Teacup Terrorist

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It is the BUSINESS! I must say that I have mostly foregone Starbucks Frapps for this stuff. Can you believe it? Kikkoman Pearl Soy Coffee Flavored Soy Milk is delicious and cost effective. Although, I must admit that sometimes you just want the real deal…but this stuff does in a pinch or when you can’t get to the store to purchase your favorite flavor of Frappucino. You could also have some while waiting after you shop online with Starbucks. Remember, you can Shop for All Starbucks Coffees at StarbucksStore.com
in the mean time, enjoy some coffee flavored soy !!!

I was drinking some of the coffee from Peru yesterday. Come to find out, it’s actually distributed by a company in Texas. Cafe Aztec has a mild boldness that is reminiscent of Kona coffee. It’s not nearly as caffeinated, though. It comes in a dark purple package with yellow writing. I would have a picture but, alas, I accidentally chucked the wrapper in a cleaning frenzy *doh*. If you find it, pick it up. It’s not bad for a mid-morning pick me up.

My mother *bless her forever* bought me a coffee bean grinder!!!!!! I haven’t tried it out yet, but I will. She said it works great and I believe her. She is always looking out for me.

I was in the mood for a kick in the teeth this morning in the form of Jack Daniels coffee. At first smell, the grounds are robust and fragrant. Brewing, it didn’t smell THAT strong. Drinking it? A little sweeter than I had imagined…then you get that lovely hum in the back of your throat that tells you there is whiskey in them thar grounds. Drink it slow… though you will not get drunk off this coffee, it might give you the illusion that you will.

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I am looking around for the best ways to brew your coffee. I am finding that many people favor french presses over the electronic coffee machines we all know. French presses are usually used with a more coarsely ground coffee powder which is infused inside the special pot and then pressed down so that the grounds go to the bottom while perfect coffee can be poured off the top. These presses come in different sizes, and yes you can get a one cup pot.

Other people have expounded on the merits of using an infusing cone with cone filters that hold the coffee as you pour hot water over them into your mug. This is a great way to make just one cup of coffee.

My husband told me about something that looks like a stocking which holds the coffee. You drop it in a pot of boiling water and VOILA! Coffee. I am still looking for the name of that particular item.

I remember my mother had a percolator at one time. It looks like a metal stick with a basket resembling a kitchen drain on top. I also remember it being one of the messier ways to make a good cup of coffee, as it tended to have grounds still in it. I never liked that thing.

What other ways do you enjoy for making your coffee?

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This morning I was drinking some caffeine. I got into the Starbucks Gold Coast Extra Bold. I swear, Starbucks really should sponsor this blog. They should send me a bag of a new roast a month so I can review it and blog it. They should also pay me a little money for what I am doing. I think it would be good for them. I love coffee so much it can ONLY benefit them. I might die of caffeine overload LMBO. Someone should write to Starbucks and tell them about me

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My buddy Brenna came over yesterday and gave me some items directly from her trip to Canada. One of them was the Turkey Hill Maple Coffee that I tried today. It’s 100% maple syrup in 100% Columbian coffee. You can’t smell the maple, you can see it in the grounds. Even when it’s brewed, you cannot smell the maple. It smells more like burnt coffee. The first taste you get is FULL BODIED Columbian coffee… the after taste of maple only shows up in the back of your throat after you have sipped a few times. I am undecided as to what to think on this, but the Columbian coffee of it is rather bitter. Overall, not my cup of tea…but it was fun to try something so different.

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Blueberry coffee leaves much to be desired. I mean, wow. It smells just like a blueberry. When it is brewed, the smell dies a bit. When you taste it, it’s not the best tasting thing in the world. I mean, blueberry + coffee = eh. It isn’t so bad that I would spit it out, but it’s not so good that I would brew another cup any time in the future.

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Different trek to the store, but same type of discovery. I was at our small local convenience store when I found this flavor of frappucino. I am trying it as I type. It’s not bad, but not great. You can state all of the chocolate, little mint, and be reminded of watery cocoa. I don’t think I will be buying more of this one. I am a bit disappointed in Starbucks today.

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Just last week I picked up two seasonal creamers from the local grocer. One is vanilla caramel brownie and the other is chocolate mint truffle. In coffee or cocoa, they are both divine. I added the mint chocolate to my mint chocolate cocoa and thought I would die of ecstasy. It was so fresh and chocolaty at the same time. It was like drinking an Andes mint. Delicious. As for coffee, I have only added them to non-flavored coffee as of yet. I know that the vanilla will probably do well in my kahlua caramel coffee. Just two flavors to look out for in the store!

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