"How do I take my coffee? Seriously. Very seriously” is a coffee saying that has been printed on many images. The question intended an answer such as “with cream” or “with sugar.” The saying was probably popularized by an image in July 2013.
“How do I take my coffee? Very seriously” was posted on Twitter by Dallas Shaw on February 20, 2013. “How do I take my coffee?? Seriously. Very seriously” was posted on Twitter by Pagan220 on July 7, 2013. “The #waitress ask me how do i take my #coffee and i reply .... Seriously” was posted on Twitter by DENISE ™ on July 11, 2013. “How do I take my coffee? Seriously - very seriously!!!” was posted on Twitter by Adél Schoeman on July 20, 2013.
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Dallas Shaw
@dallasshaw
How do I take my coffee? Very seriously. thanks for this snap alisonconklin 
http://instagr.am/p/V98wLlFXMY/
4:31 PM · Feb 20, 2013·Instagram
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Pagan220
@Pagan220
How do I take my coffee?? Seriously. Very seriously.
1:18 PM · Jul 7, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
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DENISE ™
@denisealondra
The #waitress ask me how do i take my #coffee and i reply .... Seriously.
9:07 AM · Jul 11, 2013·Twitter for Android
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Emily
@emily_rez
How do I take my coffee? Very seriously.
4:24 PM · Jul 16, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
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Adél Schoeman
@adschoeman
How do I take my coffee? Seriously - very seriously!!!
3:04 AM · Jul 20, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
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📻Michelle Michaels🎧
@MMUnplugged
How do I take my coffee? Seriously. Very seriously! http://fb.me/29ToGE7Ey
2:34 PM · Jul 20, 2013·Facebook
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Coffee Masters UK
@CoffeeMastersUK
“If asked “How do I take my coffee?” I reply, “seriously, very seriously” #coffeejoke #lovecoffee
(This is also shown on an image.—ed.)
2:00 AM · May 6, 2016·Hootsuite
Reddit—Memes
Posted by u/otastco November 24, 2019
how do i take my coffee? seriously. very seriously.
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pauline 🇨🇦
@ms__pauline
How do I take my coffee?
.. seriously, very seriousl
4:22 PM · Mar 25, 2021·Twitter Web App
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astrid 겨울 🌺
@RamyeonLuna
How do I take my coffee?
Seriously, very seriously.
11:57 PM · Feb 27, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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