Junkie
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:04 pmSometimes you simply cannot have your dose of fresh coffee. Unfortunately your body needs caffeine. What will you do?
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:04 pmPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 10:49 amI'm afraid I sometimes stoop to drinking the horrible mud produced by the coffee machine at work. It's not even a 50p, it's free, and better than that: it's not even coffee! At least, I use self-hypnosis to block my coffee tasting brain from interfering with my swallow reflexes.
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:14 amWhile the Gaggia's out, I also drink the muck at work. (When the Gaggia's working I take chilled shots in a vacuum flask and add to hot water in a cup when I want something, to make an "instant" Americano).
The muck at work is vile, no doubt about it, but I'm a caffeine addict as well as coffee nerd so I have to take my stimulation where I can - or else fall asleep at my desk!
The muck at work is vile, no doubt about it, but I'm a caffeine addict as well as coffee nerd so I have to take my stimulation where I can - or else fall asleep at my desk!
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:32 amIs the Poll closed already? I'm a definate non compromiser, if it's not real coffee I stick to tea! We've actually got super auto's at work, but with Bewley's coffee it's not even worth thinking about.
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:44 amI'll re-open it shall I, just for the laugh? 
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:49 amHmm, I've just re-opened the poll (by setting the duration to zero days) but it doesn't seem to be co-operating. Dunno why. Maybe it's something to do with the migration from native phpBB, but I wouldn't have thought so.
Yes, well I like really good tea as well but I can't get that at work either, so I just take what I can get and hope nobody sees me!
AlanS wrote:I'm a definite non compromiser, if it's not real coffee I stick to tea!
Yes, well I like really good tea as well but I can't get that at work either, so I just take what I can get and hope nobody sees me!
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 10:51 pmBritish Airways always proudly mentions on its in-flight menu it serves Nescaffe Gold! I had one little sip, and I have sworn off instant coffee for the rest of my life. I will not even consider it as a caffeine fix, I would rather walk around with a headache, I am serious!
Typically British by the way. Imagine if American Airlines proudly said they serve McDonald's Hamburgers in Business Class!
Typically British by the way. Imagine if American Airlines proudly said they serve McDonald's Hamburgers in Business Class!
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:41 pmYou can really go off people, you know that?Sunnyfield wrote:Typically British by the way.
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 1:55 pmI am not familiar with the expression 'go off somebody'. Does it mean offend? I am used to that, I am a rude, unmannered Dutchman you know!
Nescafe for a while even had a coffeehouse in London. Actually it is the most popular type of coffee sold in the UK! To make things worse, they even advertise it as gourmet coffee!
Eward
PS Did I really offend you? You didn't use a smiley or anything!
Nescafe for a while even had a coffeehouse in London. Actually it is the most popular type of coffee sold in the UK! To make things worse, they even advertise it as gourmet coffee!
Eward
PS Did I really offend you? You didn't use a smiley or anything!
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 2:59 pmJust teasing mate 
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:14 pmGot me there for a sec!!!
Well, I should have known better of course!
Well, I should have known better of course!
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:41 pmNescaf Gormet ROTFL 
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:31 pmHey, remember Tony (aka Anthony Stewart) Head (this comment for the Brits, sorry everyone else)? You know, the English librarian geezer from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? He made his name initially in TV adverts for Gold Blend Nescafe. Now he's a (fairly) well known actor. (Nice guy too, lives in Bath - Allyson and her colleagues used to see him from time to time when Allyson was the children's librarian for Bath, and I saw him on the train the other day). Notwithstanding my feigned horror, Eward may not be too far off the mark I regret to say.