Coffee recipe?
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Christian Graus wrote:
All you need is a plunger.
So good, it works on the sink too... Sorry, not quite with it tonight - still recovering from the Queensryche gig last night. Dear god - they are loud; amazingly great songs, but bleeding ears in a smaller venue.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Queensryche gig
I'd be jealous, but I'll see them do all of Mindcrime live with actors in a few weeks.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Queensryche gig
I'd be jealous, but I'll see them do all of Mindcrime live with actors in a few weeks.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Christian Graus wrote:
I'll see them do all of Mindcrime live with actors in a few weeks
Cool - I tell you what; age hasn't mellowed them in any way. They show the younger acts how to put on a show. You'll have a hell of a time.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Christian Graus wrote:
I'll see them do all of Mindcrime live with actors in a few weeks
Cool - I tell you what; age hasn't mellowed them in any way. They show the younger acts how to put on a show. You'll have a hell of a time.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
They played ROK last year too and were amazing, I can't wait to see them, I *love* Mindcrime I.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
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cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
}Take 50g of real Arabica beans recently roasted (no more than 10 days). I'd recomend the Brazilian Minas Terras Altas or a good Kenyan. Each bean must be uniformly roasted to the point it begins to become slightly oily but not more. This is the dark roast also known as the espresso roast. Grind the beans in a central burr grinder into the finest possible powder. Blade grinders don't get it thin enough. Put the powder in a espresso machine container (I'd recomend an Italian: Rancilio, Faema, Trucilio, Saeco, Capresso, Illy, etc.). Press lightly the coffee powder to compress it. This helps the machine achieve the correct pressure. Put the container in the machine. Put natural spring water in the machine (that is non-chlorinated water with Ph as close to 7 as possible). Put a small espresso cup in the machine tray. Turn the machine on and enrich your life.:cool: P.S.: the light colored foam that forms in the cup is called "crema". It comes from the oils that the beans began to liberate in the dark roast above. Only the pressure of a espresso machine on a finelly ground powder can fully extract the oils. They are what gives aroma to espresso. [modified]For the whole biochemistry and complex science behind an espresso take a look at the classic paper[^]. Yes, I am that snobish and pedantic. :cool:[/modified].
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modified on Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:38 PM
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
{
cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
}Recipe? We don't need no stinking recipe!
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
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cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
}The best "recipe" starts with the right coffee. My brother owns a gourmet coffee shop and has taught me a lot about how to make the best coffee. In my opinion, the best coffee you can buy is from http://www.cafealtura.com. Better than anything Starbucks can dish out. My favorite is their Sumatran variety. For best results always grind it yourself before preparing. Last year I participated in a coffee contest with this coffee and won. You won't be disappointed.
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
{
cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
}Flavouring coffee is at the very least a crime against nature. :) Really good coffee needs no flavouring at all, it *is* the flavour. The first two recommendations you got were the best already, I'll just add that you really need to start with fresh roasted beans so get to know your local coffee roaster and try their samples out. A french press, the "plunger", referred to in the other post is the best low tech cheap way to make a good cup of coffee. http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.brewers.frenchpress.shtml[^] The espresso machine is the most convenient way and my preference. A good grinder is essential unless you walk past a good coffee roaster every day and can buy enough for one day only pre-ground. Note that you can get manual hand crank burr grinders, you don't need to buy a fancy electric one though it's very convenient. I take my coffee very seriously and roast my own green beans with one of these: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.hearthwareiRoast.shtml[^] Grind them moments before brewing them on the "Rocky" grinder here: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.electricmills.shtml[^] And brew them using this baby: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.rancilio.shtml[^] You've *never* really had a good cup of coffee unless you've had a freshly roasted one made from top of the line beans, freshly ground and brewed right. It's so far from, and so much better than what is called coffee in most places (including most chain espresso places like Starbucks) it's not even comparable. Find a local on premises roaster who serves the coffee they roast and you will more than likely taste what I mean.
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot
modified on Monday, June 16, 2008 1:15 AM
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
{
cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
}Nescafe Gold. Put the sugar and milk in the mug then add hot water. If you drink black coffee, put some cold water instead of milk. Only then add the coffee powder. This stops the burnt taste. Yes I know it is heresy recommending instant coffeee, but...
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
{
cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
}Nothing DECAF, that's been a threat to the time-space continuum more dangerous than anyone else has had the will to admit :confused: Having said that, the best coffee during the hot months of the year is prepared by filling up the sports bottle with ice, all the way to the top. Pour in a couple of non-sugar sweeteners if that's your style or plain old sugar... fill the thing almost to the top with hot coffee - the ice will melt somewhat. Close the bottle, shake it well so the sugar/sweetener blends in and the whole thing chills. Fill in the extra space in the bottle with more ice. Sweet! -=[ R ]=-
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
{
cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
{
cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
}There is nothing in this world like Guatemala's Antigua Coffee. Either extra fine grinded for a capuccino or medium grind for a 10-second-boiled coffee half liter. Mmm tasty... Just add a couple of topped tablespoons per glass of boiling water and let it boil for 10 seconds. You will need to pass it thru a mesh before serving right to your cup and add sugar if you like.
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Recipe? We don't need no stinking recipe!
