The Art of Good Coffee
Good Blimey : ” I’ve discovered that a good coffee maker counts a lot, especially if it can brew the water to the proper temperature of 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Then a good grinder is ideal, preferably with burr blades for even, consistent grinding of the beans. Finally good, quality roasted beans are necessary to enjoy the fruits of your labor.”
I have always been the tea-type rather than the passionate java drinker. But there are times when I grow a lust for coffee, as well.
I was a student living at Erlangen´s Erwin-Rommel-students´apartment house when I first watched
Green Fire , the 1954 movie starring Grace Kelly and Stewart Granger growing coffee and searching for emeralds somewhere in Latin America. I developed such an interest in coffee after the moviethat I got a book on coffee and coffeemaking, a pound of coffee and one of those cheap and easy Italian two-storeyed espresso cans you can put directly on the hot plate. And for some weeks I drank loads of coffee!
Via Audrey´ s Coffeesage I took a coffee quiz the other day - and there again:
And yet, studying Spanish at the moment and having gained an increased interest in things related to los paises hispanoablantes, last week I went and bought a french-press glass coffee maker and an electric coffee grinder and there I am drinking wonderful Colombian coffee. The only thing is: coffee drinking makes me nervous and sweaty and I tend to grow a headache - I AM the tea-type, no doubt, but sometimes (at least with me) enthusiasm counts more than experience and wisdom.
They don´t grow tea in any spanish-spaeking country, do they?
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I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting