xtreme coffee geekery
Aug. 4th, 2005 05:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chelidonI was going through reader letters for some recent articles, and I ran across this response to a piece which referred in passing to one's preferences of different forms of caffeinated beverages -- coffee, tea, coke, etc:
It is a shame that you lump coffee all together. I know some folks who just drink whatever has been sitting on the burner since last weekend without a second thought. Others simply keep piling in new grounds on yesterday's old stuff and think that adds to the strength of the coffee throughout the day or week. (Well, I suppose it does in much the same way that aging limburger adds strength...)
Really, the only way to enjoy full-bore caffeinated pleasure is to roast your own and brew each cup to the ideal strength. (See http://www.sweetmarias.com among other sites for details.) It is a geek art that should be more widely practiced.
No comment about the article itself, just to my offhand comment about caffeinated beverages. This is someone who is very, very serious about his coffee. Here I thought I was doing well by buying Fair Trade fresh-roast whole-bean, grinding it as-needed with a hand mill and brewing in a French Press. Now I see there is a whole new level of geek artistry to the humble bean. Gosh. Who knew?
It is a shame that you lump coffee all together. I know some folks who just drink whatever has been sitting on the burner since last weekend without a second thought. Others simply keep piling in new grounds on yesterday's old stuff and think that adds to the strength of the coffee throughout the day or week. (Well, I suppose it does in much the same way that aging limburger adds strength...)
Really, the only way to enjoy full-bore caffeinated pleasure is to roast your own and brew each cup to the ideal strength. (See http://www.sweetmarias.com among other sites for details.) It is a geek art that should be more widely practiced.
No comment about the article itself, just to my offhand comment about caffeinated beverages. This is someone who is very, very serious about his coffee. Here I thought I was doing well by buying Fair Trade fresh-roast whole-bean, grinding it as-needed with a hand mill and brewing in a French Press. Now I see there is a whole new level of geek artistry to the humble bean. Gosh. Who knew?
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