FS 1.1 How I Like My Coffee etc...

I have to agree with Dennis Leary on this one, specifically his famous Coffee Flavored Coffee rant. After all let's keep things simple people. Much like Italian food coffee is best in it's most simplistic form. A splash of milk and sugar or shot of whiskey are perfectly acceptable condiments. Coffee should taste like coffee not fruit salad, flowers, or pancakes. Please don't let me mislead you into thinking that I must be a Starbucks fan. I am not! In fact I find that most "gourmet" coffee tastes like burnt mud and much prefer cheap old Maxwell House. Most people are mislead into thinking that European coffee is far better than anything produced in America. I have spent some time living in Europe and have to disagree. In my experience it was very hard to find coffee at the grocery store that was not instant, yuck! I was blessed that the cafe' I frequented for coffee served a very mellow espresso. A dear friend of mine was not so lucky on her trip to Italy. This experience birthed a infamous quote,"That crap they serve in Italy that they call coffee would make baby Jesus cry." As a rule Europeans prefer their coffee strong like myself. This brings us to the question of how strong do you like your coffee? To which I respond... "I will not have a weak man in my bed or a weak brew in my cup." This rule also applies to beer and whiskey. ---CK