[Tiste Simeon]

THAT'S NOT EVEN COFFEE ANY MORE YOU HEATHEN

[Mentalist]

you coffee-lovers are so cute.

Double-black tea is how you get a proper caffeine kick.

[Andorion]

Mentalist, on 20 January 2018 - 03:59 AM, said:

you coffee-lovers are so cute.

Double-black tea is how you get a proper caffeine kick.

I have yet to encounter a tea that manages to do this while still staying somewhat palatable

[Abyss]

Briar King, on 20 January 2018 - 12:27 AM, said:

Got some new coffee creamers! Strawberry cheesecake, cinnamon vanilla creme and white chocolate moacha. The 1st 2 are extremely good! The last not so much. It's way to sweet!

Had the cinnamon one with a slice of sweet potato pie topped with whipped cream. Oh my that was epic

Heretic.

[worry]

3 liters per meal.

[Brujah]

If we could just find a way to get the coffee and the tea lovers of the world to unite...

[Andorion]

Brujah, on 20 January 2018 - 10:23 AM, said:

If we could just find a way to get the coffee and the tea lovers of the world to unite...

We do, against the psychos who go around drinking plain hot milk.

[Puck]

Briar King, on 20 January 2018 - 12:27 AM, said:

Got some new coffee creamers! Strawberry cheesecake, cinnamon vanilla creme and white chocolate moacha. The 1st 2 are extremely good! The last not so much. It’s way to sweet!

Had the cinnamon one with a slice of sweet potato pie topped with whipped cream. Oh my that was epic

My taste buds just shrivelled up reading that. Never mind the atrocity you put in your coffee, I could get behind putting vanilla-flavoured something in there, but how do you manage so much sweet stuff at once? I get sick just imagining the taste.

[Andorion]

Puck, on 20 January 2018 - 12:33 PM, said:

Briar King, on 20 January 2018 - 12:27 AM, said:

Got some new coffee creamers! Strawberry cheesecake, cinnamon vanilla creme and white chocolate moacha. The 1st 2 are extremely good! The last not so much. It's way to sweet!

Had the cinnamon one with a slice of sweet potato pie topped with whipped cream. Oh my that was epic

My taste buds just shrivelled up reading that. Never mind the atrocity you put in your coffee, I could get behind putting vanilla-flavoured something in there, but how do you manage so much sweet stuff at once? I get sick just imagining the taste.

My father had a friend who used to say: "if you put sugar in your coffee, don't have coffee, have shorbot (a sweet indian drink). if you put milk in your coffee, don't have coffee, have payesh (a very sweet indian dessert)" She was south Indian, they are all hardcore black filter coffee drinkers.

[Itwæs Nom]

Andorion, on 20 January 2018 - 12:16 PM, said:

Brujah, on 20 January 2018 - 10:23 AM, said:

If we could just find a way to get the coffee and the tea lovers of the world to unite...

We do, against the psychos who go around drinking plain hot milk.

Them's fightin' words

Yes, I'm whole and alive

[Puck]

Andorion, on 20 January 2018 - 12:36 PM, said:

Puck, on 20 January 2018 - 12:33 PM, said:

Briar King, on 20 January 2018 - 12:27 AM, said:

Got some new coffee creamers! Strawberry cheesecake, cinnamon vanilla creme and white chocolate moacha. The 1st 2 are extremely good! The last not so much. It's way to sweet!

Had the cinnamon one with a slice of sweet potato pie topped with whipped cream. Oh my that was epic

My taste buds just shrivelled up reading that. Never mind the atrocity you put in your coffee, I could get behind putting vanilla-flavoured something in there, but how do you manage so much sweet stuff at once? I get sick just imagining the taste.

My father had a friend who used to say: "if you put sugar in your coffee, don't have coffee, have shorbot (a sweet indian drink). if you put milk in your coffee, don't have coffee, have payesh (a very sweet indian dessert)" She was south Indian, they are all hardcore black filter coffee drinkers.

You know, that sounds like a mightily sensible advice. I've never heard of either, but I'd love to try both since I'm a 'sugar&milk in the coffee' person. But the most indian thing we get here, beside proper tea, is highly westernized chai.

Making me happy now is 1. that my headache is gone (for now), yay exercise, and 2. that while changing after the gym I noticed that I'm developing visible muscles in my arms. Not much, but I'm so pale it's a wonder to be able to see anything, so woot!

This post has been edited by Puck: 20 January 2018 - 02:58 PM

[Brujah]

Happy that someone else in this world is pale.

