coffee talk
I wish I'd had my camera today to post a photo next to this. My trash can here at work mostly just gets my discarded coffee cup from my daily stop at the Jolt & Bolt downstairs... and today I tossed my cup in realizing that all you could see at the top of the wastebasket was 5 empty containers. Pretty funny... it looked like I had just had an all nighter and was pounding cup after cup.My history with coffee is similar to the young teens who just drink wine coolers. I didn't like coffee at all for a long time and would ONLY drink it if I mixed some hot cocoa in with it. (However, for the record, I have always liked Coffee Nips and Coffee Ice Cream.)
When chilled coffee's like Mocha Frappuccino's started hitting the market, I had those quite a bit and then that segued into having mocha coffee's every once and awhile too (we're talking maybe twice a month). It wasn't till I was finally in a FT salary position, around 22, that I started to really want coffee to help me get going in the morning. And even then it was mocha's just a couple times a week and never on the weekends.
My next job got me hooked on normal coffee's with coffeemate and sugar. And then when I started dating Matt, he drank coffee so I started to drink it a little bit more.. even on the weekends. (but most of the time could go without it, too, with no problem.) However it wasn't long that I was waking up in the morning, already thinking about that yummy warm cup.
Now I don't drink mocha's at all. In fact my favorite coffee drink isn't any crazy complicated order like a "Nonfat no-foam Lightnote Misto"? (What is that?) Nope, my favorite every day now for years just happens to be a plain old cup of coffee: A dark roast preferably, with a spoonful of sugar (raw only, please) and a small bit of creamy half & half.
I mean, we're talking I've NEVER ordered myself a latte, an espresso, an americana, none of those! But the thing is, I kind of want to! I want to have some fancy dreamy drink that's a treat. PLUS if I go to Italy, you KNOW I'll be sippin the espresso drinks!
Now, I'm sure there's atleast a few of you who are gasping "you're missing out!" when you just read the above. So YOU there - please help me decide what fancy coffee drink I should try next.
These are my preferences with my regular coffee to help you guide me:
- I love a dark roast
- I love cream and how the cold half & half makes my coffee almost cool enough to drink right away! (so I've never thought the steamed hot milk was a good idea - maybe it's worth the wait once it cools down?)
- I like just a little sweet, but not too sweet.
Whattya think?
Note: I won't keep a running tally on this, I just need help from you coffee connoisseurs.
p.s. yes, I know I need to get the comments feature for posts like this... MT here I come.
p.s.s. Sarah Hatter orders Nonfat no-foam Lightnote Mistos. She's also an amazing writer.
