[ARC5] Coffee

[Richard Knoppow]

    I like good coffee but its a necessity to me so I will drink 
instant if nothing better is available. I have a coffee grinder 
and an automatic Chemex type coffee maker. The quality of the 
coffee is all important. At work at one time I completely 
disassembled and cleaned the automatic coffee maker because the 
coffee tasted like ground cardboard. Turned out it was the cheap 
coffee the company was buying.
    At home I find that fresh ground makes a difference. I use 
about half and half french roast and standard roast. The 
temperature of the water is important also, can't be boiling or 
it will make the coffee bitter. I have, however, made decent 
"cowboy" coffee by keeping the pot on simmer rather than letting 
it boil. BTW, Yuban was the first coffee to be sold as 
pre-roasted beans. The name means Yuletide Banquet. It  became 
known as "cowboy coffee" because it was much more convenient than 
using green coffee beans. It was a popular West coast brand when 
I was a kid.
     I don't much like Starbucks coffee, not just too strong or 
bitter but something else is wrong with it.

On 4/26/2018 2:39 PM, Waldo Magnuson wrote:
> My neighbor says: “I don’t drink coffee anymore === I go toStarbucks.”
> I just drink plain black coffee.
> Skip Magnuson


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