Coffee ...Wow !

[alchemysa]

I think the water makes a big difference to the taste. At the shack we have good quality filtered rainwater but it never seems to make a tasty cup of coffee. Here at home we use mains water and it always tastes better, even though our mains water has a reputation for being the worst in Australia. I think that criticism is unfair these days, as its all filtered before we get it, but its certainly much more mineralised than the rain water. 'Parts per million' of our mains water is about 300 ppm.

 

[dmccarty]

I'm glad I found this thread, years ago my older sister used to travel abroad every summer, as a single teacher she had the time and friends, long story short, she brought my ageing parents gifts from all over the world and one summer she brought back a huge bag of coffee from Peru, ...

As soon as I saw coffee and Peru I knew what was going to happen next. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Seems like more "coffee" would do the man good?

I almost spewed beer reading the post. :thumbsup:

Later,
Dan

 

[Redneck in training]

As soon as I saw coffee and Peru I knew what was going to happen next. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Seems like more "coffee" would do the man good?

I almost spewed beer reading the post. :thumbsup:

Later,
Dan

This is off topic but you might find it amusing. I have a colleague who is from Peru. We used to have random drug testing policy in our office years back. The computer would pick up a name and the person was sent to get drug tested. They guy goes to the clinic pees in the cup and comes back. He gets called next day and told to pack his stuff a leave the office being fired for drug use. He says: I have never used drugs in my life. It is impossible. So there he goes back to the clinic to get another test but tells them that he drinks coca leave teat every morning. There are only traces of cocaine but the test is so sensitive that it will pick it up. So he was told to discontinue drinking the tea for two weeks and come back for another test. Twenty years later is still employed with us.

 

[Western]

If you taste the salt, you put too much in the coffee.
Later,
Dan

Dan, I don't think the salt granules could sink in my coffee:laughing:

I'm glad I found this thread, years ago my older sister used to travel abroad every summer, as a single teacher she had the time and friends, long story short, she brought my ageing parents gifts from all over the world and one summer she brought back a huge bag of coffee from Peru, my dad loved the stuff despite its bitter taste and never had so much energy, about two weeks into his consumption my mom became concerned he wasn't sleeping and had mowed the lawn like 5 times in a week...at age 70, my younger sister who is an RN ended up testing his urine on a hunch and it came back positive for trace amounts of cocaine, needless to say my other sister never brought back any food products after that, I suggested artwork or clothing.

Now that right there is hilarious:laughing: Talk about getting your client base "hooked" on your coffee!!! Good thing they didn't get caught at the border too, I wouldn't want to try explaining "coke" in my coffee

 

[dmccarty]

This is off topic but you might find it amusing. I have a colleague who is from Peru. We used to have random drug testing policy in our office years back. The computer would pick up a name and the person was sent to get drug tested. They guy goes to the clinic pees in the cup and comes back. He gets called next day and told to pack his stuff a leave the office being fired for drug use. He says: I have never used drugs in my life. It is impossible. So there he goes back to the clinic to get another test but tells them that he drinks coca leave teat every morning. There are only traces of cocaine but the test is so sensitive that it will pick it up. So he was told to discontinue drinking the tea for two weeks and come back for another test. Twenty years later is still employed with us.

How in the heck did he get coco leave tea into the US? Oh, wait, I do not want to know. I THINK coco leaves are illegal in the US.

That is funny though, well not for him it was not. :laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

Dan, I don't think the salt granules could sink in my coffee:laughing:

That is why you put the salt in the coffee grounds.

I did make the coffee with egg shells this morning AND a wee, itty, bitty pinch of salt. :laughing: The eggs shells did not change the taste at all.

Later,
Dan

 

[tcreeley]

That is why you put the salt in the coffee grounds.

I did make the coffee with egg shells this morning AND a wee, itty, bitty pinch of salt. :laughing: The eggs shells did not change the taste at all.

Later,
Dan

And the salt made it sweeter!:laughing:

 

[Jstpssng]

My Sainted Mother in Law always put egg shells in her coffee grounds...I asked her why one time and she told me but I forgot...She always made great coffee though...

I've been told it helps with memory retention.

I don't recall who told me that, though.

(There's never a sarcasm font around when you need it. )

 

[J Coop]

My wife bought a grind and brew coffee maker about a month ago. She buys our coffee on the web at Coffee Am. She has found that it's cheaper per pound than star bucks at wally world. We don't like dark roast either. Our favorite is tanzania peaberry. In a medium roast.

 

[Redneck in training]

How in the heck did he get coco leave tea into the US? Oh, wait, I do not want to know. I THINK coco leaves are illegal in the US.

That is funny though, well not for him it was not. :laughing:

Later,
Dan

You buy coca tea in every grocery store in Peru. The problem is the high sensitivity of the test. It will pick up traces of cocain in your system two weeks after last use. So I was told.