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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #350: April 14, 2012, 02:30:54 PM »
In 20 or 30 years wonder bread and peanut butter will be in the "ethnic foods" aisle  :stir: :couch:


I saw a reddit post a few weeks ago from a redditor auf Deutschland asking how accurate this picture he took of the "Amerikaner" section in his grocery store was.  I remember it had Hunts ketchup, Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake mix, and Pop Tarts :lol:

I'll have to see if I can find it again.

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« Reply #351: April 14, 2012, 02:33:44 PM »
Please do, that sounds hilarious.

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« Reply #352: April 14, 2012, 04:09:47 PM »
Ok, I remembered it a little wrong.  It's a Finnish grocery store, and some of the items are different than I remembered, or else this is a different pic entirely.  Still funny:

http://i.imgur.com/VUpGh.jpg


Notice the canned spray cheese :lmao:

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #354: April 14, 2012, 04:17:37 PM »
It has Twizzlers, so I approve!

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #355: May 03, 2012, 06:43:06 PM »
Anyone know where I can get something like a "sampler" pack of K-cups?  I've tried Caribou and the Green Mountain sumatra, plus a coworker gave me some Starbuck's House Blend, Folgers Black Silk, and Donut Shop.  I'd like to try some other stuff but I don't want to get a full box of something I don't like.

So far the Caribou is my favorite, the Folgers was bad and the Donut Shop was too weak.

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #356: May 04, 2012, 03:08:01 PM »
dunno, but when my brother got my dad his machine, he got it with a sampler.  maybe if you go to bed bath and beyond or walmart / target, that is, some [lace that sells the machines but not with a house brand of k cups, they would stock a sampler pack.

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #357: May 04, 2012, 03:41:22 PM »
Ok, I remembered it a little wrong.  It's a Finnish grocery store, and some of the items are different than I remembered, or else this is a different pic entirely.  Still funny:

http://i.imgur.com/VUpGh.jpg
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Notice the canned spray cheese :lmao:

At least it has Newman's Own dressing.

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #358: May 10, 2012, 11:34:02 AM »
Anyone know where I can get something like a "sampler" pack of K-cups?  I've tried Caribou and the Green Mountain sumatra, plus a coworker gave me some Starbuck's House Blend, Folgers Black Silk, and Donut Shop.  I'd like to try some other stuff but I don't want to get a full box of something I don't like.

So far the Caribou is my favorite, the Folgers was bad and the Donut Shop was too weak.

I usually order my K-cups directly from keurig.com, and they sell 5-cup sampler packs of just about everything. They also sell bigger boxes that contain a variety of different K-cups.

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #359: June 07, 2012, 11:40:41 AM »
Anyone know where I can get something like a "sampler" pack of K-cups?  I've tried Caribou and the Green Mountain sumatra, plus a coworker gave me some Starbuck's House Blend, Folgers Black Silk, and Donut Shop.  I'd like to try some other stuff but I don't want to get a full box of something I don't like.

So far the Caribou is my favorite, the Folgers was bad and the Donut Shop was too weak.

while getting an extra diaper delivery (thank god for amazon), I noticed these were the best sellers on subscribe and save, thought you might be interested

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(the url is also refreshingly obvious)

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #360: June 07, 2012, 02:28:37 PM »
Up sell product, nice :lol:

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #361: June 07, 2012, 04:07:43 PM »
I'll bet there's a big U.S. military base nearby.
I saw a reddit post a few weeks ago from a redditor auf Deutschland asking how accurate this picture he took of the "Amerikaner" section in his grocery store was.  I remember it had Hunts ketchup, Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake mix, and Pop Tarts :lol:

I'll have to see if I can find it again.


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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #362: February 23, 2013, 07:23:12 PM »
I need dis:


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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #363: February 24, 2013, 11:12:52 AM »
Coke Zero is my fav.  Along with Coke Zero Cherry. 
IBC Diet Rootbeer

The Roy Rogers near me has one of those Multiple Choice soda machines and has Mello Yellow Zero.  That's great too!

I like just about any tea with lemon or slightly sweetened. 

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #364: February 24, 2013, 11:20:37 AM »
Coke Zero is my fav.  Along with Coke Zero Cherry. 
IBC Diet Rootbeer

The Roy Rogers near me has one of those Multiple Choice soda machines and has Mello Yellow Zero.  That's great too!

I like just about any tea with lemon or slightly sweetened. 

IBC Rootbeer is one of the best.   I only drink Barq's in the diet form.   

