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  • Maple syrup as a sweetner.

    Those of use who use sugar in espresso, try a teaspoon of maple syrup as an alternative, very pleasant.🙂

  • #2
    Originally posted by Yelta View Post
    Those of use who use sugar in espresso, try a teaspoon of maple syrup as an alternative, very pleasant.🙂
    The Tim Horton’s option?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by herzog View Post
      The Tim Horton’s option?
      You've got me there Herzog, Tim horton?????

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Yelta View Post

        You've got me there Herzog, Tim horton?????
        A chain of Canadian coffee shops - terrible coffee that they're overly proud of! I can imagine that maple syrup could only make that coffee taste better........

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        • #5
          They are more proud of Tim Bits than the coffee

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Yelta View Post
            You've got me there Herzog, Tim horton?????
            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons Canadian Starbucks basically. Founded by an NHL player. Maple syrup in their veins over there.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by herzog View Post
              https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons Canadian Starbucks basically. Founded by an NHL player. Maple syrup in their veins over there.
              Pretty good on pancakes as well.

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              • #8
                A little something I grabbed as a souvenir when I was in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada near 30 years ago for a Science Fiction convention.

                Still unopened!


                Java "Still unopened" phile
                Toys! I must have new toys!!!

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                • Lyrebird
                  Lyrebird commented
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                  One of the offspring of a friend of ours makes and sells Cosplay outfits. They can cost in the thousands.

                • prh
                  prh commented
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                  "Is having a beard necessarily a barrier in an inclusive world?"

                  Did Padme and Chewbacca have a love child?

                • Javaphile
                  Javaphile commented
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                  Since comments don't support adding attachments I've had to make a separate post for something that rightfully belongs here.


                  Java "Enjoy!" phile

              • #9
                Had to check, thought perhaps I'd posted this in off topic, nope.🙄

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                • flynnaus
                  flynnaus commented
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                  It's the deliberate sweetening of coffee with foreign substances and the image of Javaphile's 30 year old coffee that have put things off kilter.

              • #10
                Originally posted by Javaphile View Post
                A little something I grabbed as a souvenir when I was in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada near 30 years ago for a Science Fiction convention.

                Still unopened!


                Java "Still unopened" phile
                Yowser.

                I have only been to a Tim Hortons once. It was in Calgary in midwinter and nudging minus 30C.

                No matter how bad and overheated the coffee, it seems to do the trick when it's -30 outside.

                I also seem to recall they sold a donut covered in maple syrup... and BACON!?! On the same donut. That's like having a beer and a thick shake. In the same glass.

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                • #11
                  Ahhh, yes, should have realised I'd be pulled over by the sugar police😁
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                  • Dimal
                    Dimal commented
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                    Those of use who use sugar in espresso,
                    Well mate, your opening statement had it pretty well covered, I thought...

                • #12
                  I did use sugar a few decades ago. But took a conscious decision to reduce it over time.
                  Going from 1 tsp to 1/2 to 1/4.
                  And from white to brown to raw etc.
                  At this same time I was progressing from filter to espresso. well no it wasn't as cut and dried as that!

                  (Pls look away ....now and dont read)

                  For instance my first home espresso set up was.......Was ..a $39 Coles espresso special, which was a copy / knock off of the first Aldi sold machine...
                  And a blade brinder....ooohhhh.

                  (Ok you can come back now !)

                  Anyway a good espresso shot should have its own inherent sweetness.
                  You can train your palate away from sweeteners!
                  Edit: There is No implied direction or other inference intended by the last line above...
                  Last edited by EspressoAdventurer; 15 July 2021, 02:11 PM.

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                  • EspressoAdventurer
                    EspressoAdventurer commented
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                    Bite you ?...No thanks!
                    Beside I dont think my dentures will make it past state lines atm.
                    I didnt know apples or sugar has that side effect.
                    And no I wasnt in anyway thinking I was telling anyone how to enjoy their coffee, food or life!
                    Peace be with brother !
                    And may your Bezzera continue to live a long and fruitfull life!
                    Now apples anyone ?

                  • Yelta
                    Yelta commented
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                    You know, stewed apples with maple syrup and cream are pretty good as a dessert.

                  • Lyrebird
                    Lyrebird commented
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                    Also excellent as pancake topping.

                    With coffee.

                    Sweetened or not as you see fit.

                • #13
                  OK, y'all have forced me to out myself.

                  It didn't cost me thousands of dollars:

                  Ex-White Tux
                  *This picture is not from the Con but at another event years later.

                  But it did get me awarded the Hall Costume Award at the Con:

                  Winnipeg Hall Costume Award

                  As the head judge said "That's the best thing I've ever seen done to a white tux!".


                  Java "My secret's out" phile
                  Toys! I must have new toys!!!

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                  • #14
                    Originally posted by Javaphile View Post
                    OK, y'all have forced me to out myself.

                    It didn't cost me thousands of dollars:
                    Holy Buckaroo Banzai!

                    Anyway, on the sugar thing, I'm not gonna slag anyone off for sweetening their espresso. The Italians invented espresso and they add sugar like it's crack. They have a sweet tooth in that country!

                    I don't normally sweeten coffee, except if its the black percolated stuff out of an urn that you get at, for example, a hotel buffet. Then I add one sugar.

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                    • #15
                      It's the deliberate sweetening of coffee with foreign substances and the image of Javaphile's 30 year old coffee that have put things off kilter
                      Have we lost our sense of humour here? My comment was meant in jest. I didn't think I needed to point that out.
                      The right of any CSer to drink their coffee however the hell they want has not been impinged. We don't need to launch another 'sugar in coffee ' debate.
                      As you were.

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                      • Yelta
                        Yelta commented
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                        Does seem the word sugar is a rallying cry for the zealots in our midst.
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