Friday, October 31, 2008

Coffee Case!

Over the past few weeks, I have been doing some extensive research on different brands of coffee. I usually just drink whatever is in the coffee pot when I leave for work, but some mornings I need a second cup when I get to work. My boss drinks Starbucks Breakfast blend, so every once in awhile I will have a cup....HECK YA! I never really tasted the difference in coffee till I had this one. So I started buying it for Mom and I to drink in the AM.

Going to Starbucks is a cool, but all the choices and the calories are to boot....I mean come on its like five bucks to have a latte', which adds up sooner or later! Plus when I drink those "designer" drinks I'm on a sugar high like no other and we all know that I don't need a boost in that area!

Anyways, back to the Breakfast Blend...It was the bomb, till we ran out again and I had to make a detour to the local Chick-fil-A for my morning pick me up! WOW, I love theirs too! I have found that I like strong coffee, with 3 hazelnut creamers(the small containers) and one slepnda....plus it is MUCH cheaper!!! That started to be my new routine, till I got new coffee for the house...and was running out of my allotted coffee money. That is where I discovered Dunkin' Donuts coffee! My sister is a major fan of this brand, so I thought hey I'll give it a shot! Yep, it's delicious too! My Bro-law just gave me the news that DD beat out major moola in the taste test! What's a girl to do??? Strong flavor, perfect with just half-n-half and some splenda....I try for the lesser points, so that I can have more cups. Humm new coffee brand for the mornings????

Wait just a second there.....THEN, Mom gets a new kind of coffee...UGGHH! We use to drink this brand and it was the Bomb, but more expensive than Starbucks and you have to have it shipped! Let's just say Gevalia is yummy in my tummy too! Plus, I even think she got a new coffee maker! This stuff is off the chain good! I missed not having it this morning because I was staying with my cousins! SO the Chick hit the spot today! I know that there are about a million brands and flavors out there, but I'm just a simple coffee drinker and I love hot tea too....how am I suppose to make all this decisions....has anyone ever drank caribou coffee? They have really good designer drinks too, but I only drink those when I need to overload on my calories for the day, which is like once a week! Weight Watchers, HA.... I just busted my count for the week with that right there!

So random poll...What is your favorite brand of coffee and how do you take it?? Black or almost white? Sugar or Splenda? Designer or regular? Espresso shot or in an IV?? Load up the Cal's or make it a slim?? I mean when you stand in line and order coffee, who needs all these decisions?? I mean wasn't it hard enough picking out your outfit that morning or which gas station had cheaper gas??? WAHOO, for almost $2 per gallon!

Enough from me now....I hope everyone has a HAPPY HALLOWEEN and GO DAWGS.....KILL THOSE GATORS!!!!

5 comments:

Stephanie said...

ok- so that was so random, and so you! go woo! good post. good food for thought--i agree that it is crazy to pay the designer coffee prices, but i do love to indulge every once in a blue moon...it just has it's unique flavor that i find can't be duplicated at home, even when brewing thier brand in your pot.
yes- i am a Dunkin' Donut coffee fan...esp when they make it for you, but i just use half-n-half like they do, and real sugar. um-yum-o! on the day-to-day basis, If i make a pot, it's whatever our parents bought on their last trip up! :)
yes-GO DAWS! think they'll win? i sure hope so.
Love you,
Steph

LeS said...

oh don't you love me steph! i wouldn't be Lindsey if i weren't random! thanks for leaving a comment! i agree about indulging once in a blue moon cause you can't match the taste. so true! can't wait to see the kids all dressed up tonight! Yahoo! love you! have fun!

kristymasterson said...

coffee. so near and dear to my heart. i too went through the same coffee kanumdrum, then... i moved to the city. basically the "little" coffee shops make caribou and starbucks taste yucky. and have now provided me with a small joy in my life. i am offically a coffee snob. i even buy this "perfect" coffee and take it to my mom's house when i visit. not interested in drinking anything else. but for me...i grind the beans at my house...put in some coffeemate fat free french vanilla and two splendas. it is a whole other level of enjoyment when i actually get to stop by the coffee shop. basically i could go on and on... so linds.. if you are ever up this way i will treat you to some super yummy coffee!!

Mama said...

I LOVE COFFEE!! I love my half 'n half too!!!!!

Can't wait til we have "coffee together" soon.

You can tell we are family....:)

Alexis said...

i loved this! it made me laugh to read it. you are so much like me with regard to coffee that it just cracks me up. i HAVE to have coffee every morning cause i love the taste and now i get caffeine headaches when i don't have it :( ugh. i love the folgers speciality coffee...the caramel and the hazelnut ones are the best. i generally just buy that. i only put fat free milk in it (yeah i know that seems weird!) and i use honey rather than sugar because it tastes better to me. the funny thing is, when i was reading this, i was gonna leave you a comment and tell you how good dunkin donuts coffee is and then you wrote about it! so funny. i love starbucks but dunkin donuts has the best coffee in the world, in my opinion! lol. there's a new dd drive thru on my way to work and i went about three times last week!! ha. i love specialty drinks from starbucks but they SO add up. so i stick with my regular coffee most of the time.
was this comment long enough? ha!