The Morning Coffee Thread
Senior Administrator
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 13,574
From: Lotsa places, currently Metro D.C., USA
Hey!!! Hollywood... We're tryN ta get a bunch together to go to the DC Autoshow. The moar we get the bigger the discount (also, I created a Mid-Atlantic Regional section JUST FOR US Mid-Atlantic peeps, check it out!). Ur only about, what, 2-hours away! PM me if you think you can make it. 5Feb looks like our best bet, so far.
24 ounces of dark roast goodness with a couple shot of espresso added, from the local coffee spot this morning. Finally, something decent. The dad-in-law sent us a bunch of flavored DD coffee for Christmas, and it's finally gone!
Oh, and it's probably the oil cooler O-ring... seems to be a lot of that happening lately...
2nd Gear
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 1,030
From: SLC, Utah
Nothin like a steaming cup of Ethiopian fair trade roast to ward of the frigid misery that is the temperature today 
Went out this morning to go to class and somewhere in the 50 feet from door to car, lost my manhood up in my throat somewhere; hoping it returns soon :/ got into my car and the reading was -12.5C; roughly 16F for you non-metric folk, but the wind chill factored into making that -12.5 feel closer to -20
Word on the street round these parts is this is the coldest February day in Utah recorded since 2003. Its miserable, but as stated, a steaming cup of fresh coffee helps
Went out this morning to go to class and somewhere in the 50 feet from door to car, lost my manhood up in my throat somewhere; hoping it returns soon :/ got into my car and the reading was -12.5C; roughly 16F for you non-metric folk, but the wind chill factored into making that -12.5 feel closer to -20Word on the street round these parts is this is the coldest February day in Utah recorded since 2003. Its miserable, but as stated, a steaming cup of fresh coffee helps
5th Gear
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 7,953
From: Edmonds, WA
Starbucks Vanilla Flavored coffee (that I think I may have made a bit strong) with a little French Vanilla creamer and a touch of Starbucks Classic Syrup. Great way to start the morning following a sleepless night.
2nd Gear
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 1,030
From: SLC, Utah
Working on my second 16oz cup of unaltered, pure delicious, straight black medium-dark roast from the local coffee shop as I attempt to get some studying done (keyword *attempt* there, as I'm clearly not getting any studying done by browsing teh forums)
On a side note, I tried an interesting concoction last night; the aforementioned local coffee shop/study hot spot, for preliminary information, pulls espresso in 1.5oz shots, compared to most places pulling just 1oz shots. Well, the owner of the shop came in while I was studying last night and took a 24oz cup, filled it with 10 shots (little over half of the cup) steamed some half n half and topped of the remaining 9oz in the cup with that, and added some flavoring that I think was vanilla or irish cream. Either way, it was essentially a cross between a breve and a cafe au lait; breve due to the half n half, au lait due to it being roughly 2/3 coffee and 1/3 steamed milk; key difference was instead of drip coffee as used in an au lait, it was a **** ton of espresso. Long story short, it tasted almost spot on, just like brandy/cognac. The large quantity of espresso provided a smooth bite to the drink, the warm feeling on the throat generated by it actually being a warm drink as opposed to the warming feeling of alcohol, and the half n half and whatever flavor he used balanced bite with smooth finish and I kid you not, I thought it was brandy at first lol
Anyhoo, just thought I'd share that with all ya
On a side note, I tried an interesting concoction last night; the aforementioned local coffee shop/study hot spot, for preliminary information, pulls espresso in 1.5oz shots, compared to most places pulling just 1oz shots. Well, the owner of the shop came in while I was studying last night and took a 24oz cup, filled it with 10 shots (little over half of the cup) steamed some half n half and topped of the remaining 9oz in the cup with that, and added some flavoring that I think was vanilla or irish cream. Either way, it was essentially a cross between a breve and a cafe au lait; breve due to the half n half, au lait due to it being roughly 2/3 coffee and 1/3 steamed milk; key difference was instead of drip coffee as used in an au lait, it was a **** ton of espresso. Long story short, it tasted almost spot on, just like brandy/cognac. The large quantity of espresso provided a smooth bite to the drink, the warm feeling on the throat generated by it actually being a warm drink as opposed to the warming feeling of alcohol, and the half n half and whatever flavor he used balanced bite with smooth finish and I kid you not, I thought it was brandy at first lol
Anyhoo, just thought I'd share that with all ya