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DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:51 am
by Kieran Huggins
I take drinks very seriously. Nothing better to code by than a steaming cup of whatever.

So last night I was introduced to a maple chai: make chai tea and add maple syrup to sweeten. Best results with real maple syrup and a good chai. I'm having one with milk right now and it's not bad either!

My usual hot drinks @ home:
Ceylon tea w/ milk & honey (Twinings)
some kind of honey-citrus tea stuff (found at the Korean market, looks like citrus peel strips suspended in a clearish goo concentrate) - no English name :-(
Apple cider, w/ a dusting of cinnamon (when it's in season)

@ starbucks:
"London Fog" - a vanilla earl grey tea misto (half steamed milk, half earl grey tea with a double shot of vanilla syrup)
Vanilla Latte (dbl shot of espresso, vanilla syrup and steamed milk)

@ Tim Horton's
medium double-double with a shot of hazelnut.
Ice Cap if it's really hot out.

juice:
blueberry juice FTW!
there's also a nice raspberry-blueberry mix.
occasionally I'll get a big tin of pineapple juice. When I'm feeling sassy.
not really juice, but Arizona Green Tea w/ Honey & Ginseng is likely the best liquid I've ever consumed. Seriously.

@ the bar:
random fruity drinks (umbrellas are a +1, as are cherries) Got given a gay porn comic with one once, I think it was a commentary on my selection.
Corona, Sol or something light (tasting, not as in light beer) - Steamwhistle is a good Toronto beer.
Caffrey's if I want something heavier, though I tend to shy away from taps as they often taste rather dirty :-(
I have a nice bottle of Carol Anne's (like Bailey's, only better) at home, but never order it at the bar.

Wow.. what a list. Still here? Post yours!

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:18 pm
by matthijs
I take drinks very seriously.
I also take my drinks seriously. Too bad it's not always the other way around :wink:

Anyways, my list is shorter. We don't have starbucks here (can you imagine?), but when I visit the US I like some frappuchino or something with a triple espresso in it and chocolate :)

Then a good red wine or Belgium beer like Hoegaarden or Leffe in the evening. Never regular beer. That's it.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:09 pm
by alex.barylski
Water with a dash of crystal light...

Zero calories!!! :D

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:12 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I have been staying away from the flavored coffee drinks as of late. Not sure why, but a regular coffee with cream and sugar is just doing to me just right.

Starbucks, Peet's, Seattle's Best, 7-11, Qwik Stop, Joe's House of Fat and Coffee, etc:
Coffee, with a little half & half and sugar

Wine:
Almost anything Cabernet. I also like a bold Petite Syrah, regular Syrah, Shiraz and a Red Zinfandel.

Beer:
Lagers. Guinness draught, Heineken, Microbrews. Anyting with a bold flavor that does not taste like MGD, Budweiser or Corona. Although I am thinking I want to try Dos Equis just because of the cool ass 'Most interesting man in the world' commercials.

Water:
As long as it is somewhat clear I am game.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:00 pm
by Ollie Saunders
Bubble tea! Also Horchata
A decent brew of English breakfast tea is great too.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:15 pm
by Kieran Huggins
Dude - that Horchata was F***ING AWESOME. We totally need to go back to El Trompo. Soon.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:25 pm
by Burrito
I got back on the coffee wagon a few weeks go for my morning fill.

Usually starbucks breakfast blend.

other than that just h2o for me.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:25 pm
by Eran
Coca cola mates... where's the love?

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:26 pm
by Ollie Saunders
I'm so up for that. When? When?
Coca cola mates... where's the love?
Not coming from my teeth that's for sure.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:16 am
by John Cartwright
I've been drinking an unusual amount of Gatorade lately 8O

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:11 pm
by Weirdan
Depends on the season... in winter I prefer something hot like mulled wine or 'hot irish' how they call it here (it's like mulled wine, but made of Jameson instead of wine). In summer cold mohito is great... as well as Bouquet of Moldova with Sprite. Evenings are best spent with a glass or two of Kindzmarauli or some other Georgian wine.

At work we usually drink some crappy tea like Lipton.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:08 pm
by Ollie Saunders
At work we usually drink some crappy tea like Lipton.
Blasphemy! Lipton is not crappy.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:38 pm
by Weirdan
ole wrote:Lipton is not crappy.
You think so? You have to taste that Lipton then. It's like chemically colored chopped straw packed into tea-bags.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:07 pm
by Ollie Saunders
Oh wait, these are tea bags? I like the lipton ice tea. When it somes to tea bags it's gotta be twinnings, all the way.

Re: DevNet: What are you drinking?

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:18 pm
by seodevhead
I basically just drink water... and maybe the occasional yoohoo when I'm really feeling risky.