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[Roadgeekteen]

I like pop singers like Ariana Grande

[kurumi]

Similar vibe at a bar. I'm partial to mojitos, caipirinhas and other flavorful drinks if the bar is good with them, but if we're all drinking beers and I order a cosmo, I'm making a statement whether I want to or not.

My dad (who was very blue collar and expected strict conformation to society's gender expectations) publicly ridiculed me to our family at a wedding a decade ago when I tried to order a sex on the beach at the open bar.

Because what would a family wedding be without some unnecessary drama?

Next time order "Wedding Cake by the Ocean" and the bartender should know what to do

[hbelkins]

I have no need for caffeine. I drink a lot of Diet Coke, but could easily drink the gold-label caffeine-free Diet Coke and not miss the caffeine at all.

[jakeroot]

I have no need for caffeine. I drink a lot of Diet Coke, but could easily drink the gold-label caffeine-free Diet Coke and not miss the caffeine at all.

I think your body would miss it quite dearly. Virtually everyone who gives up caffeine has a few days to a week of caffeine withdrawal. Usually headaches.

On another note: I specifically drink coffee to avoid soda (coffee is massively healthier). Even the "zero" sodas are loaded with garbage, even if they lack stuff like sugar or caffeine.

[Billy F 1988]

I regret trying the new Coke coffee flavor. Goodness. They taste so bad, that's like black licorice on steroids. Yuck. Coke Coffee. Not. for. me. Noooope.

[jakeroot]

I regret trying the new Coke coffee flavor. Goodness. They taste so bad, that's like black licorice on steroids. Yuck. Coke Coffee. Not. for. me. Noooope.

I actually quite enjoy the vanilla and caramel flavors. First grabbed one due to sheer curiosity at a convenience store, and honestly found it pretty good.

[jmacswimmer]

I regret trying the new Coke coffee flavor. Goodness. They taste so bad, that's like black licorice on steroids. Yuck. Coke Coffee. Not. for. me. Noooope.

I actually quite enjoy the vanilla and caramel flavors. First grabbed one due to sheer curiosity at a convenience store, and honestly found it pretty good.

Big fan of the Orange Vanilla Coke flavor (my fiancée makes fun of me every time I buy it  ) - on a related note, there is also a limited edition Captain Morgan Orange Vanilla Twist...highly recommend

As for the Coke coffee flavor - never tried it, but I can see why it wouldn't be good.  I usually keep coke & coffee separated in terms of intake - if I need caffeine, I go for one or the other, not both

I like pop singers like Ariana Grande

Can confirm she puts on a great show - saw her headlining set at Lollapalooza 2019 (she'd just released Boyfriend a few days beforehand, so everyone went nuts when she performed it live for the first time).

[jakeroot]

I regret trying the new Coke coffee flavor. Goodness. They taste so bad, that's like black licorice on steroids. Yuck. Coke Coffee. Not. for. me. Noooope.

I actually quite enjoy the vanilla and caramel flavors. First grabbed one due to sheer curiosity at a convenience store, and honestly found it pretty good.

Big fan of the Orange Vanilla Coke flavor (my fiancée makes fun of me every time I buy it  ) - on a related note, there is also a limited edition Captain Morgan Orange Vanilla Twist...highly recommend

As for the Coke coffee flavor - never tried it, but I can see why it wouldn't be good.  I usually keep coke & coffee separated in terms of intake - if I need caffeine, I go for one or the other, not both

Just to be clear, this "Coke Coffee" is not a flavor in itself, but a brand of canned cold brew with Coca-Cola flavor underlying it. It's not much different than the canned Starbucks drinks, besides the taste.

The three Coke Coffee flavors are caramel, vanilla, and dark blend, as well as zero-sugar versions of the latter two.

Also: I don't think this has anything to do with being manly or not.

