topic Re: Can you live without......? in Community Spirit

Can you live without......?

the_bob_delusion — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:21:05 GMT

Coffee?

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davewil1964 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:22:16 GMT

Yes

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zanadoo_56 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:27:54 GMT

Easily.

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wide-world-of-stamps — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:31:58 GMT

If I had to, but I'd prefer not to.

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lyndal1838 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:42:28 GMT

Yes

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domino-710 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:54:21 GMT

What - run out of ' hard ' ones. LOL

I'm ~~brewing~~ stewing on it.

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davewil1964 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:59:09 GMT

Let's hope the countess doesn't open this thread.

We'll get an exposition on the history of coffee, how a red coffee machine makes superior coffee to even the same model in another colour, why kopi luwak is so expensive...

Hint, countess, for your answer

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domino-710 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:58:46 GMT

Should the discussion be - more - is coffee - a - non essential.

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domino-710 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:08:19 GMT

Calm the farm Dave - have a quick nip.

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4channel — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:18:59 GMT

@the_bob_delusion wrote:

Can you live without......?

Coffee?

I can now as I have learnt to enjoy a nice cup of tea. Occasionally I'll go to a cafe with a friend for a coffee but because of the water having chemicals, the visits are fewer these days. There's a couple of coffee jars at home and they get used but for me, these days, tea is the morning kick start.

I know of many people who need their coffee and some wouldn't be functional without it.

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countessalmirena — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:25:52 GMT

I could survive without coffee.

But I could not live without it.

I'm still playing with the settings of my Dual Boiler and the burr grinder, to get exactly and precisely the coffee of heaven.

By the day, davewil, I prefer unpooped coffee. I also like my coffee to have a rounded rich robust taste that balances bitter notes with sweet notes (by which I do not mean sugar!).

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lyndal1838 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:30:58 GMT

@4channel wrote:
@the_bob_delusion wrote:

Can you live without......?

Coffee?

I can now as I have learnt to enjoy a nice cup of tea. Occasionally I'll go to a cafe with a friend for a coffee but because of the water having chemicals, the visits are fewer these days. There's a couple of coffee jars at home and they get used but for me, these days, tea is the morning kick start.

I know of many people who need their coffee and some wouldn't be functional without it.

There is just as much water in a cup of tea as in a cup of coffee.

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katistrophik — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:47:11 GMT

Hell No - they took away my Vodka, I sure as Sh!t ain't giving up my ~~chocolate~~ Coffee I meant coffee

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davewil1964 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:52:18 GMT

Can't afford that stuff, dom.

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zanadoo_56 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:55:31 GMT

I'm not keen on hot drinks.

Before I retired I used to make myself an iced coffee at work - Ordinarly instant coffee mixed with Jarrah Brazil, sugar, a bit of hot water to dissolve it, skim milk powder, cold water and ice cubes. I used to use cold milk but co-workers would help themselves to it without asking. So I switched to skim milk powder.....which I was pleased to find no one would touch with a 10ft bargepole. LOL

At home I would occasionally make a calorie laden version - Instant coffee, whole milk, sugar, cream (if I had any), ice cream scoop and ice cubes.

It's funny. I think my taste for iced coffee simply ended when I retired. I haven't had coffee in any form since my last day at work around two years ago.

Maybe one day I might again, but who knows?

Clearly I can live without it.

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davewil1964 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:57:15 GMT

If you're going to drink instant, Moccona is the bare minimum.

You do know that Nescafe's Blend 43 refers to the 43 areas of the factory floor they sweep it up from?

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zanadoo_56 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:05:41 GMT

You don't waste good (even instant) coffee on an iced coffee - especially if you are mixing it with a blended product like one (or two) of the Jarrah range.

I went even cheaper than Blend 43 (though I drew the line at Pablo etc). I used to buy.......Coles Instant Coffee (though as it looked and tasted remarkably like Nescafe....that's probably what it was.) LOL

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the_bob_delusion — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:16:23 GMT

@countessalmirena wrote:
I could survive without coffee.

But I could not live without it.

I'm still playing with the settings of my Dual Boiler and the burr grinder, to get exactly and precisely the coffee of heaven.

By the day, davewil, I prefer unpooped coffee. I also like my coffee to have a rounded rich robust taste that balances bitter notes with sweet notes (by which I do not mean sugar!).

If I gave you $10,000 for you not drinking coffee ever again, could you do it?

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joztamps — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:19:04 GMT

@the_bob_delusion wrote:

If I gave you $10,000 for you not drinking coffee ever again, could you do it?

Yes.

Where do you want my bank details?

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davewil1964 — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:31:11 GMT

Talk about wasting government money...