Posts Tagged ‘coffee’
Lifestyles
Help! Would you let me know your lifestyle? Are you married and doing the 9-5 lifestyle with children? Or, are you a single person and in college? Are you a stay at home person that does not have to go work? Or, are do you have some other lifestyle? From the rich and famous to the not so rich or famous, I sure would appreciate your response. When you respond, I will let you know what I am up to. I am sure you will enjoy it. Thanks for sharing and I will be here with my hot coffee in my cup to keep me warm inside while it’s snowing outside.
Christmas Coffee Recipe
Grandma’s Gingerbread Coffee
Ingredients:
- 12 tablespoons dark roast ground coffee
- coffee filter
- Water – to 12 cup line
- ½ teaspoon ginger, ground
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ground
- ½ teaspoon cloves, ground
- ½ cup heavy whipped cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 tablespoons teaspoon dark brown sugar
- Fresh nutmeg, to taste
Directions:
- Pour water into water tank.
- Place filter and coffee in filter basket.
- Place ginger, cinnamon and cloves on top of coffee grounds.
- Brew coffee.
- While coffee is brewing:
o Whip cream until soft peak forms.
o Add vanilla extract, sugar, and continue to whip to stiff peaks form.
- • Place 1 Tablespoon brown sugar into each mug.
- • Dispense coffee into mugs.
- • Top with whipped cream and garnish with freshly ground nutmeg.
Serves: Eight 10 oz servings
Have a very Merry Christmas with family even if they are only near in your heart.
Hold Control down, then Click Joulie for Picture
This something different that I have added. It is a brand new product that I thought would be of interest to you. Check out by going to Joulie below for more information.
If you drink coffee—if you drink any hot beverage—you’re familiar with the phenomenon: It’s too hot at first and burns your tongue. Then, before you know it, it’s cooled to become a tepid, tasteless brew.
Well, behold the Coffee Joulie. Invented by engineers Dave Petrillo and Dave Jackson, these little things sit in the bottom of your cup or travel mug. Each Joulie has “a special non-toxic material sealed within the polished stainless steel shell.” That material melts at 140 degrees Fahrenheit. When it does, it absorbs thermal energy. And as the material solidifies again, it releases said energy. The upshot for you? Your coffee or tea cools to a drinkable temperature much more quickly and stays warm “twice as long.”
Let me know what you think of it.
The Changes in Tastes of Coffee
How you make the coffee from all the different coffee makers makes an added difference in the taste of coffee. We have French press made coffee, percolator coffee, pourover drip coffee methods, and espresso machines and other modes to make our coffee. This is just the beginning before adding anything to the beans. However, we can mention at this point that your taste buds may want to add a sweetener and /or a dairy product such as cream, milk, half and half, or soymilk. The flavored creamers available also add to change the taste of your favorite cup of coffee.
We have not even started on the spices that at added to the roasting process or are added as the beans are ground. Sometimes spices are added to hide the bitterness of the taste of the coffee from certain beans. This was certainly the case with the original coffee drinkers. Beans were ground and spices were added because they boiled the beans for hours until there was a thick sludge at the bottom of the coffee maker. The coffee was drunk by straining it through ones teeth. Since the beginning and even today cinnamon is used to sweeten the coffee taste. One must be careful in the amount added here as it may become too sweet or bitter. Cinnamon also absorbs the oils while infusing the flavorful mask of bitterness. Cloves have a stronger taste that adds a woody flavor and rich earthy overtone that makes one of the pleasant scents; this reminds of the scent coming from a home-baked ham. Cardamom remains the most popular spice in Saudi Arabian even today and cardamom coffee, Gahwa, remains a symbol of hospitality. Gahwa is crushed green coffee beans and green cardamom pod seeds along with saffron or ground cloves are added along with a sweetener then boiled for two or three minutes. The coffee is then strained through a filter and served. Anise is the last of the oldest spices that were added to coffee and has a licorice-like flavor and odor. Anise, too, has been used for ages to cover up bitter tasting coffee.
Today, nutmeg, is a smooth, sweet, yet highly spicy addition used with eggnog coffee and chocolate (cocoa) flavored coffees. Cloves and nutmeg added to coffee are said to create a pure cup of goodness. Vanilla with its sweet scent and deep flavor has become one of the most used sweeteners in coffee today with French vanilla coming in at a close second. Both do an excellent job of hiding a bitter taste in coffee. Add cocoa to coffee and you have Mocha. Love your real bitter sweet chocolate? Add a little sugar to your shredded chocolate and coffee and you have a rich bodied barista’s Mocha.
How Coffee is made makes a Difference in Taste
How you make the coffee from all the different coffee makers makes an added difference in the taste. We have French press made coffee, percolator coffee, pourover drip coffee methods, and espresso machines and other modes to make our coffee. Each one of these makes not only different strengths of coffee, but also enhances different roasts of coffee such as dark roast and French roast coffee.
