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Tuesday, April 29
coffee cup design studio
please note nyc design shop based on delightful and appropriate coffee appreciation.
Labels: appreciation, coffee
i have noticed a new short cup. the design is different - the logo seems darker. is it the same size though? i need to know. further investigating is promised.
Labels: coffee, cup, starbucks
coffee history has been made.
where: 3rd ave betw 23 + 24
what called: push cafe
i was recently exposed to a new coffee phenomenon. at this israeli cafe, one is served a hot glass of milk with a huge dollop of nes, the instant coffee that i heart. it is then left to you to stir it until it reaches a stage of coffee goodness.
i have taken to re-creating this beautious thing in different ways.
the simplest and most direct way is to create a cup of hot milk and insert the dollop. if it is happening in a nice glass, then this should be seen as very authentic and good.
another way i've developed is to prepare a vintage ll bean thermos with a dent in it (from a very unfortunate coffee-related mishap that is likely described in another bulletin) of 1% organic milk and bring this with me to my internship at a very famous crazy hospital where i keep a small can of nes. i prepare a cup as needed in this way.
another way is the decaffeinated version which is not as good since it is not nes, but an organic decaf coffee product. same idea, but the taste is not the same and the same satisfaction and pleasure is not had when opening the product jar since it is not the small red can plastered with images of coffee beans. it is the same procedure, but the coffee material is different.
Labels: coffee, decaf, decaffeinated beverage, enjoyment, thermos
Tuesday, January 15
elite instant. yeah baby.
Sunday, January 13
clarification
i don't think percolation is the best way to make coffee, but i appreciate the beauty of the percolator and also its historical significance. a former friend of mine once spent many years trying to enjoy coffee made in a drip coffee maker or by other methods and only succeeded when she procured a vintage percolator. at that time, she discarded all of her fancy whole bean coffee and started buying coffee in a can. i respected this greatly at the time, and i respect it now. i do not share this view or this empirical experience, but i believe it is possible for many to obtain coffee enjoyment in this way.
Labels: coffee, enjoyment, percolator
a positive childhood memory includes: the electric percolator.
every morning our house would be flooded with the sound and smell of percolating coffee being percolated in a shiny, electric percolator. this would be coffee, coarsely ground, from the can. maxwell house, yuban, chock full o'nuts. many of these cans still exist in the garage as venues for nails.
i remember briefly the appearance of coffee filters. i don't think those went over so well in the supermarkets of america. but they could be seen as foreshadowing of the current day single-serving espresso cups or other coffee-holding, sealed cups meant to create a single serving without the drinker having to - heaven forbid - touch or measure the coffee.
i have come to respect oren's as a proprietor of coffee. it is positioned around the corner from my school and i have a coffee card with many marks on it. i have learned to put a lot of milk in the coffee from oren's because it is strong. i went through a sugar phase wherein i placed two ("2") packets of pure sugar in the attractive brown package in the coffee and stirred with the wooden, note, not plastic straw, type stirrer. so when i was in grand central station the other night after a long long work day and was preparing to celebrate or in other words par-tay, i sought out a decaffeinated coffee beverage from oren's. i said, 'may i have a small decaf' and was told by a young, ill-groomed, attitudinally impaired young man, 'we don't have any decaf.' i checked my watch so that when i make customer service contact with oren's, i can accurately report the time. it did not take me long to feel better, but still, this was a disappointment.
Labels: coffee, decaf, decaffeinated beverage, oren's, par-tay
Tuesday, November 27
small green machine
many years ago, my mother bought me a small, green coffee making machine. a drip machine, possibly braun or krups. i don't know where she got it -- maybe williams sonoma. anyway, it has been in and out of use since that time. i am guessing it was about 1991. one day the carafe broke. i bought a replacement, but the color of the plastic rim didn't match. it was white, and the machine is green. so, ok. in the last decade or so, this coffee maker has been stored somewhere in case there is company and i need to make an alternative coffee. a pot of decaf. in those days i was drinking caf all the time, any time. now - no way. i use a beautiful glass bodum given to me by my beloved. it creates about two cups, not official 8-oz cups, but two proper coffee cups. it's enough. i drink it in the morning, and that's it, usually.
we put on a thanksgiving feast this year, and i took out the green machine to entertain. things have changed! only two and a half takers for decaf; the rest herbal tea or black tea that has been "de-caffed." it was necessary to buy paper cone filters, which i am enjoying. long ago there was a gold filter, but i got rid of it. it seems rude and inauthentic, but i can't prove this.
so, the green machine is still out. i have been using it. but it makes too much coffee. it lasts all day long in my poor, dented llbean thermos. it is dented because one day in a stupor i thought i could use it as a hammer to hammer something. it is dented, and i am miserable about it. i can't find any on ebay. i think i'm going to put the green machine away tonight or tomorrow.
i'll take it when i next entertain, maybe. i think my mother is coming for dinner soon. she might want some decaf.
Labels: bodum, coffee, enjoyment, mother, thermos
Wednesday, July 25
another successful combination
i have discovered that carrot (raw) and coffee are an acceptable combination.
Labels: carrot, coffee, combination, enjoyment
Thursday, June 28
temp job coffee rated superior
there are two espresso machines here. the kind with little coffee packages - sort of like a half & half shot cup. one machine works well; the other does not. i can adjust the length of the shot manually, and enjoy this. my custom is to prepare a half decaf, half regular espresso drink upon arrival. the crema is delightful.
now, i know these coffee pellets are designed by a team of food engineers to create all this nice crema. my question is - does that make it any less real? perhaps less authentic, but its reality cannot be questioned.
i must resist drinking too much espresso, for even decaffeinated espresso contains caffeine.
Tuesday, June 19
starbucks: bad publicity
louis armstrong said it, i think. any publicity is good publicity. i'm not sure about this.
i will need to investigate further before forming a response. it appears that starbucks is not fond of union activities. my question is about why a union would be needed. starbucks is alleged to be a great employer, right?
i just hope that none of the fracas has a negative impact on the bean.
i don't think i'm ready for starbucks
i'm barely ready for brooklyn, or the subway, or the fan blowing in the apartment right now. after my 9-day silent meditation retreat with hardly any coffee (my own choice, a wise one, i might add), i am not attracted to starbucks. i wonder if this is a permanent condition. i'm guarding my precious energy.
sound optional?
remember when there used to be smoking everywhere? then there were smoking sections? how about making a silent section where there is no music playing, no rattling conversations on mobile phones and where silence, or at least mellowness, is the default mode of being. i would like that a lot.
