I drink my coffee black

I'm not sure there is much more to say than that. I drink my coffee black - what else can I say?

Probably like most people, I started drinking coffee in high school and with some sugar and cream - because it just seemed like that was the way to drink it. Doesn't everyone put cream and sugar in their coffee? Otherwise why would you be asked every time you ordered?

Eventually, though, I weaned myself off of cream and sugar - I believe it was more of a caloric issue than a taste issue, however, now I love. love. love the flavor of coffee and can't get enough of it.

I like rich, deep, dark, s.t.r.o.n.g. coffee. The darker the better.

I am not a huge fan of flavored coffee. I ocassionally enjoy a flavored creamer, but I'm not a fan of flavored coffee.

I do, however, enjoy a teeny, tiny sprinkle of cinnamon in my coffee from time to time. And by teeny, tiny, I mean barely a sprinkle. I've tried doctoring my coffee with the fun stuff they provide at Startbucks and it turned into a train wreck - I put too much of this in, so to counteract that, I'll add some of this.... the cycle repeated itself until I eventually crawled back to the counter begging for them to dump it out and give me a new one.

My favorite place to purchase coffee is from Trader Joes. Over the holidays I was drinking their winter blend which was a mixture of medium roasted whole beans with whole green and red peppercorns, whole cloves and whole cinnamon sticks. It was delicious.

Now my new favorite brew is Trader Joes' Bay Blend. It is a perfect immitation of Starbucks for a much, much cheaper price. Dave is also very much enjoying the Bay Blend.

My absolute favorite coffee, though, comes with a friend. Whether it is at my kitchen table with Dave on Saturday or Sunday morning for an hour or two, at my kitchen table with my girlfriends, at BFWW's island for 4 hours, or at a restaurant with a friend over breakfast or dessert, the best coffee - regardless of brand and additions - is the kind that comes with a friend (I would really like it if my coffee came with BFWW in Chicago on a daily basis... hint, hint).

So I drink my coffee black. And that is it - no cream, no sugar, no machiato, no latte, no whipped milk, no frappacino (although, those are very yummy once in a while), no tall, venti, or grande. On the very infrequent trips to Starbucks, I order a large decaf, black. Period. The barrista will say, "A venti?" And my response is, "Yeah, whatever - large decaf, black." Thats all I want.

QOTD:

If you drink coffee, how do you like it best? Are you particular? Are you a coffee snob or is Maxwell House just fine with you? What is your favorite Starbucks drink?

getting to know me in 100 days - day 23