@Cerridwyn My only real experiences with non-icky coffee have been at home or at a friend's house. Which doesn't require ordering. At coffee shops, I stick with tea or some sort of sugar-ice beverage with a hint of coffee.
@christinewas Good and Coffee don't go together. Its just got an unpleasant flavor. My wife is an aficionado and I've tried all kinds, cold, hot, sweet, black, heavily creamed, latte, "flavored", and they all have one inescapable problem... they taste like coffee. Icky. So it goes. More for you all.
@duodec I am borderline psycho in my dislike for coffee. Not only do I not like the taste, but I find the smell the most repugnant scent on earth. I have a neighborhood bookstore that I patronized at least twice a week for 15 years and when they added a coffee bar (a good business move for them), I walked in, gagged on a whiff, and haven't been back since.
Starbucks: Venti whole milk latte. Tim Hortons: Large three cream. So, 3.5 on average. Tim Hortons used to be four as well, but they rebranded the Extra Large cup to Large so they could introduce a new larger Extra Large
When I get my favorite it's... in a Venti cold cup a grande Carmel ribbon Crunch frappichino with extra carmel sauce add 2 shots (yes I know it can be said in less, but they screw it up... They have this one girl that works there and has for years... she still acts like it's her first day. I think she's a shift supervisor too ><) Alternative: Grande Vanilla Bean Frappichino with 3 shots worth of Valancia orange concentrate (tastes like a creamsicle) or: Vanilla Bean frappichino with 2 pumps raspberry. Venti americano Breve....
So... I don't get coffee out much... cause I have a hard time ordering a cup of coffee without ordering something special. But... my K cup maker works great for my daily cup.
Ah common guys It's either: 1. What's the cold brew choices today? (It's summer, it's hot). So it might be Ethiopian Sidama Cold Brew, lots of ice. 2. What's the pour over, what's on the line, etc. It might be therefore, Ethiopian Ygracheffe 3. Maybe I want something different. So it might be, what Single Origin Espresso you pulling today? Tikur Anbessa Ethiopia? Okay, I have to try that.
4 and every now and then, I go over to CBTL and get a Dark Chocolate Caramel Ice Blended, no whipped, ultimate, extreme, with an extra shot of espresso. Thank you. - but that's not coffee, that's a coffee milk shake, well, without the milk
1 word: Decaf...I know this is blasphemous but 1 cup of coffee and I don't sleep for 24 hours...it's worse than when I used meth! (just kidding, I never used meth).
My usual at home is one ("drip"). My usual when I get it at that national chain is three ("tall blonde roast"). My usual when I splurge is eight ("tall hot mocha latte, skim milk, no whip").
In the Morning: Drip-black Afternoon: Aeropress or cold brew-black Weekends: 4 shots espresso-straight up - from a La Pavoni machine Always home roasted, always fresh!
I go to coffee bars where "doppio espresso" (sure, standard... but still) produces angels orgasming on my tongue. So, yeah, two words. (And, Starbucks? Devil, get thee behind me!) ~nose high up in the air, sniffin' the third waves of coffee glory~
Coffee does not taste good to me. Not coffee flavored candy, ice cream, booze, donuts, nothing coffee flavored! I also hate the taste of cilantro, taste like soap to me yuck. So now I wonder? Do the folks that taste coffee as yucky, also taste cilantro as yucky?
@mick Some data for your survey: I like the taste of cilantro and also coffee... and to add another data point for your survey, I am one of the gene combinations that can smell "asparagus pee".
@JonT i've read that article before and I dislike the notion my cilantro loathing can be overcome. Besides, for me cilantro tastes like citrusy vomit, not soap.
@thismyusername Me too., My husband said "I should go to the doctor my pee smells foul", so I google it and it talked about people eating asparagus (and it was spring and we ate it for like 5 days straight) so he has the gene that makes his pee smell. And we both have the gene that can smell it? He loves coffee and hates cilantro, and hates black licorice,
More words than I'd like because I usually have to specify "no room" and/or "black" depending on the restaurant, and sometimes a size as well. So it ends up taking 3 or 4 words to order coffee. (e.g. large black coffee)
As a teen, I made the mistake of ordering "regular coffee" once. Once.
