Here are 5 more coffee drink recipes to share with family and friends. And for those alone times, it's always nice to be able to treat yourself to a little something special after a long day at work. Coffee drinks are usually requested as an after dinner drink and most often during the chillier, damper winter months. Why not use one of these recipes as a starting point for creating your own signature drink recipe.

While mom and dad probably never knew any better, coffee culture has come a long way toward educating people against making a mediocre cup. Practices like keeping a five-pound can of grounds around until you use them up and leaving a coffee pot on the heating plate for hours are simply designed to make the absolute worst dregs of coffee around. Can you plead guilty to any of these five criminal coffee acts?

While there is nothing morally wrong with buying yourself a little treat once in a while, it can become a problem when the costs start adding up over time. If the average medium latte costs $4, then you will spend about $20 a week or $1,000 a year for your creamy caffeine hit. In a tight economy, most of us can find better ways to spend that kind of money.