[jmacswimmer]

I regret trying the new Coke coffee flavor. Goodness. They taste so bad, that's like black licorice on steroids. Yuck. Coke Coffee. Not. for. me. Noooope.

I actually quite enjoy the vanilla and caramel flavors. First grabbed one due to sheer curiosity at a convenience store, and honestly found it pretty good.

Big fan of the Orange Vanilla Coke flavor (my fiancée makes fun of me every time I buy it  ) - on a related note, there is also a limited edition Captain Morgan Orange Vanilla Twist...highly recommend

As for the Coke coffee flavor - never tried it, but I can see why it wouldn't be good.  I usually keep coke & coffee separated in terms of intake - if I need caffeine, I go for one or the other, not both

Just to be clear, this "Coke Coffee" is not a flavor in itself, but a brand of canned cold brew with Coca-Cola flavor underlying it. It's not much different than the canned Starbucks drinks, besides the taste.

The three Coke Coffee flavors are caramel, vanilla, and dark blend, as well as zero-sugar versions of the latter two.

Oops...silly me, thanks for clarifying  (although FWIW, I can't say this coke-flavored cold brew sounds any more appealing than the coffee-flavored coke I was picturing)

Also: I don't think this has anything to do with being manly or not.

Speaking as someone who consumes just as much flavored iced coffee as his fiancée, I completely agree

[JayhawkCO]

So is the contention in this thread that iced coffee is less manly than hot coffee?  Because I would bet a good amount of people think iced tea is more manly than hot tea.  Weird dichotomy.

Chris

[webny99]

So is the contention in this thread that iced coffee is less manly than hot coffee?  Because I would bet a good amount of people think iced tea is more manly than hot tea.  Weird dichotomy.

Yes, I think it's fairly consensus that coffee is more of a "masculine" drink than tea.

Although I'm not sure how you apply that to the iced versions... personally I think iced coffee and iced tea are fairly neutral compared to their respective hot drinks. If they're both somewhere between hot coffee and hot tea, that essentially makes them equivalent, which I think is fair.

[JayhawkCO]

So is the contention in this thread that iced coffee is less manly than hot coffee?  Because I would bet a good amount of people think iced tea is more manly than hot tea.  Weird dichotomy.

Yes, I think it's fairly consensus that coffee is more of a "masculine" drink than tea.

Although I'm not sure how you apply that to the iced versions... personally I think iced coffee and iced tea are fairly neutral compared to their respective hot drinks. If they're both somewhere between hot coffee and hot tea, that essentially makes them equivalent, which I think is fair.

From my years in the restaurant industry, I think my spectrum is probably (from most "manly" to least):

I. Black Coffee (hot or iced)
II.
     A. Coffee w/ Cream and/or Sugar (hot or iced)
     B. Iced Tea
III.
     A. Coffee With a Whole Bunch of Flavors, i.e. Pumpkin Spiced Latte or Frappuccino (hot or iced)
     B. Hot Tea
IV. Hot Water w/ Lemon

Chris

[kphoger]

*  I drink hot tea.  Every day.  Multiple times per day.  In fact, I keep a collection of various kinds of loose-leaf tea at the office.

Feel like this is perfectly accepted, considering the stereotypical Brit is a tea-sipping, moustache twirling, fine specimen of a gent.

So is the contention in this thread that iced coffee is less manly than hot coffee?  Because I would bet a good amount of people think iced tea is more manly than hot tea.  Weird dichotomy.

Yes, I think it's fairly consensus that coffee is more of a "masculine" drink than tea.

Sorry, |noelbotevera|, but "the consensus" has spoken.

[JayhawkCO]

From my years in the restaurant industry, I think my spectrum is probably (from most "manly" to least):

I. Black Coffee (hot or iced)
II.
     A. Coffee w/ Cream and/or Sugar (hot or iced)
     B. Iced Tea
III.
     A. Coffee With a Whole Bunch of Flavors, i.e. Pumpkin Spiced Latte or Frappuccino (hot or iced)
     B. Hot Tea
IV. Hot Water w/ Lemon

Chris

And for the record, I don't really drink coffee anymore (hits my stomach a little too quickly if you catch my drift) and I do occasionally drink hot tea.  I don't give a shit whether or not it's manly, but I still think that my hierarchy above is valid based on hospitality experience.

