Tea / Coffee
Jun 21st 2017, 10:23 am
#31
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Re: Tea / Coffee
Tea
Only once in the morning, just like all Paki Truck Drivers take it
Milk, Extra Sweet and Extra Extra tea leaves, it needs to have a kick like a mule
Only once in the morning, just like all Paki Truck Drivers take it
Milk, Extra Sweet and Extra Extra tea leaves, it needs to have a kick like a mule
Jun 21st 2017, 10:31 am
#32
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Re: Tea / Coffee
Black coffee first thing (no fancy machines or anything - just granules although I used to use a cafeterie)
If I'm out and about, Cappuccino all the way.
Morrocan mint or green tea before bed.
I'd choose Pret if I can pick a place (mainly for their choc croissants!)
If I'm out and about, Cappuccino all the way.
Morrocan mint or green tea before bed.
I'd choose Pret if I can pick a place (mainly for their choc croissants!)
Jun 21st 2017, 10:42 am
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Re: Tea / Coffee
Even though you people don't deserve it, I'm going to gift you with a copy and paste of my below the line comment on a newspaper site that I'm proud to say has received several nominations for the "most Guardian comment ever":
Except that Italian coffee is a boring one-dimensional experience hidebound by the same smug parochialism that makes most Italian food good but almost never great. Espresso (and its derivatives) are one way to enjoy coffee but certainly not the only way and, in the view of many dedicated coffee drinkers, definitely not the best way. Unpressurised French press coffe, for example, certainly allows far more expression of the bean's origins and terroir (at the risk of sounding very arsey). Ethiopia is the country where I have enjoyed the most consistently excellent coffee though their much-hyped coffee ceremony is a far more recent and contrived affair than they would have you believe. But again, it is unpressurised brewing delivering a more complex taste to be lingered over. And a deliciously different experience in the highlands than in the East of the country around Harar.
I have enjoyed excellent espresso even from the vending machines in Italian workplaces when the entire office evacuates for a coffee at 11:00. But it lasts for about 12 seconds; so the joy, while intense, is truncated. Hardly the optimal experience, every single day.
Me, I prefer to poise the toppling hour with a long-lasting, complex and subtle drink. And those snobs who insist only on Italian-style espresso: sorry you don't get coffee at all, much in the same way those who insist on only drinking champagne don't really get what wine is all about....
I have enjoyed excellent espresso even from the vending machines in Italian workplaces when the entire office evacuates for a coffee at 11:00. But it lasts for about 12 seconds; so the joy, while intense, is truncated. Hardly the optimal experience, every single day.
Me, I prefer to poise the toppling hour with a long-lasting, complex and subtle drink. And those snobs who insist only on Italian-style espresso: sorry you don't get coffee at all, much in the same way those who insist on only drinking champagne don't really get what wine is all about....
Jun 21st 2017, 10:43 am
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Re: Tea / Coffee
had the Dolce Gusto machines in Singapore because the nespresso machines were totally overpriced there. machines are very poorly manufactured.
Jun 21st 2017, 10:45 am
#36
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what does parochialism mean?
Jun 21st 2017, 11:13 am
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Jun 21st 2017, 11:13 am
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Re: Tea / Coffee
One cappucino each morning. Costa mostly. Nurse it for two hours or so.
Never drink regular coffee. Never had plain espresso. Never drink in the afternoons or evening.
Tea when offered. But don't go out of my way to drink it.
Never drink regular coffee. Never had plain espresso. Never drink in the afternoons or evening.
Tea when offered. But don't go out of my way to drink it.
Jun 21st 2017, 11:38 am
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I drink a lot of tea. Always black. I do drink the flavoured black varieties and not generic Lipton or Tetley - I usually bring six or seven bags from home with me when I leave the house for work.
Usually an American coffee or two in the morning, and that's all for coffee. Proper American coffee not an "Americano."
My Italian wife, prefers American coffee to espresso.
MAT, your "Most Guardian Comment Ever" - I would suggest Guardian readers also didn't deserve it - is why my $3 "turkey sandwich with mayonnaise and lettuce" ten years ago is now a "free-range Australian turkey with stone ground mustard, wild rocket, and cranberry-orange compote on seven-grain wheat bread" sandwich today for $12.
I appreciate that people like you really do understand and appreciate the differences and nuance between the various varieties and blends. But most people don't - and so if it sounds exotic and upscale, it makes certain young customer segments feel smug and sophisticated, and companies have realised they can charge triple the price for that.
Usually an American coffee or two in the morning, and that's all for coffee. Proper American coffee not an "Americano."
My Italian wife, prefers American coffee to espresso.
MAT, your "Most Guardian Comment Ever" - I would suggest Guardian readers also didn't deserve it - is why my $3 "turkey sandwich with mayonnaise and lettuce" ten years ago is now a "free-range Australian turkey with stone ground mustard, wild rocket, and cranberry-orange compote on seven-grain wheat bread" sandwich today for $12.
