Coffee

[Cro]

Coffee, when made right is one of those little things that really makes life great. The only bad thing about coffee is the constant battle of finding a cafe that will consistently make you a great drink. I could go on about most of the coffee shops near my work being greatly overrated, but then today I encountered the greatest of all crimes.

Every morning I go and get the coffee for my team, today was no different. That is until I looked at what people wanted. There it was in big letters.. FLAT WHITE - 4 SUGARS.
Surely even people who like a bit of sugar in their coffee would agree this is just ridiculous. I could only imagine this drink would taste similar to the breakfeast cereal 'Frosties.'

No rants aside, let's talk coffee, from the beans people like to the styles. I'm not all that fussy, as long as it doesn't have too much milk in it, I'd prefer something like a long mac over a Latte, but have found a few places make their long mac too bitter.

I've also had a dream for the last couple of years or learning how to make some godly coffee and opening my own coffee place, except I hate early mornings.
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[Island_Wolf]

I have a regular skinny cap with no sugar. Preference is Vittoria's coffee (when made correctly) but don't mind other barista's ones or even 7-Eleven ones. I do love a decent roasty taste. I just can't seem to get myself into instant coffee. I started off with skinny cap 2 sugars but overtime, the sugar gets to me and leaves a sugary feeling in my mouth which lead me to no sugar.

In terms of sugar, the worse place I've seen is Krispy Creme where most people have is flat-white 4+ sugars and I'm like wow!.

Having said not having sugar in my coffee, I am a fan of Malaysian coffee (coffee with sweetened condensed milk, coffee not too bitter like the Vietnamese Coffee). I highly recommend Malaysian coffee if haven't tried it yet. The way they prepare it is interesting to watch as well (oh man, it's a 8 minutes walk to get one from work!, WHY?!?).

My source of Iced Coffee is Starbucks (Iced Cafe Latte) since I get the freedom to have no sugar and it is actually just coffee and milk <3

Funny enough even all these years of drinking coffee, I still only drink at most 1 cup a day and can go without it. I just usually have it to quick-fix my hayfever issue when I am at work.
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[Frozencry]

My gf and I feed off coffee as if it were life support. We try a lot of it at many different places.

Personal preference is a Flat White with no sugar from the Coffee Workshop on George St in Sydney. Really strong taste but not too bitter and we usually have it every time we're in the city.

There's also a really nice place we go to near where I live called Swallow. They make some really great flat whites as well along with good breakfast to go too. It's conveniently right next to my train station.

At home I basically go for instant coffee, no sugar, just to keep me up and running. I'm keen on buying some proper beans and a coffee machine though, as a good coffee can make a big difference.

Also, one thing I'd recommend to some people which helped me out; drink plenty of water prior to your coffee. Caffeine thins the blood vessels, and when you're not hydrated you can feel tired instead of buzzed. I drink about 4-5 cups of water in the morning before grabbing a coffee and it makes a gigantic difference.
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[fatpizza]

Can't stand coffee, which apparently for someone in the IT industry is quite uncommon.
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[Karai Pantsu]

What is a 'long mac'? <inB4 'bigger than a short mac'> Is it just a 'long' macchiato? Never come across that before.

Ideally I'll take an espresso, or long black (Black as midnight on a moonless night.) if I know the coffee will be good. Mostly, though, I stick to a strong latte.

Mmmminfact i might go make myself one now.
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[Benza]

coffee tastes like satans taint.
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[StorminNorman]

I want to be all cool and hip and talk about how I always get awesome coffee from some little café in the city, but the truth is that I subsist almost entirely on Moccona Indulgence. Just a little sugar (less than half a teaspoon) to take the bitterness out.

When I am being a beret-wearing cafe denizen, I go the good old flat white.

Also, if I ever hear someone order a "decaf soy latte" again, I *will* laugh at them.
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[GooberMan]

I'm something of a tea wanker. Since moving down to Melbourne though, I've been able to become an apprentice coffee wanker. Since it's usually in a takeaway cup, I go for a latte. There's precisely zero difference between a latte and a flat white in a takeaway cup, so I up my wanker quotient by saying latte. It is also untainted by sugar.

There's two places I go to get a coffee made for me, and both have vast quantities of their own self-roasted beans. The Coffee Company down in Jewtown (Balaclava) makes a fine latte and their roasting machines are visible for all to see. The other is the Jasper Coffee store in the Piranha (Prahran) markets. They've got multiple stores, and they always have several different beans available for lattes and the like so it's a fairly simple way of trying a wide range of different types of coffee.

