Which is preferable to older riders: McDs or home?

[Vince in Milwaukee]

I absolutely love McDonald's coffee and have been drinking it since I was around 15. Not a fan of their food so much. I also enjoy coffee at home. We have a $20 Mr Coffee drip brewer. We buy the Dunkin Donuts coffee at Costco. My work schedule varies, so sometimes it's home only, sometimes McDonald's only, and every so often I'll have a cup home and then go to McDonald's for a cup. There's also a group of old retired guys I sit with. Good way to pass an hour of time. I will be retired in a few years, so will be at McDonald's even more often. The cycle continues.

[Vince in Milwaukee]

This is a great thread. Enjoy reading everyone's posts and perspectives.

[Muzz]

Since you asked Chad, as my coffee out of my espresso machine is almost as good as the best and better than a lot, I have most of my coffees at home.

On the road, I carry a 1litre flask of hot water and a heap of those cafe type coffee sachets and my own food.  Don't taste all that crash hot but I worked out that doing that almost pays for the petrol for the trip!  (Guzzi content )

[DougG]

Home, home, home.  First cup is hot, strong (French press) and foamed fat free milk on top...it gets the plumin hummin'   .  Next cup later in the AM is a second brew from the same grounds in a carry cup.  It follows me to the computer, shop, garage, outside to do chores, etc.  All this happens when my vintage stereo plays whatever my brain wants to hear that day.  Life has its pleasures....

Be well, stay well,
DougG

[Muzz]

  Life has its pleasures....

Be well, stay well,
DougG

I do my best Doug.   It's a tough life being retired; I am so busy I don't know how I found time to go to work.

[Tom]

The McDonald's in Hawaii are franchises.  If they want to compete locally, they have to have Kona coffee.     Better than the normal stuff.  The independent coffee shops out here are usually the retail outlets for their farms.  Their coffees are competitive with Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee.  The gas stations have to stock Kona coffee too.   

I have noticed senior gatherings at the independents vs McDonald's.  We seem to have more homeless at McDonald's however.

[krglorioso]

McDonald's senior decaf at well under a buck appeals to me (snapping red suspenders--Guzzi content).  I will not eat any fast food.  Snob?  No.  Hoping to be a Centenarian and still riding?  Yes. 

[Kiwi_Roy]

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Another memorable cup was at the national in John Day, OR. An outsider came in and set up one of these fancy coffee bars. I'm a turnip farmer so it is either plain or black. Frappe, double mocha blah, blah is all foreign to me. When it is my turn to order I said I want a plain cup of black coffee, no weird colored swizzle stick. Nothing but plain black. I can't remember the mans name but he was from Michigan and he said to the barrista that he wanted one just like Tex ordered.
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Tex

A friend and I went to the National at John Day, we stopped at some small town not far from there for breakfast, You and Beaver invited us to share your table, this was a highlight of the trip.
Maybe I'll get to Texas one day.
Roy

[Kiwi_Roy]

Up North of the border we have Tim Hortons coffee, its not too bad, better than McBloaters or Starbucks
I like to pull up at the drive thru on my bike, put a large coffee in the cup holder and ride around to a nice spot in the shade or sun depending on the season.

In the early days of the pendemic you could only get a coffee at a drive thru, couldn't go inside at all, I still prefer to have mine outside.
I can't make decent coffee at home so I just use instant, we usually drink Dilmah tea 100% Celon

[Texas Turnip]

Maybe I'll get to Texas one day.
Roy
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Roy, We.d be happy to have you visit us as I've had visitors from 49 states and Germany. There is an armadillo in the freezer waiting to be made into gumbo.
Tex

[DougG]

Hey Muzz,                                           12-8-21  (another palindrome date...three more this month  )



                                   QUOTE "I am so busy I don't know how I found time to go to work."
 
Barb and I have said that many times.  I think the difference is that now we do the things we want to do, at our own pace, and we want to do more things...you know, like drink good coffee.

Be well, stay well,
DougG

[Trogladyte]

I'm not fond of McD's. Actually that's a slight understatement. I'd rather gnaw my own arm off than go there.

[TOMB]

A good diner.

And one that's looks a little sticky.

TOMB

[SportsterDoc]

Home cooking is great.
McDonald's is not a viable option, although during the initial C O V I D Panic, that was all that was open on the Navajo Reservation, enroute to Colorado...but we had to eat across the street at a picnic table.
I much prefer mom & pop/sole proprietorships, such as:

Crowbar Restaurant in Shoshone, CA, near Death Valley
The Inside Scoop in Overton, NV (north of Lake Mead)
Aunt Sue's Chalet in Duck Creek, Utah
Veyo Pies in Veyo, Utah
Lonny's/Sonny's BBQ in Hurricane, UT
Forscher German Bakery in Orderville, UT
Market Grille (Greek & Italian) in NW Las Vegas, NV

Even the cafe in Rachel, NV, on the Extraterrestrial Highway is way better than McDonalds..good breakfast