Your personal coffee consumption

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

I don't remember not drinking it. Always with milk and sugar. Still
that way. Probably more milk than coffee then. My fondest memory of
my mom is that when I was in high school and after, she'd bring me a cup
of coffee while I stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting ready
for school or work. "Good morning, Barbie. Did you sleep well?" I
knew she loved me. <sigh> Sam's been drinking coffee with us since she
could walk. More milk than coffee. The Circle of Life. <wipes tear
from eye.>

Non-coffee drinkers need not apply.
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 5/8/05.
"Are we going to measure, or are we going to cook?" -Food Critic Mimi Sheraton

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How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

I don't remember not drinking it. Always with milk and sugar. Still
that way. Probably more milk than coffee then. My fondest memory of
my mom is that when I was in high school and after, she'd bring me a cup
of coffee while I stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting ready
for school or work. "Good morning, Barbie. Did you sleep well?" I
knew she loved me. <sigh> Sam's been drinking coffee with us since she
could walk. More milk than coffee. The Circle of Life. <wipes tear
from eye.>

Non-coffee drinkers need not apply.
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 5/8/05.

I don't remember not drinking coffee either. We used to visit grandma on
Sundays and she had a beautiful tea cup collection in a china cabinet. She
would pick the special tea cup for me and pour my coffee for me. Lots of
milk and sugar. Those tea cups were really pretty and really special (I
wonder what happened to them?). I knew I was loved too.

I just drink it with some milk now.

Elisa

Melba's Jammin said:

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

I don't remember... maybe around 18.

Quoted message said:

I don't remember not drinking it. Always with milk and sugar. Still
that way. Probably more milk than coffee then. My fondest memory of
my mom is that when I was in high school and after, she'd bring me a
cup of coffee while I stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting
ready for school or work. "Good morning, Barbie. Did you sleep
well?" I knew she loved me. <sigh> Sam's been drinking coffee with
us since she could walk. More milk than coffee. The Circle of Life.
<wipes tear from eye.>

That's sweet! Nice memory.

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Non-coffee drinkers need not apply.

The way I drink coffee changes with my moods. Some mornings I want it
black, others I want it with milk & sugar (except I use Splenda). I've
never cared for it with just milk or cream, but I do drink hot tea that way.
I also love iced coffee on a hot day (but I don't like iced tea, go figure).

Jill

Melba's Jammin said:

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

I don't remember not drinking it. Always with milk and sugar. Still
that way. Probably more milk than coffee then. My fondest memory of
my mom is that when I was in high school and after, she'd bring me a cup
of coffee while I stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting ready
for school or work. "Good morning, Barbie. Did you sleep well?" I
knew she loved me. <sigh> Sam's been drinking coffee with us since she
could walk. More milk than coffee. The Circle of Life. <wipes tear
from eye.>

Non-coffee drinkers need not apply.

I started to drink coffee when I was forty years old. It was at the
same time that I discovered alcoholic drinks, too.

I drink three or four cups of coffee first thing in the morning, then
none for the rest of the day.

As for alcohol, I drink....Sorry, I have to go, the door bell is ringing.

jmcquown said:

Melba's Jammin said:

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

I don't remember... maybe around 18.

Quoted message said:

I don't remember not drinking it. Always with milk and sugar. Still
that way. Probably more milk than coffee then. My fondest memory of
my mom is that when I was in high school and after, she'd bring me a
cup of coffee while I stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting
ready for school or work. "Good morning, Barbie. Did you sleep
well?" I knew she loved me. <sigh> Sam's been drinking coffee with
us since she could walk. More milk than coffee. The Circle of Life.
<wipes tear from eye.>

That's sweet! Nice memory.

Quoted message said:

Non-coffee drinkers need not apply.

The way I drink coffee changes with my moods. Some mornings I want it
black, others I want it with milk & sugar (except I use Splenda). I've
never cared for it with just milk or cream, but I do drink hot tea that way.
I also love iced coffee on a hot day (but I don't like iced tea, go figure).

Jill

I only drink black coffee, strong but not too strong. Viennese or
Italian Roast, even French when there is nothing else. The South
American beans are too strong for me.