Chris

[webny99]

IV. Hot Water w/ Lemon

Who drinks that? Never heard of such a thing.

[kphoger]

IV. Hot Water w/ Lemon

Who drinks that? Never heard of such a thing.

Hot tea with lemon?  Definitely a thing.

Hot water with lemon (and maybe honey)?  I make that if I have a terrible cold to soothe my throat, but that's about it.

[webny99]

*  I drink hot tea.  Every day.  Multiple times per day.  In fact, I keep a collection of various kinds of loose-leaf tea at the office.

Feel like this is perfectly accepted, considering the stereotypical Brit is a tea-sipping, moustache twirling, fine specimen of a gent.

So is the contention in this thread that iced coffee is less manly than hot coffee?  Because I would bet a good amount of people think iced tea is more manly than hot tea.  Weird dichotomy.

Yes, I think it's fairly consensus that coffee is more of a "masculine" drink than tea.

Sorry, |noelbotevera|, but "the consensus" has spoken.

The American consensus is, of course, very different from the British consensus, and has been for several centuries now.

[JayhawkCO]

IV. Hot Water w/ Lemon

Who drinks that? Never heard of such a thing.

More than you'd think.  Anecdotally, I think in my serving/bartending/managing career, maybe only one male, all the rest women.

Chris

[kkt]

IV. Hot Water w/ Lemon

Who drinks that? Never heard of such a thing.

I've had hot water with lemon and honey as a treatment for a sore throat.  It's pretty effective, though I wouldn't drink it just for the taste if I was well.

[noelbotevera]

*  I drink hot tea.  Every day.  Multiple times per day.  In fact, I keep a collection of various kinds of loose-leaf tea at the office.

Feel like this is perfectly accepted, considering the stereotypical Brit is a tea-sipping, moustache twirling, fine specimen of a gent.

So is the contention in this thread that iced coffee is less manly than hot coffee?  Because I would bet a good amount of people think iced tea is more manly than hot tea.  Weird dichotomy.

Yes, I think it's fairly consensus that coffee is more of a "masculine" drink than tea.

Sorry, |noelbotevera|, but "the consensus" has spoken.

Ah, gobbledlygook. Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, so in other words all other 195(ish) nations agree with me.

[kkt]

If that many people are drinking tea, there must be lots of women drinking it as well as men!

[GCrites]

Hot, black coffee that costs 59 cents a mug at the kind of place that burns everybody's toast. Man.

[Max Rockatansky]

If that many people are drinking tea, there must be lots of women drinking it as well as men!

My wife tries to get me interested in tea, I don't get the appeal. 

[hbelkins]

My grandmother fixed iced tea all the time. It was always a treat to have a big pitcher of tea ready for us after we'd mowed her yard and were all hot and sweaty. It's not my drink of choice now, but I still enjoy a glass of tea (artificially sweetened) from time to time.

I bought one of those tea brewers back in the 1990s, and used to take a jug of it with me to work to keep in the fridge to drink. I can't remember why I got out of the habit of doing that.

I was never a huge fan of hot tea, but iced tea can sure hit the spot sometimes.

I don't like the flavored teas you get at the cooler of your nearby Sheetz/Speedway/other convenience store, though. And I don't want lemon in my tea.

[JayhawkCO]

I'm trying to get more into tea.  It's good for your body, doesn't have near the caffeine load, and it's just nice to have a "ritual" beverage that isn't bad for you.  Less whiskey neat.  More tea for relaxation. 

I have a box of Rose City Tea Genmaicha coming today which I've been recommended. We'll see how it goes.

Chris