mark wolfe wrote:
FWIW, Messdecks coffee just looked/smelled nasty. :)
Mark
I always thought Navy coffee tasted bad until I tried it once after
seeing a seemingly bad thing done after adding the coffee but before
starting the brewing. On top of the mountain of coffee in the monster
coffee brewer, the guy added 2 teaspoons of salt. I asked him "Why the
salt?". He told me.
Believe it or not, I did not taste the salt at all, and the salt
canceled out the worst part of Navy coffee, the bitterness, just as he
said. I drank probably around 10 cups during the entire 4 years I was
in. But that was the best batch I ever tasted. It actually tasted good.
I still don't drink much coffee. After I add creamer and sugar to
taste, sometimes the bitterness is still too overpowering. What I do
then, is start stirring in small amounts of salt until either the
bitterness is gone or I *start* tasting the salt (barely). Even if it
doesn't take away all the bitterness before I start tasting the salt,
the bitterness is at least reduced to a more tolerable level. I get the
_strangest_ looks from anyone who sees me do it. I remember my
girlfriend didn't quite believe me. A few minutes later, after taking
another sip of hers, she commented about the coffee being bitter despite
the cream and sugar. I suggested she just *try* a sip of mine. I
reminded her that the reason I added the salt was to kill the bitterness
and that the bitterness was gone from mine, and that there was *no* salt
flavor. She looked at me strangely, but tried it anyway. She got this
look of amazement on her face and exclaimed "You're right!". She still
doesn't add salt to her coffee (usually). And she always kinda rolls
her eyes and smiles when I do it.
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Ralph
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