Making a cup of coffee

Apparently I'm weird for doing this, so I wanted to see how weird I really am.

 

I don't drink coffee, but in the rare (once every year or so) it's coffee then cream.

 

Coffee first, then add milk/sugar.

 

So far I'm the lone coffee weirdo.

 

Well, I can see logic to adding the milk and sugar first. You can see more precisely how much you've added of each, if you go sugar first, milk second and coffee last.

Is that why you do it?

 

Nah, I do it because once you add the coffee, you don't have to stir it. It mixes itself.

 

If I drink good coffee, like Stumptown or something, I drink it black.
But, if I am at work or some other place where the coffee needs to be masked, I always put the cream and sugar in first and then the coffee. There are two main reasons. First: Your assumption is a good one. You know exactly how much cream and sugar are in the cup. Second: You don't have to mix anything. The act of pouring the coffee into the cup stirs all of the magical ingredients up. Your elixir of life is ready to drink the instant it is full. Seriously. It doesn't make sense to do it any other way.

 

My man! Repped.

 

Cafe con leche.

 

I've never had black coffee before, but I'm considering trying it for the first time. I feel like it'll taste terrible, though.

 

One word: Starbucks

 

I drink my coffee black. If I'm feeling earthy, it's a Sulewesi; if I'm feeling like something frutier or spicier, it's Yergacheffe. However, I'm such a coffee geek, I actually roast my own beans.

 

I set mine up both ways

 

It really depends. I use a french press at home and usually put a creamer mix into my mug while I am waiting for the coffee to finish brewing.

If the coffee is brewed already (i.e. at work), I add the cream and sugar later.

 

French press is a great way to make coffee. It's second only to the vacuum pot.

 

I was considering the vacum pot, but too elaborate. French press is extremely simple, which I like.

 

Wow, never even knew about that. I just checked it out, looks cool. Is it really that better in taste or do people just get caught up in the novelty of it?