@cranky1950 I once visited calle ocho in Miami before a cruise and got a few cafe cubano. Sweet sweet jet fuel in a thimble cup. Thanks for the bringing that back into my memory. The rest of my work day will now be spent figuring out how to brew some at home.
I would go broke if I visited a bucks daily. Strong without the extra flavor and milk crap. The one exception on warm days is the coffee icy I was talked into, but it tasted like tiny frozen sugar water bits with strong coffee.
I prefer a french press. Heat 2.5 cups of filtered room temperature water for 3 minutes and 25-33 seconds (pending room temperature) in my microwave. 1/2 cup of coffee. "brew" for 8 minutes, up to 9 if you were gifted weaker coffee. Stir right away, at 3 minutes, at 6, and right before the press. Press and pour.
@caffeine_dude goodness gracious that is a long brew, you could probably just put the coffee into a syringe and inject it and get the caffeine faster I dunnooooo
removes lid on Thermos One word (depending on the establishment): "Tanzanian", "House", or "Coffee". Sometimes I'll have to resort to a second word when they ask "Room for cream?", my response: "heresy".
(They usually fill the cup with ice, put a dab of coffee in, and dump in creme/sugar. Asking for half ice usually means more coffee and less parts creme/sugar.)
"Just the largest plain cup 'o Joe you sell, please."
I'm not too cool to order things by company branded names, but it's gotten to the point that my brain refuses to cooperate and won't recall if Venti or Grande is bigger at the moment I need it. I can tell you right now that Venti is bigger, and it's a 20oz cup (hence, the name), but when I get to the counter that damn lizard brain just turns off.
If I go to Caroline's it's two: "double latte". If I go to Three Forks it's one: "latte" (because it's automatically a double). Usually, though, I make my own with beans I buy from Caroline's.
As much as I love coffee and totally understand being an enthusiast and enjoying things certain ways…I definitely judge people with overcomplicated orders.
The worst one I remember overhearing was something like a "Venti half-calf soy latte with 2 pumps of vanilla and 1 pump of caramel at exactly 184 degrees in 2 cups and half an inch of foam".
If you're that particular about your coffee you should probably make it at home.
@JonT A white mocha if I'm out of the house is as complicated as it gets. Coming from the Seattle area, I feel a sense of shame when I hear someone bust out with an order like you mentioned. And around here, that's all too often. At home we use a pour over, but if I had to use the cheapest Mr Coffee, hell, it's still coffee and that's better than none.
I don't have to say anything to order coffee. I just go to the break room and there are two pots of coffee on the warmer that were made between zero and three hours ago. Pour, wait until not boiling-lava-hot, drink, done.
Three. "No, thank you". Coffee tastes icky.
@duodec That's what the extra words are for. Making it taste good.
@christinewas not even. Good coffee does not taste icky. And if you go to *fucks, it will never be good coffee. . . ever.
@duodec
@duodec
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@Cerridwyn My only real experiences with non-icky coffee have been at home or at a friend's house. Which doesn't require ordering. At coffee shops, I stick with tea or some sort of sugar-ice beverage with a hint of coffee.
@christinewas Good and Coffee don't go together. Its just got an unpleasant flavor. My wife is an aficionado and I've tried all kinds, cold, hot, sweet, black, heavily creamed, latte, "flavored", and they all have one inescapable problem... they taste like coffee. Icky. So it goes. More for you all.
@duodec I am borderline psycho in my dislike for coffee. Not only do I not like the taste, but I find the smell the most repugnant scent on earth. I have a neighborhood bookstore that I patronized at least twice a week for 15 years and when they added a coffee bar (a good business move for them), I walked in, gagged on a whiff, and haven't been back since.
@DrWorm I have no issues with the aroma, especially if its a blend with chocolate; its just the taste doesn't deliver on the aroma's promise...
I keep yelling at my coffee maker in the morning, but it just sits there, useless and mocking me until I touch it.
Starbucks: Venti whole milk latte.
Tim Hortons: Large three cream.
So, 3.5 on average.
