Onebyone

A French Press doesn't have to sit on the countertop and makes great coffee. I have a small one and it makes two big mugs full. I also like Taster's Choice instant, try adding a sprinkle of salt to it before adding the hot water.

ILoveToQuilt

I Am a coffee lover! I freely admit it. I am a coffee "purist" - black, no cream, no sugar....but....only if it is hot. I don't like flavored coffee and "horrors of horrors" (as my coffee snob DD says), I will drink instant. DH absolutely, positively hates coffee, the smell, the taste, everything about it. I have found that I can drink instant without it bothering him, so that's what I do. I love brewed coffee (light or medium roast please), I brew in a French press, but I've become an instant gal out of respect for DH.

I also love iced coffee, extra large one cream. I am a die hard Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee drinker. All other iced coffees taste "funny" to me. Nothing wrong with them, they are just not Dunkin'. I can drink iced coffee on the coldest day of the year (I have when the temps are below zero!).

DH is a big tea drinker, but decaf only. We have been going up to New Brunswick, Canada to buy our decaf tea bags - King Cole brand. It is the best decaf tea and trust me, we've tried all the US decaf tea brands. Nothing compares to the King Cole's.

Talking about coffee and tea is making me thirsty. Too late at night for caffeine, though. Oh well...I have my morning cuppa to look forward to!

goldsberry921

Wow! I've totally loved reading all the replies!! It's been really fun! You ladies rock!!

MaryMo

It is interesting to read all the opinions on coffee. I love the smell of coffee, especially fresh ground. Many, many years ago I worked near the Folgers Coffee plant, spending my lunch break walking near it. I was invigorated by the luscious smell so my afternoons went by fast preparing those old-time data cards. Nowadays I drink mostly teas but switch to coffee occasionally . . . always plain so that I can enjoy the whole taste. I especially like bookstores with coffee bars. I can spend hours there. And always coffee (with a few ice cubes) in restaurants.

MariaM

I love coffee! Two cups of dark, strong coffee in the morning. No sugar, no milk - I'm a purist, too! I used to use a drip coffee maker but hated the taste of the coffee that sat on the heating element while I had my first cup so now we use keurig k-cups. Occasionally, I'll use a French Press but, quite honestly, I don't like cleaning the plunger part of it. We also have an espresso machine so I often make cappuccinos, lattes and mochas for my husband, our son and me.
I may be considered a coffee snob.... if we go out for breakfast, I won't order a coffee if it's somewhere that I know has 'bad tasting coffee'.... I'd rather swing by Starbucks after we leave and pick up a nice grande dark roast!

Julienm1

Coffee? Did someone say coffee? Coffee every am ASAP! I have acid reflex so caffeine is bad for me. DH did research on the internet and found a way to make cold brew coffee. He grinds three "batches" of beans, fills 2 quart jar with water, adds the fresh grounds. Grounds soak 8-10 hours and we shake it A Lot during the day. Filters it through strainer and coffee filter at night.. we store it in a jar in the frig. To make a cup of fresh coffee: cream in the bottom of my mug, add about a half a cup of "coffee syrup" fill with water, nuke for 60 seconds...fresh coffee that's safe for me. One batch of syrup lasts about 6 days. I know sounds like a lot of work but it is so worth. Smooth tasting and safe for me to drink.

vschieve

My DNA, believe it or not, from 23andMe revealed that my fix is for more coffee than my other shared DNA relatives, although there is one cousin, from my mother's side, that is right behind me! Our beans are organic from Sprouts Farmer's Market, and I grind them fresh each morning, and brew them in my Krups, "made in Germany" coffee maker. Love, Love Love the smell of brewing coffee.

I think I inherited this love of coffee from my maternal grandmother. She told me a story once when she was a young girl, that is snowed in April, in central Texas. She said it was a cold morning, and she always helped her mother roast the green coffee beans in the oven, let them cool, then grind them and coffee was ready for her dad and the oldest two of her five older brothers. Anytime as I was growing up and spent the night upstairs in my grandparent's home, it would be the smell of the coffee, bacon frying, and the rooster crowing while the sunrise was coming in the eastern window that would be my alarm clock. Grandma always had coffee for everyone. Must have been her DNA!

I just thought to myself, not in my lifetime will I see snow in central Texas in April, but several years ago, I did see it, late in the day on Easter Eve!!

Bobbielinks

Love milk or tea; then when I was about 40 I discovered brewed coffee. The dark roast for me with a little hazelnut flavoring. Usually a pot a day.

Bug Lady

I have been a nurse for 40 years or so and drink Starbucks Sumatra black.

When I was doing my first nursing program I would drink instant coffee but once I was on the floor and the off going shift had to make the urn of coffee starting with ice in the pot and add cold water to desired level. Back then we had Folgers or Maxwell house coffee and it was good back then. Since grad school, I want Starbucks Sumatra only. My daughters will the breakfast blend or house blend but they are just to week for me. A

About once a month on a Sunday afternoon, I might have some cream in my last cup of coffee of the day, but I have been know to go 2 or 3 months without cream.

Thanks for asking as it is interesting how we quilters navigate life with or without a legally addictive over the counter substance and I love mine. Thanks for sharing.
Karen

Bug Lady

I remember that as I live in Round Rock--I had forgotten about that. Thanks for the memory lane experience.
Karen