The Coffee & Tea Thread

[NSW]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

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I mentioned Rooibos tea recently and they looked at me as if I was a freak.

Really? It seemed for a while here that it was some sort of fad to drink Rooibos tea. I was a freak for NOT drinking it.

Anyway...I love coffee and tea. Coffee all morning long, plain cream and sugar. Then in the afternoon it's herbal tea, usually raspberry hibiscus. It's lovely.

[SATCHMO]

Originally Posted by Merkaba

I wanna know what this husky wee-wee is.

Originally Posted by tore

Actually, it's a musical reference

It's from Frank Zappa's Don't Eat the Yellow Snow

It took me a minute to realize what it was from.

[Guybrush]

^Yup, from the tracks "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" and also "Nanook Rubs It" from Apostrophe. Great stuff

And the husky wee wee
I mean the doggy wee wee
has blinded me
and I can't see
temporarily

May his genius live on forever.

[Spike*Spiegel]

The coffee here is absolute sh*t. Starbucks is an abomination to coffee and that makes me sad because I love coffee. We've got a choice between starbucks, caribou coffee (I mean c'mon the name alone..) and various mom and pop shops that aren't much better *laments*

[glastonelle]

Originally Posted by Spike*Spiegel

The coffee here is absolute sh*t. Starbucks is an abomination to coffee and that makes me sad because I love coffee. We've got a choice between starbucks, caribou coffee (I mean c'mon the name alone..) and various mom and pop shops that aren't much better *laments*

I agree. Its virtually impossible to find decent coffee in Auckland CBD. Mostly because its so small, but being jam-packed with Starbucks everywhere cant help. I'm a sucker for Mocha's, but the best one I had, I made myself. The ones at Starbucks are disgusting, and cost like $6. So exploiting

[Guybrush]

It is hard to find good coffees/cappucinos (always get cappos) here as well, even in restaurants. I'm so often disappointed that I don't often get them anymore. I mean, coffee at restaurants is f-ing expensive as well. You may pay as much as 5~6 US dollars or more for a cup here while you can get 100 cups of tea at home for the same price.

So, any brand recommendations? I mentioned Ahmad Earl Grey in my first post which I personally think is okay.

Last one I got was this one, a ceylon (Sri Lanka) Earl Grey tea which is very fresh and fruity. Not a favourite, but it's good!



And I think one of the worst cups I've had recently was this one.



Not fresh, just bitter and boring. Doesn't even taste like a proper earl grey. Where's the nice bergamot?

[Seltzer]

I used to drink a lot of coke but my staple caffeine supply comes in the form of tea nowadays, and there's nothing better for keeping warm in the winter. I wouldn't exactly call myself a tea connoisseur but Earl Grey is my preference. I never really liked green tea. I sometimes drink coffee too - I currently have a tin of that Moccona dark blend.

As you can tell, I'm not really succeeding at reducing my dependency on caffeine... it's a losing battle

[Bulldog]

Originally Posted by Seltzer

As you can tell, I'm not really succeeding at reducing my dependency on caffeine... it's a losing battle

^ Has basically been the story of my summer holiday.

Talking of which, my top 5 hot bevvies;

1. Moccha
2. Earl Grey tea
3. Oolong tea
4. Camomile tea
5. Frappucino

^ I voted espresso-based then.

[The_Mop]

Hopefully gonna get a Moka for my birthday, so will hopefully be making decent coffee then.

Been trying some of that Cafe Noir instant espresso stuff recently. It's not great.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

I adore Earl Grey, but what gets me out of bed in the morning is this: