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My all time favorite drink for my pipes is Cafe du Monde coffee. It began being made in 1862 so there is some serious history with this. It has chicory in it which gives it the unique flavors that I love. I would drink it all day and night but have to quit drinking it around 5pm so I don't stay up all night. It comes already ground and for me that was something new.
I had been a whole bean guy for years before I found this stuff on a trip to New Orleans. I got addicted to it fairly quickly and now I don't bother with beans or a vacuum Bodum brewer or a French press. I use a regular Mr Coffee machine after trying all kinds of others like Krupps, and the other well known drip machines. It is a very dark coffee and I use half and half and Stevia for a sweetner. I drink two 30 oz cups in my Yeti's cups and if I have the time before 5, I will make an iced coffee. It makes awesome iced coffee. I used to buy it from them directly getting 24 cans at a time but now I buy 6 cans at a time from Amazon as the no shipping fees and price makes it cheaper than direct.
I had been a whole bean guy for years before I found this stuff on a trip to New Orleans. I got addicted to it fairly quickly and now I don't bother with beans or a vacuum Bodum brewer or a French press. I use a regular Mr Coffee machine after trying all kinds of others like Krupps, and the other well known drip machines. It is a very dark coffee and I use half and half and Stevia for a sweetner. I drink two 30 oz cups in my Yeti's cups and if I have the time before 5, I will make an iced coffee. It makes awesome iced coffee. I used to buy it from them directly getting 24 cans at a time but now I buy 6 cans at a time from Amazon as the no shipping fees and price makes it cheaper than direct.
The chicory was originally put in as filler to save money.
My favorite drink,irish coffee...................
My favorite drink,irish coffee...................
Which was actually invented in San Francisco! I haven't had one of those in forever. Always tells you about a bartender's professionalism when they try to add Baileys.
Baileys,favorite drink of girls....................?
Two jobs ago, we had all sorts of fancy coffee brought in, but the CFO was an old country boy who had been drinking coffee since he was a 5 year old working on his grandpappy's farm. He'd tried it all and preferred a chicory-heavy coffee that came in bricks. We had that stocked, too. I tried a bit and while very flavorful, it was sorely lacking in the caffeine department. I'd still have a cup with him every now and again, but had to chase it with the bougie stuff after for some liquid motivation.
I was really enjoying some homemade mead with a lemon Virginia last night, but I can't drink a whole wineglass full of mead, or else I would start having a hard time with gravity and earths rotation and such. But, for the half glass, the tastes were really complimenting each other.
Usually I just drink coffee with my smoke, or water.
Also, I have a blackberry wine that I make that seems to really rock and roll with latakia.
Usually I just drink coffee with my smoke, or water.
Also, I have a blackberry wine that I make that seems to really rock and roll with latakia.
I recently bought some mead, found it enjoyable and would try some more if not for the price (I realize its expensive to produce). I didn't have issue with the alcohol content as much as the sugar. In the same vein a nice Port or Madera would probably go well with Virginia, a Sherry Fino with an English perhaps.
I can't stand commercial meads. They always make it sweet, and traditional mead was never sweet. I let the yeast take the honey down to dry, and it's more interesting. You get the flavor of the honey but no sweetness, just a light honey sweetness on your teeth afterwards. But, since they run dry, and the fruit is honey, they turn out to be a 16-22% ABV. But, after a year or so of age, you can be easily fooled by how much alcohol is in it. It is very easy to overdo it.
The term honeymoon, comes from the tradition of drinking mead on wedding nights, because it'll also put some lead in your pencil, ha ha.
You know, I'm about as good-ole-boy southerner as you can get, my picture thing on the left is the "CSS" H. L. Hunley in fact, but I have never been able to drink sweet tea...don't know why. My entire family drinks sweet tea by the gallon every day, but I never could (I love unsweet tea though)...probably why I don't smoke aromatics either (except for the occasional bowl of Santee).
I will say, I don't smoke aros either. I can't do greens, not collards, mustard or turnip. I can cook em, everyone loves em, but I can't do it no matter how southern it is.
I looovvve all kinds of greens with as much fat in the pot as possible! I'll tell you what, you pair your favorite tobacco with sweet tea and I'll pair mine with a bowl of collards!
Hay, good ol boys... as long as non-ya boys puts sugar in yer cornbread, yall's fine by me.
I was told that about the chicory the first time I went to Cafe du Monde as I was interested in why their coffee tasted like it did. That place is amazing. All they sell are coffee and Beignets, The Beignets are a fried dough kind of thing doused with powdered sugar. The coffee is strong I just looked it up and it said 100 mg per cup, not sure what size cup they are talking about but I use a 30 oz Yeti at least twice a day usually three.
They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. They have these tiny little woman from some country, not ours. I would guess from Thailand or Indonesia. The place is always packed and it is strictly cash. They do sell orange juice but nothing else. Talk about a cash machine. It backs up to the Mississippi river and over looks a park that I forget the name of. All around the park they have woman palm readers and iit is pretty cool. I love that city. Been there 3 times and the minute you get into the French Quarter, you can feel the vibe of the city. Great food everywhere.
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We are big Nawlins fans, going at least once a year. I’ve always wondered how they have stayed in business, because beignets taste like powdered biscuits to me. But, I don’t mind chicory. It’s better than the burned acorns they used to use. I can’t stand chicory in my salad though, nor dandelions. Chicory, burnt acorns, and dandelions; that was all stuff Southerners started using durring the civil war. When they ran out of food, they started eating the damned weeds. But, I guess it’s like escargot was in France during the War. No food so they ate the snails in the vineyards.
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