Sipping, savouring and greatly enjoying, an afternoon mug of coffee, coffee from Thailand, served with organic hot milk.
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And savouring, sipping, and thoroughly enjoying, another mug of coffee - served with organic hot milk - from Thailand.
Sipping a coffee from Bolivia, - a country from which I haven't had coffee until now - served with organic hot milk.
A late afternoon (or, early evening) mug of coffee (this time from Zambia) is keeping me company, served with some organic hot milk and a dash of double cream.
An afternoon coffee from Bolivia, served with organic hot milk, is currently keeping me company.
The worst thing with with Ice-espresso's is that they go down so fast.
So easy to take a refill, and get totally caffeine-intoxicated 🥳
I usually try to restrain myself, but today I needed a 2nd one.
So easy to take a refill, and get totally caffeine-intoxicated 🥳
I usually try to restrain myself, but today I needed a 2nd one.
Tried a new coffee today. Will need to reset the grinder to produce a coarser grind...
Re Indonesian coffee, - which is not something I am familiar with - has anyone who contributes to (or reads) the thread any experience - or, any thoughts, comments, observations - on Indonesian coffee that they may care to share?
I only know about kopi luwak - the Weasel poo coffee!
I've never tried it, and it's expensive, but I've had the "fake" version (Trung Nguyen Creative 8) in Vietnam and it's very tasty. They somehow emulate the chemical process and reproduce it artificially (i.e. without the digesting stage 😁).
I've never tried it, and it's expensive, but I've had the "fake" version (Trung Nguyen Creative 8) in Vietnam and it's very tasty. They somehow emulate the chemical process and reproduce it artificially (i.e. without the digesting stage 😁).
Thank you for your response.
No, the legendary (nay, notorious) kopi luwak wasn't (or, isn't) exactly what I have (had) in mind.
And yes, I have read that it is expensive, but then, so, increasingly, are many of the coffees I buy from small producers (and small roasters).
Rather, given that I have been reading about coffees from Indonesia, and equally, given that I know next to nothing about them as I have never come across any, I do wonder whether anyone has encountered, or have any experience of, coffees from Sumatra, or Kalossi, or any of the other regions within Indonesia that are known for coffee.
An Australian brand called Daley St, a blend ofBrazilian, Colombian & Kenyan beans.
It said on the label -- "Medium/Dark". But I didn't notice where it said "Intense 11", out of 12...
Anyway, it's good now.
I read somewhere that a coffee journalist did a blind taste test amongst some coffee cognoscenti in New York. Kopi Luwak came out last.
It's another example of people saying "it costs a lot, it must be good", when really it was excrement. Literally.
Do enjoy.
Yes, not really something that would tickle (let alone tantalise) my taste buds.
In sad news -- just popped into my local Aldi, only to find that they have had substantial increases in the prices of all their coffees, in the region of 40%.
May have to start growing my own coffee...
May have to start growing my own coffee...
Yes, coffee prices have been increasing, sometimes, quite sharply.
However, Aldi have always had pretty decent (and reasonably affordable, - in comparison to/by contrast with - almost every other outlet) coffee.
My 2.5Kg "wholesale" Formula Rossa from the Algerian Coffee store (on Old Compton Street, central London) used to be £24.
Under a year ago it was £32 (I think!). On their website it's now £40.
It's lovely coffee (their own blend - makes lovely espressos *and* cappuccinos/lattes) but maybe this is the excuse I need to try new things.
Under a year ago it was £32 (I think!). On their website it's now £40.
It's lovely coffee (their own blend - makes lovely espressos *and* cappuccinos/lattes) but maybe this is the excuse I need to try new things.
The thing is, once you try seriously superb coffee, it is very difficult to go back to coffee that is merely pretty good.
Actually, I find that I usually drink coffee in the 'very good' - but not 'outstanding' - category or range (and, clocking, or logging prices, yes, they have risen quite substantially over the past few years, but this has been predicted, and it cannot simply be ascribed to pure greed; climate change is also an issue).
However, every so often, - perhaps every six weeks - I will find myself splurging on a truly excellent coffee.
An afternoon coffee from Bolivia (served with organic hot milk) is keeping me company just now.