Thread: Gross!

"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. I know it's
> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog (so
> to speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same. Gee,
> ya think? Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry. Assuming for
> a moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn syrup and
> hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste like
> blueberries?
>
> Jill

They are taking a cue from the coffee shops that have 8 trillion flavors of
coffee...

On Tue 18 Mar 2008 05:31:21a, jmcquown told us...

> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. I know it's
> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog (so to
> speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same. Gee, ya
> think? Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry. Assuming for a
> moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn syrup and
> hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste like
> blueberries?
>
> Jill

Gawd no. I can't even take hazelnut, vanilla, or amaretti flavored coffee.
A bit of chocolate for a mocha or some brandy doesn't hurt a bit, though.
:-)

--
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jmcquown wrote:
> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. I know it's
> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog (so to
> speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same. Gee, ya
> think? Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry. Assuming for a
> moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn syrup and
> hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste like blueberries?
>
> Jill

I was a little put off when I tried blueberry infused beer too.
Very strange stuff, IMO. But apparently some folks like it.
<shiver>

jmcquown wrote:

> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. I know it's garbage
> but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog (so to speak).
> She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same. Gee, ya think? Anyway,
> I noticed it now comes in Blueberry. Assuming for a moment Coffee-mate
> wasn't chock full of junk (corn syrup and hydrogenated oils), would you want
> your coffee to taste like blueberries?

Are you serious? I can almost understand coffee whitener in a factory to
detoxify industrial strength coffee and make is almost palatable... but
blueberry????? That is about the last taste I can think of to enhance coffee.

Dave Smith wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. I know it's
>> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog
>> (so to speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same.
>> Gee, ya think? Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry.
>> Assuming for a moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn
>> syrup and hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste
>> like blueberries?
>
> Are you serious? I can almost understand coffee whitener in a
> factory to detoxify industrial strength coffee and make is almost
> palatable... but blueberry????? That is about the last taste I can
> think of to enhance coffee.
>
Deathly serious:

http://www.coffee-mate.com/Products.aspx

It's listed as a "special edition"; maybe that means "limited edition". One
can only hope

Jill

On Mar 18, 9:02*am, "jmcquown" <j_mcqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
>
> >> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. *I know it's
> >> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog
> >> (so to speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same.
> >> Gee, ya think? *Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry.
> >> Assuming for a moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn
> >> syrup and hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste
> >> like blueberries?
>
> > Are you serious? *I can almost understand coffee whitener in a
> > factory to detoxify industrial strength coffee and make is almost
> > palatable... but blueberry????? *That is about the last taste I can
> > think of to enhance coffee.
>
> Deathly serious:
>
> http://www.coffee-mate.com/Products.aspx
>
> It's listed as a "special edition"; maybe that means "limited edition". *One
> can only hope
>
> Jill- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


I can't see complaining about a product that doesn't affect you or
your life at all. What's the point? If some people like it, so
what? Does it take something away from you?

N. (just curious)

Nancy2 wrote:
> "jmcquown" wrote:
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> > > jmcquown wrote:
>
> > >> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. �I knowit's
> > >> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog
> > >> (so to speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same.
> > >> Gee, ya think? �Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry.
> > >> Assuming for a moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn
> > >> syrup and hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste
> > >> like blueberries?
>
> > > Are you serious? �I can almost understand coffee whitener in a
> > > factory to detoxify industrial strength coffee and make is almost
> > > palatable... but blueberry????? �That is about the last taste I can
> > > think of to enhance coffee.
>
> > Deathly serious:
>
> >http://www.coffee-mate.com/Products.aspx
>
> > It's listed as a "special edition"; maybe that means "limited edition". �One
> > can only hope
>
> > Jill
>
> I can't see complaining about a product that doesn't affect you or
> your life at all. �What's the point? �If some people like it, so
> what? �Does it take something away from you?
>
> N. (just curious)

Some folks are constantly seeking a venue for expressing their
disaproval indirectly in a cowardly fashion... wouldn't it be more
honest to just say one hates their mother... when people express what
they perceive as picayune faults in those they claim to care about,
especially publicly in a wide spread venue so as many as possible can
hear, then they don't care about them in any positive way. I mean if
you want to express your own preferences in opposition to other
posters I think that's quite reasonable but why tear into someone who
can't defend themself.

