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ChiTownScion

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You know you're getting old when you think foamy coffee is ridiculous and are perfectly satisfied with a cup of Instant Sanka.

I usually get a hot chocolate when dragged to a Starbucks. Coffee is usually, to me, a morning drink. I drink fresh ground (half high octane beans, half decaf beans) at home, black. Odd thing is, I never even drank the stuff until I was out of school and into my career, age 27. If I had to pull an all nighter when I was studying for a final, I'd steep 4-5 bags of Irish Breakfast Tea per cup : that'd keep my eyeballs open for hours.

When I think of Sanka, I think of those old commercials that Robert Young used to do.
 
I usually get a hot chocolate when dragged to a Starbucks. Coffee is usually, to me, a morning drink. I drink fresh ground (half high octane beans, half decaf beans) at home, black. Odd thing is, I never even drank the stuff until I was out of school and into my career, age 27. If I had to pull an all nighter when I was studying for a final, I'd steep 4-5 bags of Irish Breakfast Tea per cup : that'd keep my eyeballs open for hours.

When I think of Sanka, I think of those old commercials that Robert Young used to do.

Probably one of their best:
https://youtu.be/YTw8PRuzIEk
 

LizzieMaine

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I love to smell coffee, but drinking it is like playing a blowtorch up and down my digestive tract. I drink plain Red Rose tea, steeped in the cup for at least fifteen minutes, and consumed in a single gulp. Fancy tea annoys me.
 
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...We have the occasional patron at work who complains that we don't sell foamy five-dollar cups of coffee and they don't like the plain stuff and it's ruining their evening. It's all I can do to keep from laughing in their faces.
Send 'em to southern California. Every movie theater I can think of has at least one "five-dollar foamy coffee" shop within walking distance.

On second thought, don't.

Maybe you should start a thread: "First world gripes!"
What, and confirm for the rest of the world that we 'Muricans are indeed a bunch of whiny, self-centered mouth-breathers? :rant: :nono:
 

Stearmen

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You hate coffee and I hate tea. Has it ever crossed your mind that you and I might have been born on the wrong side of the pond?

I don't drink coffee unless there is nothing else to drink, or I am freezing! I do like hot tea though. Maybe, my Dad picked up some virus when he was over there in the war?
 

Stearmen

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I usually get a hot chocolate when dragged to a Starbucks. Coffee is usually, to me, a morning drink. I drink fresh ground (half high octane beans, half decaf beans) at home, black. Odd thing is, I never even drank the stuff until I was out of school and into my career, age 27. If I had to pull an all nighter when I was studying for a final, I'd steep 4-5 bags of Irish Breakfast Tea per cup : that'd keep my eyeballs open for hours.

When I think of Sanka, I think of those old commercials that Robert Young used to do.

The only time I have ever been in a Starbucks was with my sister last year, she bought me a hot coco! It was actually pretty good, but, not good enough for me to pay.
 

Stearmen

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The coffee may not be any good, but I guarantee if you are old enough, this sound will bring back a flood of memories! [video=youtube;fn3AIJWhzEk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3AIJWhzEk[/video]
 

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