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The best way to make coffee at home is with a Toddy and my favorite way to drink it is iced.

@wellred - Thank you!!!

I don't want to offend, but I have no clue what you are talking about…

@JudyV - Wow... take it easy. My comment was sarcasm, NorthernBBQer got it (nice reply btw BBQ). You were right when you said, “…are now not only 'attacking' SL, but each other! Makes you wonder. If you say the wrong thing and inadvertently offend someone, will you be next?”

Maybe if I plan to “joke” or include “sarcasm” I’ll need to title my posts as such.

Stay happy!

don't let the perverbial door hit you in the ass

You can go to fizzies.com and order any flavor you like! My favorite is cherry or grape. By the case for $12 or 15 - I can't remember. But what I miss the most are those giant Charms lollipops - I was proposed to with a handful of Charms Cherry because I was always seen with one stuck in my mouth! I was in the Army and they were at the ice cream store on base and one day an officer said I should at least take the sucker out of my mouth with I salute!

My husband makes me a latte every am with Illy medium ground espresso coffee. It's our favorite coffee. When I'm in the mood for regular coffee, I grind my own coffee beans as needed and usually buy the coffee from a local coffee store.

@joyyy -- Sorry I didn't see that there'd been more activity on this till now. I'm glad you were able to get a cold-brew going and enjoy it. I notice that producestories does one too. Sounds like she does hers a bit differently than I do. I grind as I would for a drip which might be too fine and probably slows me down in the filtering department but it works out and the flavor is good. I do about double what I would for a drip machine though. Half caf/half decaf so I can drink more because for me it's about the drink. Then I put the grinds in and top with cold tap water (because we have good tap but otherwise it might be worth it to do filtered or bottled) in a container with a screw top which holds maybe a bit more than the pot on my drip machine (which claims 12 of those crazy coffee maker sized cups). I do two of these each time and might do more if I had more containers. I do stir the grinds after putting a bit of water in to be sure they get wet all through then add the rest. The grounds float so an hour or so before I go to drain I knock them down so they'll settle on the bottom as this helps avert the need to drain as much but they won't do this in the beginning. After adding the water I put on a shelf and let sit at least overnight and have as much as 24 hours. Then I strain through a fine sieve into other containers and then through a coffee filter nestled in the sieve (as it rests nicely on the container rims) either back into the cleaned original containers or smaller ones with lids. Sometimes the coffee filter gets essentially plugged by the silt so I just wash it out and continue. The filtered coffee goes in the fridge and I take out what I want each day over the next week. The New York Times did a couple articles on it with two different recipes. Supposedly it can be diluted with water but I don't dilute it. It can be frozen too. What I like is it heats well and without the bitter than hot-brewed gets. It's so smooth and nearly chocolate-y. After the first time I didn't worry about getting another press and I put my drip machine away up on a top shelve.

@Elizabeth Actually, unless you use so much chocolate syrup that the sugar content is unreasonable and you choose a high-fat milk option like half'nhalf or whole milk, mochas aren't that unhealthy. Coffee+skim+a little hershey's=good. What you have to watch out for is when you order a mocha (or iced mocha) and the barista pulls out a mysterious jug of light brown liquid and simply pours it over ice for you. My favorite local coffee shop has two mochas, a real one (as described first) and a phony one that is full of cream and caramel and, well, death :P

Also, I brewed my first batch of cold-brewed coffee. Heaven.

I'm liking the sound of cold-brewed coffee. Does a coarse grind work best for this? Thank for the idea!!!