How Do You Like Your Coffee?

[TonyDown]

I had a college roommate that thought he was a comedian,  e.g. he would often ask "Would you like a little cream in your coffee?" (ba-dump bump)

I follow this vlog called @thespicynonna  from Niagara in Canada about this young (and cute) fellow's Italian-Canadian grandmother. 

Often the channel is about his grandfather who is quite creative and clever. 

This latest vlog below shows the grandfather making espresso coffee with sugar, egg yolk and hazelnut liquor.   I have never tried this kind of coffee.  Have you?

Looks yummy.  So does the grandson.  😉

 

 

Do you have a special approach to preparing your coffee?

 

 

 

(FYI the granddaughter has her own YouTube Vlog about dog grooming with over a million subscribers.)

 

 

 

 

Edited January 14 by TonyDown

[samhexum]

7 minutes ago, TonyDown said:

How Do You Like Your Coffee?

straight out of the Haagen Dazs carton

[MikeBiDude]

15 minutes ago, TonyDown said:

Do you have a special approach to preparing your coffee?

Other than I buy green beans from all over the world, roast them myself a couple days a week, and brew pour over one cup at a time, black. That’s it. No cream, milk, sweeteners.

[56harrisond]

I like my coffee how I like my women, I drink tea.

[jeezifonly]

I loathe every form of latte/cappuccino, so I may order espresso after a nice meal, but never "meet for coffee" (I may drink black house brew on the rare occasion I'm out for breakfast.)

Daily, at home – dark roast from Trader Joe's, generous ratio to filtered water, drip brew, black. 

I only drink what I enjoy, and save a bloody fortune. 

[+ sync]

I would not be comfortable ingesting the raw eggs.

[ShortCutie7]

Iced. Only iced, even in subzero weather.  Other than that, the strength, kind, amount of creamer, sweetness, etc depends on my mood.

But I need coffee of some sort every day (or else I get a throbbing headache) and it has to be iced or at least not hot.

[DenverDad]

16 hours ago, MikeBiDude said:

Other than I buy green beans from all over the world, roast them myself a couple days a week, and brew pour over one cup at a time, black. That’s it. No cream, milk, sweeteners.

Do you have a recommendation for a good pour over set up?

[MikeBiDude]

1 hour ago, DenverDad said:

Do you have a recommendation for a good pour over set up?

I like this one, bulletproof. I have a Korean/Japanese style electric water heating thingie that keeps water at 208° 24/7, I use a small stainless pitcher to get the water and pour over.

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[samhexum]

3 hours ago, MikeBiDude said:

I have a Korean/Japanese style electric water heating thingie 

I can never follow along when people start using all sorts of technical terms.

[DenverDad]

4 hours ago, MikeBiDude said:

I like this one, bulletproof. I have a Korean/Japanese style electric water heating thingie that keeps water at 208° 24/7, I use a small stainless pitcher to get the water and pour over.

Amazon.com

WWW.AMAZON.COM

 

Thank you!

[MikeBiDude]

41 minutes ago, samhexum said:

I can never follow along when people start using all sorts of technical terms.

I never now what to call the darn thing….but I love it.

 

[samhexum]

55 minutes ago, MikeBiDude said:

I never now what to call the darn thing….but I love it.

But Shane's mom thought you hate it!

[+ Charlie]

I brew a pot of coffee (usually Starbucks brand) and drink one (occasionally two) cups per day until it's gone. I use one teaspoon of sugar in a cup. A pot usually lasts me several days--I re-heat the cups of cold coffee in the microwave.

[Rudynate]

I love strong black coffee.  I don't do anything special. I use a cheap coffee maker like a Mr. Coffee.  I brew 8 cups at a time and that's enough for my husband and I to each have 3 cups or so early in the day.  He likes his with mocha mix and a little sugar. I think anything other than black coffee is more of a confection than a cup of coffee. Occasionally, i do like coffee dressed up with cream and sugar, but to me, it's more of a sweet treat than a cup of coffee. My favorite brand is Seattle's Best, but I also like Starbuck's Caffe Verona.  Peet's used to have one called Vienna Blend that I was out of this world.

Edited January 16 by Rudynate

[maninsoma]

On 1/14/2026 at 8:52 PM, sync said:

I would not be comfortable ingesting the raw eggs.

I noticed he added espresso from a Mocha pot, which generally makes very hot espresso.  It might be that the egg yolk mixture is being heated enough by the espresso.  Or maybe he buys pasteurized eggs.  Of course, some people do simply take the risk of eating undercooked or raw eggs.  I don't scoff at dishes where the egg yolk is runny.

My main issue with this video is that this guy is calling what he drinks coffee.  It looks like it has nearly as much egg yolk, sugar, and liqueur as espresso.  If he added a small amount of cream, he'd basically be drinking ice cream mix before it was churned and frozen.