I'll drink any type of coffee bean, and I always drink it strong. Low acid coffees would make fantastic iced coffee (the Juliet bean from Jasper is a favourite in the low acid range), and high acid is great for when you want to know you're drinking coffee.

The only coffee I could stand in Brisbane was Zaraffas and Merlo. Specific ones too, different stores had different staff that didn't understand what overheating the milk does to the overall taste.
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[JmiYeo]

Where I come from, coffee is made with socks!!



Of course, to each has it's own. Personally, I prefer a cup of coffee-thick-less-sugar-with-evaporated-milk. But in rome, you got to drink what the romans drink, and my choice is vienna coffee with less cream. Some places includes a coffee bean to munch on, which is a plus.
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[Zhou]

Well I dont know, I think insta coffee is just fine. I went and purchased a french press and all, but after the work that went into preparing the press then cleaning up afterwards, I figured I'll just stick to the insta stuff.

*prepares to have cups of decaf soy latte thrown at me*
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[Ramblerun]

I like my coffee with no coffee and 4 teaspoons of milo.
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[VMan87]

I have 2x big travel mug size coffee's a day,

1x in the morn with moccona gold & milo - which i belive is really tasty.
1x after work made with vittoria beans and my peruclator with milo - this also is really tasty although i must say for the extra effort it really isn't all that much better then the instant

Although i'll probably get negged i actually thoroughly enjoy mc'cafe coffee

[Benza]

[Jahanzeb]

Dark Brazilian coffee for me, no milk or sugar.

Awesome stuff.
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[Cyph]

Percolated espresso style thanks, no sugar.
Or, a Nespresso intenso, again no sugar.

[crescent fresh]

fucking yuppies................
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[metalgear_yoshi]

I don't drink coffee often but when I do I'm the douche bag who takes 4 sugars. Sorry. We have one of those machines that you put little pods into with a milk frother on the side, it's made by Delonghi (No idea how to spell random Italian name). Anyway, I think they're pretty good and have some nice varied flavours and intensity's. I don't drink instant at all because to me it tastes like Benzas proverbial Beelzebub taint. To be honest I'm a Tea guy and a Milo or Pink Nesquick kinda fella. I also have 4 sugars in my tea, lol. That said I don't drink soft drink very often at all so I don't think it's too bad to have so much sugar in my hot beverages. (last night I had a glass of pepsi at dinner, my first in at least a month, it was yuck)
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[Shadow Wave]

I smash down waaay to many cappuccinos (with one sugar), kind of live off McDonalds McCafe cappuccinos

HOW GOOD ARE MACCAS COFFEES?!!!?!?!

Okay so they're not the best, but I work nights and you tell me where else I can get a decent coffee at 9pm?


Best place I have found for good coffee is Olinda Tea House on top of Mt Dandenong, its an amazing building and they do amazing coffee.
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[Jarrod]

Serena Coffee is the best coffee I've had in Melbourne. Its a nice little place in Brunswick. You can buy beans and equipment there as well.

I drink a lot of coffee when I'm out and about, but generally avoid drinking too much when home. At home I drink a lot of tea. Its so easy to stick a pot on and churn through it.
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[theory]

Heaps like my coffee, heaps not into all the fancy stuff that I still assume people only drink because it makes them cool... to hipsters... in Melbourne.

That said, Sensory Lab has the coolest name, is set up like a science lab, and make coffee in sciencey tubes (that's the proper name for them) with Bunsen burners. But I'm not a fan of the coffee.

Moccona Medium Roast is my preferred coffee.
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[mrpookles]

I monster a skinny cappuccino every morning from a place in the city near work. 1 sugar. I actually made a decision a week ago to only buy 1 or 2 coffees a week - my wife and I spend $150 between us a month on coffees from cafes at the moment.

Macca's coffees aren't bad considering they're from
Macca's. Good for 30 minute+ drives.

[Scrav]

I get a daily Mocha from the nearby coffee shop at work. I'm fortunate to work 10 seconds away from 2 coffee shops, with a 3rd about 20 seconds away.

In addition to that, my floor has one of those really fancy $1500+ coffee machines. So I also get a coffee from there later in the day at a hefty price of $1.

I also have a budget coffee machine at home for ground coffee.

All up, I try not to imagine how much I spend on coffee a month.

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[spacepony]

I'm one of those people who may put 4+ sugars in my coffee. I usually just ask for two sugars but if I find the coffee particularly bad then I'll ask for more.

The most sugar I put in a coffee was 10 sugars and even then I had trouble drinking it...(This was from the pancake parlour...it's terrible coffee!)

I see coffee as a wake up so the sugar only helps me get the buzz. Sugar buzz plus caffine buzz.

Best coffee I've had was probably the Bennett's Lane Jazz Club.