For all of us addicts out here, I thought we needed our own little corner of AMHD.

Our own virtual coffeeshoppe... a place where we can sit and chat over a steamy cup of our favorite brew...

What is your favorite coffee drink? Are you a frequent flyer at Starbucks? Do they know you by name? (Personally, I have my own named drink... sad, I know) How do you take your coffee? Light and sweet? Black? With cream?

So, in honor of our addiction, coffeeholics unite! :)

"Amazing what caffeine and no sense of self-preservation can do."

"Caffeine Binge: That which is necessary to function normally."

"Just bring me my coffee, and s-l-o-w-l-y back away."


NO DECAF ALLOWED!!!

Venti americano 5 shooter (they call this... the sneezy *obv not the sneezy... but my name*)

White mocha 3 shooter (no name, but my barista makes it for me)

Mmm... 5 shot americano... impressive! Add a shot of hazelnut into that and its perfect.

White mocha, huh? I've never been a big fan of that - too sweet - but with the three shots, maybe that would be yummy... I'll have to try it!

Thanks, ISF! :)

HC - Is it surprising that I'm the first to respond?

My favorite coffee drink? I love them all equally.
Starbucks sweet Starbucks, if only you delivered.
I like my coffee with cream and sugar.

And just to get the ball rolling, here's a coffee joke:

A man went to his psychiatrist and said, "Every time I drink my coffee, I get a stabbing pain in my right eye," the psychiatrist said, "well, have you tried taking the spoon out?"

Yikes, I was typing to slowly, Sneezy beat me to it.

Sneezy, I'm so glad to see you're okay, I thought you drowned under the brewing pot.

I'm an all-the-time coffee drinker... hot, cold, early, late, you name it, I drink it. I love a good, strong cup of iced black coffee on a hot day, a steamy red-eye on a snowy day, or a frothy cappuccino on a chilly afternoon.

Nothing soothes the soul like good music, good friends, and a cup of coffee.

Love it, Love it, Love it. I've got to go make lunch for me and my mini me. Time for some more coffee. Talk to you later.

I like mine as much as I can get into my system without having a complete caffeine induced hypo. I need it I'm a sleepy bunny.

I just drink instant or the possibly poisonous and definitely overpriced liquid they serve at the lab's café. Seriously I think we should run some tests on it and work out if it actually is coffee.

I dream of the day I can afford Starbucks!

"I need, a bomb, I need a c-c-c-c-caffeine bomb!" The Wildhearts
YouTube - THE WILDHEARTS "Caffeine Bomb"

Don't watch if you don't like punk... you have been warned my tweaked friends.

I can honestly say that I detest instant coffee and have been consuming too much of the gourmet stuff to ever go back to when I did like it. Sad, isn't it? My time overseas really heightened my love for STRONG black coffee...

Although... the other night I went to dinner at a friend's house. She and her family are from India and have only been in the States for 7 years. She made this absolutely amazing coffee (strong, steamy, divine!) for me - when I asked what kind of coffee she used, she told me that its just this instant brand from India... wow... I have no idea what kind of magic she did to make it taste like that, but it was milky and frothy and angelic!!

I drink Starbucks because it is a necessary evil. If I had the choice, I'd open my own tiny coffee shop and only serve Sumatran, Guatemalan, and Ethiopian. They do have it right though - put the flavor IN the coffee, don't flavor the beans... :)

:D

I have to admit there are some great little coffee shops around here. I always take the emotionally stressed to them to chat and unwind. So much cheaper than Starbucks too.

There is this fantastic tea shop where I used to live that does nutella coffee. Like a mocha but with nutella. Genius.

I'd kill for a good mocha made with syrup not powded chocolate right now!

Mine is a café latte drink them allday long bought a machine that makes them froths the milk and everything.
Or sometimes just a strong black one

Too late in the day though - now is the time for cider. Where's the ye olde english pub thread?

Nutella Coffee??

I think you just handed me the map to the Holy Grail...

Wow... I'm daydreaming now...

Yummmmm...

(cider is good too, especially on a blustery Fall day)

I like my coffee black, wouldn't have it any other way. Why would you wan't coffee that doesn't taste like coffee? :)

My favorite coffee related quote from a very clever man:
"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." - Paul Erdos

Hello Historygirl:

Well, I'm from Seattle – the birthplace of Starbucks. Only certain baristas know how to draw a perfect shot of espresso, so I only go to my special places. I have to have my macchiato with warmed half and half instead of the milk foam. It needs a cool design on it too. We, Seattleites are so damn smug.

excon

excon -

I agree though, the cool design makes the cup of coffee infinitely better! Seattle coffee... mmm... :)

Cap -

Yup, I have to have a pot of black coffee before I leave my house... then I go for the half and half in my Starbucks...

Nutella coffee? Where can I get that? I must have it. Do you think adding a spoon full of nutella to regular coffee would do the trick? I'm going to buy some nutella the next time I go grocery shopping.

If Starbucks delivered I'd have them on speed dial.

I like my coffee the way I like my whiskey, a little diluted.

Throw some jack in my coke. Throw some coffeee in hot chocolate.

Sissy a$$? I don't care.

If I turn the fireplace up high and bring my betrothed a cup o' 70/30 java/hot choco, there's a chance ill get her naked.

Screw that... if I skip the java and go 60/40 hot choco and baileys, there's even a better chance.

But... if she's out of town and false hope isn't hope at all, throw me a few creams and some splenda.

Ask me again in a dozen years when I'm more crotchety and b!tchy... maybe ill take it more straight.

excon- nutella's hazelnut spread it's a bit too damp to smoke. Although dried I don't know...