On Mon, 30 May 2005 08:14:23 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
<[email hidden]> connected the dots and wrote:

~How old were you when you started drinking coffee?
~
~I don't remember not drinking it. Always with milk and sugar. Still
~that way. Probably more milk than coffee then. My fondest memory
of
~my mom is that when I was in high school and after, she'd bring me a
cup
~of coffee while I stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting ready
~for school or work. "Good morning, Barbie. Did you sleep well?" I
~knew she loved me. <sigh> Sam's been drinking coffee with us since
she
~could walk. More milk than coffee. The Circle of Life. <wipes tear
~from eye.>
~
~Non-coffee drinkers need not apply.

17. Was working in Dunkin Donuts on Tremont Street in Boston. Served
thousands of cups of the stuff (in the 6 oz ceramic mugs) and finally
decided to try it after watching one bum sit there on a rainy, sleety
day and drink about 8 cups in a row. Started with regular, then added
antoher shot of cream and sugar, then another, then another. I still
couldnt' see the point of it.

When I was 18, I went to Israel for a while, and was served coffee in
those teeny cups where half of it is grounds at the bottom. Started
driinking mine black, no sugar.

Now, it's half coffee, half milk.

Most Rhode Ilanda's drink coffee milk.

maxine in ri

Melba's Jammin said:

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

I don't remember not drinking it. Always with milk and sugar. Still
that way. Probably more milk than coffee then. My fondest memory of
my mom is that when I was in high school and after, she'd bring me a cup
of coffee while I stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting ready
for school or work. "Good morning, Barbie. Did you sleep well?" I
knew she loved me. <sigh> Sam's been drinking coffee with us since she
could walk. More milk than coffee. The Circle of Life. <wipes tear
from eye.>

I never liked milk when I was a kid and I used to have tea with my meals from
about age 8. My parents were not coffee drinkers, but I was introduced to coffee
around age 10 at a friends place, always with cream and sugar. I got away from the
sugar habit about 25 years ago and stopped using cream shortly after.

Melba's Jammin said:

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

I don't exactly remember what age I was first given coffee, though
definately as a toddler. I do know it was at my Gram & Gramps. I
always knew they adored me, and having coffee with them of a morning
while watching the news on TV was a given. Like mentioned, it was also
with sugar and lots of milk. I've tried over the years to enjoy my
coffee black, or at least without creamer, to no avail.

....Picky ~JA~

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How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

My first cup was when I was fifteen at a local Denny's and desperate to
move into adulthood with my Pack o' Friends. I found the taste vile and
had to mask it with sugar and cream (never milk.)

Eventually, as a test of machismo, I withheld the sugar and cream, and
found that it was nearly as bad as I'd originally thought. I worked food
service for several years with coffee was the drink of choice. I quickly
moved up to two full pots per twelve-hour shift. I went cold turkey on
several occasions during that tour of duty, suffering some of the most
hellacious headaches known, but always came back to it. I found that I
disliked soft drinks and tea wasn't any better. Roasted coffees also
started popping up around me in grocery stores and coffee shops and I
found I actually liked the taste of certain roasts.

Daughter-unit Beta will often try and swipe my cup (or the beans
themselves) just to "smell" the aroma. Her tastebuds are still unable to
withstand the assault of a single sip, even with cream and sugar, so my
stash is safe. (Spawn and Daughter-unit Alpha don't see the draw to this
poison.)

The Ranger

maxine in ri said:

On Mon, 30 May 2005 08:14:23 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
<[email hidden]> connected the dots and wrote:

~How old were you when you started drinking coffee?
~
Most Rhode Ilanda's drink coffee milk.

maxine in ri

Ah yes, Autocrat Coffee Syrup! I love that stuff! I need to order some
more.

Jill

The Ranger said:

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Quoted message said:

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

Daughter-unit Beta will often try and swipe my cup (or the beans
themselves) just to "smell" the aroma. Her tastebuds are still unable
to withstand the assault of a single sip, even with cream and sugar,
so my stash is safe. (Spawn and Daughter-unit Alpha don't see the
draw to this poison.)

The Ranger

Ever try chocolate covered roasted coffee beans? Daughter-unit Beta might
actually enjoy eating them!

Jill

Melba's Jammin said:

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

9 or 10. Black.

Can't hardly drink it anymore - too much acid. But I love it - the way
it smells, mostly.

-L.

When I was born they discovered I was allergic to dairy products,
however they found that i could take a little so they started giving me
tea and coffee (weak of course) instead of my bottles of milk so i
reckon by the time i started drinking it i must have been about two
months old.