This is just the beginning before adding anything to the beans. However, we can mention at this point that your taste buds may want to add a sweetener and /or a dairy product such as cream, milk, half and half, or soymilk. The flavored creamers available today also add to a change in the taste of your favorite cup of coffee.
Today’s 2 chamber coffee maker
Coffee Makers after the Discovery of Coffee Drinking
After the discovery that coffee tasted good, men began to drink it in their homes. A short time later, it became a social drink. The first noted commercial coffee makers were those used in coffee houses that opened in Istanbul, Turkey in 1554. Drinking coffee from coffee makers spread to Persia and on to the Ottoman Empire and northern Africa. Next, the taste for coffee spread to Europe; it is the Dutch sailors who then spread coffee and the need for coffeemakers to the rest of the world. Coffee came to America by way of the British in the 1607. Colonists, who were mainly tea drinkers, began to drink more coffee; especially after the Boston Tea party in 1773. All this coffee drinking then inspired a need for a better coffee maker.
During the time mentioned above, coffee was made by dropping the grounds in the bottom of a “coffee pot” that now came in various shapes with a spout at the top on one side and a wooden handle on the other; some were very ornate and made of silver. Hot water was poured over the coffee grounds and boiled for a few minutes. Then, in the late 1770s, a two chamber coffee maker began to be used. Coffee grounds were put in an upper chamber. Boiling water was poured into the upper chamber that allowed only liquid to go to the lower chamber. This was an expensive coffee maker and not many people had them.
Summer Time
I hope wherever you live that you are getting beautiful summer weather. As I write these short articles on a sunny deck with a cup of coffee, I wish I could talk to you about your favorite topic. Is it about around the house stuff, planning a vacation, or summer projects you hope to get done. Whatever it may be, I am actually contemplating doing all three. I plan to paint a hallway, go on a short trip and get weeds and blackberry vines out of one flower bed area.
Let me know what your plans are about and I will give you a surprise I am sure you will like. Yes, it has to do with a coffee-making appliance or electric cordless kettle. Don’t forget letting me know about your plans for the rest of the summer. You don’t have to be any more specific than I. Mrs. Coffee.
I added this electric kettle because it boils 2 cups very quickly. Just right for gelatin, tea, hot chocolate, hot instant cereal and even instant coffee. It will can heat up to one and two-thirds quart of hot water without touching the element.
Hamilton Beach and Recipe
The weather here in the Pacific Northwest has not come yet. Some areas close to my home had some yesterday. So I thought if weather in your area is like mine, you might enjoy and coffee recipe to warm you after a long day.
Vietnamese Coffee
Directions: Quick and Easy
- Pour water into water tank of a 12 cup coffee maker.
- Place filter and coffee in filter basket and brew.
- Place 2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk in each mug. Dispense coffee into mug and stir.
Serves: Six 10 oz servings
Tip: Make coffee double strength and served over ice for a refreshing treat.
New Coffee Word from Menza Challenge
If you are in the Menza group you will understand the fun in this word. If not I thought would take this new word with a different pronunciation and let you get the meaning. The word Inoculatte is the new word, which means to take coffee intravenously when you are running late. Yes, this is now a word, but a word for fun. The new pronunciation is Inocu Latte. They have taken the word inoculate and latte and put them together for the new word and the new meaning.
So the next time you are in a hurry and haven’t had your morning cup of coffee or latte yet, think about having an inoculatte. Put some fun into your weekend and have a great weekend. And… How about a latte maker?
Coffee Storage Guide
To insure your coffee is always at its best is important for not only good tasting coffee, but also for coffee that is better for you. Below is Folgers recommendation for lengths of time you kind of coffee will last if left under different conditions.
Storing Coffee according to Folgers Coffee
To properly store your coffee will help you preserve the best flavor. We recommend storing ground coffee in the refrigerator with the lid tightly closed. You can store instant coffee in the refrigerator or at room temperature, but the lid should be tightly closed. Whole bean coffee should be kept in an airtight container in the freezer or refrigerator, or at room temperature.
Check out this table for more storage guidelines and timelines:
| Unopened | Opened (Room Temperature) | Opened (Refrigerated) | Opened (Airtight Container in Freezer) | |
Ground
|
Refer to Best-Buy Date
|
One to Three Weeks
|
Up to One Month
|
Not Recommended
|
| Decaf | Refer to Best-Buy Date | One to Three Weeks | Up to One Month | Not Recommended |
| Whole Bean | Refer to Best-Buy Date | One to Three Weeks | Up to One Month | Six to 12 Months |
| Instant Coffee | Refer to Best-Buy Date | Up to One Month | Up to One Month | Not Recommended |