"Nancy2" <[email protected]> wrote
>I can't see complaining about a product that doesn't affect you or
>your life at all. What's the point? If some people like it, so
>what? Does it take something away from you?

>N. (just curious)

Well, grasshoppah, I can see that you have not known many
self-important assholes in your life, let alone those who are not
very bright on top of it.

The Gods have blessed ye.

jmcquown wrote:
> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. I know it's
> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog (so to
> speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same. Gee, ya
> think? Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry. Assuming for a
> moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn syrup and
> hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste like blueberries?

Why not?

When my husband and I went to Moab, Utah for a mtb vacation we ate
dinner one evening at the local brewery. I ordered some sort of
blueberry beer and it probably would have been fine if it hadn't been
for the whole blueberry - presumably a garnish - that bumped against my
lip and triggered a full on gag.

I can survive fruit flavored or infused drinks just fine but you gotta
warn me in advance about any lumps.

Mark Thorson wrote:

> A subtle blueberry taste occurs in some high-end
> coffees. I remember noticing it in a Sumatran
> Mandheling. That was a very good cup.


That's the one made from civet-cat turds, right?

"Mmmm, good to the last dropping" ;-)

Bob

On Mar 18, 8:31*am, "jmcquown" <j_mcqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
> She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same. *Gee, ya think? *Anyway,
> I noticed it now comes in Blueberry. *

She likes it, you don't. I am sure that you have a technique to
change her mind like you practice in this forum.

Blueberry...doesn't sound that great.....but then again...I can't
stand cinnamon flavor in any coffee. It is a staple at Starbucks.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. I know it's garbage
> but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog (so to speak).
> She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same. Gee, ya think? Anyway,
> I noticed it now comes in Blueberry. Assuming for a moment Coffee-mate
> wasn't chock full of junk (corn syrup and hydrogenated oils), would you
> want your coffee to taste like blueberries?

A subtle blueberry taste occurs in some high-end
coffees. I remember noticing it in a Sumatran
Mandheling. That was a very good cup.

Nancy2 wrote:
>
> I can't see complaining about a product that doesn't affect
> you or your life at all. What's the point? If some people
> like it, so what? Does it take something away from you?

That thought didn't occur to me at all.
You're complaining that someone else is
complaining? Don't you see any irony
in that?

Sheldon wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>>> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. �I know it's
>>>>> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog
>>>>> (so to speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same.
>>>>> Gee, ya think? �Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry.
>>>>> Assuming for a moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn
>>>>> syrup and hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste
>>>>> like blueberries?
>>
>>>> Are you serious? �I can almost understand coffee whitener in a
>>>> factory to detoxify industrial strength coffee and make is almost
>>>> palatable... but blueberry????? �That is about the last taste I can
>>>> think of to enhance coffee.
>>
>>> Deathly serious:
>>
>>> http://www.coffee-mate.com/Products.aspx
>>
>>> It's listed as a "special edition"; maybe that means "limited
>>> edition". �One can only hope
>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I can't see complaining about a product that doesn't affect you or
>> your life at all. �What's the point? �If some people like it, so
>> what? �Does it take something away from you?
>>
>> N. (just curious)
>
> Some folks are constantly seeking a venue for expressing their
> disaproval indirectly in a cowardly fashion... wouldn't it be more
> honest to just say one hates their mother... when people express what
> they perceive as picayune faults in those they claim to care about,
>
I don't hate my mother. I'd rather she not consume this prefab garbage
because it can't possibly be good for her, and she knows how I feel about
it. It's not a secret.

I just don't understand why anyone in product development would think
blueberry in coffee is a good thing.

