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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Drink both strong and black. No sugar. Tea must be hot, coffee can be iced, but only in summer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Only badass and above is acceptable :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I passionately agree with you. All others are an insult to the King

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Let me introduce you to puerh. It’s way darker than normal tea, but it won’t taste bitter unless you make it as black as coffee.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Or you can go for Liubao which doesn't get bitter no matter how strong you make it or how long you boil it. Or there's Hunan's Anhua Gold Flower Black Tea that's like a pu'er with more umami in the aftertaste.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Guess I'm a Northerner then

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Tea: No sugar, no milk, no water, and no tea. Cup optional. (I don't drink tea)
Coffee: Regular black is fine. Sometimes I'll order a cappuccino with two sugars, but it's rare.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Tea: small amount of milk, strong AF. Coffee: black, 2 sweetners

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Yerba mate: coarse milling, radioactive green. 75°C water. No sugar; sometimes I add some peppermint, but that's it.

Coffee, homemade: black, no sugar. Neither too strong nor too weak, at least for local standards.

Coffee, when going out: either cheap coffee with a small drop of milk, or a good espresso or machiato. In uni times I used to drink half-and-half, with cinnamon and brown sugar, but that's because my former uni's cafeteria's coffee was awful.

I barely drink tea proper (Camelia sinensis), but I'm often drinking other teas - hibiscus, ginger, chamomile, peppermint.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Tea, small amount of milk, needs to be well brewed and strong. Coffee, preferably weak as F with as much milk as possible to overpower the coffee (i'm not a fan) :)

No sugar no sweeteners in either.

Tea prioritsed over coffee.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yorkshire Gold, two sugars, small splash of evaporated milk.

I'm mostly a tea gal but if I'm doing coffee, it's typically an oat milk cortado with a touch of brown sugar.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Yorkshire gold? You're my kind of woman

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Coffee - Milked the fuck up with loads of sugar and chocolate.

Tea - Milked the fuck up with tons of sugar.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I basically want chocolate milk/hot chocolate flavored wuth coffee.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Right in the face

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Strong and milky, like my women.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tea: depending on the type of tea. Some really good teas I can drink without sugar, but the stuff from the supermarket? Yeah, add 1 or 2 lumps of sugar for me, please. And some brands of teas I just completely skip (No thank you to Aldi thee, Jumbo huismerk thee, LaPlace thee and Lipton thee)

Coffee: I prefer cappuccino. I need some milk or milk-substitute in my coffee, otherwise it's too bitter.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Coffe: black.
Tea: can be black or green, usually a loose leaf mixed tea from a tea house.

Usually it's tea, typically about 1l / day, but whatever it is, it's with no milk or sugar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Tea: lemon and honey.

Coffee: sugar and cream.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Rarely drink tea, but when I do I don't add anything.

My coffee I like with oat milk (just like the taste more than with regular milk).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Coffee is a delivery system for cream and sugar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I drink it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Coffee: Like I take my men: strong, black, and hot. (OK, OK, I know, old joke. Strong, hot, no milk, no sugar.) Tea: strong, hot, no milk, no sugar.

I also rarely, if ever, drink mass-market versions of either; essentially only if I'm forced to. I get my coffees and teas directly from estates and sometimes individual farms when I can wrangle it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

With coffee, i usually have it with a teaspoon of sugar in a big mug, but sometimes i add some sweetened condensed instead of sugar. Same for black tea and chrysanthemum. For chamomile and oolong, i have it without adding anything, since i usually take chamomile at night and treat it as a flavored water. For oolong the taste is strong enough as it is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Coffee: decaf, no milk, no sugar sometimes honey

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Med-light roast whole beans, freshly ground. Brewed via Aeropress. Add ~1/2 tsp Sweet 'N Low, no creamer. Maybe a dash of ceylon cinnamon or a few drops of vanilla or almond extract if the beans are boring.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Drip I take with no sweetener, espresso I'll generally sweeten a little

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Black coffee, medium to light roast.

Tea with a touch of honey, maybe a bit of milk or cream depending on the flavor.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Coffee: Typically Nathan Explosion style (blacker than the blackest black, times infinity), sometimes with a nip of whiskey if I'm having it to stay out late.

Tea: either just water and leaves or one milk, no sugar, depending on my mood/the tea

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

With tea I normally stick to green teas, mint or lemon, sometimes a little sugar just for a bit of sweetness. More something to help me relax.

Coffee depends. If I'm making it myself, it's coming out as road tar and gets a couple spoonfuls of sugar. If I'm out ordering at a cafe or something, I normally grab a hot Mocha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Tea lots of sugar, more sugar than tea probably, coffee just large amounts of espresso without milk or sugar

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Tea: no sugar, no milk

Coffee: sugar and milk

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

If my coffee doesnt taste like dessert then i don't want it. Why bother? I'll just drink water instead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I don't drink either - or any other hot drinks. I have never liked them.

There was a while when, every other year or so, in the depths of winter, I would get it into my head that my tastes might have changed and would accept someone's offer of something: tea, coffee, hot chocolate or whatever. But I'd always end up taking one sip and realise my folly.

And, no, Iced tea or similar does nothing for me either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Coffee: black. Iced or hot depends upon the season. For hot, about 42c is perfect for me.

Tea I rarely drink. Green tea is also as-is hot or cold. Black tea probably the same, though I grew up with sweet tea for iced tea and a bit of sugar in the hot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Coffee: 2x teaspoons of coffee (3x if it's cheap coffee), 2x teaspoons of sugar, milk in first to avoid any burnt taste and to stir it up a bit before pouring, then stirring continuously while pouring. If it's filter coffee, I'm not particular about the order that the milk goes in.

Tea: Also 2x teaspoons of sugar, milk in last after letting it draw for a little bit. And to also be unnecessarily specific here, I pour the hot water directly onto the tea bag and kinda slowly, seems to maximize draw. And if I'm not in a hurry, I let it get nice and strong before taking the tea bag out or if I'm in a hurry, I'll just leave the tea bag in.

More of a coffee person than a tea person though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I approve of your high standards

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's just the way I'll do it for myself though, no need to impose that on anyone else lol. If you're making, it's just two coffees, two sugars and milk, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tea: ginger and honey

Coffee: oat milk and brown sugar I love coffee in the morning so much that even preparing the boiler and filter gets me kickstarted haha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Dark roast, half a packet of sugar, a lil bit of milk

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Tea: Black or green.

Yerba Mate: Playadito at 60-70C

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