Thread: Coffee, What's what?

Originally Posted by Snapper

It was actually named after an order of Munks.

That's interesting since "cappuccio" is Italian for Hood. Maybe this is one of those language coincindences where it got it's name from one source but it has stuck because of the other.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

so couple of questions

Just make sure you keep it CLEAN. Turn it on and flush about a half a cup of water through it before you start doing coffee then make sure you flush some more water through it once you're done. Give the head a good wipe too.

If you keep the machine clean you will not need to decalcify it that often (perhaps every 6 months).

Also, don't rely on the warmer tray at the top to heat your cups/glasses. It's OK in cafes where the cups are there all the time, but at home it is quicker to boil some water in the jug and pour it into the cups.

1, Instant should never be touched under any circumstances, it's old coffee, nothing fresh about it, despite what the packet says, terrible stuff


hmm yes you would be from north of the harbour and parramatta river exclusion line... betcha would rather a nice cool chardy to a nice cool beer..... and if it is beer it would be a improrted brand .... none of that home grown stuff... he he he he -

cum on we cant all have top quality roasted bean barista made blends.... ill take mine NATO - 2SM please!

here is one for you all - have we become a nation of Coffee snobs???? 10 years ago Capaccino was something you may have been able to get at a good italian restaurant after dinner..... they werent on every corner - what did all of you - "oh i cant function withiout my mega shot triple soy mocca chino latta with a twist of lemon drinkers" go then?

Originally Posted by landrovermick

cum on we cant all have top quality roasted bean barista made blends.... ill take mine NATO - 2SM please!

Ahh, that's how you drink it! I like my coffee black so instant is pretty gross like that.

Ron

you know those silly ideas you get when youve got not a lot to do and the wife and kid are in bed and asleep. youve got to wait 20 mins or so for the washing up to soak before you do the dishes...

Did you know you can make a reallly really good milo with a coffee maker? just like your mum used to make with milk onl y boiled in a pot and whisked till itwas frothy then poured over a table spoon of milo and 2 sugars before you sat dwon in front of the wood stove for story time before blowing the candles out and going to bed....

Ok Im a coffee snob and dont give a s&^% about any one elses thoughts on the matter.

Drank instant all my life until I travelled OS had this funny stuff so strong your spoon would melt with enough sugar to run a car for a year and it was in a glass so bloody small it was a nip glass but OMG bliss bliss bliss, heaven, nivana, hell you put in the word you want. it was a version of turkish

I no longer drink instant, prefer water and we all know what fish do it that.

Tried fresh roasted coffee in the hills of Timor ooow now that was nice, then went back to Dilli to blend bloody 43 eowuck or words to that effect. even the average cafe doesnt make real coffee. each coffee we have at home the coffee costs about a dollar per cup. But like a nice wine (yeah yeah compare me to a bloody chardonay drinker) a good coffee is something to be savored. oo oo oo or like a really good scotch savored for the fine complex subtle flavours that are in the drink.

or to put it bluntly Life is to short for bad tea & coffee, bad wine, bad food or bad conversation, coffee is the easiest to get a good brew of.

Blythe

Originally Posted by solmanic

That's interesting since "cappuccio" is Italian for Hood. Maybe this is one of those language coincindences where it got it's name from one source but it has stuck because of the other.

You're right, it is italian for hood thats where we get the comon name "cap" from, as in baseball cap.
Also Capuchin is any agile intelligent New World monkey of the genus Cebus, inhabiting forests in South America, typically having a cowl of thick hair on the top of the head or a womens hooded cloak. Capuchin is also a friar belonging to a strict and autonomous branch of the Franciscan order. All of these have some sort of a cap.

Originally Posted by p38arover

That's about what it costs for green beens in Oz. I buy them. The last lot I got were in the $7.50-$9 range.

Ron

Well there you go fair trade prices eh!

same price as the local stuff, we worked it out on an hourly rate versus the amount we harvested, and we would make 20c an hour if we sell it as green bean.
You have to factor in the hand picking, the pulping, the fermenting, the washing, and the sun drying into all that before you bag any of it. You have to pick nearly 2kg of cherry to get 1kg of green bean

All I can say to those of you who are helping prop up multinational coffee houses and adding to the national debt.

Be australian , "Buy Australian'


thank you


john