Cream?

BlackSG91 said:
BTW...I usually drink my coffee black since I'm too lazy sometimes to put in the cream and sugar. But if I order from a coffee shop I'll order double double. My friend sure loves his coffee that way with a splash of rum. What a way to kick-start the day.:wink:


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You like your coffee black, Blackie there must be a reason for that EH!:)
 
eSGEe said:
I mostly just drink it black --- really dont care much for the taste the entire point is just a preferred socially accepted caffeine delivery system
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I gotta say, I’m the opposite. I truly love a cup of robust, dark roast coffee. I would drink decaf, even. It’s not really about the caffeine for me.

The problem is, decaffeinated tastes stale to me. I realize caffeine, itself, doesn’t really have a taste. But, something about the process gives it a stale taste.
 
smitty_p said:
I suppose you could try making it yourself. I never have, though.

It’s readily available in stores here. Just about every store that sells milk has half-and-half in the dairy section.
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Is that ready stuff sweetened or is it just cream and milk?
 
Oh and I too like my coffee strong and black. I am Brazilian, we have some of the best stuff in the world!

But

Ever since I watched Mr. Winston Wolf say “lots of cream, lots of sugar”, I wanted to try it. And I’ve never been to the US so far.
 
Sérgio said:
Is that ready stuff sweetened or is it just cream and milk?
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Ready formulated half & half is not “sweetened”, but lactose in the milk, and cream does take a bit of the “bite” off of the coffee.
I like a little of each...half & half, and sugar, in my coffee. Not too much of either though.
I also use half & half, in place of cream, in recipes...when possible. Like mashed potatoes for instance....boiled potatoes, a stick of butter, a little pepper, and a splash of half & half.
 
To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling: Oh, Coffee is Coffee, Cream is Cream, and never the twain shall meet.

The only cream I let near my coffee is the one @bea was talking about.

On a more serious note: I get that people like milk or cream in their coffee, I mean, it does take the bite off it, it makes for a smoother drink and so on. But I simply love the strong flavor; the bitter chocolate, ripe berry, roasty goodness of a well made cup of black coffee. It is one of the greatest pleasures in my life (I probably crave it more than beer, to be perfectly honest), and I prefer it "unadulterated".
 
Sérgio said:
Oh and I too like my coffee strong and black. I am Brazilian, we have some of the best stuff in the world!

But

Ever since I watched Mr. Winston Wolf say “lots of cream, lots of sugar”, I wanted to try it. And I’ve never been to the US so far.
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Another thought to consider....

It’s entirely possible that the milk you buy in Brazil is richer than what we buy in the US. We have varying grades of milk with different concentrations of milk fat. Generally, our milk will be classified as whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, or “skim” milk (which is a very lifeless variety that I can’t stand).

I first ran into this years ago during an overseas trip. I had a glass of milk at the restaurant and was surprised (and pleased) at how much richer it was than even “whole” milk in the US.
 
smitty_p said:
I had a glass of milk at the restaurant and was surprised (and pleased) at how much richer it was than even “whole” milk in the US.
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When I was a kid we kept a dairy cow and milked it twice a day. I grew up with pure un-pasteurized milk. When we had too much my pop would skim the cream, make butter and feed the left over milk to the dogs.
Our hens (called chooks in Aust) produced eggs with almost orange coloured yokes that would stand up proud from the white.
Now ya got me thinking our veg garden ... the 50's were great ... well except for polio and a dozen other things that could kill us that are nonexistent today.
 
Almost forgot, moving on 20 years to the 70's when I was a young father, wife and I kept milking goats as well as ducks (=eggs), our children also got great home produce.
To keep goats producing milk they had to produce kids themselves. Photo, my oldest with one of the many kids born in our back yard.

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When I was growing up in upstate NY we used to get real milk from the local farms, from the milk houses attached to the cow/milking barn, the kind that when it sat you'd have to stir the cream up into the milk. That's real whole milk. The stuff they whole milk in the USA is already mostly water with all the good scooped out already...
 
gasket said:
Almost forgot, moving on 20 years to the 70's when I was a young father, wife and I kept milking goats as well as ducks (=eggs), our children also got great home produce.
To keep goats producing milk they had to produce kids themselves. Photo, my oldest with one of the many kids born in our back yard.

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Duck eggs are great!

We have a family friend who keeps chickens and ducks. Sometimes we’ll buy a dozen chicken or duck eggs from her.
 
I make coffee now in our Kuerig, which eliminates all variation due to a sleepy operator. I then spike every cup with Cafe Llave Espresso. I use a French Vanilla creamer by Nestle and add just enough to colour it....
 
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