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When I was born they discovered I was allergic to dairy products,
however they found that i could take a little so they started giving me
tea and coffee (weak of course) instead of my bottles of milk so i
reckon by the time i started drinking it i must have been about two
months old.

I never started drinking coffee until I started in full-time employment
as it had never appealed to me before. Now I live for it during my
working day!

I'm the same I cant go through the day without it.

Melba's Jammin said:

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

I don't remember not drinking it. Always with milk and sugar. Still
that way. Probably more milk than coffee then. My fondest memory of
my mom is that when I was in high school and after, she'd bring me a cup
of coffee while I stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting ready
for school or work. "Good morning, Barbie. Did you sleep well?" I
knew she loved me. <sigh> Sam's been drinking coffee with us since she
could walk. More milk than coffee. The Circle of Life. <wipes tear
from eye.>

Non-coffee drinkers need not apply.

Like you, I do not remember when I started drinking coffee. It was
that long ago. I do remember that in elementary school health class
we would be asked what we had for breakfast. I always lied and said
milk to drink. I don't know if I was the only coffee drinker but no
one else admitted to it.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

My coffee consumption is zero; I tried it two or three times when I was
about 20 and never got hooked on it. The last time I bought a cup of
coffee was ten years ago on a freezing winter day in Detroit, and I
never drank it but just held it to keep my hands warm while I waited
outside for a bus. When I wake up in the morning the first thing I
want to drink is some ice cold orange juice.

Melba's Jammin said:

How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

I don't remember not drinking it. Always with milk and sugar. Still
that way. Probably more milk than coffee then. My fondest memory of
my mom is that when I was in high school and after, she'd bring me a cup
of coffee while I stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting ready
for school or work. "Good morning, Barbie. Did you sleep well?" I
knew she loved me. <sigh> Sam's been drinking coffee with us since she
could walk. More milk than coffee. The Circle of Life. <wipes tear
from eye.>

Non-coffee drinkers need not apply.

I think I must have been in high school before I drank it regularly.
It was considered a sign of being "grown-up." Our family pediatrician,
whom my mom "obeyed," actually recommended 16, so we thought we'd
gotten lucky.

I think I drank it away from home by then when out with friends, and
my mom would always let me have some sips of hers if I asked. We were
given unlimited Postum up until then. All four of us kids grew up
liking coffee. I recall liking it the first time I tasted it.

I did not pass on such restrictions to the next generation. First with
my nieces and then with my brood, I always allowed what became known
as "coffee milk," which was a glass of milk with a few spoons of
coffee.

I figured if a kid could tolerate an occasional Coke, a bit of coffee
would cause no harm. Only one of my three has any interest in coffee.
Breaks my heart.

Boron

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How old were you when you started drinking coffee?

Coffee? I was in high school, so about 15. At home it was always Nescafe
instant, so I drank it with milk (usually Carnation evaporated) and sugar.
Then I stopped for a few years. Didn't miss it.

Rediscovered coffee at around 20 while in nursing school, discovered perked
and drip brews and instant became something to have around only in case of
dire emergency: like an asthma attack while out of Ventolin and sitting 100
miles in the woods with no hope of reaching civilization for a few hours.
Fell in love all over again. Bought a percolator for my residence room.

Then one of the gals said 'You don't really like coffee if you add milk and
sugar." From her I leaned to drink it black -- it's been 30 years and
that's still how I have it. Prefer drip to perked, the darker the roast,
the better. I make a 4 cup pot as soon as I wake up and drink it myself
before heading to the shower and work. On most days that's the extent of my
coffee drinking. But... About 3 1/2 years ago a Tim Hortons opened in this
outpost. It has now become common practice to arrange to meet friends there
in the evening, or to hold meetings there on weekend mornings. When there
I'll usually have a cup or two.

OTOH, I started drinking tea when I was 8 and in the hospital. They had me
on an adult ward because paediatrics was full, so my meal tray came with a
pot of tea. Made me feel very grown up. My parents didn't make me give it
up when I came home. Drink it black, starting at lunch and continuing until
I go to bed. Cannot stomach it in the morning. Just discovered Lapsang
Souchong yesterday. Must be an acquired taste. While I enjoyed a small
cup, I can't see myself drinking mugs of the stuff as I do Orange Pekoe.

Gabby