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Saturday, February 22. 2020

What's your favorite coffee?


An Egyptian friend, now thriving in the US, brought me a Turkish coffee kit from Cairo. The little copper pot, two ceramic cups, and a few bags of that powdered Turkish coffee. She blames it on the Ottoman Empire. 


Turkish coffee is delicious, strong, and sweet. Once tried, you will never go back. Spain's coffee con leche is wonderful too, and entirely different. So is espresso. The only great thing about American coffee is that you get a lot of it to sip on. Coffee is a multicultural wonder and necessary for mental and physical health.




Posted by The Barrister in Food and Drink at 14:17 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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Give me Tanzanian Peaberry in just about form and I’ll be happy. Also love my Technivorm Moccamaster beyond measure.
#1 BlogDog on 2020-02-22 14:21 (Reply)
Agree about the Moccamaster especially when only making a few cups of Ethiopian Harrar.
#1.1 grant1863 on 2020-02-22 16:10 (Reply)
Low Acid coffee from Healthwise for me.
#2 snopercod on 2020-02-22 17:58 (Reply)
I've been getting my coffee from the same place for over 35 years now, I think I may be one of their longest customers. Although they have lots to offer, I get the owner's blend, whole bean, fresh roasted on premises. 1/2 Hawaiian Kona, 1/2 Organic Columbia Supremo. Delicious, medium-light roast, extraordinarily smooth and fresh. You know, the darker the roast, the less caffeine; it degrades with temperature and time. I must have my caffeine, or else I am sub-humanoid all day.
#3 Aggie on 2020-02-22 18:49 (Reply)
Once a week I need a Vietnamese coffee.

This is made from the Robusta bean which has a stronger flavour, look for any of the Vietnamese brands, they all are very fun kind of coffee, and a nice change from the Arabica I usually drink.

Caphe is made in a little special metal filter (works great with regular too, super for camping) that sits on top of any regular glass with concentrated sweet milk (or cream if you like keto).

Using the filter is it's own kind of show --- it takes time but watching a rain of coffee drip into the cream is very relaxing.

Add a shot of whiskey and you have a rather nice, non-cloying version of Bailey's Cream. (Wassail!)
#4 Babs on 2020-02-22 21:05 (Reply)
There's a company that wants to start making artificial coffee.
I don't know what it's made of, but they say it tastes good. Should be interesting to see what happens.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kleitsch/atomo-we-hacked-the-coffee-bean-invented-molecular/description
#5 Ron Lieberman on 2020-02-22 21:21 (Reply)
I make a regular batch of coffee in an electric drip but I add a dash of salt and one tsp of hot chocolate mix. You can't taste the salt it mellows it but no salt taste. You can taste the chocolate but it is really light and interesting.
#6 OneGuy on 2020-02-22 21:50 (Reply)
There's a Seamus Kennedy song that describes this coffee pot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNF14stWGzc
#7 Kenneth Mitchell (Link) on 2020-02-23 04:27 (Reply)
House brand Kroger instand decaf stirred into a microwaved cup of hot water.
#8 rhhardin on 2020-02-23 07:55 (Reply)
Don't touch the stuff.
#9 Sam L. on 2020-02-23 09:14 (Reply)
Jamaican Blue Mountain, which I haven't been able to find in years.
#10 Fred on 2020-02-24 19:23 (Reply)

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