[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If you're making tea or cafetiere coffee the water has to be boiling or it won't work properly. If you're making instant coffee you're a heathen and shouldn't be allowed ANY coffee anyway

So I guess the long-standing convention I never understood... is people willingly drinking instant coffee. YUK.

Have you ever tried this one though, it's as good as cafetiere coffee imo

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Have you ever tried this one though, it's as good as cafetiere coffee imo

The posh powdery ones are better than the cheap granulesy ones but if you think they're even close to a proper brewed coffee or esperesso you are woefully incorrect and must be making those wrong .

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Have you ever tried this one though, it's as good as cafetiere coffee imo

i just had a cup of that as it goes

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

The posh powdery ones are better than the cheap granulesy ones but if you think they're even close to a proper brewed coffee or esperesso you are woefully incorrect and must be making those wrong .

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

It was the singing kettle back in my day

[Niamh.]

Also TS, you didn't answer the question, have you tasted that particular one?

[Cherie]

that the only long standing convention on trial are hot beverages

Is hot chocolate escaping scot free

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

that the only long standing convention on trial are hot beverages

Is hot chocolate escaping scot free

Hot chocolate has to be made with milk and any other way is an abomination

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Hot chocolate has to be made with milk and any other way is an abomination

Agree

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Also TS, you didn't answer the question, have you tasted that particular one?

Yeah my wife gets it to take to her work... Because she says it tastes closest to a real coffee...

Also it does make a nice mocha if you stir a spoonful into a hot chocolate

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Cherie

that the only long standing convention on trial are hot beverages

Is hot chocolate escaping scot free

shameful xenophobia

[Stu]

The Rolling Stones outliving all the good bands.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Have you ever tried this one though, it's as good as cafetiere coffee imo

Oh Jesus, I love that, it's delicious!

[Stu]

Yeah Azera is top tier stuff. And the Nescafe Gold powder. Powder over granules. I'd rather a bog standard, suburban Maxwell House over some fancy coffee. To me coffee is largely a muddy brown poo potion for masochists too scared to do real cocaine.

Needing coffee to stay awake is a good long standing convention that makes no sense, actually. The first one wakes you up, if you have a caffeine habit. Subsequent cups do nothing. Drink a pint of water.

[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by Stu

Yeah Azera is top tier stuff. And the Nescafe Gold powder. Powder over granules. I'd rather a bog standard, suburban Maxwell House over some fancy coffee. To me coffee is largely a muddy brown poo potion for masochists too scared to do real cocaine.

Needing coffee to stay awake is a good long standing convention that makes no sense, actually. The first one wakes you up, if you have a caffeine habit. Subsequent cups do nothing. Drink a pint of water.

Or do cocaine

[Denver]

Why we are on the subject of beverages why do people squeeze the teabag? Letting it brew gives the perfect taste but squeezing the bag leaves it tasting bitter and nasty

[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by Denver

Why we are on the subject of beverages why do people squeeze the teabag? Letting it brew gives the perfect taste but squeezing the bag leaves it tasting bitter and nasty

I suppose some people like it bitter and/or don't want to "waste" what's it in and use it to the maximum capacity. I don't get it either, but I think it's not the majority of cases.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Stu

Subsequent cups do nothing. Drink a pint of water.

FALSE you have clearly never experienced the productivity spike of a proper 6-shots-deep espresso buzz.

First double get me going... Let's me wake up... Answer a few emails... Drink more coffee. Then the buzz HITS and I do my full 8 hour day in under two hours... Largely finished by noon... Do nowt the rest of the day except play some games, watch some shows, argue with some Tibbers and stay available on Teams to pretend to be doing stuff.

Coffee is KEY to the burst of focus needed for this strategy.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Denver

Why we are on the subject of beverages why do people squeeze the teabag? Letting it brew gives the perfect taste but squeezing the bag leaves it tasting bitter and nasty

Impatience mostly, from what I've seen. People tend to under-brew (giving it 2 mins instead of 5, which it needs) and leave it weak, so they squeeze to compensate which does indeed make it bitter. Always give your tea 5 mins .

[bitontheslide]

i have bean to cup Kenyan blue mountain coffee every day and it's delicious

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i have bean to cup Kenyan blue mountain coffee every day and it's delicious

[Vicky.]

How are you?
Great. How are you?
Good.
OK bye.

Its so ****ing pointless. Answer any of these people honestly and say 'not good actually, am having a quite ****ty day' and I have found its still only

'oh, sorry about that, bye'

Utterly utterly pointless drivel.

Not surprising this thread focuses on tea/coffee though. Never change tibb

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

How are you?
Great. How are you?
Good.
OK bye.

Its so ****ing pointless. Answer any of these people honestly and say 'not good actually, am having a quite ****ty day' and I have found its still only

'oh, sorry about that, bye'

Utterly utterly pointless drivel.

Not surprising this thread focuses on tea/coffee though. Never change tibb

Oh God Vicky thats soooo true. Meaningless banality.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

If you take Milk it's the right temperature straight away anyway plus tea tastes gross if the water isn't hot enough. I don't take milk in my coffee but I'd rather it be a bit too hot than a bit too cold

Yeah cold tea is gross

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Redway asked the question

he adds spices to his tea

have a go at him