Billzz

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    >> Frank F. Matthews wrote:
    >>> Martin Bienwald wrote:
    >>> > Frank Hucklenbroich wrote:
    >>> >
    >>> >
    >>> >>Normally tap-water in Germany is safe for drinking
    >>> >
    >>> >
    >>> > Safe indeed, but it tastes funny in some place. For example, I would
    >>> > not
    >>> > recommend drinking it in Mannheim (it's OK for cooking or brushing
    >>> > your
    >>> > teeth).
    >>> >
    >>> > ... Martin
    >>> If the water is not OK to drink it isn't OK too cook with.
    >> Heating kills a lot of bacteria.
    > And boiling in particular.

I spent six months in Heidelberg (which is next to Mannheim) on the German
economy, while waiting for my family. I had a very nice coffee brewer,
which shortly became unusable because of the very high mineral content of
the water. Zo, I had to take Fruschtuck (breakfast) in the Condeterai
(restaurant) downstairs and I had to trinken wein oder bier mit Mitagessen.
I never drank wasser (oops, water) again. If anyone were to ask me about
the water in Germany, I would answer, "Why would anyone want to drink water
in Germany?"

Neil Williams

Martin wrote:

    > They don't all produce a cold tone of light, anymore.

Indeed not. I have them throughout my flat and I don't really notice
the difference.

If they're too "cold" for the OP, why not try a lampshade in a "warm"
colour?

Neil

Peer

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:55:11 +0200, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    >>I've never seen iced coffee in Germany.
    >Why not?

Let me clarify. If one orders an Eiskaffee in Germany -- and I've done
it -- one should expect in return coffee � la mode, coffee with a scoop
of ice cream in it, and whipped cream on top. Eiskaffee is quite common
in Germany, in my experience.

However, brewed coffee served cold I've never seen (other than in my
glass when I am in Germany).

And what you clipped from my email message was that there is a Deutsch
admonition, Sprichtwort or saying about USA-style iced coffee, something
about its value for preservation of a cadaver (ie. comparing cold coffee
with formaldehyde). Anyone know the saying?

Martin Bienwald

Billzz wrote:

    > I spent six months in Heidelberg (which is next to Mannheim) on the German
    > economy, while waiting for my family. I had a very nice coffee brewer,
    > which shortly became unusable because of the very high mineral content of
    > the water.

I'm living in Heidelberg now, and you're right - the water has a very high
mineral content here. However, the tap water in Heidelberg tastes OK (in my
opinion, at least). But I have to decalcify my electric kettle from time to
time.

... Martin