Posted on 08/21/2012 9:51:41 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Thanks.
Bump for later
Lovely ping thanks! And a bump!
I think I’m going to love this ping list.
Welcome aboard, PINGEE #32.
No worries, FRiend.
*sniff* No more coffee? *sigh*
I’d still love to be part of the ping list. Sounds fun/interesting. Thank you!
Welcome aboard, PINGEE #33.
I drink coffee throughout the day, and am enjoying a sip or two now, even as I type. My grandfather was born in Sweden, and emigrated to Nebraska in his teens. When I was two years old we were visiting him in Gothenburg, Nebraska, where he lived. We were visiting the lady next door to him and were all sitting around a big table and she served each of us, including me, a nice piece of apple pie topped with cheese, and a big cup of coffee. I doubt that I was allowed to have coffee on a regular basis, but I was still a boy when I started drinking coffee. I like it. And I drink it just coffee, w/o cream or sugar. Coffee us a healthy food, and supplies many needed antioxidants.
I think I recommended it to some home roaster on this forum, about ten years ago.
I liked it for having medium body (as opposed to "light" as some Costa Rica coffees are known for) good bean prep, good overall cup quality. It blended well also, helping itself and other beans be more than the sum of their parts, if all went well.
One thing I will offer again though, is that at times it can be better when brewed lightly, by which I mean not too strong. Drink it black.
If fresh crop, and a good coffee, roasted not improperly, there can be delicate floral notes one misses when the coffee is stronger.
Usually roasted to a medium/full Vienna. Sometimes just a spot or hint of oil on the bean in the trowel (usually not). It can go French, but I had other favorites for that...
My dad ran the coffee mess for VMF(AW)122 in Beaufort.
One day he made a spoon out of Wood's metal and left it by the pot...
>> That explains why coffee began to lose its popularity in the early 1980s among young people.
Because somewhere around that time, the boiling point of water changed from 192 to 212 F.
To eliminate bitterness place a pinch (or two) of table salt in the pot before brewing. If the coffee has a salty taste, just cut back on the salt. It sure makes the coffee smoother and less bitter.
Brewed coffee is delicious if you do it right.
Just like anything else, if you screw it up it will suck.
Kids!!??!! Whadda ya expect??
They prolly think holding your pinky out makes it taste better too.
OK,...add me to your ping list.
Now you’re giving away secrets..........1/8th. tsp. salt for 64 oz. of coffee from 1/2 C.finely ground (not expresso or Turkish grinds) beans.
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Not sure how to clean that up.....
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1/2C. fine grind coffee
1/8th. tsp salt on top the grounds
water to brew about 64 oz. brewed coffee.
I’m using auto drip usually, but yields as good a product from the press and Melita cone. Also makes the last of the pot almost as good as the first.
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