Jill

Nancy2 wrote:
> On Mar 18, 9:02 am, "jmcquown" <j_mcqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. I know it's
>>>> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog
>>>> (so to speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same.
>>>> Gee, ya think? Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry.
>>>> Assuming for a moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn
>>>> syrup and hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste
>>>> like blueberries?
>>
>>> Are you serious? I can almost understand coffee whitener in a
>>> factory to detoxify industrial strength coffee and make is almost
>>> palatable... but blueberry????? That is about the last taste I can
>>> think of to enhance coffee.
>>
>> Deathly serious:
>>
>> http://www.coffee-mate.com/Products.aspx
>>
>> It's listed as a "special edition"; maybe that means "limited
>> edition". One can only hope
>>
>> Jill- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>
> I can't see complaining about a product that doesn't affect you or
> your life at all. What's the point? If some people like it, so
> what? Does it take something away from you?
>
> N. (just curious)
>
No, it doesn't take anything away except perhaps space on store shelves for
something I'd be more inclined to buy. Similar to the thread about spray-on
pancakes; I sincerely doubt the spray has any affect on Cindy Fuller's life
but it was an interesting discussion.

Jill

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>> I can't see complaining about a product that doesn't affect
>> you or your life at all. What's the point? If some people
>> like it, so what? Does it take something away from you?
>
> That thought didn't occur to me at all.
> You're complaining that someone else is
> complaining? Don't you see any irony
> in that?
>
LOL Thanks, Mark. It actually wasn't a complaint, either. I was curious
whether people here would want their coffee to taste like blueberries (by
way of Coffee-mate, blueberry pancake syrup, ice cream topping, whatever).
Just seemed like a very odd marketing choice.

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in news:-
[email protected]:

> I just don't understand why anyone in product development would think
> blueberry in coffee is a good thing.
>
> Jill
>

some folks like grits...some don't.
some folks like blueberries...some don't
some folks like lamb...some don't
It is all relative.

You can't offer a new product and make money, if you don't try or offer
new things.

Some folks would never consider even trying brains...other braver souls
(braver than I) have and like it. To me brains or grits isn't a good
marketing idea either.

I at least like some flavoured coffee, but having never tried blueberry
coffee I have no idea if I would like it. I do like blueberry liquers
though, so if the oppertunity arose I'd try blueberry coffee.

Some folks dislike the idea of eating raw fish...but sushi places abound.
It is all in your point of view and willingness to try new things.

Till I hit 45 I'd never tried many things that I routinely eat these
days...such as spaghetti squash, diakon, cabbage and various bean
products. Untill I got brave enough and laffed at my fears I was living
without some very good tasting foods. Sure for everything I tried there
were a few I didn't like. But that's life you pays your buck and takes
your chance.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

A man in line at the bank kept falling over...when he got to a teller he
asked for his balance.

"zxcvbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> A subtle blueberry taste occurs in some high-end
>> coffees. I remember noticing it in a Sumatran
>> Mandheling. That was a very good cup.
>
>
> That's the one made from civet-cat turds, right?
>
> "Mmmm, good to the last dropping" ;-)
>
hahaha!

Nancy2 wrote:
> On Mar 18, 9:02 am, "jmcquown" <j_mcqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>> Mom uses Coffee-mate (I know, gag) non-dairy creamer. I know it's
>>>> garbage but hey, there are some tricks you can't teach an old dog
>>>> (so to speak). She says milk or cream just doesn't taste the same.
>>>> Gee, ya think? Anyway, I noticed it now comes in Blueberry.
>>>> Assuming for a moment Coffee-mate wasn't chock full of junk (corn
>>>> syrup and hydrogenated oils), would you want your coffee to taste
>>>> like blueberries?
>>> Are you serious? I can almost understand coffee whitener in a
>>> factory to detoxify industrial strength coffee and make is almost
>>> palatable... but blueberry????? That is about the last taste I can
>>> think of to enhance coffee.
>> Deathly serious:
>>
>> http://www.coffee-mate.com/Products.aspx
>>
>> It's listed as a "special edition"; maybe that means "limited edition". One
>> can only hope
>>
>> Jill- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>
> I can't see complaining about a product that doesn't affect you or
> your life at all. What's the point? If some people like it, so
> what? Does it take something away from you?
>
> N. (just curious)

Things like that affect your sensibility. Have you never said "what a
weird color car" or "what a disgusting idea"?