Tim Hortons used to be four as well, but they rebranded the Extra Large cup to Large so they could introduce a new larger Extra Large
@curtise
Does "now, please" count as words in my order?
I'm the vote for 7. Medium vanilla iced latte with whole milk.
"Large coffee, please." If it requires more instruction I get my coffee somewhere else.
@DaveInSoCal I'm with you
triple triple with mocha and a side of type 2
@communist it's sounds like you're literally ordering diabetes
When I get my favorite it's... in a Venti cold cup a grande Carmel ribbon Crunch frappichino with extra carmel sauce add 2 shots (yes I know it can be said in less, but they screw it up... They have this one girl that works there and has for years... she still acts like it's her first day. I think she's a shift supervisor too ><)
Alternative: Grande Vanilla Bean Frappichino with 3 shots worth of Valancia orange concentrate (tastes like a creamsicle)
or: Vanilla Bean frappichino with 2 pumps raspberry.
Venti americano Breve....
So... I don't get coffee out much... cause I have a hard time ordering a cup of coffee without ordering something special. But... my K cup maker works great for my daily cup.
Ah common guys
It's either:
1. What's the cold brew choices today? (It's summer, it's hot). So it might be Ethiopian Sidama Cold Brew, lots of ice.
2. What's the pour over, what's on the line, etc. It might be therefore, Ethiopian Ygracheffe
3. Maybe I want something different. So it might be, what Single Origin Espresso you pulling today? Tikur Anbessa Ethiopia? Okay, I have to try that.
4 and every now and then, I go over to CBTL and get a Dark Chocolate Caramel Ice Blended, no whipped, ultimate, extreme, with an extra shot of espresso. Thank you. - but that's not coffee, that's a coffee milk shake, well, without the milk
Eight. Venti triple skinny vanilla latte with no foam.
Venti Triple Mocha, No Whip
Coffee. Black. Hot.
1 word: Decaf...I know this is blasphemous but 1 cup of coffee and I don't sleep for 24 hours...it's worse than when I used meth! (just kidding, I never used meth).
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My usual at home is one ("drip").
My usual when I get it at that national chain is three ("tall blonde roast").
My usual when I splurge is eight ("tall hot mocha latte, skim milk, no whip").
In the Morning: Drip-black
Afternoon: Aeropress or cold brew-black
Weekends: 4 shots espresso-straight up - from a La Pavoni machine
Always home roasted, always fresh!
@bluebeatpete +1
I go to coffee bars where "doppio espresso" (sure, standard... but still) produces angels orgasming on my tongue. So, yeah, two words. (And, Starbucks? Devil, get thee behind me!) ~nose high up in the air, sniffin' the third waves of coffee glory~
@goldenthorn +1
Coffee does not taste good to me. Not coffee flavored candy, ice cream, booze, donuts, nothing coffee flavored! I also hate the taste of cilantro, taste like soap to me yuck. So now I wonder? Do the folks that taste coffee as yucky, also taste cilantro as yucky?
@mick Some data for your survey: I like the taste of cilantro and also coffee... and to add another data point for your survey, I am one of the gene combinations that can smell "asparagus pee".
@mick I like cilantro but not anything coffee.
@mick Another vote for liking cilantro, but loathing coffee.
@mick Love coffee, loath cilantro.
@mick @emilyap it's not your fault: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html
I feel so bad for you…I absolutely love cilantro (and coffee).
@JonT i've read that article before and I dislike the notion my cilantro loathing can be overcome. Besides, for me cilantro tastes like citrusy vomit, not soap.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2096
Genetics, not mere training.
@thismyusername Me too., My husband said "I should go to the doctor my pee smells foul", so I google it and it talked about people eating asparagus (and it was spring and we ate it for like 5 days straight) so he has the gene that makes his pee smell. And we both have the gene that can smell it? He loves coffee and hates cilantro, and hates black licorice,
@emilyap Do you like black licorice?
@mick the gene is only for smelling, everyone produces the odor after consuming asparagus , only around 50%ish of us can smell it :)
@mick No, but my dislike of black licorice isn't as violent as my dislike of cilantro.
