No milk or anything else in specialty coffee??

GeekKopi

I'm surprised in that blog that the OP didn't mention to ditch the water and just eat the bean green or pick the cherry straight from the tree and chew it. Water surely would affect the quality of the bean itself. [emoji41]

Brett_H

GeekKopi wrote:

I'm surprised in that blog that the OP didn't mention to ditch the water and just eat the bean green or pick the cherry straight from the tree and chew it. Water surely would affect the quality of the bean itself. [emoji41]

You've made me spit my wine. Kudos GK, Kudos!

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

You've made me spit my wine. Kudos GK, Kudos!

im on fire tonight. [emoji91]

LeroyC

I'm pretty sure the term 'specialty coffee' was coined in the States and simply meant anything that didn't come in a can from the supermarket. Is that not right?

Brett_H

LeroyC wrote:

I'm pretty sure the term 'specialty coffee' was coined in the States and simply meant anything that didn't come in a can from the supermarket. Is that not right?

I think you're correct. FWIW I've got some lovely Aussie beans currently and my Short Black yesterday arvo was wonderful. Was it better the my flat white at lunch... Was it experientially more enlightened?? Was one viscerally challenging and the other swill?? Get a life! Perhaps this is the 'testing the waters' post for removal of the steam wand so tanked levers don't stall their thermosyphon. I would argue that if you want full control and a visceral experience you've got to remove the spring from the lever, not the milk from the cup!

LeroyC

I haven't read all the Londinium threads online, but it certainly sounds like a valid conspiracy theory.

DoubleRistretto

Brett H wrote:

FWIW I've got some lovely Aussie beans currently and my Short Black yesterday arvo was wonderful. Was it better the my flat white at lunch... Was it experientially more enlightened?? Was one viscerally challenging and the other swill?? Get a life!

haha 😃

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

I think you're correct. FWIW I've got some lovely Aussie beans currently and my Short Black yesterday arvo was wonderful. Was it better the my flat white at lunch... Was it experientially more enlightened?? Was one viscerally challenging and the other swill?? Get a life! Perhaps this is the 'testing the waters' post for removal of the steam wand so tanked levers don't stall their thermosyphon. I would argue that if you want full control and a visceral experience you've got to remove the spring from the lever, not the milk from the cup!

taste this bean. Go on taste it. Put it in your mouth. Let your saliva extract its fruitiness.

Moon

Has the Coffee plant ever bean considered a 'weed' before some bright spark crushed and boiled up the beans to drink? I like how that Squirrel thing over in Indonesia eats the beans and poops them out to end up being 'gourmet' beans selling at astronomical prices. Those little critters certainly hit the jackpot - and can legitimately claim that the sun does shine out of their arses. :angel:

Brett_H

We know there are people out there who will do and say anything to make a buck. Caged force-fed Civet cats that turn coffee cherries from average beans into astronmally priced beans possibly givesthe little critters cause to reconsider their lucky luminescent behinds! There's snake-oil salesmen and women everywhere gentle reader. Listen and read with educated scepticism!

askthecoffeeguy

Brett H wrote:

We know there are people out there who will do and say anything to make a buck. Caged force-fed Civet cats that turn coffee cherries from average beans into astronmally priced beans possibly givesthe little critters cause to reconsider their lucky luminescent behinds! There's snake-oil salesmen and women everywhere gentle reader. Listen and read with educated scepticism!

tried a few but never had a good one i guess it depends in part how the bean is processed - but having seen first hand the animals trapped in cages in bali living a miserable existence, I dont think I'll be partaking again any time soon!