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Old 15-03-2011, 22:09
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I guess a bit of advice but not worthy of the advice thread,lol, also a question though!

When did you first start to enjoy coffee? I never liked when younger but always told it was a taste I would like when older. Anyway on the odd times I have tried it I still don't like it. I wondered if I could train myself to like it? I know it sounds odd but i can't drink energy drinks because the make me feel ill and tea doesn't do it for me energy wise. I need a massive surge of energy over the next couple of days and considering coffee - does it make you feel much different to normal? Aid concentration etc?
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Old 15-03-2011, 22:37
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It doesn't do any of that energy stuff for me - I just like the taste.
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Old 15-03-2011, 22:41
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Coffee used to make me physically sick if i ever drank it, but about 5/6 years ago i decided to try some proper stuff from a local coffee shop and from that moment onwards i was addicted, out of the instants Carte Nior absolut is best with Egberts Pure gold a little far behind, as for proper coffee i like most, but i tried a cup of that coffee thats pooed out by monkeys and thats awesome, too pricey to buy though, asdas extra special moutain is nicest "cheaper" brand i have found

Although it will never suceed tea as my favourite drink
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Old 15-03-2011, 22:41
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I guess a bit of advice but not worthy of the advice thread,lol, also a question though!

When did you first start to enjoy coffee? I never liked when younger but always told it was a taste I would like when older. Anyway on the odd times I have tried it I still don't like it. I wondered if I could train myself to like it? I know it sounds odd but i can't drink energy drinks because the make me feel ill and tea doesn't do it for me energy wise. I need a massive surge of energy over the next couple of days and considering coffee - does it make you feel much different to normal? Aid concentration etc?
Buy some berocca instead?
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Old 15-03-2011, 22:44
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I used to like it. Now less so. I find it gives me a headache.

I love tea though. I drink about 10 cups a day.
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Old 15-03-2011, 22:44
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I guess a bit of advice but not worthy of the advice thread,lol, also a question though!

When did you first start to enjoy coffee? I never liked when younger but always told it was a taste I would like when older. Anyway on the odd times I have tried it I still don't like it. I wondered if I could train myself to like it? I know it sounds odd but i can't drink energy drinks because the make me feel ill and tea doesn't do it for me energy wise. I need a massive surge of energy over the next couple of days and considering coffee - does it make you feel much different to normal? Aid concentration etc?
Worthy of the "food and drink" forum tho.
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Old 15-03-2011, 22:48
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When I was younger I despised coffee, I had spit out even a sip and it left a horrible taste in my mouth. I was still under this impression until not so long ago when I bought tea from a vending machine and had drunk about 1/5th of it before I realised it had actually given me coffee, I just thought it was strong tea. So, overtime my tolerance for it has apparently increased.
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Old 15-03-2011, 22:48
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I suppose you could train yourself to like it.. you can do that with pretty much anything.

I've always liked the taste of coffee. I don't drink much of it though, I try to limit my caffeine intake to very little. Coffee doesn't wake you up and give you energy.. it just removes the caffeine withdrawal symptoms you were experiencing...
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Old 15-03-2011, 22:54
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Didn't like it when I was younger, like it now though. Perks me up for about 15 minutes if that.
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:01
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I think its the same with Beer. I hated the stuff, even a mouthful made me want to gip. That became rather embarassing when I hit 18 / 19, and was starting to go out with the lads. They'd get a round in.. and i'd be like "eeerr.. sorry could i get a smirnoff ice?" or i'd have a few ciders. But beer!! arghhh it was foul.

Once I hit about 25, I started getting better with it, wasnt so keen on it, but would perhaps manage a pint. Then as time progressed I actually started to like the stuff.

Now I love a good pint or 7 of beer!

