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When did you start drinking coffee?

  • 15-11-2014 02:05PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2


    I'm new here but I've been having a snoop around the coffee forum trying to figure out which is the best coffee brand to get me started!

    After trawling through loads of posts I thought it might be fun to ask why/when did you first start drinking coffee? ...I'll start :)

    I'm starting to drink coffee because I hear it's good for burning fat ...I'm a bit of a gym bunny :P

    So why/when did you start drinking coffee??


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,646 ✭✭✭BaronVon


    Worked in a petrol station when I was in school at weekends. After a while there, we got in a Rob Roberts filter coffee machine, the one with the 2 jugs. First thing you'd do when you opened up was make a pot. I'd find myself drinking half a pot by myself, the smell alone was absolutely gorgeous.

    Filter coffee is still my favourite as a result, but it's hard to get these days.....:(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    I started after I stopped drinking alcohol lol ....many moons ago ;)


    Very cheap filter coffee that still tastes good:

    1. Lidl's expresso in the tin

    2. (They've raised the price lately)....but Bewley's Rich Roast is delicious :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 floralista


    I know isn't the smell amazing?! That's definitely the best part for me (so far!) My taste buds are still getting acquired.

    I must try that Lidl one...that'd be a good inexpensive way to start! What's your opinions on instant coffee? Is that a no go if you want a "proper" tasting coffee??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    I am not an instant-coffee fan unless it's an emergency :P-meaning there is absolutely no other choice. In fact instant coffee is made from a different type of plant and is picked from a more robust plant located lower on the mountain (I am pulling this from memory when I attended an awesome coffee-school at Bewleys last year so forgive the vague description lol). So yes there is a big difference in taste.

    Happy drinking!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Jezek


    I started drinking coffee very early in life. I 'm not irish, where I come from coffee is a huge part of social life.

    The best way to start? Go to a good coffee shop ( can recommend a few depending on where you live), try the coffee there, find out what you like, and go from there. I think a moka pot ( or aeropress, or french press ) , paired with some freshly roasted beans ( ireland has a few roasteries) would be the best ( although maybe not dirt cheap) way to get into coffee


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Tuesday.

    Started Tuesday.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭ArcticFox


    Tuesday.

    Started Tuesday.



    Were flares still in fashion on that Tuesday? :D


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