Coffee
The Coffee Ritual
I've become a great fan of the process of starting with roasted coffee beans and ending up with a glorious cup of coffee, and I have at least three methods I regularly use to make brew up. Much as I enjoy the coffee itself, the ritual of making it is part of the jy. It takes me away from whatever I'm working on a gives me a break as I focus on the moment. In this fast-moving, hyper-connected, screen-based lifestyle, that's a valuable few minutes.
This video captures the ritual beautifully:
[vimeo www.vimeo.com/40980282 w=750&h=423]
I strongly recommend an AeroPress
- they make great coffee.
Coffee Moment: the Caffé Nero cup
Thanks to a quick visit to Sutton town centre today, I had the rare chance to enjoy my favourite of the chain coffee sellers in the UK - Caffé Nero.
I find their Americanos a vast improvement on any of the others.
Why Your Coffee Sucks - And How To Make It Better
Your coffee sucks, apparently, and indeed, much of the coffee we consume does suck.
Some years ago, while I was working on a now-defunct magazine for the hotel and restaurant industry (called, prosaically, Hotel & Restaurant) I was treated to a presentation on how to prepare good coffee from a coffee distributor.
That meeting changed my attitude to coffee, which I'd only just started drinking in granule form. I quickly switched to "real" ground coffee, drunk quickly after grinding, and treated as a perishable foodstuff.
Now I have a hankering for more, better, newer coffee. There's some great starting points in the comments of that post.
Coffee Forecast: Monday 11th June
Today, I forecast three cups of coffee, because I'm a little tired.