Are you one of those people who needs a jump start every morning???
-Do you start your day AFTER that first cup of coffee? Or after that first POT of coffee??
-Do you stumble blindly to the kitchen and fumble around until you've managed to pull together the makings for a fresh pot of home brew... or just stumble down the hall with the aroma of fresh brewed coffee wafting out to meet you, thanks to your coffeemaker with the auto brew function?
What about the brand of coffee that you use? Is it the $3.99/lb. coffee, $15/lb specialty brand, or somewhere in between? Is it light roast, medium or dark roast? How do you drink it? Do you doctor it up by adding cream .... sugar....?
-How about those delightful flavourings in the bottle? MMMM yummy... French vanilla, English toffee, butternut, you name it.. If you've thought of it I'm sure someone's invented it!
-Then there's *Starbucks*! Or Tim Horton's if you're Canadian (there ARE a few in the US but I hear there aren't very many). So what about Starbucks and Timmies? What do you drink there?
-At Starbucks I drink a venti, no fat, triple shot, extra caramel, caramel macchiato...cha ching! This one costs about $5.40. I drink this one about once a month or less often than that.
-At Timmies I drink X large half coffee half French vanilla.. yum!! Much more affordable than the other one. This one costs $2.20. I usually drink this one about once a week or so.... more when I'm working....usually one a day then.
Well I have to admit that I've become somewhat dependent on the stuff. I was thinking about it recently and analyzing my coffee habit over the last several years.
When I was in my teens at home, we liked to drink strong tea with cream and sugar in it. Then I hit my older teens and started sipping the obnoxious drink because it was the social thing to do... my friends drank coffee. Then I hit my twenties and drank it for the energy... and still slightly for the social part of it. Well now that I'm into my thirties and on the downhill slope to forty.... I am now drinking it because I actually enjoy the TASTE!!! woohooo
Well here's to all you fellow coffee drinkers out there.... Drink up!!
PS
Okay...
I must confess.. I am not one of those stumblers in the morning.... I come out and put water on for tea.....I'm like you Peter...then once I leave the house I move to coffee....
BUT this all changes if someone other than me(hubby) makes coffee in the morning. Then I'll drink coffee. I've come to realize that I'm just a slacker when it comes to making coffee. Unless someone else makes it, I don't even drink coffee while at home! On the days when there's no coffee made, fairly often I'll stop at Tim's and pick up a 1/2 French vanilla
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9 comments:
What an interesting post!!
My first 'brew of the day' would you believe is always a cup of tea.
The rest of the day at work consists of the 'essential' coffee.
However, at home in the evening I revert back to tea.
Blessings to you all this Sunday
I start my day everyday with one cup of General Foods International Belgiun Hazelnut and a piece or two of toast. I like coffee, but never enter a coffee shop. My daugher buys the expensive stuff to have at home. I treat myself once in a blue moon. I prefer her Gevalia's meduim blend over Starbucks or the likes. On a daily basis I can take it or leave it.
Oh, I'm with you, I LOVE that caramel macchiato, the more caramel, the better!!!
We used to just buy powdered creamer, but lately we have been splurging and buying those flavored liquid creamers you get in the dairy section. All the flavors are divine, but there's a vanilla caramel one that actually does satisfy the macchiato craving, and for a fraction of the cost, too. Oh, I LOVE my coffee, too. Off to get another cup!! :-)
Kelly's favorite is a carmel Macchiato with double the caramel but we ask for caramel sauce. It's much better then the flavoring!
My personal favorite is a Peppermint Mocha mmm I must get Kelly to take me to starbucks now!
I'm not a big drinker of regular coffee I don't see the difference personaly in the expensive brand or generic. I will drink it when it is cold so I may become more of a regular coffee drinker once we move. Oh and I did check to make sure there was a starbucks in the town we are planning to move to. Very important to have my starbucks!
I am a Tim Hortons fan.
One large double-double and I'll have that with a chocolate dip donut please :)
TIMS is the BEST!!!!! :)
I am not a coffee or tea drinker :(
But, I usually need my caffeine fix at lunchtime - Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi for me!
I love flavored coffees. I especially love cappuccinos. They are so good. I also love tea.
I don't "do" caffeine, if you can believe that! I know, I'm quite odd but it makes me a little wacky. ;)
We have a coffee shop in town that I love. The atmosphere is perfect, and they make a white hot cocoa that I crave in the middle of the night! Yum!
Mmmm...me and coffee...we are good friends, lol. The Starbuck's near where we normally live is a frequent stop, most every time we drive by it! I love coffee, with lots of creamer and sugar. French vanilla creamer is a favorite too. When I go to Starbuck's, I like to switch it up with the Frappachinos:)
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