ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
Going to pret for coffee is the same to me as going to Hooters to find your soulmate.
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Mon Mar 07, 2016 19:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Going to pret for coffee is the same to me as going to Hooters to find your soulmate. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Mon Mar 07, 2016 19:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
ApplePieOfDestiny wrote: Going to pret for coffee is the same to me as going to Hooters to find your soulmate. Coming from you I'm genuinely not sure whether that means it's a bad idea or not. |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Mon Mar 07, 2016 19:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
ApplePieOfDestiny wrote: Going to pret for coffee is the same to me as going to Hooters to find your soulmate.
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| Author: | asfish [ Mon Mar 07, 2016 20:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Quote: Costa is fuck awful. Although I must confess that their 24 hour vending machine was a lifesaver* when we were in hospital in Oxford for a week. Sadly they seem to be on the march in south east London. Just gone past their catford branch which appears to have a footprint larger than Wembley stadium. *Not literally a lifesaver. If Costa coffee was a proven cure for cancer I'd let them off. A bit. Costa is ok, we have one at work , so much better that the free vend piss coffee that was the only choice for years. Like their vending machines at service stations as the Starbucks always appear to be making queues rather than coffee I'm not really any expert basically like a latte with the strongest shot(s) I can find |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Mon Mar 07, 2016 21:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
When Mrs W and I tied the knot, someone bought us an electric coffee percolator as a pressie. It used to bubble away like it was going to blow its top, but after a while it got kinda stale and we got fed up with cleaning it out, so we stopped using it and got a filter machine and used that for a while until we got fed up with THAT too. Then I pretty much gave up on coffee during the Great Caffeine Scare in the 90s, apart from decaf (blechhhh), but then we started having the occasional 'proper' coffee a few years ago. Since then we've had a few cafetières and also bought a Dolce Gusto, which we still use, but I find I have to warm the cups or else the coffee cools too quickly. Someone bought me one of them Krupps bean grinders for Christmas, so I use that with a cafetière, when I can be arsed to do it, mainly with a variety of mochas. Trouble is, I don't get through it fast enough so my beans lose their flavour, even if I freeze them between brewings. Just another 1st world problem to add to the list. |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Back to wine for a sec, just remembered that my sister-in-law likes to mix red wine with lemonade, or sometimes coke. She mentioned this on a wine tasting tour in the Hunter Valley. The wine-pouring guy was horrified. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
The Spanish drink red wine mixed with Fanta or Sprite: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinto_de_verano |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Naff red wine mixed with hot black currant. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: The Spanish drink red wine mixed with Fanta or Sprite: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinto_de_verano And also with coke. It's called a Kalimotxo (or calimocho). |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
....W-what did you say? Red wine with Coca Cola.... I feel faint, I need to sit down.... /flumps onto office chair in a state of deep shock |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
It's only for use with cheap crap. Don't worry about whacking it in a bottle of Duckhorn! |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
If you have horrible red wine, mixing it 50/50 with Coke makes it taste like cherry Coke. It was a trick used by hard up students quite often. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Curiosity wrote: It's only for use with cheap crap. Don't worry about whacking it in a bottle of Duckhorn! Or, do if you feel like doing it. Dob't stand for these silly rules. Your wine. Your way. MaliA 2017. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
I can't get along with Red wine, I have loads of it as well from mixed cases I've bought over the years. Mostly good stuff as well. I tend to use some of it for cooking using the year as a filter. Also have some pretty decent bottles, some from 1996. Even have 5 or 6 from 1960 which are largely not drinkable but look interesting on your shelf 
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
MaliA wrote: Curiosity wrote: It's only for use with cheap crap. Don't worry about whacking it in a bottle of Duckhorn! Or, do if you feel like doing it. Dob't stand for these silly rules. Your wine. Your way. MaliA 2017. No, because it's 50 quid a bottle, so if you are tempted to do this, give the bottle to me in exchange for something rubbish 
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
MaliA wrote: Curiosity wrote: It's only for use with cheap crap. Don't worry about whacking it in a bottle of Duckhorn! Or, do if you feel like doing it. Dob't stand for these silly rules. Your wine. Your way. MaliA 2017. I am actually totally on board with Mali. That's... That's never happened before. Help meeeeeeee... |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Cavey wrote: ....W-what did you say? Red wine with Coca Cola.... I feel faint, I need to sit down.... /flumps onto office chair in a state of deep shock So, you're a Pepsi® guy? |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Cavey wrote: ....W-what did you say? Red wine with Coca Cola.... I feel faint, I need to sit down.... /flumps onto office chair in a state of deep shock Heh, that's the reaction I was expecting. Curiosity wrote: Doctor Glyndwr wrote: The Spanish drink red wine mixed with Fanta or Sprite: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinto_de_verano And also with coke. It's called a Kalimotxo (or calimocho). I tried calimocho in Pamplona when lady T lived out there, I wasn't that keen on it. Tinto verano is ok (not tried the fanta version, bit curious about it though), and I love a bit of sangria on a hot evening. On the topic of people 'ruining' perfectly good drinks, I had an Austrian team mate that would buy a can of coke and mix it 50:50 with water. Always seemed a bit odd to me, but hey, they liked it. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Curiosity wrote: MaliA wrote: Curiosity wrote: It's only for use with cheap crap. Don't worry about whacking it in a bottle of Duckhorn! Or, do if you feel like doing it. Dob't stand for these silly rules. Your wine. Your way. MaliA 2017. No, because it's 50 quid a bottle, so if you are tempted to do this, give the bottle to me in exchange for something rubbish But if someone can afford a £50 bottle of wine and likes mixing it with Coke, they should. They shouldn't drink it in a way they enjoy it less because they are fearful of snarking wine snobbery. Relatedky, I tried black velvet at Christmas, and the champagne ruined my lovely Guinness 