[Rudynate]

On 1/15/2026 at 3:51 PM, Charlie said:

I brew a pot of coffee (usually Starbucks brand) and drink one (occasionally two) cups per day until it's gone. I use one teaspoon of sugar in a cup. A pot usually lasts me several days--I re-heat the cups of cold coffee in the microwave.

I'm the same - I hate to waste coffee, so I nuke cold coffee and drink it.  My husband thinks it's excessively cheap to reheat coffee instead of discarding it and making fresh.

[Rudynate]

I used to work in the coffee business.  Regular light roasted american coffee from the grocery store is called single roast.  Darker roasted coffees like Vienna roast are called double roast and the darkest roasted coffees like French and Italian are triple roast. I prefer double roasted coffee to triple roasted coffee. It has plenty of flavor and body without the scorched taste of French roast or Italian roast.

[+ azdr0710]

time for this classic again.....original and spoof  

 

 

Edited January 18 by azdr0710

[mike carey]

6 hours ago, Rudynate said:

I'm the same - I hate to waste coffee, so I nuke cold coffee and drink it.  My husband thinks it's excessively cheap to reheat coffee instead of discarding it and making fresh.

Same, not out of some aversion to waste, but just because it makes sense. I have a plunger (translation: French press) that makes 3-4 mugs, it's stainless steel so keeps the coffee warmish, but after the second cup I need to nuke it a bit. If there's any left, say the next day, then I nuke it. Freshly made tastes better, but I enjoy that just as much if it's the third cup after two nuked ones, or the first of the day.

But if I'm out, and buying coffee, it's a flat white.

[Bargara Leatherboy]

My husband and I call ourselves coffee snobs - as in we know how we like our coffee.   

(some people may disagree with the title coffee snobs).

We have experimented with all types of coffee machines, we used to own a coffee shop so we know how to make good coffee, and in Australia drip coffee is not very popular.

We had a full blown coffee machine from DeLonghi - which we paid $1899 for in about 2005.  It was great when it worked, it ground the beans heated the water and made the coffee as requested.  Then sometimes it would just grind the coffee and dump the fresh ground coffee beans into the waste container.

After two trips back to the store for warranty work, the next time it played up it was replaced.  Then the replacement did the same thing, so eventually we returned it and got a full refund.

After that Aldi started having a pod machine, they are currently $89 and the pods are about 50 cents each.

14 different strengths, we go with 11 Torino.  A nice big Starbucks mug. ( I say the only good thing at Starbucks in the mugs you can buy) so I like mind black, 2 pods in a mug with breakfast.   Husband likes some milk and sugar.

 

If the machine dies - you can return it and get a replacement, but if it's served us for a few years, we just buy a new one. 

We like it so much we have a carryon bag for the machine, and take it away with us, road trips and if we are going on beach resort trip we just take it.

We travelled for 8 months last year and took a French press with us - stainless steel so it would not break, and that worked really well.

Coffee is a little like good sex - we all like it a little but different.....  but we all end up satisfied  however we get there 

 

 

 

 

[BSR]

On 1/15/2026 at 1:52 PM, ShortCutie7 said:

Iced. Only iced, even in subzero weather.  Other than that, the strength, kind, amount of creamer, sweetness, etc depends on my mood.

But I need coffee of some sort every day (or else I get a throbbing headache) and it has to be iced or at least not hot.

I’m exactly the same.  For 2+ decades I drank a quadruple espresso (hot) every single day, but now I drink some form of iced coffee.  Since I’m in Manila and Starbucks is a lot cheaper here, I’ve been having a double-strength venti dark caramel Frappuccino every day.  If I’m at home, I make a quad espresso, stir in some milk and sugar, then pour it over ice.  I can still drink hot coffee but got addicted to my liquid dessert to start the day.

And like you, I get a horrible headache if denied my morning caffeine fix.

[+ Just Chuck]

I like a small french press that makes one cup worth at a time.  I occasionally splurge and get some Vietnamese robusta coffee and that’s really special.  My everyday coffee preference is cuban style Cafe Bustelo.

Water quality makes a big difference in coffee flavor to me.  The tap water here has a ton of mineral content.  So, I have a softener and reverse osmosis water purification system.

Hotels are hard places to get a good cup of coffee.  So I travel with an AeroPress french press.  

 

[BSR]

2 hours ago, Just Chuck said:

Water quality makes a big difference in coffee flavor to me.  

Definitely!  I think that’s why you can go into any shitty little bar in Madrid and get a surprisingly good cup of coffee:  because Madrid’s tap water is some of the best in the world.  At the other end of the spectrum, even if you buy the finest gourmet beans, your coffee will still taste horrid if you brew it with Las Vegas tap water, which is basically liquid chalk.

[Mark_fl]

On 1/14/2026 at 5:35 PM, 56harrisond said:

I like my coffee how I like my women, I drink tea.

I like my coffee like I like my men. Smooth, very light and sweet.