>> I can drink it any way it’s served to me but black is how I’ve taken it for years.
No muss, no fuss, instant gratification.
>> Lot of graveyard police shifts will certainly alter your coffee tastes...
In my Navy years (SSN) we got our coffee out of a funky chest-high stainless steel tower that held an upside-down jar of Taster’s Choice freeze-dried crystals. You’d push a button and the coffee station would whirr-whirr-whirr some instant coffee into your cup, then you pressed another button for hot water. If you can get used to drinking that crap (and I drank a lot of it) you can get used to drinking ANY kind of coffee! By comparison, Folger’s is gourmet.
I served on aircraft carriers. There’s nothing like the coffee from the huge urns on the mess decks. You could strip floor wax with it.
When I was in the service, the NCO in charge of my office would brew a big urn of coffee first thing in the morning and we’d drink that stuff all day long. Looking back, I can’t believe I drank that swill after it had been sitting around for 8 or more hours. Now, I make my coffee one cup at a time with a French press and fresh-ground beans.
I am with you on that. Right in front of the starboard TG behind the back wall of maneuvering. Our unit mixed coffee and water. Hot water was available for other things like tea or soup. SSN 668.