Don't ask me why, but I'm slowly trying to start drinking coffee.... When it comes to hot drinks, it's still 80% tea with the occasional hot chocolate (something that also took me 25 years to like), but the past few weeks I've been working up to coffee.
Stages passed:
Stage one: hot chocolate
Stage two: choco-coffee (50/50)
Stage three: Wiener melange (half coffee, quarter milk, quarter hot choc)
Stage four (this week): cappuccino (with cocoa powder on top)
Not sure what my next stage should be. Coffee with milk and sugar? Or should I bravely shock my system by going straight for espresso? The worst part is: this isn't even decent coffee, it all comes straight from one of those big company vendor machines (Douwe Egberts). We *do* have an italian coffee-bar in the main lounge, but that quality shit ain't free. The vendor coffee is ;)
Stages passed:
Stage one: hot chocolate
Stage two: choco-coffee (50/50)
Stage three: Wiener melange (half coffee, quarter milk, quarter hot choc)
Stage four (this week): cappuccino (with cocoa powder on top)
Not sure what my next stage should be. Coffee with milk and sugar? Or should I bravely shock my system by going straight for espresso? The worst part is: this isn't even decent coffee, it all comes straight from one of those big company vendor machines (Douwe Egberts). We *do* have an italian coffee-bar in the main lounge, but that quality shit ain't free. The vendor coffee is ;)
- Current Mood:
weird - Current Music:Wir Sind Helden - Nur Ein Wort
Comments
Don't go for the espresso unless you like it. Why drink something that doesn't taste good? I used to think coffee had this gross bitter taste, till I found the right sweetness for it. I don't care if others think it's 'kiddie coffee' ;)
Anyway, you and a certain Berlin Starbucks are responsible for my coffee addiction XD
I recently saw a documentary about how hot drinks make people feel mentally better than cold drinks. Whether it's tea, coco or coffee, there's something about holding and drinking a hot drink that makes people feel more comfortable and friendly. I guess it's a primal instinct of sitting around the fire ;)
Go from the freezedried/vending machine coffee to french press. The press will allow you to make the coffee as strong or light as you like it. And if you get ground coffee, store it in an airtight tin in the fridge.