The best coffee I have ever tasted, was Kaladi Brothers in Anchorage Alaska...
But here it seems I take what ever beans that are avail at the country store and I grind them, brew them, and pour it in a cup add my vanilla creamer... wa la! A pot or more a day keeps Startover22 at bay... LOL
( out of creamer today so I suffer quietly)

Nutella is divinity-in-a-jar, its sweet-goodness of the gods, it's the edible nirvana...

Mmm...

HC- Do we have to start a chocolate thread too?

excon- You're actually supposed to spread nutella on toast. Personally I like it straight out of the jar. Just find the biggest spoon that you have in the house and go to town.

I was born in Germany and we had nutella everyday. Here in Canada it's only become available in the last couple of years. I used to smuggle it back with me whenever I visited Germany, now I don't have to. :)

I've now gone from coffee to water, have to drink my 8 cups a day.:(

Nutella is also great warmed up and poured over ice cream... Mmmmm... coffee ice cream... wow...

Funny, first time I had Nutella was in China.

Best cup of coffee I ever had was in China, as well...

Lol... I miss China!

Now I want to go to China, if only for a cup of coffee.

We should start a tour for coffee drinkers. Travel around the world tasting different coffee. If we play our cards right coffee manufacturers might even pay for the trip. Worth looking into, don't you think?

This guy walks into a coffee shop and asks the waitress: "How much is the coffee?" "Coffee is three dollars the waitress said". "How much is a refill?" the man asked. "Free"!! Said the waitress. "Then I'll take a refill"!!

Dated a girl who spent a semester in holland... she came back with a big jones for nutella or hagelslag and dutch...

Aw crap...

A crispy round toast that began with a "c"... this is going to kick my mental arse for hours...

Sorry KP I can't help you, I don't know either.

Just got a disturbing personal message telling me that I should keep trying to get pregnant and not give up. Did I have a caffeine free day and post that I was trying to get pregnant? If so could someone tell be were I posted this so that I can delete it. I didn't realize that I wanted another baby, this is certainly surprising news.

Now I'm switching from water back to coffee with a shot of Baileys.

LOL! Wow, Altenweg... that's some deep stuff...

Yeah, I'd go back to the Bailey's and coffee...

Wow... come to think of it, Cheers! I'll join you! (minus the baileys' though... they frown on that at work... ;) )

!!

It's a round, dry toast... OMG... I'm going to go mad over this... hagel and...

>P

Kp - Google has failed me... all I could come up with was Krokant... "Crispy round toast"... Hope you figure it out! :) Drink some more 70/30 java/choc... maybe that will help. :)

KP - I wish I could help, I know how it feels to have a word on the tip of your tongue and not be able to remember it. Don't give up, you'll get there.

Besides, I have too much on my mind right now to do any research, apparently I have to dig the baby clothes out of storage, I hate being the last to know.

More baileys and coffee for me, heck, skip the coffee, I'll just add ice.

RUSK!

Which starts not with a "c"...

She ate rusks with nutella or hagel and butter...

*deep breath*... that was going to pi$$ me off all night.

Mkay. Move along. Nothing to see here folks.

... so I went away for something like... 2 hours. And it's gone past page 3. impressive.

Going for a run. Then... starbucks. I'm also a pretty huge caribou fan... and an einstein's fan... but for some reason, the baristas at starbucks do it just right.

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Originally Posted by ISneezeFunny

...so I went away for something like...2 hours. and it's gone past page 3. impressive.

going for a run. then...starbucks. I'm also a pretty huge caribou fan...and an einstein's fan...but for some reason, the baristas at starbucks do it just right.

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Yeah... I noticed the growing page count... that just goes to show how many of us are caffeinated people! :)

Sooooo nice to know there are others out there!

(MMmmm... Caribou coffee... that's good stuff, too!)

I'm taking a nap, this pregnancy thing has gotten me in a dither. I hope the coffee doesn't keep me awake.

What do you call a cow who's just given birth? De-calf-inated!

AAaahhh HC I see you've started your own little coffee shop , mind if I come in. I am more than happy to just a have an instant , 1 sugar with milk please. But the sooner they make a coffee that tastes like beer the sooner I become addicted :-)

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Originally Posted by kp2171

RUSK!

which starts not with a "c"...

she ate rusks with nutella or hagel and butter...

*deep breath*... that was going to pi$$ me off all night.

mkay. move along. nothing to see here folks.

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KP , coming originally from Europe my Dad used to bring home Rusk by the truckload , dipped in Coffee MMmmm sensational.

*Edit* Boy that Pic came out big :-)

Now that I can see it I do know what that is. It's really good and really crunchy.

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Originally Posted by friend4u178

AAaahhh HC I see you've started your own little coffee shop , mind if I come in. I am more than happy to just a have an instant , 1 sugar with milk please. But the sooner they make a coffee that tastes like beer the sooner I become addicted :-)

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Welcome, F4U, glad you finally made it! :)

One instant coffee, light and sweet coming right up!

**Morning everyone! Let's all raise our collective coffee cups in salute of FRIDAY!!!**

Let's start the day off with a poem:

APPROACH AT OWN RISK
By Ted Helt Jr.

A cup of coffee to start the day,
More civil and reserved.
A cup of coffee to face the race,
My sanity preserved.
My day begins quite early,
Much earlier than most.
Without my morning coffee,
I'd not make it to my post.
If you should chance upon me,
Before I've had my brew.
Don't be alarmed if I should bite,
Upon your backside chew.
Tread softly should there be no Joe,
For my A.M. caffeine Fix.
I rely on it to calm my nerves,
And make me fit to mix.
You wouldn't invade a Grizzly's lair,
A wide berth he'd gain, from fear.
So please show me the same regard,
Until the coffee cart's been here.

I think this says it all.

Great poem, I love it...
Making coffee... LOL