On 6/18/2010 4:10 PM, JL wrote:
>> Ranée, I did not see your message until now. We ordered Vietnamese
>> coffee and I was surprised to see condensed milk in the bottom of the
>> glass. I had never ordered it before so it came as a surprise to
>> me. It wasn't a lot of condensed milk, so it was not very sweet. I
>> did not care for it, because it was too strong and bitter. I later
>> learned, I could have ordered American coffee instead of Vietnamese
>> coffee.
>>
>> Becca
>
> Good coffee or tea, well brewed and fresh is very tasty to me on its own.
>
> I don't drink tea on a regular basis so i don't know if a pot of tea
> goes bitter the same way a pot of coffee can if kept to long and
> either reheated or kept on a low heat.
>
> At which point a bit of milk and sugar will alleviate the need to
> throw away an undrinkably bitter fluid. And of course a teaspoon of
> chocolate in a cup of reheated coffee.....

The Vietnamese use a dark French roast with chicory, and they make it
very strong. It's just not my thing. I like coffee, but I don't like it
that strong.

About once a month I will have chocolate in my coffee, right now I am
using the Torani sugar free syrups.

Becca