A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from October 26, 2022
“I like my coffee how I like my friends. Strong and slightly bitter”

“I like my women like I like my coffee” is a meme that has been used on many images. “A Negro comedian pulled this one: ‘I like my coffee strong and black—the same way I like my women’” was cited in the New York (NY) Amsterdam News in July 1944. “Hot..and black, too” was an answer in 1973. “Hot and sweet” was cited in 1974. “Hot, sweet and black” was cited in 1994.
     
“I like my coffee like I like my friends. Strong, bitter, not at all sweet. Kinda like a punch in the nuts (if i had nuts) #coffee” was posted on Twitter by Hexx Hargreeves-Monsoon on April 30, 2014. “I like my coffee like I like my friends: hot, strong, and pleasantly bitter” was posted on Twitter by Char on March 15, 2016. 
 
“I like my coffee how I like my friends; strong and slightly bitter” was posted on Twitter by Shannan on March 21, 2017. “I like my friends how I like my coffee. Strong and slightly bitter” was posted on Twitter by Curious Cat on July 19, 2017. “I like my coffee like I like my friends….strong but a little bitter” was posted on Twitter by Allan Schoenberg ☕️ on September 23, 2020.
 
“I was looking for a gift card and I found one that said on the front. ‘I like my friends the same way I like my coffee.’ On the inside it said, ‘Strong and slightly bitter.’ I can’t help but think of a few friends that would like a card like that….maybe” was posted on Twitter by Matty M. (Valkian) on May 21, 2021. It is possible that the saying originated with this gift card.
     
   
29 July 1944, New York (NY) Amsterdam News, “Belittling Jokes Choke Minorities” by Abe Hill, pg. 8B, col. 1:
A Negro comedian pulled this one: “I like my coffee strong and black—the same way I like my women.”
 
12 May 1973, Journal and Guide (Norfolk, VA), “I Like My Coffee Like I Like My Women…,” pg. 10, col. 5:
“Madam,’ he said, ‘our coffee is cold. I like my coffee like I like my women—Hot!’
 
“‘Yes Sir,’ she replied with a grin. ‘And Black, too?’”
   
Twitter
Hexx Hargreeves-Monsoon
@quinnspirati0n
I like my coffee like I like my friends. Strong, bitter, not at all sweet. Kinda like a punch in the nuts (if
i had nuts) #coffee
10:43 AM · Apr 30, 2014·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Char
@charloween
Replying to @charloween
@SomebodyOwens @Matt_Denny “I like my coffee like I like my friends: hot, strong, and pleasantly bitter.” :D
5:22 AM · Mar 15, 2016·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Shannan
@BrownShannan
“I like my coffee how I like my friends; strong and slightly bitter.”
9:24 AM · Mar 21, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Curious Cat
@Incognitoville
I like my friends how I like my coffee.
Strong and slightly bitter.
12:13 AM · Jul 19, 2017·Twitter for Android
             
Twitter
Peterson Toscano
@p2son
I like my friends like I like my coffee.
Strong and a little bitter.
5:19 AM · Oct 5, 2018·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Allan Schoenberg ☕️
@allanschoenberg
I like my coffee like I like my friends….strong but a little bitter.
10:02 AM · Sep 23, 2020 from Starbucks·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Matty M. (Valkian)
@Valkian24
I was looking for a gift card and I found one that said on the front.
“I like my friends the same way I like my coffee.”
On the inside it said, “Strong and slightly bitter.”
I can’t help but think of a few friends that would like a card like that….maybe
@ellalowgren
? 😉
12:54 AM · May 21, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
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23 may 2021
🤘 Bone crushing truth! ❤
I like my coffee how I like my friends. Strong and slightly bitter.
 
Twitter
Carol xo
@Carolxo4
☕️ I like my coffee how I like my friends.            Strong and slightly bitter
1:58 AM · Nov 12, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
       
Twitter
👽Strange👽
@EdalineStrange
I like my friends how I like my coffee, strong and bitter.
10:56 AM · Dec 13, 2021·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Clea Bean
@soul_souping
Replying to @JenYetAgain
I like my friends like I like my coffee. Strong and bitter.
2:04 PM · Sep 2, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Ooo La Lattes
@OooLaLattes
I like my coffee like I like my friends. Strong and slightly bitter.
11:30 AM · Oct 12, 2022·HelloWoofy.com
 
Twitter
Paul McWilson (he/him/pfizer)
@cookiejarradio
I like my coffee how I like my friends.  Strong and slightly bitter
5:14 PM · Oct 15, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
     
Pucker Mob
15 Totally Relatable Quotes If You’re a Coffee Junkie
by E. Courier
October 17, 2022
(...)
9. “I like my coffee how I like my friends; strong and slightly bitter.” Unknown.
 
Twitter
AMERICAN BADASS 🇺🇲
@SWFLPatriot
I like my coffee how I like my friends.
Strong and slightly bitter.
7:45 AM · Oct 25, 2022·Twitter for Android

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