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Coffee without baileys

65 replies

Loveisthere · 28/12/2021 08:15

Light hearted but aibu. dh made me a coffee this morning with no Baileys in it. Please tell me I should LTB

OP posts:
CeratopsofthePharoahs · 29/12/2021 10:30

Any whiskey based spirit is good in coffee. Especially if you add brown sugar and a lot of cream and some chocolate sprinkles.
Baileys is best though.

friedeggandsauce · 29/12/2021 10:32

I usually put Baileys in hot chocolate, hadn't thought about coffee!!

Joystir59 · 29/12/2021 10:32

@BarkminsterBlue

I have seen several people on Twitter refer to Baileys as 'Christmas milk'. Have it on your cornflakes today instead.
Christmas milk! Grin
Marmite27 · 29/12/2021 10:34

We’re still enjoying peppermint vodka in hot chocolate here!!

DontTellThemYourNamePike · 29/12/2021 10:36

I just bought some caramel syrup for my coffee yesterday. I thought this was the start of a whole new relationship with coffee. And now you're telling me I can put BAILEY'S in there?

BarkminsterBlue · 29/12/2021 10:37

I made the mistake of having a piece of Christmas cake for breakfast and underestimated how much brandy it had been fed. I'm now feeling decidedly light-headed!

Allthesefolks · 29/12/2021 10:38

I feel your pain OP, there was no Buck’s Fizz left for breakfast this morning, just plain OJ for me. I consoled myself with a Biscoff cheesecake chaser.

snowdropsandcrocuses · 29/12/2021 10:40

@AFS1

I can’t believe so many people know my coffee and Baileys secret! I thought I was the only person to replace milk with Baileys over the Christmas holiday.

And yes, definitely LTB. How very dare he!

This! Baileys in coffee is a nightly treat!

I'm with the others. LTB

Fallagain · 29/12/2021 10:40

@Unreasonabubble

No, no, no. He should leave you. You are an alcoholic. Only alcoholics drink alcohol in the mornings.
I hate the UK alcohol culture and think many people drink far too much alcohol. But drinking during the day doesn’t equal alcoholic.
comfortablyfrumpy · 29/12/2021 10:50

My first LTB
(Lying, it's not my first Grin

SusannaQueen · 29/12/2021 10:54

Glad that we've no Baileys in. I didn't know this was a thing and could have happily lived out my life not knowing about this!

KurtWildesChristmasNamechange · 29/12/2021 10:57

Baileys in morning coffee over the festive period is the law in this house too. Very sad that I've run out of it before new year (no I didn't drink it all myself!)

stingofthebutterfly · 29/12/2021 10:58

He should leave you because you put Baileys in your coffee...

Loveisthere · 29/12/2021 11:29

I do only have it like this at Christmas honestly. I agree Baileys in hot chocolate is delicious. Christmas milk lol never heard it called that but definitely will call it that now Smile

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friedeggandsauce · 29/12/2021 11:32

Christmas milk makes me feel a bit sick- like they are milking elves 🤮

eandz13 · 29/12/2021 11:34

@Cailleach

Hot chocolate with brandy in it.

And whipped cream on top.

With dark chocolate sprinkles.

You're welcome.

I don't know how I've never thought of brandy in hot chocolate. Genius
britneyisfree · 29/12/2021 11:38

@CeratopsofthePharoahs

Any whiskey based spirit is good in coffee. Especially if you add brown sugar and a lot of cream and some chocolate sprinkles. Baileys is best though.
Oohlalala. I'm wondering about amaretto now?!
Dollywilde · 29/12/2021 11:40

I don’t drink coffee any more but I have fond memories of the December weekend many years ago when I was 21 and the heating went in our shared house. Our landlord couldn’t get a heating engineer until Monday so we spent all weekend working through our random drinks cupboard (the many bottles that get left over after house parties) and ‘inventing’ all manner of Irish coffee/tea/hot chocolate combinations. Fruity tea with gin and sugar was a hit but agree that nothing bettered the coffee baileys!

HeronLanyon · 29/12/2021 11:40

Not sure (even if you have ducks in row already) you have any ‘agency’ here.
He surely has made the move already by this audacious move. A clear sign of his true intent. He’s checked out already.
Good luck op. Support.

dementedma · 29/12/2021 11:44

A dollop of Tia Maria will sort it

BadPlaceJanet · 29/12/2021 11:47

I am amazed people don't know about this!

I'm teetotal all year. The only alcohol I ever drink is when I buy one bottle of Baileys in December and have it in my coffee each morning until it's gone Grin

AFS1 · 29/12/2021 18:52

@britneyisfree amaretto in hot chocolate is perfection! First had it ski-ing, but too good to keep just as a holiday treat!

BiscuitLover3678 · 29/12/2021 18:52

Good because that is gross! Not for breakfast!

EerieSilence · 29/12/2021 18:55

The bastard! LBT, for sure! And how about cream?

PugInTheHouse · 29/12/2021 19:19

Yep I agree with pp, baileys in coffee every morning till the 4th Jan!!