Daily Coffee!

LucaMs said:
If you say something like that here in Italy it is as if you have cursed ?

If you want the best coffee in the world and the best pizza, you have to go to Napoli (Naples), and I'm neither Neapolitan nor live in Napoli, so I'm not saying that because I'm biased.
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I feel Neapolitan ice cream is weird. I can only accept ice cream with chocolate and vanilla flavour mixed.
 
My simple coffee-rules:
1. never drink more than 3 coffees a day
2. never drink a coffee past 4PM (16:00)
3. never break rules 1 & 2

From time to time I take a total pause from coffee (as for other foods/drinks); it could last days, weeks or more. No special reason if not to enforce my own willpower.
 
LucaMs said:
If you say something like that here in Italy it is as if you have cursed ?
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I am just an average guy that couldn’t afford to get a real Mocacchino or Marocchino. Please don’t curse me. ?
 
aeric said:
By the way, not sure is it available in other countries. It is common to have mixture of drinks. We drink coffee mix with tea (also famous in Hong Kong) call Yin Yong (same meaning as mandarin duck). My favourite is mixture of Nescafe and Milo (instant coffee and chocolate drink by Nestle) a.k.a. Neslo which taste like Mocha.
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Adding chocolate to coffee I understand (though it's too sweet for my taste) but I thought you were joking about mixing tea and coffee. I had to Google it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuenyeung. Even if I could get my UK head around mixing those two delicious (on their own) drinks together, I don't like sweet drinks which probably means I'll never be trying that concoction.
 
With regards adding sugar to coffee, assuming you would prefer to drink sugarless coffee (for health or otherwise), just stop adding it. After a couple of days, you will no longer miss it. I think I was about 14 years old when I decided to stop adding my usual 4 spoons of sugar to a mug of coffee and for the next 40 years I have never added any sugar to coffee, whether instant or espresso. My brother, 2 years my junior, still takes sugar in coffee.
 
LucaMs said:
I hate milk in tea; I don't understand how you can drink such a thing ???
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But are you talking about typical British tea which really does need just a touch of milk. One mug, one good quality teabag, boiling water, 4 minutes brewing, a touch of milk. And it has to be in that order, never add milk before the 4 minutes is up.
 
CaptKronos said:
But are you talking about typical British tea which really does need just a touch of milk. One mug, one good quality teabag, boiling water, 4 minutes brewing, a touch of milk. And it has to be in that order, never add milk before the 4 minutes is up.
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Sure, I did, but for me it was almost like putting salt in coffee instead of sugar (has this ever happened to you? Unfortunately I did - I didn't put it, another person did it, by mistake, but in my coffee! ?)
 
LucaMs said:
Sure, I did, but for me it was almost like putting salt in coffee instead of sugar (has this ever happened to you? Unfortunately I did - I didn't put it, another person did it, by mistake, but in my coffee! ?)
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Never salt in coffee, but I have added salt instead of sugar when making a cake. Not good!
 
CaptKronos said:
Never salt in coffee, but I have added salt instead of sugar when making a cake. Not good!
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It depends how much salt is added. For people who think the coffee is too bitter, adding a little bit of salt may help. ?
perfectdailygrind.com

Exploring the science behind adding salt to coffee

Salt can be used for a lot of things – as many as 14,000, according to some estimates. We rely on it to season and preserve our food, to clean greasy surfaces, to remove stains; some people even use it as an alternative to mouthwash.
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aeric said:
It depends how much salt is added. For people who think the coffee is too bitter, adding a little bit of salt may help. ?
perfectdailygrind.com

Exploring the science behind adding salt to coffee

Salt can be used for a lot of things – as many as 14,000, according to some estimates. We rely on it to season and preserve our food, to clean greasy surfaces, to remove stains; some people even use it as an alternative to mouthwash.
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My take from reading that linked page is to use better quality coffee and then salt won't be required. With regards the quantity of salt to add (if you really have to!), did you notice this quote?:
In 2009, food science expert Alton Brown suggested adding salt to coffee in an episode of his cooking show Good Eats. He said that for every cup of water and two teaspoons of ground coffee, you should add half a teaspoon of salt to neutralise the bitterness of the coffee.
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Considering ground coffee is normally measured in dessert spoons, imagine how much salt would be added. Perhaps, the "food science expert" was misquoted or it's Lucas' "attack on your health" being realised.
 
LucaMs said:
I hate milk in tea; I don't understand how you can drink such a thing ???
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There are many kinds of tea. Example is red black tea that taste good with milk. I don’t recommend adding milk to Earl grey, Chamomile tea or Chinese tea. Malaysian like iced milk tea very much. Taiwanese famous with boba milk tea? Thailand also has a nice milk tea name Chatramue.

P/S: BOH, Lipton, Cameron Valley are among the famous brands of tea from Malaysia

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Teh tarik - Wikipedia

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CaptKronos said:
Adding chocolate to coffee I understand (though it's too sweet for my taste) but I thought you were joking about mixing tea and coffee. I had to Google it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuenyeung. Even if I could get my UK head around mixing those two delicious (on their own) drinks together, I don't like sweet drinks which probably means I'll never be trying that concoction.
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If you read the wiki, it mentioned that it is prepared with either sweetened condensed milk or unsweetened evaporated milk so if you don’t like sweet then you may choose the latter.
 
The last drink I want to introduce is the most evil and probably the most unhealthy drink but catched my eyes. My girlfriend forbid me to take so I may take it once in few years. (Some people have the impression that this drink is unhealthy due to the high volume/thick of coconut sugar)

The 3 layer tea or 3 layer coffee.
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3 Layered Tea- an absolute must have when you are in Malaysia – Visit Malaysia

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