I appreciate that people like you really do understand and appreciate the differences and nuance between the various varieties and blends. But most people don't - and so if it sounds exotic and upscale, it makes certain young customer segments feel smug and sophisticated, and companies have realised they can charge triple the price for that.
Jun 21st 2017, 3:28 pm
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Re: Tea / Coffee
I drink a lot of tea. Always black. I do drink the flavoured black varieties and not generic Lipton or Tetley - I usually bring six or seven bags from home with me when I leave the house for work.
Usually an American coffee or two in the morning, and that's all for coffee. Proper American coffee not an "Americano."
My Italian wife, prefers American coffee to espresso.
MAT, your "Most Guardian Comment Ever" - I would suggest Guardian readers also didn't deserve it - is why my $3 "turkey sandwich with mayonnaise and lettuce" ten years ago is now a "free-range Australian turkey with stone ground mustard, wild rocket, and cranberry-orange compote on seven-grain wheat bread" sandwich today for $12.
I appreciate that people like you really do understand and appreciate the differences and nuance between the various varieties and blends. But most people don't - and so if it sounds exotic and upscale, it makes certain young customer segments feel smug and sophisticated, and companies have realised they can charge triple the price for that.
Usually an American coffee or two in the morning, and that's all for coffee. Proper American coffee not an "Americano."
My Italian wife, prefers American coffee to espresso.
MAT, your "Most Guardian Comment Ever" - I would suggest Guardian readers also didn't deserve it - is why my $3 "turkey sandwich with mayonnaise and lettuce" ten years ago is now a "free-range Australian turkey with stone ground mustard, wild rocket, and cranberry-orange compote on seven-grain wheat bread" sandwich today for $12.
I appreciate that people like you really do understand and appreciate the differences and nuance between the various varieties and blends. But most people don't - and so if it sounds exotic and upscale, it makes certain young customer segments feel smug and sophisticated, and companies have realised they can charge triple the price for that.
My Guardian comment was in response to an article about the horrified reaction to Starbucks arrival in Italy. I was objecting to the idea that Italian espresso is the purest expression of coffee: it's actually the purest expression of the high pressure steam process, the gadgetry used etc. You can taste the difference in beans from different places in a "long" coffee made by a simple French press much more than from a Gaggia. And really, Ethiopia is worth visiting just for the coffee (and an awful lot more besides) where they make it in a way that would horrify Italian coffee snobs.
Jun 21st 2017, 4:14 pm
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Jun 21st 2017, 5:16 pm
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Re: Tea / Coffee
I smoke alongside my 2 sachets of sugar in italian espresso (in Italy). 2 each morning is enough to raise my pulse for the rest of the day, an added shot of sambuca in the winter aids the digestion.
Tea is only for when I feel ill which is perhaps once every 3 years.
Nothing could persuade me to visit Ethiopia for their coffee- it's not that important.
Tea is only for when I feel ill which is perhaps once every 3 years.
Nothing could persuade me to visit Ethiopia for their coffee- it's not that important.
Last edited by Pica; Jun 21st 2017 at 5:19 pm.
Jun 22nd 2017, 6:43 am
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I entirely agree with you.
My Guardian comment was in response to an article about the horrified reaction to Starbucks arrival in Italy. I was objecting to the idea that Italian espresso is the purest expression of coffee: it's actually the purest expression of the high pressure steam process, the gadgetry used etc. You can taste the difference in beans from different places in a "long" coffee made by a simple French press much more than from a Gaggia. And really, Ethiopia is worth visiting just for the coffee (and an awful lot more besides) where they make it in a way that would horrify Italian coffee snobs.
My Guardian comment was in response to an article about the horrified reaction to Starbucks arrival in Italy. I was objecting to the idea that Italian espresso is the purest expression of coffee: it's actually the purest expression of the high pressure steam process, the gadgetry used etc. You can taste the difference in beans from different places in a "long" coffee made by a simple French press much more than from a Gaggia. And really, Ethiopia is worth visiting just for the coffee (and an awful lot more besides) where they make it in a way that would horrify Italian coffee snobs.
Jun 22nd 2017, 6:57 am
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Re: Tea / Coffee
I smoke alongside my 2 sachets of sugar in italian espresso (in Italy). 2 each morning is enough to raise my pulse for the rest of the day, an added shot of sambuca in the winter aids the digestion.
Tea is only for when I feel ill which is perhaps once every 3 years.
Nothing could persuade me to visit Ethiopia for their coffee- it's not that important.
Tea is only for when I feel ill which is perhaps once every 3 years.
Nothing could persuade me to visit Ethiopia for their coffee- it's not that important.