Coffee is …
35 Responses to "Please finish this sentence:"
1 | andrea
December 30th, 2009 at 9:37 am
… something I need to drink every morning. And it’s always the same. We buy beans from Bridgehead for our espresso maker. I foam up some milk and add one packet of Splenda. It’s probably the equivalent of two coffees in one and it’s a slice of heaven.
For some strange reason it’s never as good if I make a second one in the afternoon, so I drink tea instead.
2 | Krista
December 30th, 2009 at 10:06 am
…the elixir of life. I always have 2 cups in the morning before everyone else gets up.
5 | Kristina
December 30th, 2009 at 10:36 am
…the devil. (A la Waterboy, haha!) Seriously, I love the smell but I can’t drink it, and I’m kind of glad for that, actually.
6 | Roz
December 30th, 2009 at 10:46 am
…my blood type
i can’t help it – i worked at second cup for 6 years…
December 30th, 2009 at 10:48 am
a perk. (No pun intended.) Although it isn’t needed (for me at least), it is one of those things that helps make a day special. I can live without it, often go for along time between cups, but it is the comfort food to come back to. 2 cream, 1 splenda please…
8 | Miss Vicky
December 30th, 2009 at 11:11 am
sounding really good to me right now. No Splenda, thanks. I’m sweet enough.
9 | Hellcat13
December 30th, 2009 at 11:17 am
best when it’s fresh, hot, and black. No cream or sugar, thank you very much.
10 | sherry
December 30th, 2009 at 11:21 am
a necessity to my well-being.
(Actually Krista used what I initially thought – the Elixer of Life. So true!)
13 | vicki
December 30th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
a recent discovery for me.
Sitting here in Belgium just having made a decaf cappuccino with my Bielatta (sp?). Haven’t figured out how to make not quite so strong! I’m a decaf-only girl though!
14 | Gliding through motherhood
December 30th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
not optional.
I can’t get through the day with as little sleep as I get without it.
15 | ImogenSky
December 30th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
is a necessity in the early AM before the 2 and 3.5 year old wake up…I have just one cup right now (I’m pregnant) but its the best cup every morning :)
17 | Loukia
December 30th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
something I enjoy every morning after I arrive to work – with a bit of cream, and 2 Splenda’s, it makes my morning go by a lot smoother! It is also great to drink when trying to lose all those extra holiday pounds! ;)
20 | Café
December 30th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
…an addiction of mine. I keep saying I’ll kick it and drink green tea but it hasn’t happened. I really really like coffee. You should ask “where can you get the best cup of coffee in town?”. I like Bridgehead coffee (Peruvian).
21 | Hilary
December 30th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
…something I am very passionate (and very picky) about.
I’m the same – coffee isn’t the same in the afternoon. I have my one Americano with milk (but not too much) in the morning and I’m onto tea after that.
22 | coffeewithjulie
December 30th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
…an integral element in Maslov’s Hierarchy of Human Needs.
24 | Marla
December 30th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
…one of the great privileges of being a grown-up, along with refusing certain vegetables, occasional altered consciousness and the odd smutty thing.
25 | Alison in Ottawa
December 30th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
smells great but tastes nasty. Lady Grey Tea for me please.
27 | betsy mae
December 30th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
is what I wake up to each morning. For close to ten years Bert has made my coffee for me every morning. One CREAM (never milk) and 1/2 tsp sugar.
Btw, I can’t believe how many Splenda users there are in this group! What’s wrong with good old fashioned sugar?
28 | Carly
December 30th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
a drink I’ve never tasted because I can’t stand the smell.
30 | Nadine C.
December 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
that thing that enables me to talk in the morning (sad, but true!)
31 | Ginger
December 30th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
…the thing that makes me sick to my stomach if I even have a sip…but I do love the smell!
32 | Trea
December 31st, 2009 at 1:08 am
… I hate myself for this, but – only good in the form of a Decaf Grande Mocha from Starbucks. Gah!
33 | mrsgryphon
December 31st, 2009 at 3:08 am
… not my favourite drink. Twinings Earl Grey tea for me, please!
34 | andrea
December 31st, 2009 at 9:36 am
betsy mae: Splenda in my coffee tastes the same as sugar (at least it does to me) and saves a few calories too. I don’t really like it in my tea though …
35 | jennyjag
December 31st, 2009 at 1:26 pm
hubs (non coffee drinker) would say it’s always spilled. to me, coffee is needed to get the day started.
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