Mr. Coffee/Mr. Tea

[At Home]

I like neither, but I prefer coffee. I've yet to have good tea.

[the max]

I'm one of those Arnold Palmer fiends. God damn that's a refreshing motherfucker.

 

Arnold Palmer is pretty much all I drink anymore. I'm sure the stomachaches that I've been getting more and more frequently are completely unrelated.

[King Kamala]

I'm a tea man. I'm a sucker for herbal tea during the winter. I've never really been into coffee but I enjoy coffee flavored ice cream and the occasional bottle of coffee milk. Go figure.

[Jaxxson Mayhem]

I'm one of those Arnold Palmer fiends. God damn that's a refreshing motherfucker.

 

Add me to that list. Arizona Iced Tea makes a great Arnold Palmer.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

I was in a bookstore the first time I drank one. Some kind of expensive bullshit bottle, but it was hot and I was thirsty. I'd heard of the combination before, but never got one. I figured "I like lemonade. I like tea. This can't be bad."

 

Took a swig and audibly said "God damn that's a refreshing motherfucker."

 

Yes sir. One clever golfer, lemme tell ya.

[CanadianGuitarist]

God yes. I'd never even heard of one (me!) until my buddy's ex brought me one back from shopping, just because it had Arnie on it. I had just finished a 30-hour famine, so I could have eaten or drank anything she gave me, but this was awesome. I have them about once a month now.

 

This came up in the ice cream thread over the summer, but McDonald's Ice Coffee has taken the lead for me in the coffee dept. Ordinarily, a simple double-double for me is all the coffee I'll drink (two cream, two sugar). Also, my folks have this instant coffee that, despite the outraged objections from a buddy of mine, is fantastic.

[Copper Feel]

I drink tea in copious quantities. Coffee is absolutely vile.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Does this surprise anyone, coming from an Englishman?

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

I've tried to like coffee and I just don't. Really gave it a go during my worst period of insomnia. Love the smell, though, and I like coffee-flavored stuff, if that makes any sense.

 

I don't really drink hot beverages, though, and cold coffee is fuckin' nasty.

[Guest Vitamin X]

I actually got used to drinking straight coffee through some weird diet I was doing which emulated my being on amphetamines (I would drink a cup or two of coffee in the morning then not eat for a while, then after I did eat, I drank some green tea and exercised later in the day) but I hated the taste of it until I drank it iced for a while, then I just got used to it. The one thing that got me really used to it was working in a bookstore- for some reason that environment made me so goddamn tired I couldn't work without coffee.

[Vanhalen]

Got to be coffee for me, would miss half the days at work if it wasn't for that beautiful little addiction

[Zack Malibu]

When I was younger, I loved the taste of coffee (I remember as a little kid, sipping it with a spoon out of my grandfather's mug). Like coffee milk and coffee ice cream too. Along the way, I stopped like the flavor of it regarding everything. When my teen years hit and I was helping out at the family bakery, I would do overnight shifts during the summer. One of the guys each night would go on a coffee run, and asked what I wanted. This wound up with me trying a French Vanilla coffee, and I got hooked. I used to have one or two every night. Then one night, it was either a rancid batch of coffee or it just didn't sit well with whatever was in my system, but it made me sick. I swore off coffee right then and there. Ironic, since at the time I was frequenting a coffee shop which became my hangout for years. The original owner of that shop at one point even made a French Vanilla coffee, begging me to try it so that he could see me drink a coffee in front of him after all my years of going there without getting one. I took two sips and promptly asked for a bottled water to wash the taste out of my mouth.

 

Nowadays at work, I can't go a day without at least one, usually several cups of Lemon Zinger Tea. I'm not really picky about my types, but that's easily my favorite.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Coffee will NOT treat you well if you haven't had anything to eat in a while and you drink it straight. I have had numerous enough experiences with this to know that's the case. I almost passed out at work once because of this.

[Guest C*Z*E*C*H]

Well, here it is, the best tea I've ever had. This will be a delightful autumn/winter drink. It'll go dynamite with some anise cookies.

[Guest Vitamin X]

You should try Oregon Chai, that's good stuff right there also. For a local brand, I like Dragonfly the best, but Oregon Chai is available nationally.

[Guest C*Z*E*C*H]

Oh, I bought some of that, incidentally. I just haven't bothered to open the box yet.

[NoCalMike]

For a wedding gift last year someone got us "Mr Coffee's Tea Maker" It was the best gift I ever got. It brews a half gallon of tea in about ten minutes. I have been drinking so much tea it aint even funny.

 

My current favs are Rasberry and Green Mint tea.

 

I love the stuff.

 

I also like Chai but haven't brewed it yet with my teamaker, but I kinda consider Chai Tea a hybrid if only because it is best w/milk IMO.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Yeah I got that last year as well. I've practically replaced all the soda in my diet with iced tea that has a twist of lemon in it. Good stuff.

[Star Ocean 3]

If it's bottled tea, I guess I've been spoiled by Japanese tea. No, not spoiled, I just miss having 3 or 4 different bottles of unsweetened tea to choose from in a vending machine. Tea with NOTHING ADDED TO IT. American tea might as well be soda with all the sugar, corn syrup, and wacky fruit flavors.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Yeah, that's why it's just better (and cheaper!) to make your own. Southern Sweet Tea is an American tradition that you've gotta have some of, though.