious Lord Grimm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 This thread wins the topic drift award for the week. I feel like this isn't a very noteworthy distinction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 All I'm saying is that they changed this thread, and now it sucks. Tyranicus and A less presumptuous name. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 All I'm saying is that they changed this thread, and now it sucks. Ah, well in that case, self-referential humor is a very noteworthy distinction for a thread. Let's all raise a glass to Actaeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Prost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Balladeer Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 It took me years to accept the bitter taste of coffee. What is this bitterness you speak of? My white-chocolate-peppermint mochachino is not bitter. It is rich and sweet and makes me tingly warm from head to toe. Granted, the tingling is probably more like the jitters but if you don't like the taste of coffee, ur doin it wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 if you don't like the taste of coffee, ur doin it wrong... This sums it up perfectly. Also, that mochachino sounds nice. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I do not believe there is an substance so tasty that someone cannot legitimately not enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 When I first started drinking coffee during those long crash studies, I had to load it with sugar and cream in order to get past the bitterness of industrial strength coffee. Then one day came when I was in the army working on a programming project. My hours were from noon to when. Most often it wasn't until 0600 that we took off for a quick cat nap and back at it again at 1200. It happened that all of sudden there was no creamer or sugar, and with 4 more hours to go, I had to start taking it down black. Which is what I still do for the most part. I still enjoy the occasional mocha, but not very often. Long story short (too late) it took a while and an act of desperation to get used to it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 What is this bitterness you speak of? My white-chocolate-peppermint mochachino is not bitter. It is rich and sweet and makes me tingly warm from head to toe. Granted, the tingling is probably more like the jitters but if you don't like the taste of coffee, ur doin it wrong... if you like the taste of coffee why would you put all that other stuff in it The Reverend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I drink coffee black. Not often, but a few times a month I'll need something to help me get through a morning, usually when someone is droning about something and I have to stay awake for appearances. I don't like coffee; I've now grown to appreciate the taste of coffee, and I can tell good coffee from terrible, but I don't really like any. It's a performance-enhancing drug and I drink it as such. My feelings about various adulterated coffee beverages pushed by Starbucks and company are that if I wanted to drink a milkshake I'd get a milkshake and not try to pretend it's coffee. —Alorael, who acknowledges that they can be tasty beverages. He just doesn't want to drink them as coffee. Real coffee should feel like being kicked in the neurotransmitters. Harehunter and nikki. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody The Reverend Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 if you like the taste of coffee why would you put all that other stuff in it This. Exactly. Black coffee FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 if you like the taste of coffee why would you put all that other stuff in it Because all that other stuff in it helps to make it a proper coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 There is a time and place for black coffee and the flavored coffees. Normally, I go with black coffee just because it is superior tasting. However, when I don't want to deal with that specific taste, but still want the caffeine kick, I go with the flavored coffees. Harehunter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I mostly drink Dunkin Donuts coffee (brewed at home from store-bought grounds) because that's what my mother buys. It's quite good and only very slightly bitter. When I brew it so super strong that my mother can't drink it and complains about it, it tastes fruity, very sweet and acidic, with the many other more subtle coffee flavors, but bitter is not one of them. Sometimes I drink coffee with skim milk, sometimes black. The nuclear bomb I brewed and put in the refrigerator in preparation for the hurricane (turns out we didn't need it) is so acidic that it's undrinkable without milk, but it's still delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 if you like the taste of coffee why would you put all that other stuff in it If you like the taste of ham, why would you make a ham sandwich? Dikiyoba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 If you like the taste of ham, why would you make a ham sandwich? i don't think a coffee sandwich would be very good The Reverend and Harehunter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Nah, coffee IV so your mouth is free to talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 i don't think a coffee sandwich would be very good I dunno, coffee cake seems okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Mosquito---Slayer Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I dunno, coffee cake seems okay. Imagines coffee flavor between slices of bread, Yuck, Noooo..