I drink Yorkshire tea at home, and will have either expresso or a latte/chai coffee with friends.. but nothing beats the coffees you get in little bars in France..
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(123 Posts)I'm meeting friends 'for coffee' this morning. But I hate coffee and have boring tea.
What do you drink when you go out for coffee?
I don't drink tea or coffee or any hot drinks, never have. So it would always be a cold drink for me.
I drink a cup of strong Nescafe around 6am when I get up and another at 9.30/10am (just finished todays) and that's it for the day. I don't drink tea.
My OH drinks multiple cups of tea through the day but rarely coffee.
Cannot remember the last time I had coffee out but don't like the frothy milky stuff, no taste to it.
I don't like or drink coffee. I stopped drinking it when I was pregnant (41 years ago) as it made me heave. Prior to that, it was all I drank. The smell of filter coffee just smells of dirty ashtrays to me. Maybe the usual combo of coffee and cigarettes has caused me to think this
On the odd times I have had coffee since, it hasn't agreed with me. I only drink tea now.
If I 'go for coffee' I will usually drink tea or sometimes hot chocolate. I'm not a massive fan of herbal tea
I'm with FGT, love the smell but not so much the taste. Feel the same about toast.
Ha ha ha, nannylovesshopping, we are actually meeting in a wine bar.
It doesn't bother me now but, when I was a teenager and coffee bars were the thing, I was teased unmercifully by my friends. I had to drink Russian Tea.
THANK YOU, kittylester! I thought I was the only one on our entire planet that hates coffee! I can't stand it!
I hate it in every way, black, white, with or without extras, in food etc. The look smell and taste absolutely makes me heave and I just WILL NOT touch it under any circumstances no matter what anyone says!
I used to work in cafe's and restaurants and while I had no problem with serving and preparing any other food and drink, I had to serve/prepare all these coffee drinks and coffee cakes and I'd go home reeking of it!
Tea is definitely not boring! I love PG Tips and often sit on the edge of my bed late night/early hours guzzling a lovely mug of it!
I don't even like the word ''coffee''! UGH!
I only drink breakfast tea at home don’t drink it otherwise. I drink Gold Blend coffee at home occasionally it’s never available anywhere else. I’m just not into fancy coffees but I do drink flavoured green teas and fruit teas.
Generally I don’t do cake and coffee I only eat cake at the weekend and it’s always homemade. If I am out at a local eatery with friends I prefer to drink wine or in the summer cider.
I drink coffee flavoured drink, AKA instant coffee. I hate tea in all its forms.
I found out recently that I am quite high on the super taster spectrum. Approximately 25% of the population are on the spectrum and it means that their tongues have more taste receptors and are more sensitive to different tastes, particularly sweet and bitter.
I can't afford to go to Costas or Starbucks but when I have a hot drink out it is usually hot chocolate and it is invariably too sweet.
I am a tea drinker but when I go out I find you get offered 6 different types of coffee or a cheap tea bag. Where can you get decent tea?
I only love my own coffee and the coffee my AC make. I have have just one black coffee a day, DS taught me about the use of pressure in deriving the best flavour from coffee. I have cafetiers, never use them nowadays., I do use an aero press One AC uses a stove top device and the others have bean to cup machines
I use organic beans that I grind myself. I changed the grain size slightly to a little bit finer, otherwise the flavour does not come out and I use arabica beans and don`t like robusta beans
I buy 1 kg at a time and vac pack most to freeze. My coffee tastes as good as it smells but it has taken me a lifetime to get there
I drink nothing else and love M&S Instant, but if out with friends, Americano with cold milk.
I hate tea and am not a lover of hot chocolate, mainly because I loathe hot milk. Fussy, moi?!
Not that keen on coffee and only have one cup a day at 11am. Latte and cappuccino are the best for me. I do go for hot chocolate but as I don’t take sugar and drink cocoa at home I do find it a bit too sweet. There are now loads of herbal teas, some more pleasant tasting than others.
I don’t drink coffee. I do like coffee cake though!
I drink tea, with very little milk, not too strong. If someone serves me a cup with the normal amount of milk in I cannot drink it. In the afternoon if I’m out I might order Earl Grey. My daughter likes ginger tea, but I’m not keen on fruit teas.
I'm a tea drinker.
I've never really liked coffee. I used to enjoy a liqueur coffee after a meal until I realised that the reason I was still awake at 4am was down to the caffeine. So I never drink it now - too sensitive to caffeine.
I can't even have a cup of tea after 2pm without it causing sleepless nights.
I usually have a cappuccino when I have coffee out. We have decaf filter coffee at home because of DH’s AF. I like a hot chocolate occasionally but not with all the whipped cream and marshmallows they add in coffee shops.
grandMattie
I love, love the smell of coffee. Sadly, I always find the flavour disappointing. (Enjoy coffee cake though :-) )
I normally have a pot of "brown", normal English tea when I go out.
Yes, there’s nothing like the smell of fresh coffee.
I love tea and fresh coffee, my machine is not working at the moment and I miss it.
When I go out with friends I like a latte or cappuccino. I dislike instant coffee.
kittylester
I'm meeting friends 'for coffee' this morning. But I hate coffee and have boring tea.
What do you drink when you go out for coffee?
I’ve been known to have a cocktail 😀
Love coffee, so a latte for me. Hate tea.
I’m a real black coffee lover, no milk or sugar, so I can taste the coffee. I hate tea, just the smell of it has turned my stomach since I was a child, so for me it’s a good job when I’m out for a drink that the smell of coffee is stronger.
I love, love the smell of coffee. Sadly, I always find the flavour disappointing. (Enjoy coffee cake though :-) )
I normally have a pot of "brown", normal English tea when I go out.
I like iced (well, chilled) coffee, although I will happily drink hot coffee if that’s not available. I also drink tea, and don’t really understand the idea that people should like one or the other, but not both.
I take what I’m given, and don’t ask for one if offered the other. Unless asked by family or a close friend, the answer to ‘I’m making tea, would you like a cup?’ should never be ‘May I have coffee instead?’ or ‘Do you have decaffeinated hibiscus flower tea, please - oh, but only if it’s the one with hints of orange blossom’. The answer is ‘yes please’ or ‘no thank you’. Usually if tea is refused a host will offer coffee if they have some (and have time or inclination to brew it) but I think it’s a bit rude to assume the right to ask. The same applies in reverse, of course. Asking for a glass of water is acceptable, but nothing more (IMO).
Obviously in a cafe people can be as picky as they like, but in someone’s home unless specifically offered ‘tea or coffee’ or ‘a hot drink’ I assume that only what I am offered is easily or conveniently available. It’s a bit like being offered a biscuit and saying, ‘No thanks, but if there’s a bacon sandwich going I’d love one. With brown sauce, please.’ 
I like a flat white. I don't like huge cups of coffee a small cup, not too much milk, a reasonable strength without being bitter. If you don't like coffee you can't force yourself to like it. How about a hot chocolate as an alternative although most coffee shops do tea as well.
I tried very hard to train myself to drink coffee when I was a teenager, but I didn’t succeed. I dislike it intensely, I dislike anything coffee flavoured, too. I don’t like strong tea, either, it’s the bitterness I dislike. I drink tea weak with no milk.
I would expect tea to be available anywhere that sells coffee so going for a ‘coffee’ is no problem.
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