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
asfish wrote: I can't get along with Red wine, I have loads of it as well from mixed cases I've bought over the years. Mostly good stuff as well. I tend to use some of it for cooking using the year as a filter. Also have some pretty decent bottles, some from 1996. Even have 5 or 6 from 1960 which are largely not drinkable but look interesting on your shelf When on the continent and with a car, I play the hypermarket price game to buy wine. The rule is quite simple: start with a one euro bottle and then buy a two euro one, a three euro one, etc until you've got as much wine as your car's suspension will take. Then when you get home, throw away the receipt and put them all in your cupboard. The game is for you and your friends to work out which cost one euro, and which cost 20. Fun for all. Plus it avoids faffing in the aisles. |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Mimi wrote: If you have horrible red wine, mixing it 50/50 with Coke makes it taste like cherry Coke. It was a trick used by hard up students quite often. Hmmm, does it? I love cherry coke, me. And Dr Pepper. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
And port with Blue WKD tastes like Vimto. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Sir Taxalot wrote: Dr Pepper. This! I think you're the second person in the world I've met who likes it. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Mimi wrote: MaliA wrote: Curiosity wrote: It's only for use with cheap crap. Don't worry about whacking it in a bottle of Duckhorn! Or, do if you feel like doing it. Dob't stand for these silly rules. Your wine. Your way. MaliA 2017. I am actually totally on board with Mali. That's... That's never happened before. Help meeeeeeee... It is the only way to stop the robot uprising of 2022. We need to act now, people! |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Yeah, I tried a bit and its ok. Get a fruity red and some full sugar Coke. The sugar masks the tannins and allows the fruit to come forward on the pallet. Russell and I both love Dr Pepper. It tastes of almonds. My pregnancy consultant was called Dr Pepper. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Mimi wrote: My pregnancy consultant was called Dr Pepper. Well, what's the worst that could happen? |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
I made that joke. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Not to his face. |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
We made a 'Dr Pepper' flavour cocktail once. It was, I think, beer, coke and Amaretto. It was a bit odd tasting at first, not unpleasant though and it did taste a little like Doctor Pepper. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
I can now only think of Johnny 5's product placement escape. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Amaretto, Coke and just a little Pimms for fruitiness would probably work even better. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
How about Doctor Pepper and ooh... Vodka. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Dr Pepper is nice with bourbon. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
I really like cheap whisky with Cherry Pepsi Max. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Kern wrote: Sir Taxalot wrote: Dr Pepper. This! I think you're the second person in the world I've met who likes it. If I'm not the first, then he's the third! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:35 ] |
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Malc wrote: I really like cheap whisky with Cherry Pepsi Max. Try Red Stag cherry whisky and Cherry Pepsi Max. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
DavPaz wrote: How about Doctor Pepper and ooh... Vodka. I used to drink that all the time when I was a dirty unemployed back in 2003. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Amaretto and champagne is excellent. Tastes like Tizer. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
*torches thread* Jaeger (or Amaro) is a good choice if aiming for a Dr Pepper cocktail. |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
DavPaz wrote: Cavey wrote: ....W-what did you say? Red wine with Coca Cola.... I feel faint, I need to sit down.... /flumps onto office chair in a state of deep shock So, you're a Pepsi® guy? Touché
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Kern wrote: Sir Taxalot wrote: Dr Pepper. This! I think you're the second person in the world I've met who likes it. Me three! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:10 ] |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:11 ] |
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Another Dr Pepper fan here. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:38 ] |
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Jeez, Kern, it's like you don't know us at all! |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
I love Doctor Pepper too. Also coffee, but it doesn't like me.
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| Author: | Trooper [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
I'm a big Dr Pepper fan too! |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:43 ] |
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Well, I expect Grim... is a bigger fan. I'm only 5'11". |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
We should have a Dr Pepper cocktail tasting at the cottage this year. Clear out your spirits cupboards, folks! |
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Mimi wrote: Jeez, Kern, it's like you don't know us at all! It's good to know I'm not alone. |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coffee |
Mimi wrote: We should have a Dr Pepper cocktail tasting at the cottage this year. Clear out your spirits cupboards, folks! Awww, that would be awesome. |
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