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
{
cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
}Ingredients: 20 cups cold water 16 tablespoons regular grind coffee (more or less to taste) 1 egg (shell and all) Procedure: 1. Measure water in to a pot and bring to a boil. Use an enamel pot for best result. 2. Measure ground coffee into mixing bowl, add raw egg and mix well, then add to the boiling water 3. Reduce heat and stir well with long wooden spoon 4. Simmer 2 minutes, then boil hard for one minute 5. Let the coffee rest for one minute, then pour 1/4 cup cold water into the coffee to settle the grounds 6. Strain into a serving pot and serve.
modified on Monday, June 16, 2008 1:26 PM
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Flavouring coffee is at the very least a crime against nature. :) Really good coffee needs no flavouring at all, it *is* the flavour. The first two recommendations you got were the best already, I'll just add that you really need to start with fresh roasted beans so get to know your local coffee roaster and try their samples out. A french press, the "plunger", referred to in the other post is the best low tech cheap way to make a good cup of coffee. http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.brewers.frenchpress.shtml[^] The espresso machine is the most convenient way and my preference. A good grinder is essential unless you walk past a good coffee roaster every day and can buy enough for one day only pre-ground. Note that you can get manual hand crank burr grinders, you don't need to buy a fancy electric one though it's very convenient. I take my coffee very seriously and roast my own green beans with one of these: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.hearthwareiRoast.shtml[^] Grind them moments before brewing them on the "Rocky" grinder here: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.electricmills.shtml[^] And brew them using this baby: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.rancilio.shtml[^] You've *never* really had a good cup of coffee unless you've had a freshly roasted one made from top of the line beans, freshly ground and brewed right. It's so far from, and so much better than what is called coffee in most places (including most chain espresso places like Starbucks) it's not even comparable. Find a local on premises roaster who serves the coffee they roast and you will more than likely taste what I mean.
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot
modified on Monday, June 16, 2008 1:15 AM
Nice coffee maker, but my enamel pot cost $1 at a yard sale.
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Anyone here knows a good recipe for making coffee? I don't have a coffee machine and already tried with milk, with cocoa cream, with coffee mate. Any other flavor you like the most?
// "In the end it's a little boy expressing himself." Yanni while (I_am_alive)
{
cout<<"I love to do more than just programming.";
}If you are making coffee at work, and they don't allow coffee makers on desks (for insurance reasons), do this: 1. Get a French press coffee maker (Gevalia, Bodum, etc) at Starbucks, William - Sonoma, or Gevalia on line.... 2. Find a bag of your favorite coffee at your favorite store 3. Tell them to grind it for a French press 4. You will have to experiment on the right amount to put in the press - I'd start with 2 - 4 scoops. 5. Fill an inch from the top with hot water (to allow room for the plunger or press)- most commercial work coffee machines have a hot water spigot 6. Let the coffee sit for 5 - 10 minutes (optional) 7. SLOWLY - push the plunger all the way down - if you want, let the coffee sit for another 5 8. Pour and enjoy Coffee this way has a lot of flavor and requires experimentation to get the right strength - it can be REALLY strong if you aren't careful. :omg: I'm not a coffee snob - really - I just like it strong with a lot of flavor. Most of the time, I just get mine at Quik Trip.
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Flavouring coffee is at the very least a crime against nature. :) Really good coffee needs no flavouring at all, it *is* the flavour. The first two recommendations you got were the best already, I'll just add that you really need to start with fresh roasted beans so get to know your local coffee roaster and try their samples out. A french press, the "plunger", referred to in the other post is the best low tech cheap way to make a good cup of coffee. http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.brewers.frenchpress.shtml[^] The espresso machine is the most convenient way and my preference. A good grinder is essential unless you walk past a good coffee roaster every day and can buy enough for one day only pre-ground. Note that you can get manual hand crank burr grinders, you don't need to buy a fancy electric one though it's very convenient. I take my coffee very seriously and roast my own green beans with one of these: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.hearthwareiRoast.shtml[^] Grind them moments before brewing them on the "Rocky" grinder here: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.electricmills.shtml[^] And brew them using this baby: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.rancilio.shtml[^] You've *never* really had a good cup of coffee unless you've had a freshly roasted one made from top of the line beans, freshly ground and brewed right. It's so far from, and so much better than what is called coffee in most places (including most chain espresso places like Starbucks) it's not even comparable. Find a local on premises roaster who serves the coffee they roast and you will more than likely taste what I mean.
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot
modified on Monday, June 16, 2008 1:15 AM
My friend has gotten excellent results by roasting in a *pop-secret* air popcorn popper just before grinding and serving...
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They played ROK last year too and were amazing, I can't wait to see them, I *love* Mindcrime I.
Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Is it me or is it a prerequisite to be a Queensryche fan to work in software development?
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Nice coffee maker, but my enamel pot cost $1 at a yard sale.
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My friend has gotten excellent results by roasting in a *pop-secret* air popcorn popper just before grinding and serving...
Yup, a lot of people use that many also go even lower tech than that and use one of these: http://www.sweetmarias.com/prod.stovetop-popper.shtml[^] One guy uses a steel dog bowl and a heat gun that you normally use to strip paint.
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot