THE BATTLE OF THE COFFEES

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In THE BATTLE OF THE COCKTAILS, an Old Fashioned narrowly won the poll, with a Margarita, Cuba Libre, Bloody Mary and Whiskey Sour close on its heels.

It's now the turn of coffee to do battle! This poll is about different types of coffee. and not about different types of coffee beans, whether arabica, excelsa, liberica or robusta beans. The poll is also not about where coffee is grown (eg Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya), where coffee is ground or blended (eg France, Italy, The Netherlands) and what company is grinfing or blending the coffee (eg Folgers, Kenco, Lavazza, Nescafé, Starbucks).

I'm excluding organic and decaffeinated coffee. I'm also excluding the coffee drinks with syrups, essences, toppings and sprinkles added to them. But I'm including liqueur coffees even though compiling the poll would have been much easier without them. That's how fair I am!

My favourite coffees are Americano (with milk), Café au Lait, Espresso (always a Double Espresso if I need waking up quick) and Mocha (coffee and chocolate make for a great combination), with Turkish Coffee (sweetened but no milk) being my best coffee - see photo below. I love the strong coffee flavour of a Turkish Coffee (or Greek Coffee), I love its thickness of the drink and I love how the coffee grounds stick to my teeth - a Turkish Coffee is always served with a glass of water to swill your mouth after drinking the coffee and sometimes a tooth pick.

There aren't many coffees I don't like, but my least favourite coffees are Cappuccino (too much froth and not enough coffee) and Iced Coffee (too cold), with Latte (far too milky) being my worst coffee.

What is your most and least favourite types of coffee?
If you are a coffee drinker, how many cups or mugs of coffee do you have a day? Is your coffee drunk black or white, unsweetened or sweetened?
And, how do you make your coffee - brewed, percolated, filtered, dripped, pressed, potted, canned, instant or whatever? Do you own a coffee machine?

I love coffee. I can't start the day without at least two mugs of coffee. For me, when working, it was no coffee, no workee. Now retired from work, it's no coffee, no playee!

I probably drink about ten coffees a day - always white (with creamer not milk) and always unsweetened, unless it's a Turkish or Greek coffee when I will add sugar. For my sins, I make my coffee from instant coffee granules. Because I like my coffee strong, American coffee doesn't work for me - Starbucks sucks! I prefer European coffee, especially Dutch and Italian coffee. My everyday coffee is made from Douwe Egberts coffee, a Dutch brand of instant coffee granules. With instant coffee granules, I have no need to pretend to be a barista tending a coffee machine.

Below is a poll where you can anonymously select your most favourite type of coffee. Unfortunately only one pick is allowed in the poll. Please remember only vote for 'other' if you most like another type of coffee not listed; if you don't like any type of coffee, please don't vote.

But a poll on this site can only have 20 answer options. There was no room for Absinthe Coffee, Affogato (an Italian dessert coffee), Australian Coffee (coffee with rum), Barraquito (coffee with Licor 43), Bombón, Bulletproof (coffee with grass-fed yak butter), Café com Cheirinho (a Portuguese coffee with wine or brandy), Calypso Coffee (aka Jamaican Coffee or Spanish Coffee; coffee with Kahlúa, rum or Tia Maria), Caribbean Coffee (a coffee cocktail with rum and amaretto), Corfu Coffee (coffee with kumquat liqueur), Cubano (aka Cuban espresso), Drambuie Coffee, Egg Coffee (a Vietnamese coffee drink), Eggnog Latte, English Coffee (coffee with gin), Espressino (espresso with steamed milk and cocoa powder), Friar's Coffee (aka Friar-Joe; coffee with Frangelico), Galão (espresso and foamed milk; a Portuguese coffee drink), Golden Irish Coffee (an Indian coffee made with Irish whiskey), Gommosa (espresso poured over a marshmallow), Grand French Coffee (coffee with Grand Marnier), Guillermo (espresso with slices of lime and sometimes milk), Hafuch (aka Upside Down Coffee; a popular Israeli coffee drink), Hasseltse Koffie (a Dutch coffee with jenever), Kaffeekask (a Swedish coffee with schnapps), Lungo (aka Long-Pull Espresso), Manilo (espresso with milk), Marocchino (espresso with steamed milk and cocoa powder), Mazagran (made with espresso with lemon, sugar and sometimes rum), Minato (double espresso with warm milk), Monk's Coffee (coffee with Bénédictine), Mustang Coffee (a Nepalese liqueur coffee), Norman Coffee (coffee with calvados), Paraguayan Coffee (a sweet coffee with rum), Rüdesheimer Kaffee (a German sweet coffee with brandy), Seville Coffee (coffee with Cointreau), Shin Shin coffee (coffee with rum), Tilburg Coffee (coffee with a Dutch herbal liqueur), Touba (a Senegalese coffee drink) and Witch's Coffee (coffee with Strega).

I think Americano will win the poll. But, hedging my bets somewhat, Café au Lait, Cappuccino, Espresso and Mocha may figure strongly.

Please see the first comment below to see what has won each battle of the food and drinks so far.

A Turkish Coffee:

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