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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Coffee!!!
I'm drinking Dunkin Donuts French Vanilla coffee this morning! Mmmmm. So glad Mom and Dad had one extra lb in their suitcases!
What's coffee like in your new home country? Is it worth drinking? Do you miss it being socially acceptable to bring a travel mug with you - or is it socially acceptable to do so where you are?
Spanish coffee is espresso. It's great, but I do miss sipping on coffee all day without getting the twitches like I would if I did the same with Spanish coffee. Also, I can't drink the espresso black otherwise my stomach hates me. More coffee = more empty sugar/milk calories, so I've tried to cut back.
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I miss coffee drinks more than the coffee back home. Switzerland drinks a lot of espresso and I have nespresso maker that I love.
I really just miss Starbucks (we don't have one that close and of course that don't have all the yummy drinks that in the US)
Coffee in Oz is different to what I'm used to. For instance when you order coffee back home (US) what you really mean is perculator (spelling) coffee. Here if you say I would like a coffee you need to specify what you mean (i.e. Capp, flat white, long black). When I'm out I'll order a flat white.
Dear sweet Spanish DH calls what I drink dirty water. Bwah. I'm almost finished my pot of coffee - I'm ridiculously happy.
I don't drink much coffee (as I sit here drinking a cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee that DH talked them into selling him in bulk) but we're very spoiled here. We have lots of Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Caribou, Costa, Second Cup, Gloria Jean's, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and they just opened two Tim Horton's (a Canadian chain).
I still don't know the difference between half of these types!
Anyway, I find a lot of people here drink instant (in their home) which I think is gross (we have a regular drip machine at home, although DH will still drink instant when he is too lazy to make a pot). We do have one Starbucks around here, that happens to be right around the corner from my school which is very convenient. They have all the same drinks as home, but its not the same getting a gingerbread latte when its 110 degrees out! There are plenty of coffee shops around without instant coffee so I can easily find something. And people certainly use travel mugs here!
I met a friend for coffee to chat about pregnancy/new baby stuff. It's her first and her family isn't here. Had a fabulous skinny caramel macchiato at Starbucks. On base I usually get regular brew then add 1 packet of splenda, a spoonful of sugar, and some whole milk.
There was no big mug of coffee to be found in Italy. I had to brew it at home to enjoy. Fabulous espresso there but the sit back, sip a cup of joe, relax experience was completely lacking.
Socially acceptable or not, if I need my coffee to go then my coffee goes with me. I have a coffee maker, to go mugs, and coffee to brew. In Italy they thought I was nuts but probably because they thought it was full of espresso. Here it is completely acceptable.
Coffee in Israel sucked. It was the instant Nescafe or espresso only--no drip!
The one exception was the iced coffees--similar to a granata type drink that they have it Italy or a frappacino in the US but sooo much better. Yum, I miss those!
My dad is doing business in Columbia and just brought back Columbian coffee. I'm really excited to try the one that was grown in lava soil or something like that.
that's it, I'm going to Dubai.
wait, where in Spain are you? I know I've been to DD in both Madrid and Barcelona.
Bleh. South Africans drink nasty instant coffee. It's not the same at all. I could buy a drip maker, but I'm not a regular drinker and DH only drinks his espresso (at least the stove top maker is small and easy to bring whenever we move!).
I am, however, enjoying South African teas very much. I am now a Rooibos (red bush tea) addict and just tried something new called honey bush. yum.
I drank only tea pretty much the entire time I was in Prague, coffee was usually instant.
I love DD coffee. If I want something fancy I'll go to Starbucks (pumpkin spice latte, mmm). But I usually drink my coffee black and then it is Dunkin for me.
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You've been to the only two cities (or maybe there's one more) in Spain that have DD.
I'm up in the north - middle of nowhere, basically. 40 minutes west of Bilbao.
Ditto the nespresso machine love. I have that.
I miss Starbucks Latte. Yummy!
Here I usually have a noisette (macchiato) - espresso with a bit of milk/foam or just a cafe (espresso).
I find Illy does really good coffee. I love how they draw hearts or palm trees in the foam.
Coffee in Belgium is pretty good. When I go out, I will ask for a cappuccino and it usually comes topped with whip cream and a sugar cookie or speculoos (little gingerbread type cookie) on the side. It's more of a dessert!
At work, I will drink instant coffee. In the cafeteria downstairs at my office they have fantastic Kimbo coffee from Italy. The cappuccinos from there are great too! At home, on the weekends - we drink drip coffee or we use our Nespresso machine for lungos.
I do miss Starbucks, but we always get it at Brussels airport - or at the Antwerp train station when we have the chance. Those are the only two I know of in Belgium. So expensive, but so good!
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