"Don’t start me on customers asking for the coffee extra hot!!!!"
Legitimate reason for extra hot coffee (1) Experience where coffee is often delivered to you too cold to enjoy (2) Wanting it to still be warm by the time you get back to the office. Until the McDonalds court case lots of years back, all coffees were piping hot. The hotter the better, and if it couldn't give you 3rd degree burns there was something wrong with it. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy a good cuppa and I do know there is a perfect temperature if you are a coffee snob so that you can enjoy the flavours just right. However, I wonder if modern coffee was just a reinvention to avoid that liability. On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) < eddie.deb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, that’s how I do it, metal jug and my hands (I owned a café and have > made more coffee than I care to recount).. But my experience with staff is > that it was easier to just stick a thermometer in each jug to make sure > customers got coffees where the milk wasn’t burnt.. (Don’t start me on > customers asking for the coffee extra hot!!!!) > > > > For interest, one of the many things you can (and should do) is make sure > you have a good water filter.. If you get a breville (or something similar > with a build in filter), make sure you replace the filter regularly, if you > get something more expensive and have it plumbed in, get an inline filter.. > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Friday, 8 April 2016 4:09 PM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Subject:* Re: Coffee snobs > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Eddie de Bear (Gmail) < > eddie.deb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > I’m a bit of a coffee snob (ok, a huge snob). > > > > I use a dual setup like the BES920 (Just a little older) and have done for > years. What you get depends on how you plan to use it. The Breville > machines work fine, but won’t keep a consistent temperature if you are > doing a lot of coffees, but this is probably the least important thing. > Getting the grind right, using a good blend of beans, and getting the milk > right are all way more important. If you are new to doing coffee manually, > get yourself a thermometer for the milk (they are cheap) to make sure you > don’t burn it.. > > > > > > Bah. Put your hand under the jug whilst frothing it - I guarantee you > won't burn the milk. :) > > > > > > Ed. > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Low (??????) > *Sent:* Friday, 8 April 2016 10:19 AM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Subject:* Coffee snobs > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > Given the importance of caffeine for code generation, I’m guessing there > will be a few other coffee snobs on the list. > > > > Anyone got a recommendation for a serious (possibly manual) coffee > machine? > > > > I’ve been using a DeLonghi automatic one but now feeling that I’d prefer > something like this: > > > > BES890 or BES920: > http://www.breville.com.au/beverages/coffee-machines.html > > > > The main thing that puts me off is the Breville brand. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 > fax > > SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com > > > > > > > > -- > > Meski > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv > > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >
