I think 3 is best, it's strong and also tastes the cleanest and doesn't cause upset stomach.

i'm funny when it comes to coffee, i've discovered mate, which is healthier and gives me an equal rush...but i tend to favor strong, rich coffees...i own my own espresso machine

I like my coffee strong, dark, and a bit bitter. I can't stand anythign in it except a bit of chocolate.

When going out for some, it is normally 8 shots espresso with a bit of Chocolate
(just cause)

I load mine up with cream and SweetN'Low.

The Sweetn'Low is an aquired taste. I got used to it when I was on the Atkins diet, now I prefer it to sugar, but only in coffee.

At my local coffee shop I have a favorite drink, 2 shots of expresso, dubble cream, 2 sugar, and a bit of water.
What a drink. And I am a regular so I got this cup that gets me $.50 off so I get it for a buck.

i don't really drink coffee per se.....but this cafe on campus makes these fucking coconut-vanilla mocha's......itz the shizzle!!!!

I didnt know anything was the shizzle anymore.

psht.........okay, it tastes fucking awesome!!!!!!!

if you can find it, try cuban coffee...i don't know how far north it is, but i tried it on recommendation, and when i want to taste coffee, it works!

i've been taking a liking to iced coffee too...it helps in the heat. I've become quite fond of dunkin donuts double shot carmel swirl iced latte...their mocha works for a second choice...but caramel is my favorite taste...

coffee icecream is delightful too...the best i've tried is breyers and currently it's healty choice premium light...you can actually taste the ground coffee beans...those are tasty, chocolate covered too...

wow, i'm quite a coffee/caffeine fiend aren't i?

i miss the esspresso shops in kalispell...they had these wonderful little drive through coffee shacks with white coffed, amazing flavor combinations..i don't find those so much down here...i can't even find the syrups in grocery stores...must be a northern thing...

The important thing to me is that it's caffinated and sweet... Bitter is yuk.

If I'm going to drink coffee it has to be [a] strong, [b] black, and [c] sweet.
There's no point in drinking some wanker drink that bares only the faintest passing resemblance to coffee beans.
My standard would be a double-shot short black with three sugars or a long black with 5 sugars if I am trying to waste time.

Question: if you get a latte or a cappucino and you put sugar in it, do you pour the sugar on the froth and let the weight of the sugar sink it into the coffee, or just stir it in with a spoon?

The other day,I served a cup of coffee to a girl that looked like she was 12, 13 at the most.She wore glasses,and read the newspaper,too. The waitress that told me to do it, said that her parents were sitting at another table,and asked to give it to her.Growing up a tad too fast?

That's about when I started drinking it (not every day though, I didn't drink it regularly until about a year later(and then it was sort of off and on - there would be a time period where I had it regularly, then not for a while)).

I have always had coffee...grandma would serve it to everyone at the table

Fascinating stuff guys, but why is it in the Serious forum...?

ha ha ha

love a nice strong flavored coffee with just a bit of cream and sugar. Really miss the house blend from one of the local places. Blend of kona, columbian, and jamacian coffees.........and had a very unique flavor. Their tea and lemonade aren't bad though.

hmmmmm, suddenly I need some coffee.............thanks for the crave

my brother and myself started out with "kiddy coffee" as toddlers. It's a half and half mix of coffee and milk..............I still do that sometimes for nostalgia, and add a little pure vanilla or chocolate for extra flavor.

I like expresso and lots of interesting, flavored coffess when I could find the time, but because of the situation with my wife and all, not being Boston, not knowing where the expresso machine is, and living with my parents temporarily (God save me) I haven't been drinking any coffee. They drink Folgers anyway....ralph..

I've been just drinking water and milk really...mainly LOTS of water. Stopped drinking anything carbonated all together, screws up my stomach and all and makes me grouchy...