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #365: February 24, 2013, 11:43:44 AM »
If you are looking for a good value / price point on a very good tea, I recommend Peet's Coffee and Tea's Yunnan Fancy.  AT $8.75 for 4 ozs, that's about 40 - 50 cups of loose leaf chinese black tea.  It is from Yunnan province, and it has light colored blonde or golden tips at the end of the leaves.  It is a natural feature of the leaves, and teas of this type are known as "tippy yunnans."  It is somewhat sweet even before you add your honey or sugar, and has a nice woody aroma like maple or perhaps pine (not smokey).  It is available on mail order, but I almost always pick up a tin when I visit my Dad because there is a location about a mile from his condo.  Peets has a few cities west of the rockies with stores - Chicago, Boston, and I think Dallas.  If you don't order from Peets, then you can get something like this at Teaism on 8th and D, near archives, for $3.50 a cup.  They call it Yunnan Gold, I think.

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #366: February 26, 2013, 06:41:52 PM »
If you are looking for a good value / price point on a very good tea, I recommend Peet's Coffee and Tea's Yunnan Fancy.  AT $8.75 for 4 ozs, that's about 40 - 50 cups of loose leaf chinese black tea.  It is from Yunnan province, and it has light colored blonde or golden tips at the end of the leaves.  It is a natural feature of the leaves, and teas of this type are known as "tippy yunnans."  It is somewhat sweet even before you add your honey or sugar, and has a nice woody aroma like maple or perhaps pine (not smokey).  It is available on mail order, but I almost always pick up a tin when I visit my Dad because there is a location about a mile from his condo.  Peets has a few cities west of the rockies with stores - Chicago, Boston, and I think Dallas.  If you don't order from Peets, then you can get something like this at Teaism on 8th and D, near archives, for $3.50 a cup.  They call it Yunnan Gold, I think.

How do you brew your tea?  Just in the cup or do you use a tea ball?  I have this mesh one but maybe I should get one of the ones with the holes.


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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #367: February 26, 2013, 07:16:15 PM »
I don't drink soda often, but when I do, I drink Cherry Mello Yello Zero from a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine.

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« Reply #368: February 26, 2013, 07:17:27 PM »
I don't drink soda often, but when I do, I drink Cherry Mello Yello Zero from a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine.
Where can you find those? I don't drink soda at all but I wouldn't mind trying some weird Diet Coke drink.

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« Reply #369: February 26, 2013, 07:19:22 PM »
Where can you find those? I don't drink soda at all but I wouldn't mind trying some weird Diet Coke drink.

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #370: February 26, 2013, 07:24:46 PM »
Where can you find those? I don't drink soda at all but I wouldn't mind trying some weird Diet Coke drink.
In my travels around the Alxandria area, you can find them at Five Guys, Moe's (Welcome to Moe's), and today from Noodles. It wouldn't surprise me if Coca Cola had a "Freestyle finder" on their web.

Edit: they have an app.
http://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/want-find-freestyle-there-s-app

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #371: February 26, 2013, 09:38:53 PM »
How do you brew your tea?  Just in the cup or do you use a tea ball?  I have this mesh one but maybe I should get one of the ones with the holes.

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I have a few different things to brew my tea. 

Usually, I'll use some sort of mesh basket, either in a tea pot or a cup.  It lets more water circulate around the leaves and lets the leaves expand a bit more than a tea ball or a tea ball spoon like that.  I will also use fill your own filter bags, especially if I'm drinking something like rooibos with really tiny leaves that can slip through loose mesh or a baskets with large perforations.  I will also use a french press, or a contraption that drains through the bottom when you put it on a cup (I'm not even sure what its name is).  I'll also use a tea pot and just pour the tea through a strainer.  I also have a spoon with a mesh ball like the one you are using.

A nice line of products is from For Life ( a Chinese company).  I have 2 of their tea pots and a couple of their 16 oz mugs.  These come with the  baskets.  Teavana carries the contraption that drains through the bottom. 

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #372: February 27, 2013, 06:41:37 PM »
I ordered one of these:



and one of these:



One will be for work and one will be for home.  Also picked up an electric kettle for work (already have a home one).  I have a love/hate relationship with amazon :lol:

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #373: February 27, 2013, 07:10:16 PM »
Where can you find those? I don't drink soda at all but I wouldn't mind trying some weird Diet Coke drink.

All Firehouse Sub and California Tortilla locations have them, along with many Five Guys.  They're popping up more and more.

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Re: Non-alcoholic Drinks
« Reply #374: February 27, 2013, 07:58:04 PM »
I ordered one of these:

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and one of these:

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One will be for work and one will be for home.  Also picked up an electric kettle for work (already have a home one).  I have a love/hate relationship with amazon :lol:
Great. Nice choice. Those are perfect for loose leaf.