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"Coffee is the morning must-have for nearly 83 percent of American adults.\nIf you're one of those people who just can't get enough of a warm, comforting cup of joe, it's possible you're looking for new ways to enjoy your daily fix. Or perhaps you'd just like to spend less of your time and paycheck in coffee shops.\nSee also: What Your Coffee Preference Says About You\nWhether you're a newbie to the world of coffee or an espresso-drinking pro, these 10 tips and tricks will help take your caffeine habit to the next level.\n\n\nCoffee Tips\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Making iced coffee? Try cold brewing.\n\nCold-brewed coffee is much less acidic than hot coffee, which gives your iced drinks a cleaner flavor. Plus, it's simple to make. \nBefore heading to bed, mix the coffee and water together and let sit in an airtight container on the counter overnight. The next morning, all you have to do is strain and add ice. Check out Smitten Kitchen's excellent recipe for a more thorough how-to.\n\n\nImage: Flickr, Marisa | Food in Jars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Save money (and time) by making your own Pumpkin Spice Latte at home.\n\nJust because you want to enjoy a tasty seasonal latte doesn't mean you should have to fork over four bucks or wait in long lines to get one. \nMake your own using this helpful recipe from The Kitchn. Bonus: You aren't limited to Starbucks brand coffee.\n\n\nImage: Flickr, Cascadian Farm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Freeze your leftover coffee into ice cubes.\nToss them in iced coffee to keep your drink cool without diluting the flavor, or use one to cool down piping hot coffee quickly.\n\nImage: Flickr, minipixel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Request the lower children's drink temperature at Starbucks to ensure that your coffee is cool enough to sip immediately.\nNo reason to scald your tongue and lose the ability to taste anything for 24 hours over a quickly-needed caffeine fix.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Heating a mug before adding hot coffee keeps your drink warm for a longer period of time.\nRedditor hudony points out that you can use the hot water feature on an office watercooler to fill your mug. After it is sufficiently hot, save the water in another cup and feed to the office plants later.\n\nImage: Flickr, Knight725\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. If you ask nicely, Starbucks baristas will use a french press to brew you a cup of any coffee you want.\n\n\nImage: Flickr, cbaugh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Add spices like cinnamon to your coffee for a delicious change of pace.\nReddit user throwitaway488 recommends this spice mixture.\n\nImage: Flickr, trophygeek\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Looking for something to tide you over until lunchtime? Try buttered coffee.\nAccording to The Kitchn, putting a pat of butter in your morning coffee gives you enough energy to last you through to lunch. It is a take on \"bulletproof coffee,\" a recipe that calls for adding MCT oil to coffee.\n\nImage: Flickr, misterbisson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Periodically clean out your coffee maker using white vinegar.\nRun 1 part distilled white vinegar with 1 part water through your maker, stopping the cycle halfway through to allow the mixture to sit in the machine for one hour. Finish the cycle and run through multiple times with water before using again.\n\nImage: Flickr, the-difference\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Coffee grounds make excellent odor removers for small spaces like cars. refrigerators and freezers.\nDry your used coffee grounds completely and pour in a clean sock. Tie the end and place at the offending odor's source.\n\nImage: Flickr, Andy Lederer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Flickr, avlxyz"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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