Comments on: Our daily breakfast in 3 cups

By: wangbumaximus21

wangbumaximus21 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:07:38 +0000

Thank you for the tips. Now onward to the 300 physique!

By: dearlyderangeddarla

dearlyderangeddarla — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 07:41:38 +0000

At last hindi pala ako abnormal! Started drinking kapeng barako at around 5 or 6. We’d have it with our standard breakfast of tuyo, sinangag at itlog. I remember my mom would bring water to a boil in this blue porcelain or ‘losa’ kaldero, turn off the stove, spoon the barako in then cover it. After a few minutes when the grounds have settled to the bottom of the kaldero, would ladle the piping hot kape onto our glasses. Take note, glasses not cups or mugs. The brew would then be left in the kaldero to be used again the next few days (weeks even!) adding a heaping spoonful or two of grounds each time. Saraap!!!

By: butoygirl

butoygirl — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:43:20 +0000

Haha Sinasabaw rin namin ang kape sa kanin nung maliliit pa kami. Kaya naman pala pagkatapos ng agahan, hindi kami mapakali. I can only imagine the stress level of our helper then.

Inuulam rin namin ang Milo. Kung baga, tuyong champorado.

By: brewhuh23

brewhuh23 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:00:23 +0000

Being the mahadera child that I am, I started drinking coffee at 6 because I was always asking my dad what he was doing when he was obviously fixing himself a cup of coffee.

To shut me up, he showed me how his like his coffee made and since then (until I started first grade) I would prepare his coffee in the mornings. I would also finish his cup when he went to the office.

Coffee is now a staple for me (breakfast, lunch, dinner, merienda, midnight snack, post midnight snack, ay-shucks-alas-kwatro-y-media na snack). I can’t function without it haha. That and chocolates.

By: isaak

isaak — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:03:49 +0000

Our family hails from Batangas. At toddler age I began my love affair with “Sabaw-Kape” — rice soaked in brewed Batangas coffee and sprinkled with brown sugar.

By: Ejia

Ejia — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:35:05 +0000

I like the flavor of coffee, but not on its own. Hence, mochas.

Sometimes I buy croissants, freeze them, then toast them. Most of the time my breakfast staple is the tuna sandwich. Then again, it’s also my lunch, tea, dinner, and snack option. I’m lazy and tuna salad can be made quickly.

By: stellalehua

stellalehua — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:01:48 +0000

I had to give up caffeine for the last three years because caffeine makes me bitchy. I like milk tea, though, and I do enjoy a good decaf once in a while (it has to be really good decaf – yes, there is such a thing) but I miss the days when I used to drink coffee regularly, whether it’s brewed or in 3-in-1 form. Same deal with chocolate; it’s hard to me to resist anything that has a cacao content of 70% or higher, but I have to make it a once-a-month treat or I’ll go crazy.

Current everyday breakfast for me is water, vitamins, instant oatmeal (pre-mixed with milk), and a dose of anti-asthma medicine. This is as heavy as it goes for me, since tapsilog and other rice meals tend to make me nauseous.

By: lola_basyang

lola_basyang — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:57:29 +0000

i also don’t like those sweet cold coffee that sell at fancy coffee shops. they’re more like dessert than coffee to me.

By: jessicazafra

jessicazafra — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:19:03 +0000

UVDust: Started drinking coffee at age 8. Mother was out of town, father forgot to buy Ovaltine, put coffee in child’s milk to simulate chocolate flavor. Child liked coffee, started drinking it regularly with milk and sugar. In college started drinking it black, though will sometimes add milk and sugar in dessert-y mood.

We do not drink those monster frappucinos and other confections at Starbucks et al—that’s not coffee, that’s sugar. We also don’t like those fancy shmancy coffee machines with capsules: buy the machine and you’re stuck with their coffee forever. There’s a lot of good, inexpensive locally-grown coffee.

By: jessicazafra

jessicazafra — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:06:24 +0000

First time we’d heard of it, too. It’s sold in the Alamid Coffee booth, which has been operating at Cash and Carry for a couple of years. Good stuff, 250g for Php207.

By: allancarreon

allancarreon — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:20:05 +0000

Is 18 Days only available in Cash and Carry? I don’t think I’ve heard of it or seen it until now…

By: UVDust

UVDust — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:28:02 +0000

Do you remember how young you were when you started drinking coffee?
Me, Grade 4, instant Nescafe. (at ang Milo ay pinapapak at hindi iniinom)

I was already in college when I realized this ‘irregularity’ in my childhood. What pacified me was a friend who said she started drinking coffee in Grade 3 but mixed it with Milo. Her mom was a teacher and, therefore, sensible.

And just now, I realized that my own mom was also a ‘sensible’ social worker…. Anyway, too late! Damage has been done: heart still palpitates at the news of cafes and coffees and excuses to have more coffee.