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[LeprechaunSean 0]

well the best of the best-if you can afford it-is honey. So good. If you don't mind paying a ridiculous amount for an itsy-bitsy bottle....

[lgg 2]

Bhahahahahahahahahahaha!

*ahem*

We are the world...

We are the children....

Dedoodedoooby doobydooby dooo dede doooby dooooooooo!

/sing

All colours of sugar count Krikit... we don't discriminate.

Honey is for toast. or Tea. With lemon.

Non I am agog at the honey in coffee thing. I cannot explain why!

well the best of the best-if you can afford it-is honey. So good. If you don't mind paying a ridiculous amount for an itsy-bitsy bottle....

[LeprechaunSean 0]

you haven't lived if you haven't had honey in your coffee. Step out of your comfort zone and go for it. do it. DO IT

[trailmix 77]

HAH! I just got back and read the posts----and I DID PUT BROWN SUGAR IN!! pure craziness...

I don't like brown sugar brown sugar.... I find it's too sweet. But I do like raw sugar.... which is light brown. Does that count?

Sometimes I buy raw sugar, just because it's pretty

[The_Dude 1,142]

Seeing as this is the Off Topic thread-Has anyone tried to break a serious caffeine addiction? I'm thinking of giving it a shot....

I quit drinking coffee about 18 months ago. I was getting migraines about 2-3 times per week and it was really becoming a debilitating situation. My doctor went through a log of my diet and stopped at the one glaring question on the questionairre. It asked "Do you drink coffee, How much? I put down 2-10 cups, aparently thats quite a bit. Sometimes, I really did only drink 2 I quit drinking coffee that day and the headaches went away. I didn't get any withdrawal headaches or other symptoms, but I have not ever been fully awake before 10 a.m. since. I am very grouchy in the morning too. God I want a cup of coffee and a cigarette now.

[Peachey 10]

Alton Brown says that Brown Sugar now-a-days is just white sugar with molasses mixed in. Might be where you get that "molassessy" taste LGG.

Edited November 16, 2009 by Peachey

[Malrothien 6]

Alton Brown says that Brown Sugar now-a-days is just white sugar with molasses mixed in. Might be where you get that "molassessy" taste LGG.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sugar

You can still get true brown sugar but most commercial grade is white sugar with molasses readded.

[lgg 2]

Meh, well so much for being 'healthy'. Well, I love the taste, that's for sure. But, why go through all the process to refine sugar and take out all the molassy-taste only to put it back? That sounds totally counter-productive to me.

But, I do happen to love Alton Brown and Good Eats... so,

Alton Brown says that Brown Sugar now-a-days is just white sugar with molasses mixed in. Might be where you get that "molassessy" taste LGG.

This is what I always buy from the organic store and I'm hoping that it is truly 'unrefined':

Demerara (also spelled "demerera") sugar's name comes from the Demerera River area of Guyana, where sugar cane was grown. Demerara is another unrefined, centrifuged, large-crystalled, light brown, cane sugar; it is slightly sticky and sometimes molded into sugar cubes. Some Demerara is still produced in South America, but most is now produced in Mauritius, an island off Africa.

Edited November 16, 2009 by lgg

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

I like to crack a raw egg in the coffee pot while it's brewing. Then I add a bit of cardamom and rosemary.

When I pour it into my mug, I sweeten it with a big dollop of Cool Whip.

Okay, no I don't...but to MY ears that sounds equally as wacky as honey in one's coffee!

[Malrothien 6]

We buy Rogers Best Brown. Meh.

[Krikit 1,163]

Bhahahahahahahahahahaha!

*ahem*

We are the world...

We are the children....

Dedoodedoooby doobydooby dooo dede doooby dooooooooo!

/sing

*holds up lighter and joins in*

Honey is for toast. or Tea. With lemon.

Or hot toddies! Especially hot toddies. *hic*

Sometimes I buy raw sugar, just because it's pretty

I do that too!!!

[Rhiannercakes 14]

You people and your coffee.

I dont like that stuff

[Krikit 1,163]

I like to crack a raw egg in the coffee pot while it's brewing. Then I add a bit of cardamom and rosemary.

When I pour it into my mug, I sweeten it with a big dollop of Cool Whip.

Okay, no I don't...but to MY ears that sounds equally as wacky as honey in one's coffee!

Oh, thank God. I was getting all queasy there for a moment.

I bought chai tea mix at the specialty tea shop on my anniversary hols! But it was so expensive that I'm saving it for special.

[Marilyn. 340]

nm:

Edited November 16, 2009 by Marilyn.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

We do spiced coffee very regularly - we grind our own beans (Columbian) and then add in cardamon and cloves to the grind and brew it all together - yum! I take mine double cream and one sweetner (no sugar for this girl) but Joe takes his black. I love the smell of it brewing.

I am a tea drinker in the morning - can't drink coffee until I'm up and having something in my stomach and I generally don't eat until around lunch time. I've been hooked on Dunkin Donut's Iced French Vanilla Coffee this summer - still get my fix several times a week .