What’s your go-to coffee order?

It’s no secret that coffee is the drug of choice of the corporate kingdom. Getting the group’s coffee orders is almost a rite of passage for bright eyed and bushy tailed banker interns and “coffee chats” are perhaps the most common form of networking for all professionals alike. With all this in mind, what’s your go to coffee order? What can you tell about a professional by the type of coffee they drink? I’d imagine it would be odd to order a caramel Frappuccino at 9AM in the morning— but hey that may float somebody’s boat. I wonder if coffee orders are different depending on location? New Yorkers strike me as the standard “Black with 2 sugars” type while LA bankers give me the “Vanilla Latte with almond milk” vibe if that makes sense. Eager to see how everyone likes their coffee.

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Pumpkin Spice Latte. at Starbucks, while studying in Italy, there is no Starbucks there, Italians have a fantastic choice of coffee of whatsoever. No Starbucks in Italy, It's Lavazzo coffee or specifically hand-pressed. 

"It's okay, I'll see you on the other side"
 

Italy is heaven for espresso and cappucino lovers with fresh beans --- niceeeee

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Black cold brew or nitro cold brew if its available.  Cold brew is so much smoother to me and it doesn't sit as heavily in my stomach as regular coffee does.

 
AndyLouis

the other day had a cold brew mixed with sparkling water and lemon zest. was pretty good

topo chico + cold brew = starbux nitro

try it at home

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you can have creamer if its under 50 cal for IF

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Oat milk is far closer to cow's milk than any other plant milk. So if you want something similar to a real latte/cappuccino/cortado then go for oat milk. Almond milk might taste better but is a worse substitute due to consistency.

 

Oatmeal milk chaser. If not, I’ll take the black w. 1 scoop of brown sugar preferably, if not, white sugar will do.

 

I don't really care about coffee, only the caffeine, and I am not picky at all. As a result, I order something different almost every time I go to Starbucks just to mix things up. I've tried cold brews, coffees, iced coffees, cappucinos, Frappucinos, etc. of every variety. Sometimes I get milk, almond milk, oat milk, soy milk, whatever. I don't care, I just want to try different stuff.

My favorite drink thus far has to be the nitro cold brew, or the cold foam cold brew.

Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes.
 
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Gotta say this as you're an intern:

  • If someone is getting coffee for you (could be an admin or even a benevolent analyst/associate, generally keep it to a simple order (ie don't ask for a million different ingredients or variable temperatures between ingredients)
  • If you want to stay relatively healthy, drink coffee black or at least without sugar. I personally love the flavor of black coffee but this will prevent the extra cals which add up as you're sitting stationary for 18+ hours a day
  • I know coffee is a utility but get quality coffee every now and then (or in my case always). Places like Blue Bottle / Irving Farm / even gregory's are better than deli/sbux coffee and you'll be much happier having got something which tastes great
 

 Americano with a shot of steamed milk. 

 Also chewing coffee beans for non-liquid caffeine.   it is addictive once you get used to it.  Roasted coffee beans are esp yummy & packed full of antioxidants. Can focus & concentrate for 5 hours no toilet break. 

 

quad latte

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Sometimes I go for 16 shots of espresso throughout the day - 2 cups in the morning and 2 cups at night at times. 4 shot cups. Also, 325mg of Nitraflex in my preworkout and 100mg Clif Gel shots every 20-30min. Its a lot of caffeine. Take care of your adrenal gland and caffeine is your friend. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

i almost never ever go to a coffee shop, but if i do order at one, i'll get a large americano or a cold brew.

at home, i'll put 2-3 double shots over ice in a tall glass. sometimes a splash of goat milk

also make it with the tuskish coffee pot sometimes and mix with collagen

sometimes a french press

thats pretty much all i use anymore. all the fancy shit got old. i keep wanting to quit caffeine but caffeinated workouts are one of my peak states so woe is me

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Nespresso (esp. the limited edition Colombia at the moment) at home. 

Cold Brews/ Nitro in summer, Cappuccino in winter from coffee shops

 
aaltyu

Nespresso (esp. the limited edition Colombia at the moment) at home. 

Cold Brews/ Nitro in summer, Cappuccino in winter from coffee shops

Nespresso is such a ripoff. You're close to a buck per shot. My superauto crapped out (and may just need a simple repair) at $0.10 per shot for the machine plus maybe another $0.10 for beans.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

It's £0.36-0.41 for each Nespresso, and I get a further 10% discount by subscribing to it monthly, making it ~£0.35 a coffee.

I drink maybe 3 a day -- I can live with £1 a day on coffee expenses (during WFH).... and the quality difference justifies any saving IMO

 

not coffee, but a VP i got close with over my internship last summer got me hooked on caffeine pills - skipped coffee altogether and justified it by saying it saved me a few extra dollars a day. A few weeks later my MD personally walks up to me and asks if I am okay after seeing me pop pill after pill day in and day out

 

Caffeine pills were in the gift shop at my undergrad - everyone was on NoDoz. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I like my coffee to reflect my soul: Black and Bitter.

Normally my go-to is an espresso. Unfortunately my superauto is on the fritz right now, and I haven't been able to find instructions to fix it online, and it's really not a good time to go and take it to be serviced. (If anyone knows a good espresso forum I'd appreciate it)  Because of this I've been drinking home-made cold brew for the last month, since I don't have anything to do drip at home.

At work, I'll normally just do a black unsweetened coffee, hot or iced depending on the weather.  We have artisan nitro cold-brew in the office, but I dislike the lack of acidity in it.  At home using different beans and steep time fixes that.  Both the work machines and the Starbucks in the lobby make poor espressos, so I almost never have them at work.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

Decaf so I can wantonly chug Tasters Choice non.stop.all.day and not have heart palpitations
 

I like Gregory’s like anyone else but since I can’t even get into the city I’ve just gotten so lazy about my caffeine it’s pathetic.  I have to be honest, Covid has ruined my coffee sophistique: I used to go out several times a day but now I can’t at all imagine spending even a dollar on coffee unless it’s Swiss water.


Been jonesing for a Starbucks chai latte for a while, maybe I’ll order the mix off amazon or whatever.

Get busy living
 

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