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 My feelings about various adulterated coffee beverages pushed by Starbucks and company are that if I wanted to drink a milkshake I'd get a milkshake and not try to pretend it's coffee. Coffee drinks by Starbucks are disgusting. The best coffee drinks come from drive-through stands (those seem to be mainly a Pacific Northwest phenomenon, though) and non-chain coffeehouses. They're certainly not inferior milkshakes. Coffee drinks and milkshakes are two distinct beverages. The only thing they share in common is being expensive when bought and hard to get just right when made at home. Dikiyoba believes most coffee cakes aren't made with coffee. They are meant to be eaten while drinking coffee, though, so the potential taste combo is clearly there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I drink about six Nespressos a day. Nespresso isn't as good as the best espresso made with a big machine, but it's decent enough, and very convenient. I especially recommend it for office espresso, because the machines take essentially no maintenance, and nobody has to administer the coffee fund, because everyone just orders their own capsules. You can get better coffee from one of the automatic espresso machines that grind the beans fresh each time, but only if you buy good beans often enough to keep them fresh, and clean the machine almost constantly. I've never seen anyone maintain those conditions for more than the first month, and thereafter you're drinking pretty crummy coffee from your giant machine. The best espresso is a whole different kind of beverage, really. Not the faintest hint of bitterness; it can even taste slightly sweet, without any sugar; but a really intense coffee flavor. Getting that takes magic, though. Everything has to be right. They do it pretty routinely in Italy, but hardly anywhere else, and I don't understand why. Coffee doesn't even grow in Italy. Italian coffee bars can't be doing anything that couldn't be done anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 My favorite black coffee is Starbucks' Pike Place roast, which is unfortunate because it's relatively expensive and I can't find anything with a comparable taste. All of the other coffee places on campus sell Pete's coffee, which I don't like. I would reference a line in the film Airplane! but I don't think it's child appropriate (It's rated PG, but this was before they had the PG-13 rating!). (Okay, why does the cursor like to jump around after using italics?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Used to add enough sugar to turn it into syrup (also tried all kinds of flavoring from caramel, vanilla, chocolate to irish cream). Now I just add a shot of milk. I've had pure black coffee in emergencies (eg. "the milk has congealed but I need awake right now"). The first sip is almost electrifying. Maybe I should do that more often. In any case, either my tastebuds are crud or all our coffee tastes basically the same. I can tell the difference between brew and instant, but all other distinctions are lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Balladeer Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 if you like the taste of coffee why would you put all that other stuff in it To the effect of what Nalyd said, The tongue enjoys many tastes and some of those tastes can be found raw in nature but culinary delights are most frequently found when tastes are mixed together and cooked a certain way. Would you eat your steak without seasoning, or your pizza without sauce, cheese, and toppings, or your vanilla ice cream without *gasp* chocolate syrup?! I never did say I liked the taste of black coffee, just opinionated that if you don't like the way your coffee tastes if you try it differently you'll likely find a flavor you do like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 At home, I my coffee is by volume one part milk, two to three parts coffee (to cool it down a bit). In a restaurant, I usually add two or three creamers, and the same number of sugar packets (it tends to taste burnt). I don't normally drink coffee black unless either it actually tases good to me that way, or I simply have no choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Jerakeen Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 There's really only one reason to care how everyone takes their coffee, so who's buying? I'll have mine black, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 If the coffee is hot, I usually add half a cup to a cup of cold skim milk per cup of coffee, just so I can drink it quickly without burning myself. I don't drink it quickly because I don't enjoy it, mind you. I need a good mouthful in order to really enjoy any beverage, so I almost always drink fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 There's really only one reason to care how everyone takes their coffee, so who's buying? I'll have mine black, thanks. I prefer mine to be tea; Earl Grey, black. There are very few times I'll actually order coffee from a coffee shop, and when I do I'll just about always have regular filter coffee. I do drink coffee at home, though, in fairly large quantities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I hear most people hate green tea with milk, but I love green tea with milk. With the exception of sencha green tea which is like dessert on its own, I almost always add about one part skim milk to three parts green tea. I find it imparts a delicious perfumey flavor. I first did this with hoji-cha, which is smoked green tea, before I realized it was green and not black. I've since tried it with other green teas, and I've found it to be wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I prefer mine to be tea; Earl Grey, black. do you also captain a starship nikki. and Triumph 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Nikki *is* British... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 do you also captain a starship Haha, I didn't even realise I was saying it like that until you pointed it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 It must be a British thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Nikki *is* British... While Patrick Stewart is British, Jean-Luc Picard is French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Jerakeen Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) I would just like to take this opportunity to point out that Patrick Stewart is destined to die in Kennewick, approximately 9300 years in the past. No one knows how or why this happens, only that it will. Edited November 5, 2012 by Jerakeen Or did, rather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 British people may not always play starship captains, but when they do, they play French ones who drink tea. Earl gray. Hot. Aran, nikki. and Tyranicus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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