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by: kristarella

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:35:39 +0000

Whole beans stay fresh longer than grounds. Also, the smell of them freshly ground is almost completely worth it! Hmm, I just realised we’ve never cleaned our coffee grinder, woops! You’d think after working at Starbucks I’d remember that needs to be done every now and again (or everyday at the store).

by: Angela K

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:28:16 +0000

Ground vs. whole bean — in our case, it’s sheer laziness (and the fact that our coffee grinder makes a *horrible* noise and is stuck in our coffee machine for some reason that only God alone seems to know).

I could break out the Mr. Coffee grinder that is separate from the Mr. Coffee coffee pot (with grinder), but I’m just too damn lazy to clean the thing every day. (That, and my biggest excuse is that the god-awful sound of the grinder would certainly wake Jon from his peaceful dreams — terrible way to be awakened!)

by: The Foo

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:04:15 +0000

i love dunkin donuts! espcially the frosted/glazed donuts.

yes the first time making coffee. i’ve always been lucky enough to have coffee already made in the coffee room at college, even at work. if there wasn’t any there, I’ll buy it from the cafeteria or machine. ;-)

by the way, anyone know why you would buy ungrounded coffee over grounded coffee? Starbucks actually sells ungrounded coffee packs only. So cream huh? I am not used to putting cream on my coffee, may have to try it once.

by: Angela K

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:50:55 +0000

Robin ~ Oh, how I miss Dunkin’ Donuts. The agony.

Foo ~ the secret is cream. Real cream. It can make *almost* any pot of coffee taste yummy. (Buy some Hershey’s syrup for the mocha flavor.)

As a Starbucks addict myself, I found that the only way to stop donating most of my disposable income to that fine company was to add real whipping cream (not that half-and-half crap) to my coffee, along with two heaping spoonfuls of sugar, in the morning.

If your coffee is too strong, just throw more water in the coffee maker to water it down — only takes a second.

And the FIRST TIME you’ve ever made coffee? Unbelievable. How did you make it through college?!

by: Robin

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:08:17 +0000

As I sit here with my iced mocha latte from Dunkin Donuts…I hear ya.

by: The Foo

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:57:46 +0000

i call her a lot of different names ;-) … wife, wifey, my other half, the Mrs, love, lady of the house, boss … to name some. hehe. doesn’t your wife allow you to call her “wife”?

by: Mr. Fabulous

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:36:16 +0000

Do you often call your wife “wife”? And if so, can you teach me how to get away with that?

by: Sophisticated Writer

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:28:59 +0000

Hello there! You’re my blog renter for the week and I just wanted to say hi. I like your blog. I also want to say I usually make coffee at home. Of course, it’s better when you get it at some cafe as you find all these tempting cakes and brownies and…

Anyway, take care :-)

by: Paddy Tan

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 02:27:11 +0000

You said it right, man! They are all so tempting sitting down there waving at you as you walk pass. :)

by: The Foo

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 15:11:37 +0000

Paddy: Yes it is bad when they tempt you with the yummy cakes (that are bad for you) at these places.

Kris: I have to try that Antiqua coffee. I did see that at Starbucks when I went there yesterday to checkout their ground coffee. I also saw specially packaged ground coffee from plantations of poor planters in Indonesia - proceeds from the sale of that will go to them and their village. I’ll have to buy a few, and try it out … if it doesn’t taste good, at least it’s for a good cause.

by: Paddy Tan

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:44:24 +0000

When I was working in Suntec City, Singapore I used to patronize this Coffee Bean cafe everyday. It costs me around $4 with the Ice Blended Mocha and sometimes with a piece of its chocolate cake.

The wallet gets thinner, the stomach gets rounder.

by: kristarella

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:11:23 +0000

I love coffee! I don’t make it at home that often, I guess ’cause our machine makes it a bit weak - funny that yours was too strong! Then again I think the coffee in america is pretty darkly roasted. I don’t know if Starbucks in the US sells it, but when I worked there my Dad loved getting Guatemala Antigua (sp?). Do you get cards stamped when you get coffee? If you buy it regularly it’s so nice to get a free one every now and again.

by: Janet

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:49:59 +0000

I’ve never had Seattle’s Best Coffee, or Seattle anything come to think of it. But I do LOVE me some good vanilla coffee so if it’s sold around here, I should give it a try.

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