More words than I'd like because I usually have to specify "no room" and/or "black" depending on the restaurant, and sometimes a size as well. So it ends up taking 3 or 4 words to order coffee. (e.g. large black coffee)
As a teen, I made the mistake of ordering "regular coffee" once. Once.
@nadroj Some places I need to order "Black coffee, no sugar" too.. They figure just because the color is black I might still want to ruin it!
What is "regualr coffee"??
@kadagan similar to what intelligent Northerners call a "double double" :)
except the actual coffee was not as good. :(
@ceagee
5 - Un cafe cubano por favor.
@cranky1950 I once visited calle ocho in Miami before a cruise and got a few cafe cubano. Sweet sweet jet fuel in a thimble cup. Thanks for the bringing that back into my memory. The rest of my work day will now be spent figuring out how to brew some at home.
@Lotsofgoats How do you say 1.2 words ? What is the .2 part?
@DrWorm it's the beginning of a second sentence!
I would go broke if I visited a bucks daily.
Strong without the extra flavor and milk crap. The one exception on warm days is the coffee icy I was talked into, but it tasted like tiny frozen sugar water bits with strong coffee.
I prefer a french press.
Heat 2.5 cups of filtered room temperature water for 3 minutes and 25-33 seconds (pending room temperature) in my microwave.
1/2 cup of coffee. "brew" for 8 minutes, up to 9 if you were gifted weaker coffee.
Stir right away, at 3 minutes, at 6, and right before the press.
Press and pour.
@caffeine_dude goodness gracious that is a long brew, you could probably just put the coffee into a syringe and inject it and get the caffeine faster I dunnooooo
I don't order coffee, I make my own, because, well...
Better.
So no words are needed.
removes lid on Thermos
One word (depending on the establishment): "Tanzanian", "House", or "Coffee".
Sometimes I'll have to resort to a second word when they ask "Room for cream?", my response: "heresy".
Dunkin
Medium ice mocha, creme and sugar, half ice
(They usually fill the cup with ice, put a dab of coffee in, and dump in creme/sugar. Asking for half ice usually means more coffee and less parts creme/sugar.)
Usually, it is just " Drip, please", but today I wanted something different. I got a Flat White with coconut milk.
"Just the largest plain cup 'o Joe you sell, please."
I'm not too cool to order things by company branded names, but it's gotten to the point that my brain refuses to cooperate and won't recall if Venti or Grande is bigger at the moment I need it. I can tell you right now that Venti is bigger, and it's a 20oz cup (hence, the name), but when I get to the counter that damn lizard brain just turns off.
If I go to Caroline's it's two: "double latte". If I go to Three Forks it's one: "latte" (because it's automatically a double). Usually, though, I make my own with beans I buy from Caroline's.
Flat White
Cold Brew
Caramel Iced Coffee with Milk
Americano
@ChadP But usually I just order drip coffee. I'm honestly not even sure why I posted this.
4: 'Hey, how are you?' (They know what my order is).
As much as I love coffee and totally understand being an enthusiast and enjoying things certain ways…I definitely judge people with overcomplicated orders.
The worst one I remember overhearing was something like a "Venti half-calf soy latte with 2 pumps of vanilla and 1 pump of caramel at exactly 184 degrees in 2 cups and half an inch of foam".
If you're that particular about your coffee you should probably make it at home.
@JonT A white mocha if I'm out of the house is as complicated as it gets. Coming from the Seattle area, I feel a sense of shame when I hear someone bust out with an order like you mentioned. And around here, that's all too often. At home we use a pour over, but if I had to use the cheapest Mr Coffee, hell, it's still coffee and that's better than none.
@JonT General Monger, Monsters vs Aliens:
Hit me with a double venti organic chocolate brownie caramel Frappuccino, extra hot, with one inch of foam...
...non-fat.
This was followed soon after by the implied destruction of the world...
I don't have to say anything to order coffee. I just go to the break room and there are two pots of coffee on the warmer that were made between zero and three hours ago. Pour, wait until not boiling-lava-hot, drink, done.
I noticed that the responses changed over time. Can we see an hour by hour breakdown of the percentages?