half and half

[Rhamiel]

I prefer this for my coffee but I do not buy it very offten because of the price, two years ago it seemed like either me or one of my friends always had half and half, we would take turns going to the other persons place for coffee and a movie, sometimes dinner.
Do they use half and half in Europe?

 

[Globalnomad]

In German-speaking Europe, we use "coffee cream" - "Kaffeerahm" - which is about the same thing. Funny, I've always hated it, I always ask for plain milk instead.

In Italy, France and England they tend to use plain milk.

 

[Rhamiel]

I think it makes the coffee taste richer, one time I had heavy cream in coffee... way to heavy

 

[MoNiCa4316]

I like lattes
but half and half is good too.

 

[MrJim]

Yer supposed to drink coffee black~no cream, no sugar, no swirly candy flavors...

 

[Rhamiel]

I only use cream in the morning, too harsh on my stomach, noramlly don't drink coffee in the morning, never drink OK, grape juice most of the time
today is an odd day lol, I am just kinda rambling

 

[BAFRIEND]

I drink coffee black. When I first started drinking coffee I added milk to help me with the taste, that is why I view flavors or milk kind of like I view training wheels on bicycles: for beginners.

 

[MrJim]

I only use cream in the morning, too harsh on my stomach, noramlly don't drink coffee in the morning, never drink OK, grape juice most of the time
today is an odd day lol, I am just kinda rambling

Maybe it's time to switch over to tea~~I've taken Earl Grey instead of coffee on occasion~if it's good enough for Capt. Picard it's good enough for me ...might be easier on your tum-tum.

 

[MarkRohfrietsch]

Yer supposed to drink coffee black~no cream, no sugar, no swirly candy flavors...

I agree! It's just like Whiskey, an old Scotsman once told me: "If they wanted something in it, they would have put it in in the factory".

 

[Annabel Lee]

Yer supposed to drink coffee black~no cream, no sugar, no swirly candy flavors...

I put Nestles Quick in my coffee.

 

[D'Ann]

I love Nestles Quick in my coffee with some milk and sugar on a cold snowy day. And on weekends, I might add a bit of Bailey's too.

 

[BAFRIEND]

I put Nestles Quick in my coffee.

Okay, you are supposed to add milk to Nestle's Quick not add NQ to coffee (although I admit I have done this myself).

 

[Maggie893]

Yer supposed to drink coffee black~no cream, no sugar, no swirly candy flavors...

See this is so not true. Let's look at the anthropology on this.

Which came first....your taste for black coffee or.....your taste for coffee ice cream? See I think that because our first, natural taste of coffee actually comes from coffee ice cream....it is only logical that our desire for coffee should proceed from the coffee ice cream....not from the black coffee itself.....that is a later, and in my opinion disordered, desire.

Give me milk & sugar, splenda and skim milk, half&half or flavored creamers but give me what I naturally know to be good......warm....coffee ice cream!

 

[Rhamiel]

earl grey is one of my favorite teas
I also like high quality green from time to time, oolong and earl grey are my standared teas

 

[MrJim]

See this is so not true. Let's look at the anthropology on this.

Which came first....your taste for black coffee or.....your taste for coffee ice cream? See I think that because our first, natural taste of coffee actually comes from coffee ice cream....it is only logical that our desire for coffee should proceed from the coffee ice cream....not from the black coffee itself.....that is a later, and in my opinion disordered, desire.

Give me milk & sugar, splenda and skim milk, half&half or flavored creamers but give me what I naturally know to be good......warm....coffee ice cream!

sometimes I hate logic

 

[MrJim]

earl grey is one of my favorite teas
I also like high quality green from time to time, oolong and earl grey are my standared teas

Does it bother your stomach like coffee?

 

[Tonks]

I drink coffee black. When I first started drinking coffee I added milk to help me with the taste, that is why I view flavors or milk kind of like I view training wheels on bicycles: for beginners.

A truer statement I've never heard...

Though I will say that I was shamed into drinking my coffee black right after I started drinking it...the girlfriend at the time inquired "if i can drink my coffee black why do you load it up with so much cream and sugar"? Point taken...lol. I very quickly realized that black coffee is - indeed - better.

I have proudly remained off of the cream and sugar bandwagon for about 14 years now.

 

[Globalnomad]

Snooty girlfriend?

If the coffee is truly good - dark-roasted Arabica, freshly ground and properly brewed - it is indeed a pleasure to drink it black. But who has the time and the budget for that? 99% of my coffees are from the office coffee-machine or from the Nescafé jar. Good enough for the caffeine, and good enough for my tastebuds too IF I add milk.

Black Nescafé is undrinkable (IMO).

Rhamiel, try half Twinings Earl Grey and half Orange Pekoe, with just a pinch of Lapsang Souchong. (Loose leaf from metal tins, of course, and properly brewed for three minutes etc...) Tea heaven!! (P.S. and here I was, talking about budgets in the first paragraph...)

 

[Tonks]

Snooty girlfriend?

Former girlfriend. lol

If the coffee is truly good - dark-roasted Arabica, freshly ground and properly brewed - it is indeed a pleasure to drink it black. But who has the time and the budget for that? 99% of my coffees are from the office coffee-machine or from the Nescafé jar. Good enough for the caffeine, and good enough for my tastebuds too IF I add milk.

Black Nescafé is undrinkable (IMO).

Rhamiel, try half Twinings Earl Grey and half Orange Pekoe, with just a pinch of Lapsang Souchong. (Loose leaf from metal tins, of course, and properly brewed for three minutes etc...) Tea heaven!! (P.S. and here I was, talking about budgets in the first paragraph...)

I generally like good coffee...I must admit, however, that I also do like Maxwell House. It gets the job done!

 

[Caedmon]

I prefer this for my coffee but I do not buy it very offten because of the price, two years ago it seemed like either me or one of my friends always had half and half, we would take turns going to the other persons place for coffee and a movie, sometimes dinner.
Do they use half and half in Europe?

I love half-and-half in my (decaffeinated) coffee, although I'm sure it's horrifically unhealthy. Oh well.