I really have no idea why this is!
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:06
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I trained myself to like it, start weak though, mocha was my first choice, half hot chocolate, half coffee, and slowly progress. I love Coffee now, only started about 5 months ago, it's very nice.
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:08
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I've had coffee a few times (mainly when trying to overcome a hangover ). But I cannot for the life of me understand this 'culture' that's commercially burgeoned around it in the last 10 years or so.
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:17
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I've had coffee a few times (mainly when trying to overcome a hangover ). But I cannot for the life of me understand this 'culture' that's commercially burgeoned around it in the last 10 years or so.
And the price! Over two squids for a cup on the high street. FFS, I know how much it costs. I make it often.
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:22
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When I was a child/young teenager there was this shop that sold coffee beans and I would hate walking past it and would hold my breath as I couldn't stand the smell. I hated the taste of coffee and would only drink tea. As I grew up I started liking the taste more and more, for the next 15 years I would drink tea normally but often have a craving for coffee. At work I would only drink coffee.

Now when I'm out in the town I wuill goto a coffee shop and buy a proper coffee (made from actual beans) Today I actually brought myself a coffee maker so I can do away with the instant stuff, the real stuff is so much nicer.

I remembe when I was in my last year of school I was always in the coffee shop, my drink of choice was always cappuchino or espresso.
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:22
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I love the taste of coffee, unfortunately my body says otherwise.
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:39
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I started drinking it a couple of years ago and found I liked it. I do also tend to find I'm more alert after drinking it.

But one cup/mug goes through me quicker than a couple of pints.
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:42
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And the price! Over two squids for a cup on the high street. FFS, I know how much it costs. I make it often.
Coffee to me is Nescafe! Nescafe! The better way to start your day! Isn't it time that you woke up to a richer, smoother tasting cup!...

...not idi-bots paying shy of £5 for a cup of mass-produced tar mainly consisting of sugar and fat, in a place that couldn't be any more self-referentially mocking of them with a name such as 'Costa'.
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:45
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Coffee to me is Nescafe! Nescafe! The better way to start your day! Isn't it time that you woke up to a richer, smoother tasting cup!...

...not idi-bots paying shy of £5 for a cup of mass-produced tar mainly consisting of sugar and fat, in a place that couldn't be any more self-referentially mocking of them with a name such as 'Costa'.
True dat
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Old 15-03-2011, 23:53
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Two words.....Pro plus
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Old 16-03-2011, 00:03
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I don't like coffee but when I was in Sweden and there was no tea available I started drinking mild coffee and I quite liked it. I Never kept it up though once I came back and could get a nice cup of tea again.
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Old 16-03-2011, 00:10
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Coffee to me is Nescafe! Nescafe! The better way to start your day! Isn't it time that you woke up to a richer, smoother tasting cup!...
Nescafe tastes like dirt.

We have a Cuisinart DGB-600BC. It has a built in grinder.. so fresh ground coffee every time.
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Old 16-03-2011, 00:53
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I love coffee. Used to spend £10 a day on it!
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Old 16-03-2011, 01:40
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Only one a day - and at the moment it's that instant muck as me coffeemaker died horribly. I need caffeine to function but generally get by with the caffeine that's in tea. I drink tea constantly. I'd set up a drip with it in, if I could. I don't function til I've had several teas and 1 coffee in the morning.
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Old 16-03-2011, 06:58
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I love coffee, that's why you will never see me in Starbucks.
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Old 16-03-2011, 08:15
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I can't remember when I first started drinking coffee, I know I was still at school as we used to have a jug of what they called coffee on the table at lunch time.

As I got older I started to drink more of it, went off tea, not because of the taste, but because it made me feel sick.

Now Coffee is all I drink, I start the morning with a espresso. I try not to drink instant coffee, if I do then it is either Dowe Egbert or Sainsburys own gold.

Coffee in costa is ok, I mainly drink black coffee and Costa is nice black, Nero is better, much stronger. I don't like Starbucks,

the best coffee if I am out in town and want a cup is a local street cafe, very nice coffee. but I do prefer to make my own.
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