Godlessness and coffee

[sarahmichigan]

I've got a "Why I'm an atheist" post percolating, especially after some discussion with dionysus1999 yesterday, but it's not quite ready for posting.

So, in the meantime, do you like coffee? Why or why not?
How do you like it? Black? With cream or sugar?
Do you like it prepared a certain way, say on the stove in and old-fashioned percolator, or in a french press? What makes this method superior?
Do you have a favorite "froofy" drink when you go out to a coffee shop?
Which coffee shops make the best coffee and which are over-rated?
Have you tried to cut down on caffeine, and how successful were you?
Did you used to dislike coffee but acquired a taste for it?
What do you think about flavored coffees?

Tell me your thoughts on java, please!

Comments

[meecie.livejournal.com]

You already know most of my coffee habits. :)

But I love coffee. I drink it black most of the time. I even drink my decaf black, that's how hard-core I am.

I do cut back on caffeine, with good results. If I'm drinking too much, my shoulders get knotted up much more easily, I'm more anxious, my heartbeat feels more irregular, and other icky stuff. I currently mix my beans half and half.

I make my coffee in a very low-tech way. I have a cone filter that I fill with freshly ground beans, and set on top of the pot, and I pour just-boiled water through, a bit at a time. I'm a snob, and I think it tastes much better this way than if the water is heated by a coffee-pot's heating element, and I also think having the pot sitting on a heating plate is a bad thing.

And my favorite "froofy" drink is Starbucks' carmel macchiato, but with an extra espresso shot, and without the vanilla shot. They have some fancy-ass term for this drink which I can never remember. Oh - and this is one of the few coffee drinks that's really good with soy milk, too, in my opinion.

But in general, I'm not a Starbucks fan - their coffee tends to taste burnt to me.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

I tend to agree with you about Starbucks coffee. Love the beans when I make coffee at home, but drinking their coffee in-house is just kind of "eh".