My wife's revelation was the importance of using the timer. Then she tasted the difference and loves the timer now. This is the woman who took years to stop making hockey puck fried eggs and regularly cook them over easy. So either she's learning faster or I'm getting better at teaching her. Grin.
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, March 7, 2014 2:58:15 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Wow, this list ought to be the Coffee Obsessors' list (plus a minor > nodtoward Rivendells). > > Thanks for the very interesting information, which I shall peruse and > digest at leisure -- I think one of my problems is letting coffee steep too > long; I tend to go away and forget it. (BTW, I find Costco's San Francisco > blend pretty good; it's very reasonably priced, too.) > > Parting (for now) anecdote: way back in the late '60s and early '70s we > lived, not only in Kenya, but smack dab in the middle of a > square-miles-huge coffee plantation. Back then coffee covered huge tracts > o' land just outside of Nairobi (we were 7 miles exactly from downtown's NW > limits, where the fire station was, as I knew well from timing myself > inbound). And, Kenya had wonderful dairy products, including hugely rich > cream. Guess what we drank in the morning, children and adults? Taster's > Choice (tm) with that original powdered "creamer". I've long since repented > and turned my life around. > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I've used many brewing methods over the years, currently an old Melita >> cup-top filter. A few questions (which must be On Topic, given the length >> of the similar threads ongoing at this point): >> >> 1. Am I correct in thinking that the on-pass filter method gives a >> "clearer" and "cleaner" brew? >> >> 2. That a stovetop espresso (I know it's not "espresso in the nitty >> gritty technical details, but that's what it's generally called) maker >> gives a "smokier" brew? >> >> 3. I used a press for years, but found that it often gave a sour brew. >> Was this due to excessively fine particles (due to using a blade grinder)? >> >> 4. What is the best way, start to finish, to brew using a press? >> >> Patrick Moore, seriously thinking of trying green tea, too. >> >> 5. Come to think of it what is y'all's favorite way of brewing, and why? >> >> -- >> Albuquerque, NM, USA >> >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> >> > > > -- > Albuquerque, NM, USA > > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
