RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to make than buy iced coffee.

Collarspace Discussion Forums

Home Login Search

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to make than buy iced coffee.

View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest

All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to make than buy iced coffee.

Page: << < prev 1 [2]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/8/2013 5:36:59 PM

JeffBC

Posts: 5799
Joined: 2/12/2012
From: Canada
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: jlf1961
I mean it is not like you can take a gallon glass jar, stick it outside and brew the stuff, like you can tea.

HAHAHAHAHA

Uh, that is EXACTLY how I brew it.

<--- coffee snob

_____________________________

I'm a lover of "what is", not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. -- Bryon Katie
"You're humbly arrogant" -- sunshinemiss
officially a member of the K Crowd

(in reply to jlf1961)

Profile

Post #: 21

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/8/2013 7:16:57 PM

LittleGirlHeart

Posts: 1427
Joined: 4/4/2013
Status: offline

Yes, you can. There's more than one method of making coffee. One of them is cold brew, water, soak strain drink.

(in reply to jlf1961)

Profile

Post #: 22

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/8/2013 7:22:00 PM

LafayetteLady

Posts: 7683
Joined: 5/2/2007
From: Northern New Jersey
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: erieangel

Athena, what you said about "upfront money" for supplies and such is the thing I run into all the time on my job when trying to get people to cook at home rather than eating out or microwaveable foods. I've been trying to talk one guy into buying some cooking utensils for over 2 years--he lives on subs and the soup kitchen lunches mostly. At least he gets a moderately balanced meal at the soup kitchen.

You have a dollar tree nearby? He can get some stuff there. Not great quality of course, but it is still "cooking stuff."

(in reply to erieangel)

Profile

Post #: 23

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/8/2013 8:40:21 PM

DomKen

Posts: 19457
Joined: 7/4/2004
From: Chicago, IL
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

quote:

ORIGINAL: erieangel

Athena, what you said about "upfront money" for supplies and such is the thing I run into all the time on my job when trying to get people to cook at home rather than eating out or microwaveable foods. I've been trying to talk one guy into buying some cooking utensils for over 2 years--he lives on subs and the soup kitchen lunches mostly. At least he gets a moderately balanced meal at the soup kitchen.

You have a dollar tree nearby? He can get some stuff there. Not great quality of course, but it is still "cooking stuff."

Second hand stores often have basic kitchen stuff at great prices. My cast iron skillet is from a resale shop and, IIRC, cost me $5.

(in reply to LafayetteLady)

Profile

Post #: 24

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/8/2013 9:03:56 PM

tsatske

Posts: 2037
Joined: 3/9/2007
From: Louisville, KY
Status: offline

This is what I do. I make a cup of instant coffee (I can't tell the difference in the iced drink), a cup would make about 3 cups of iced coffee, so I throw most of that out. Into a glass full of ice, I pour it one third full of my instant coffee, add either sugar free coffee flavoring syrup, which is $10 a bottle but makes 10-15 glasses of iced coffee, then fill it the rest of the way with almond milk, which is what I drink anyway. on rare occasions I splurge on a flavored refrigerated coffee creamer to use instead of the syrup. I know my drinks end up less than a dollar a glass, and I really enjoy them. I'm not worried about the health concerns either - cutting out artificial sweetener is for someone much further along in cutting out things, and the almond milk is naturally low fat, and high calcium. For a sweet treat, it's a rather good choice.

_____________________________

“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”
~Dr. Seuss quote

(in reply to jlf1961)

Profile

Post #: 25

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/8/2013 11:27:15 PM

LafayetteLady

Posts: 7683
Joined: 5/2/2007
From: Northern New Jersey
Status: offline

I'm just curious. Does almond milk taste like milk or almonds? I don't drink milk, but if it tastes more like Almonds I might try it.

(in reply to tsatske)

Profile

Post #: 26

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/9/2013 2:17:57 AM

AthenaSurrenders

Posts: 3582
Joined: 3/15/2012
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

I'm just curious. Does almond milk taste like milk or almonds? I don't drink milk, but if it tastes more like Almonds I might try it.

I'd say neither... closer to almonds than milk though.

_____________________________

Being your slave, what should I do but tend
Upon the hours and times of your desire?

(in reply to LafayetteLady)

Profile

Post #: 27

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/9/2013 2:39:56 AM

FrostedFlake

Posts: 3084
Joined: 3/4/2009
From: Centralia, Washington
Status: offline

The better the coffee, the less crap you need to adulterate it with before you can drink it.

True story.

_____________________________

Frosted Flake
simul justus et peccator
Einen Liebhaber, und halten Sie die Schraube

"... evil (and hilarious) !!" Hlen5

(in reply to jlf1961)

Profile

Post #: 28

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/9/2013 8:08:45 AM

JeffBC

Posts: 5799
Joined: 2/12/2012
From: Canada
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady
I'm just curious. Does almond milk taste like milk or almonds? I don't drink milk, but if it tastes more like Almonds I might try it.

FWIW, I'm a food sissy (unadventurous eater). It was just introduced to me and on my palate anyway it tastes like slightly sweetened milk. I do it with classic combos like "milk & cookies" which is unusual for me.

< Message edited by JeffBC -- 6/9/2013 8:09:08 AM >

_____________________________

I'm a lover of "what is", not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. -- Bryon Katie
"You're humbly arrogant" -- sunshinemiss
officially a member of the K Crowd

(in reply to LafayetteLady)

Profile

Post #: 29

RE: im begining to wonder if it really is cheaper to ma... - 6/9/2013 3:46:29 PM

littlewonder

Posts: 15659
Status: offline

LGH, like others have said, if you think your diet is punishment then you're not doing it right. You need a lifestyle change, not a diet. Diets will not work. You have to change the way you live.

If you have one of those coffee drinks only once in a great while, then there's no problem with having one. But because you have diabetes, even just that one might be enough to kill you if it's loaded with sugar and crap.

I had an uncle who was close to 400 lbs until one day he ended up in the hospital and found out he had diabetes and now had to take shots on a daily basis. The doctor told him if he didn't change the way he lived he'd be dead in a week. That scared him enough to go from 400 to 150 lbs in one year...yup, one year. It was hard for any of us to believe he was still the same man because he was so different. He started eating smaller portions, kept to a diet of lean meats, vegetables and fruits and cut out sweets other than fruit. Once he got used to it he always wondered why he never did it earlier. He felt better, had more energy and was generally just much happier with life and got to be around longer for his wife, children and grandchildren.

So just stop to think about what you are doing to your body. Yes, you will fall off the track but you just hop back on and do it again until it becomes just normal to you.

Now I admit since I started a desk job again, I've definitely fallen off the track but am now realizing it's hurting my health so I'm back on the track again hoping that I haven't done any irreversible damage.

I know you like all those sweets and you see them as reward but really...they're punishment.

_____________________________

Nothing has changed
Everything has changed

(in reply to JeffBC)

Profile

Post #: 30