"What's your favorite blend or brand of coffee or tea?"
It may sound odd, but I've been doing a blend of 2 parts decaf coffee to 1 part caffeinated coffee for a while now. This has a number of advantages:
- I can drink 3 times as much coffee without feeling any more jittery
- If I choose to, I can mix/match the decaf and regular parts to have some flavored coffees, or change the bitterness/darkness/oil ratio of the eventual brew
- It gives me something else to fiddle with
- I get to justify shopping for and buying smaller quantities of many different kinds of coffees to try them out
With that said, my basic, failsafe brew is a 2:1 Maxwell House Bold blend. Dark and strong enough to savor the aroma and the flavor, without tasting burnt like some coffee blends out there. And as for sugar/cream/milk additives? I like it the way Neil Gaiman phrased it in American Gods:
"black as night, sweet as sin."
Oh yes, if I do choose to drink the occasional cup of tea, it's Earl Grey, all the way.
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