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What's it going to be?

Coffee
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Tea
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Tacos
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #45 on: May 12, 2006, 01:30:17 pm »
Quote from: *****_god on May 12, 2006, 01:07:47 am
If I remember my Italian teacher correctly, it would pretty common to be served an entire cup of expresso in Italy.  Also, if you order coffee, you get expresso by default.

THERE IS NO X IN ESPRESSO
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #46 on: May 12, 2006, 07:28:21 pm »
Quote from: carlosdelvaca on May 12, 2006, 01:30:17 pm
THERE IS NO X IN ESPRESSO

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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #47 on: May 12, 2006, 08:32:45 pm »
:hangs head:

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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #48 on: May 12, 2006, 11:59:43 pm »
Cafe' Americano is, according to Starbucks, equal portions of espresso and boiling water, which sounds reasonable in terms of what you are describing because I'm sure that would still be stronger than regular brewed coffee. They even refer to it as "American drip coffee -- Italian style" which is definitely an Americentric way to look at it.

Wikipedia says the strength between drip coffee and cafe americano is similar but the flavor different. Guess I'll walk down to Starbucks and try one.
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #49 on: May 13, 2006, 12:31:04 am »
For extra thrills, try to get an iced Americano. This would be made with a shot of fresh espresso, ice cubes, and cold water. It is basically impossible to get this made properly.
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #50 on: May 13, 2006, 01:10:36 am »
Well, I'm drinking the hot Americano and it needs nothing. I don't usually drink black coffee, but this stuff smelled so different from drip - richer, and the smell gave me more different kinds of flavor notes than drip - that I thought I'd try it black. And it's pretty good.
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #51 on: May 13, 2006, 03:51:51 am »
I like coffee, and if it's good, I like it black.  But too much gives me serious heartburn.

Shitty coffee is still ok, as long as it is sweetened and milkened/creamed.  Less heartburn that way, too.

I also like tea, but, I don't know, coffee just so much easier to find.
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #52 on: May 14, 2006, 05:39:11 pm »
TEA UPDATE: Not surprisingly, Dunkin' Donuts has atrocious tea.  No flavours or anything, just "plain tea."  It was probably Lipton's.  This made the nine-hour drive down the East Coast all the more unpleasant.

Shudder!
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #53 on: May 15, 2006, 03:48:56 pm »
Quote from: Hobot on May 14, 2006, 05:39:11 pm
TEA UPDATE: Not surprisingly, Dunkin' Donuts has atrocious tea.  No flavours or anything, just "plain tea."  It was probably Lipton's.  This made the nine-hour drive down the East Coast all the more unpleasant.

Shudder!

I've gotten decent tea there.  They have a real good chai spice.
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #54 on: May 15, 2006, 06:56:37 pm »
Quote from: Hobot on May 14, 2006, 05:39:11 pm
TEA UPDATE: Not surprisingly, Dunkin' Donuts has atrocious tea.  No flavours or anything, just "plain tea."  It was probably Lipton's.  This made the nine-hour drive down the East Coast all the more unpleasant.

Shudder!

Did you manage to go into the only one that doesn't have Indians or Pakistanis running the place? I've gotten OK tea there before.
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #55 on: May 30, 2006, 04:56:30 am »
I think that although both coffee and tea are good, I vote tea as the clear winner. My favorite is Thai Iced Tea. I've been into the whole boba thing, but I can't get it where I live in Alaska. I plan to spend all my money (Ray in Germany style) on boba tea while I'm here.
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #56 on: May 30, 2006, 12:53:05 pm »
Quote from: linnea on May 30, 2006, 04:56:30 am
I think that although both coffee and tea are good, I vote tea as the clear winner. My favorite is Thai Iced Tea. I've been into the whole boba thing, but I can't get it where I live in Alaska. I plan to spend all my money (Ray in Germany style) on boba tea while I'm here.

Can't you just go somewhere like Teavanna and buy a bag of the tapioca pearls to take home? As I understand it they're vacuum sealed and stay good just about forever.
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #57 on: May 31, 2006, 04:41:55 am »
Quote from: CortJstr on May 30, 2006, 12:53:05 pm
Can't you just go somewhere like Teavanna and buy a bag of the tapioca pearls to take home? As I understand it they're vacuum sealed and stay good just about forever.

That is a very good idea. Tomorrow I'll bust out the yellow pages and figure out the location of the closest Asian market. From what I understand, you only have to soak/cook the dried pearls for about 40 minutes total. I could probably use my rice cooker to make them. And once they're cooked, they keep for a couple of days. Capital idea, CJ!
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #58 on: May 31, 2006, 07:29:59 am »
Quote from: linnea on May 31, 2006, 04:41:55 am
That is a very good idea. Tomorrow I'll bust out the yellow pages and figure out the location of the closest Asian market. From what I understand, you only have to soak/cook the dried pearls for about 40 minutes total. I could probably use my rice cooker to make them. And once they're cooked, they keep for a couple of days. Capital idea, CJ!

I was inspired, and did this very thing yesterday.
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Re: Coffee Or Tea Mother Bitches?
« Reply #59 on: May 31, 2006, 12:34:47 pm »
you think you're better than us?

wait... nevermind.

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you're better than us!

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