>My favorite person in the world, an eight year old girl, gave me about 10 lbs of different varieties of coffees for Christmas. There are a number of different brands - Zavida and Ghirardelli are a couple of them - and about 30 different types. Everything from Chocolate Rasberry to Creme Brulee. I have a coffee maker at my desk, so I come in every morning and make a cup of one of these. I only have one cup for the day - ok, it's kind of a big cup - and I absolutely love it. Am I much alone, or are there other coffee freaks out there? I also have Earl Grey and Jackson's of Piccadilly teas, but it's not the same as the coffee.

I used to like coffee. My favourite was "Kenyan Estate AA". I found that I could mix it with any other bean and the result was good. Kenyan is very smooth and takes the bitterness out of just about any other bean. One of my favourite bean mixes is Kenyan and La Minita (from Costa Rica) mixed 50-50. Unfortunately (or fortunately), I gave up caffeine, and the choices for decaf beans are disappointing to say the least. The upshot is that I pretty much no longer drink coffee. I have to admit, I miss it some.