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Post by psw on Jan 12, 2024 18:16:12 GMT -5
Ginger tea is also a good warmer-upper.
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Post by Webs on Jan 12, 2024 18:46:42 GMT -5
It's a double espresso shaken with ice and sugar (not a lot) then topped with cold foam. |
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Post by jimm on Jan 13, 2024 6:03:33 GMT -5
Melbourne at this time of year is usually an inferno. No wait, slightly warmer than that. Yeah but - like I said in earlier posts - weird weather this summer. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 13, 2024 6:52:47 GMT -5
Typical Melbourne. Unpredictable.
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Post by snowwhite on Jan 13, 2024 8:25:49 GMT -5
I remember you talking about cappuccinos, since I love them too and related to that. But I quit drinking them all the time because making them with anything other than whole milk is nasty, and I'm trying to lose some weight. Not sure what a free &% is, but hope you work out whatever it is that you need to have happen here About the whole milk thing: it's only about 4% fat, and there's not very much even in milky coffees. I mean I know every calorie counts, but even whole milk doesn't have an awful lot of them. I'm currently reading a book about calories (and how we measure them wrongly in just about every single way possible) by Giles Yeo: Why Calories Don't Count, which you might find interesting if you can find it. |
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Post by Webs on Jan 13, 2024 8:49:41 GMT -5
Actually, in most cases, reduced fat milk products have higher sugars in them to compensate for the lack of viscosity and taste.
Using less, full fat, dairy is better than using more, low fat, dairy.
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Post by fishface on Jan 13, 2024 14:33:48 GMT -5
Melbourne at this time of year is usually an inferno. No wait, slightly warmer than that. Yeah but - like I said in earlier posts - weird weather this summer. View AttachmentThat's why I said usually  cos I checked the weather and it was far cooler than usual. Very weird! |
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Post by Queen on Jan 13, 2024 14:40:50 GMT -5
That's why I said usually cos I checked the weather and it was far cooler than usual. Very weird! Aussie Open gets fully underway this week, so it's bound to rise to furnace level very soon. |
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Post by lisamnz on Jan 13, 2024 16:52:30 GMT -5
Weird. Not often that we are way hotter than Melbs. WE broke 30C yesterday.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 13, 2024 16:54:46 GMT -5
Actually, in most cases, reduced fat milk products have higher sugars in them to compensate for the lack of viscosity and taste. Using less, full fat, dairy is better than using more, low fat, dairy. I once bought a regular milk cappuccino with no sugar for me, and a skinny one with several sugars for a skinny colleague. I think mine was healthier. |
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Post by Queen on Jan 13, 2024 16:55:01 GMT -5
Weird. Not often that we are way hotter than Melbs. WE broke 30C yesterday. iced coffee for you then!!! |
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 13, 2024 17:05:49 GMT -5
Actually, in most cases, reduced fat milk products have higher sugars in them to compensate for the lack of viscosity and taste. Using less, full fat, dairy is better than using more, low fat, dairy. Yup, exactly - I drink black coffee but eat full-fat yogurt, real butter, etc. And I drink cappuccino sometimes, just have become used to black coffee/long black coffees. And snowwhite thanks - honestly I know my issue re losing weight is SUGAR, not fat, but I figure cutting out a couple calories here and there can't hurt if I've gotten used to black coffee anyway. |
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Post by jimm on Jan 13, 2024 18:14:29 GMT -5
That's why I said usually cos I checked the weather and it was far cooler than usual. Very weird! Aussie Open gets fully underway this week, so it's bound to rise to furnace level very soon. Yes - Feb is the month of stinking hot weather. I dread it every year. But even then I'd enjoy sitting outside my fav coffee joint with a flattie and a cake - in the morning before it gets too hot!  |
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 13, 2024 18:37:42 GMT -5
That's us here in July and August
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Post by fishface on Jan 14, 2024 18:33:33 GMT -5
That's why I said usually cos I checked the weather and it was far cooler than usual. Very weird! Aussie Open gets fully underway this week, so it's bound to rise to furnace level very soon. I recall it hitting 40 degrees when I was in Melbourne at the time of the open one year. 40 degrees! Crazy. |
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 14, 2024 22:21:30 GMT -5
I’m currently drinking a cappuccino. No chance of giving them up any time soon.
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Post by Webs on Jan 15, 2024 10:39:45 GMT -5
I drink coffee because I like it. I brew my own because I can.
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Post by sprite on Jan 15, 2024 12:27:41 GMT -5
But I quit drinking them all the time because making them with anything other than whole milk is nasty, and I'm trying to lose some weight. About the whole milk thing: it's only about 4% fat, and there's not very much even in milky coffees. I mean I know every calorie counts, but even whole milk doesn't have an awful lot of them. I'm currently reading a book about calories (and how we measure them wrongly in just about every single way possible) by Giles Yeo: Why Calories Don't Count, which you might find interesting if you can find it. [/threadjack] oops. log in issues. It was somethign about Michael Moseley--who is big on calorie counting--interviewing Yeo, who is not, but neither of them mentioning that. |
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Post by Queen on Jan 15, 2024 12:50:32 GMT -5
One of the local cafes does a lemon and ginger tea that is finely sliced ginger and wedges of lemon.
If you have any cold or congestion symptoms it's like magic.
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Post by Webs on Jan 15, 2024 12:58:14 GMT -5
I usually make a tea water for brewing tea with freshly sliced ginger and a cinnamon stick. I freeze it in cubes and add it to the water I boil to make tea. But my favorite flavored tea - Harney and Sons Hot Cinnamon Spice |
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 15, 2024 13:23:51 GMT -5
At this very moment i am drinking Equal Exchange Chai, which obviously isn't as good as chai in actual India or whatever but is nevertheless tasty. I grind a little extra pepper in.
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Post by tzarine on Feb 22, 2024 12:25:48 GMT -5
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cos I checked the weather and it was far cooler than usual. Very weird!
