THE BEST COFFEE EVER. ...c'mon, surely it can't be that-- EVER.

I just made the best coffee ever. If this wasn't probably really really bad for me, this would be how I would always insist to have coffee made for me. I did it almost completely by accident too. I mean, it wasn't a complete accident - I was purposely experimenting with coffee (ie. to what extremes I can stand it, as I have been for a while), but this wasn't supposed to be a "how awesome would this be" kind of experiment, it was more of a "I wonder what would happen if..." kind of experiment. Obviously I wasn't expecting all of the doors in the house to suddenly fall off their hinges or anything, although that would be pretty cool, if it wasn't so weird and expensively repaired.


Okay, so here's what happened: 

• While the kettle was boiling, I was putting coffee into my cup, as you do. I put the regular one in, and then as a little experiment, I put an extra two in. 
• Of course I realised this would be pretty bitter, and although I like it strong, I also like it kinda sweet, so I put three sugars in too for good measure.
• The kettle seemed to be a way off boiling, and I didn't have my phone on me or anything to fiddle with, but it occurred to me that my dad says that coffee tastes better if you put the milk in first. I don't know how true that is, and I plan on experimenting with that factor sometime soon, but I thought I'd give it a go. I put a little but of milk in to start with and stirred, so what I ended up with was a weird sort of brown, lumpy gloop. I know it doesn't sound attractive, it didn't really look it either, but there was still that little bit of me that thought "try it," so I did. I got my little teaspoon (incorrectly named, I suppose, since I mainly use them for coffee, but whatever. I also use them for yoghurt, but nobody calls them yoghurt spoons), I got a little bit on the tip, and I ate it. It wasn't the best, I wouldn't go out of my way to eat it, and the first thing that hit me was how really really bitter it was, but I could still taste the sugar and the milk in such a way that I guess it tasted a bit like a coffee milkshake, which I do like. I'd give it three stars, because the after-taste was rather pleasant. 
• I added quite a bit more milk, just to go for symmetry, really - really strong, really sweet, really milky. 
• Waaaaaaaaaaaateeeeerrrrrrrrrr... and stir. It took rather a lot of stirring to get rid of the floaty coffee pieces, and even then there were still a few, but they add to the flavour and I quite like them to be honest, I always have done. And then, I tasted. 

The Verdict: 

I really like this! It's strong, it's sweet, and it was instantly at the right temperature, which I owe to the milk. There's a lot of flavour in there, and the sweetness and the bitterness seem to have found the perfect balance, so it's just... amazing. maybe next time I'd have a little less sugar, and we're going to run out of coffee and milk pretty fast if I keep going at that rate, so I'm gonna have to cut those down too, but I really loved this coffee. It's the best I've had in a while. But coffee is the one thing I can have in pretty  much any form. You give it me without milk or sugar and I'll drink it without complaint. I'm really not fussed. In fact I should probably start taking it without sugar as standard. Ah well.