Once you become a coffee snob it becomes increasingly more difficult to go and have a coffee at a friends house.
Its gone from:
"Anyone want a coffee?"
"Yes please!"
To:
" Would you like a coffee Stefan?" asks your gracious host.
"...um ... sure... ... Um... Hmmm... Tea?"
I just don't know what they are offering.
It sucks.
I want to be nice and just grin and bare it, but I have been burnt so many times. I'm just not sure I can go there again. Ok, big deep breaths...
Unless you surround yourself with people who know how much you love coffee. Then they either don't offer for fear of refusal or a micro grimace that flashes across my face. Or they step up and face the challenge head on.
In some way I feel I am improving the condition of coffee wherever I go.
Some of my friends and family are totally onto it.
Some have been into coffee for years and are improving there game on a daily basis. Others are just new to this coffee game and are taking it in both hands and giving it there best shot.
I applaud this effort.
It not hard, really it's not. Don't think that by buying a tin of coffee you are getting the easy alternative. Its not. In fact you are doing yourself damage by consuming something that has already been made once and when you add your hot, nay boiling water to it your are mearly making it again. Ew. Oh and did I mention that they add MORE caffeine to it? Why? Perhaps they should add more taste!
So one cup of instant needs three cups of water straight after it. Two to counter act the added caffeine and one more to wipe the taste from your memory.
Instant coffee has one place in this world, CWA roadside stops.
So do yourself a favour this Christmas, go to the store and buy a plunger. It just as easy as instant. Pour water just off boiling, on coffee... Wait a few seconds... Plunge and pour. See, it's easy!
I defy you to tell me that it is not better.
You deserve a better morning.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Mad espresso
Sunday in the city and it was time for a coffee.
We stopped at Mad Espresso for a coffee. Woah! It was more like a double ristretto than a double espresso and I'm glad for that. It was like syrup. Thick and dark. Bitey.
Almost, but not quite undrinkable.
Better than some of the other coffees I have had in the city but still not great.
Campos coffee.
Keep trying Brisbane.
We stopped at Mad Espresso for a coffee. Woah! It was more like a double ristretto than a double espresso and I'm glad for that. It was like syrup. Thick and dark. Bitey.
Almost, but not quite undrinkable.
Better than some of the other coffees I have had in the city but still not great.
Campos coffee.
Keep trying Brisbane.
Location:Queen St,Brisbane,Australia
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Eat n runway
Airports.
Waiting.
Lots of waiting.
Why must the coffee suck?
I went to an Expresso outlet thinking it might be ok. I have had coffee there before and I had thought it to be passable. Not this time.
The black bile in a cup handed to me was rancid. The flavour was way too dark to bare and even with my lack of taste due to my cold I had this retched burnt and over-extracted aroma. I guess that is what they mean by writing
"Aromas" on the cup!
And the pastry I bought was like plastic. Luck I don't write a blog about pastries.
So I tipped it out and bought another from Eat and Runway.
It was really nice. Still a little dark but the taste was great.
So there is hope while waiting for your flight.
Just don't expect anything when your in Mackay!
"Life is too short for bad coffee."
Waiting.
Lots of waiting.
Why must the coffee suck?
I went to an Expresso outlet thinking it might be ok. I have had coffee there before and I had thought it to be passable. Not this time.
The black bile in a cup handed to me was rancid. The flavour was way too dark to bare and even with my lack of taste due to my cold I had this retched burnt and over-extracted aroma. I guess that is what they mean by writing
"Aromas" on the cup!
And the pastry I bought was like plastic. Luck I don't write a blog about pastries.
So I tipped it out and bought another from Eat and Runway.
It was really nice. Still a little dark but the taste was great.
So there is hope while waiting for your flight.
Just don't expect anything when your in Mackay!
"Life is too short for bad coffee."
Green Caffeine
green is nice
It has taken me this long to get my hands on some Green Caffeine to taste. I know! I have only been working for the company, what, Three Months!
There are several contributing factors here...
- We only had retail packs for sale and not for testing.
- Bob had his hands full winning "Three" awards at the Golden Bean!
- I'm a lazy bastard.
So thanks for your patience.
Today we ran it solidly at the gate and it came up strong, but not too strong.
Intact it has a pleasant sweet body. It can be a bit bitey at the front but it does promise a nice sweet aftertaste. The customers we gave it too seemed to enjoy the flavour and one even preferred it over the Midnight Oil. Now I personally wouldn't go that far, the Midnight Oil is still my stand out favorite, especially when it is slow pressed for the Athena leva machine.
D Licious!
you can try all of our coffee blends as we now have a coffee rotation. Ebony Ivory is the house blend and the others swap every day.
Mmmm coffee.
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It has taken me this long to get my hands on some Green Caffeine to taste. I know! I have only been working for the company, what, Three Months!
There are several contributing factors here...
- We only had retail packs for sale and not for testing.
- Bob had his hands full winning "Three" awards at the Golden Bean!
- I'm a lazy bastard.
So thanks for your patience.
Today we ran it solidly at the gate and it came up strong, but not too strong.
Intact it has a pleasant sweet body. It can be a bit bitey at the front but it does promise a nice sweet aftertaste. The customers we gave it too seemed to enjoy the flavour and one even preferred it over the Midnight Oil. Now I personally wouldn't go that far, the Midnight Oil is still my stand out favorite, especially when it is slow pressed for the Athena leva machine.
D Licious!
you can try all of our coffee blends as we now have a coffee rotation. Ebony Ivory is the house blend and the others swap every day.
Mmmm coffee.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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