[Andorion]

Puck, on 20 January 2018 - 02:58 PM, said:

Andorion, on 20 January 2018 - 12:36 PM, said:

Puck, on 20 January 2018 - 12:33 PM, said:

Briar King, on 20 January 2018 - 12:27 AM, said:

Got some new coffee creamers! Strawberry cheesecake, cinnamon vanilla creme and white chocolate moacha. The 1st 2 are extremely good! The last not so much. It's way to sweet!

Had the cinnamon one with a slice of sweet potato pie topped with whipped cream. Oh my that was epic

My taste buds just shrivelled up reading that. Never mind the atrocity you put in your coffee, I could get behind putting vanilla-flavoured something in there, but how do you manage so much sweet stuff at once? I get sick just imagining the taste.

My father had a friend who used to say: "if you put sugar in your coffee, don't have coffee, have shorbot (a sweet indian drink). if you put milk in your coffee, don't have coffee, have payesh (a very sweet indian dessert)" She was south Indian, they are all hardcore black filter coffee drinkers.

You know, that sounds like a mightily sensible advice. I've never heard of either, but I'd love to try both since I'm a 'sugar&milk in the coffee' person. But the most indian thing we get here, beside proper tea, is highly westernized chai.

Making me happy now is 1. that my headache is gone (for now), yay exercise, and 2. that while changing after the gym I noticed that I'm developing visible muscles in my arms. Not much, but I'm so pale it's a wonder to be able to see anything, so woot!

There are hundreds of varieties of shorbot, but the one I drink the most is very similar to lemonade.

Stir in 2-3 spoons of sugar in 1 glass of chilled water, add rock salt to taste, and squeeze in the juice of half a lemon. Now the variety of lemon/lime is important. We get two varieties here Gondhoraj which is a type of oblong very fragrant lime and your regular small round lime. This particular drink is extremely popular in summer as it is refreshing and rehydrating. We often have a large amount of it in the fridge in summer. There are other types of shorbot made with fruit syrup or milk, sometimes even nuts like cashews and pistas. They are sweet. You also have spicier ones made with Jaljeera which is a type of north indian spice mix.

To be honest, you won't get true payesh anywhere outside India. Even here, its not available in restaurants. Its an old dish, made by continuously stirring milk on a low flame until it thickens and become creamier. It also contains rice, and sugar. Though the winter version is sweetened using jaggery which is the crystallized juice of the date palm tree and is known locally as gur, pronounced goor.

This post has been edited by Andorion: 21 January 2018 - 05:52 AM

[Tsundoku]

My little boy starts school (prep) today. Where did the time go?

[Morgoth]

I was on a date that turned out great! Hopefully there’ll be more of them

[Morgoth]

Briar King, on 25 January 2018 - 03:14 AM, said:

Way to go you sexy beast!

Thank you We're going on a new one tonight, to a concert downtown. She's smart and really attractive, which makes her interest in me a bit of a mystery, but I'm not complaining.

[Tsundoku]

Morgoth, on 25 January 2018 - 07:07 AM, said:

Briar King, on 25 January 2018 - 03:14 AM, said:

Way to go you sexy beast!

Thank you We're going on a new one tonight, to a concert downtown. She's smart and really attractive, which makes her interest in me a bit of a mystery, but I'm not complaining.

She's slumming?

Hey man, don't knock misplaced sympathy. The main reason women ever deigned to doff their knickers with me. The other being I'm easy.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 25 January 2018 - 07:11 AM

[Tiste Simeon]

Morgoth, on 25 January 2018 - 07:07 AM, said:

Briar King, on 25 January 2018 - 03:14 AM, said:

Way to go you sexy beast!

Thank you We're going on a new one tonight, to a concert downtown. She's smart and really attractive, which makes her interest in me a bit of a mystery, but I'm not complaining.

It's not Macros in a wig again is it?

[Tsundoku]

Tiste Simeon, on 25 January 2018 - 07:11 AM, said:

Morgoth, on 25 January 2018 - 07:07 AM, said:

Briar King, on 25 January 2018 - 03:14 AM, said:

Way to go you sexy beast!

Thank you We're going on a new one tonight, to a concert downtown. She's smart and really attractive, which makes her interest in me a bit of a mystery, but I'm not complaining.

It's not Macros in a wig again is it?

Simmo, what part of "She's smart and really attractive" did you not comprehend?

[Macros]

I resemble that comment