Thought this would make a fun GTKY. What’s your caffeine/coffee fix of choice? If I make coffee at home I make hazelnut coffee with French vanilla creamer no sugar. If I get coffee out I usually do a hot or iced vanilla nonfat latte depending on weather. I love local coffee spots, Starbucks and wawa. I cannot stand Dunkin’ Donuts and yes I know that is a pretty unpopular opinion lol.
Decaf Almond Milk Latte with 2 pumps of hazelnut syrup is my favorite. I really only do Starbucks. I think the nearest small coffee shop is about 3 miles away. So I can’t really just go there. Starbucks is 2 minutes.
At home I like any coffee really (dark roast being my favorite) with a coconut milk creamer and sugar 😋 if I go out I usually always get a sweetened cold brew if it’s warm and a dirty chai latte if it’s cold!
@vanillalatte89 I do like DD, but I absolutely acknowledge it is crappy coffee lol. And the other day I got an iced decaf coffee there, thinking I was cheating the system, and it was UNDRINKABLE. BLECH.
Chai latte, usually, but with the amazing mucus increase/rhinitis, I can't bring myself to do it. I've been doing mostly pop and iced tea this pregnancy...
A cappuccino is my favorite coffee treat, during the winter I love black hot coffee and during the summer cold brew iced coffee with a splash of cream.
I quit drinking fully caffeinated coffee over a year ago, and rarely drink decaf now but luckily I live in a coffee town and can find really nice decaf a few blocks from my house when I want to indulge or buy beans to make something at home.
+1 to cappuccino (especially with a dusting of coco powder ). I don’t like regular coffee, need as much milk to espresso ratio as possible to make it an enjoyable treat! But I do love coffee dates with DD (places are usually nice to give you an espresso cup of frothed milk for free to make her play the game)
At home we grind Starbucks or Blackbeard beans. I add homemade or store bought sugar free syrups and almond milk or half and half.
At Starbucks I get a peppermint mocha or raspberry latte or breve SF vanilla latte. At one of the MANY local drive through coffee carts I get a SF breve raspberry mocha.
At home or at diner/breakfast type places I drink regular coffee HEAVILY doctored with cream and sugar. It took me approx. 27 years and the help of a friend to realize the value of cream (aka fat) and its affect on my cup of coffee.
At a coffee shop, I LOVE a frap.
Jumping back on on my phone for a second post that might be a good visual...
D2 or D3 for me. At home we have just a regular coffee maker. Prefer a medium or dark roast with a bit of sugar and a splash of sweet cream.
If im out, I love McDonald’s iced coffees haha. I don’t mind Starbucks, I really like their hot chocolates when it’s cold out. Dunkin’ Donuts inability to make an iced coffee is mind blowing!
E3 is where it's at if I'm having drip coffee. I'll take any brew style but I prefer Columbian or really any medium roast. Starbucks or a local spot is my preference, team chai latte or at sbux the match green tea latte with coconut milk is a dream. Mmmmm now I want one!
Iced coffee: Starbucks vanilla sweet cream cold brew or DD iced coffee with cream and 1/2 the sugar (I haven’t had DD at all this pregnancy—a small iced coffee has 217 mg caffeine! 😖) Hot coffee: Starbucks hazelnut or vanilla latte with almond milk. Usually what I get at independent coffee shops, too.
C4 But it still has to be decaf! I quit caffeine at age 18 because of endocrine system issues. Caused me to have ovarian cysts.
The best coffee I ever had, ever, was at this coffee shop in this artsy neighborhood down by the Budweiser factory in St. Louis. It was a Lavender Mocha and it was HEAVEN in a cup.
@nerdtoyourmother what a great chart! If I add milk or cream, I do a D4 or D3, but I'm also cool with just plain black coffee. I make cold brew pretty frequently at home, and we also have other fancy coffeemaking tools (French press, some other fancy pour-over thing that my husband really nerds out about but I never use). My favorite coffee beverage of choice is a good cappuccino.
While I visually love that coffee matrix @nerdtoyourmother posted, the only unique shades are the ones running down the A1/F6 diagonal. All the opposite diagonals are duplicates. For example F3, E4, D5 and C6 are the same, etc.
D3 ish for me... but I still cannot stomach hot coffee this pregnancy. So weird, I never had an aversion last this long! I usually prefer iced anyway. And I typically drink decaf. I like almost anything with flavor (mocha, vanilla, hazelnut, etc). My all time fav hot coffee is Starbucks chestnut praline. @hakele that lavender mocha sounds sooo yummy!
E6, love that chart @nerdtoyourmother ! I enjoy putting some of the holiday creamers in some time, but usually just go black. I haven't been able to drink coffee since the first trimester, it was not agreeing with my stomach. I've been drinking various hot and ice teas since.
At home I have coffee with hazelnut nut pods creamer or cream/milk and a little maple syrup. I also drink tea regularly (chai, green, matcha). If I'm out I usually get regular latte or chai latte. I only recently have been able to stomach coffee again (and it depends on the day with reflux).
Re: Just curious- what’s everyones coffee beverage of choice?!
I really only do Starbucks. I think the nearest small coffee shop is about 3 miles away. So I can’t really just go there. Starbucks is 2 minutes.
I love Dunkin and get whatever suits my fancy. My go-to is a chai latte (hot or iced, doesn't matter).
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I quit drinking fully caffeinated coffee over a year ago, and rarely drink decaf now but luckily I live in a coffee town and can find really nice decaf a few blocks from my house when I want to indulge or buy beans to make something at home.
I also make a matcha latte or have a coke later in the afternoon.
My favorite tea is earl grey with a drop or two of rose water and raw sugar. Mmmm. Heaven.
I like Starbucks Pike Place with hazelnut creamer. ☺️
At Starbucks I get a peppermint mocha or raspberry latte or breve SF vanilla latte. At one of the MANY local drive through coffee carts I get a SF breve raspberry mocha.
At a coffee shop, I LOVE a frap.
Jumping back on on my phone for a second post that might be a good visual...
I love this chart!!!! @nerdtoyourmother
If im out, I love McDonald’s iced coffees haha. I don’t mind Starbucks, I really like their hot chocolates when it’s cold out. Dunkin’ Donuts inability to make an iced coffee is mind blowing!
Starbucks or a local spot is my preference, team chai latte or at sbux the match green tea latte with coconut milk is a dream.
Mmmmm now I want one!
Hot coffee: Starbucks hazelnut or vanilla latte with almond milk. Usually what I get at independent coffee shops, too.
But it still has to be decaf!
I quit caffeine at age 18 because of endocrine system issues. Caused me to have ovarian cysts.
The best coffee I ever had, ever, was at this coffee shop in this artsy neighborhood down by the Budweiser factory in St. Louis. It was a Lavender Mocha and it was HEAVEN in a cup.
2. Black coffee
While I visually love that coffee matrix @nerdtoyourmother posted, the only unique shades are the ones running down the A1/F6 diagonal. All the opposite diagonals are duplicates. For example F3, E4, D5 and C6 are the same, etc.
@hakele that lavender mocha sounds sooo yummy!