The Best Coffee Cocktails To Make At Home Right Now

Shutterstock/UPROXX The coffee cocktail is on the rise. 2024 is going to be the year that people venture beyond the espresso martini and start to enjoy all the caffeinated cocktails in the coffee realm. We’re entering our fancy Four Loko cocktail era, baby! So besides the espresso martini, which coffee cocktails should you master? We …

Make Me Late For Work For No Reason, Officer? Did You Forget I’m The One Who Pours Your Coffee Every Morning?

People always have excuses for why they were late to work. Relative’s funeral, dog got loose, traffic jam, you name it. But very rarely can you blame the police for your tardiness, short of them having arrested you! Well believe it or not, that was actually the case for this user, when a power-tripping police …

End Dry January With This Banging Irish Coffee — Here’s Our Recipe

Shutterstock/UPROXX “Dry January” is coming to a timely end. But we’re still deep in winter and the weather… isn’t great. The end of alcohol abstinence and cold weather calls for a warming and fun drink that’s a low lift to make. The progenitor of the espresso martini — the Irish Coffee — is perfect for …

Researchers dumped tons of coffee waste into a forest. This is what it looks like now.

One of the biggest problems with coffee production is that it generates an incredible amount of waste. Once coffee beans are separated from cherries, about 45% of the entire biomass is discarded. So for every pound of roasted coffee we enjoy, an equivalent amount of coffee pulp is discarded into massive landfills across the globe. …

‘I don’t want to give money to somebody who hurt my feelings’: Coffee shop patron says he got a worker fired because he refused to tip. Here’s what happened

A coffee shop customer claims that refusing to tip a worker got them fired—but not before the two had time to develop a complex relationship. The saga plays out in a TikTok video from prolific creator Ceros (@cerosthegod), with more than 21,000 seeing it on the platform since it was first shared on Nov. 29. …

‘We were also told now to not tell anyone’: Starbucks worker says management told them to use decaf after running out of regular coffee, espresso

It’s early in the morning, and you need your usual hit of caffeine before going to work. You grab your go-to order at a coffee shop and down it, but an hour later, you’re still groggy. It turns out your barista knowingly gave you a decaf coffee when you wanted all the caffeine. That’s what …

Black Coffee And Light Dragon Highlight The Performers For CRSSD’s Spring 2024 Festival

Press On January 8, CRSSD unveiled the details of its annual Spring 2024 Festival. This year’s festivities are set to take place on Saturday, March 2, and Sunday, March 3, in San Diego, California. CRSSD’s Spring 2024 Fest will feature performances from Grammy Award-winner Black Coffee, Little Drago, Sango, Tale Of Us, Armand Van Helden, …

‘Uninvited, clearly uncomfortable, and not looking for conversation. He kept going’: Older man sits down at woman’s table at coffee shop and gives unsolicited advice

Receiving advice when you ask for it is one thing—but for someone to offer advice unsolicited and unaware of what your circumstances are can be a frustrating experience. In a TikTok that has drawn over 1.6 million views, user Sarah Duffy (@sarah_duffy_) shares an experience she had with a strange man who sat down at …

“Absolute Audacity” — Man Sits Down Uninvited at Coffee Shop

An older man shares his thoughts on a woman’s life and career after sitting down uninvited at her table — basically turning TikTok against him. What would you do if someone sat down at your table at a coffee shop without being invited and just began spewing life advice and random thoughts at you? Get …

‘So I had to get coffee’: Dunkin’ customer says pay-it-forward customer ‘ruined’ her day since she intended to buy gift cards

Pay-it-forward chains are pretty much universally hated (except by the people who start them). Workers and customers alike have complained about these chains.  For workers, it makes their jobs more difficult by making “everything confusing.” And for customers, it puts them in the awkward position of having to either continue the chain by paying for …

‘I had to tip’: Man says he caught coffee shop disguising tip on tablet, didn’t get option to select ‘no tip’

Tipping culture is a major topic of discussion in the United States. Specifically, an increasing number of Americans are complaining about what they call “tipflation”—the idea that they are now being asked to tip more often, and in higher amounts, than ever before. This topic has come up again and again in Internet discussions. Several …

The Tiny Tool That’ll Make A Keurig An Actually Respectable Coffee Maker

If you’re a brand purist, you’ll want to grab Keurig’s own reusable K-Cup that works in all Keurig home brewers. It can go in the dishwasher and has a multi-stream filter on top, ensuring you get the best flavors and aromas from your favorite coffee beans. Note: You’ll need to take the “pod holder” out …