How Much Coffee Do You Drink?

Grumpy Ol' Man said:
We watch for the better coffee pods to go on sale at Bed, Bath, & Beyond. Wife always seems to have 15% or 20% coupon which brings the cost per pod down. I try to buy the 24 or 48 pod packs which are a better buy. Can get the cost down to around 30 cents/pod.

I have made literally hundreds of cups of coffee in the Keurig with the plastic pod made for regular ground coffee. The plastic unit takes one of the typical coffee scoops. Makes a 16 oz. cup of REALLY good coffee. We buy the large size ground coffee when it goes on sale at the grocery store.

My wife won't touch coffee. So, it's just me... or if one of the daughters is here they will sometimes us a pod. I don't think the cost using the plastic pods with regular coffee would be any more than a Mr. Coffee type brewer. And, I don't have filters to buy.
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I tried the real coffee in the pod once......what a mess. Couldn't imagine my husband attempting to do that.
 

None.
I've drank less than one full cup of coffee in my entire life. Tried it a few times, a few different ways, but just don't care for it. I don't even like the smell of the coffee isle in grocery stores.
I consume a lot of caffeine though... via diet coke; my only vice.
 

When I flew for a living, I drank mucho coffee. I never kept count of the cups, but I was a chain drinker, one after the other. We always had plenty of coffee on-board, so there was never any fear of running out. Plain black and I would guess that I probably would drink a half gallon from the east coast to the west coast flying non stop and back again the next day. That was one vice I could never give up until retirement.
 
beneDictus said:
Whoa...!! Keep THAT up on an indefinite basis...and you should live to be a 120....!!
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It was always a little strange. I would drink coffee from the time I went into the hotel lobby and grabbing my first cup before being shuttled to the airport. After I got to the airport, I would go into the flight crew's lounge and grab a large cup of java. Once on-board, I would refill my large cup with a fresh brew and it would be that way all the way to the west coast. Stay over night and fly back the next day doing the same thing. The strange part was that once I was home, I would drink one cup in the morning and that would be it for the day. It was just something about sipping on a cup of coffee while flying that was very relaxing for me. It just seemed natural.
 
HiDesertHal said:
Instead of evening coffee, I'll just fill a cocktail glass half full of crushed ice from the fridge, add a jigger of 80-proof Rum, then fill with Coca Cola.

I have 2 of these every evening between 6 and 8 PM, one before Supper and one after.

Down in the Caribbean they sell 150 proof rum, you really sleep well.
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I drink 2 cups of coffee in the morning I like teaspoon of sugar as well as some half-and-half in my coffee sometimes I will have a half cup of coffee in the afternoon, coffee is my favorite beverage ☕️
 
I have a small 4-cup coffee maker and I make one full pot of dark roast every morning. I rarely drink coffee later in the day but occasionally with dessert when we eat out. I prefer tea in the afternoon and cocktails any time, if you're pouring :)
 
I usually have two cups in the morning, bought a little grinder and have been grinding my own beans at home for the first time in my life. I use Coffee Mate creamer, thanks for reminding me about the coconut oil User2017, I just added some to my second cup. :coffee: Haven't drank coffee anytime during the day other than first thing in the morning except when I was working and had to do some swing and graveyard shifts.
 
1-2 mugs every morning. Since I got my little Keurig coffee maker, I love making it - it's fun, and no cleanup! I also use the machine to make cocoa in the evening.
 
Camper6 said:
Isn't that single cup coffee kind of weak? There's no way to adjust it? I can't stand the coffee my friend makes with a Keurig.
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I cannot stand... won't drink weak coffee. For me, it has to be a strong, dark roast. I make really dark coffee with my Keurig. In fact, neither of my daughters like the coffee I make in it unless they can dilute it with lots of cream and sugar. Each morning, I use the plastic "pod". For that, I purchase Folger's "Black Silk" ground coffee. That is a dark roast, but very smooth. I fill the plastic pod a little fuller than they recommend. My Keurig has a "Strong" option on the menu. I use that and run through a 16 oz. cup. In the evening I use a "store-bought pod". I pick up Green River Black Magic pods in the 48 pack. The most the menu allows you to run through a pod is 10 oz. I use the "Strong" option, run a 10 oz. cup and then run a 4 oz. back through the same pod. Anyone who has drank the coffee agrees that it is strong, but really well flavored.

Picked up a 64 pod box of what was labeled "dark roast" a few years ago at a department store. Used one pod. Terrible. Weak. Tasted like the dirty water one would wring out of a dish cloth. Split the box and gave half to each daughter. They thought it was strong!!

I spent over 2,000 nights in hotels over the last 15 years I worked. NEVER found a hotel where I could stand the coffee, even though it was free. On the road, I was to cheap to spend the dollars at a Starbucks... except as a "treat" once in a while. I would search out a convenience store that had a good dark roast.

This is our second Keurig. My wife doesn't drink coffee, so I'm the only one using it. I really love it. So convenient and makes really good coffee.
 
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