On 6/1/2012 9:40 AM, Kalmia wrote:
> On May 31, 9:41 pm, "Paul M. > wrote:
>>
>> That's because the coffe is kept very hot and is still cooking all that
>> time. Chilled coffee will stay fresh tasting for a long time. Tea on the
>> other hand will go bitter due to oxidation.
>>
>> Paul
>
> Thanks. Makes sense. So maybe my method wasn't so bad after all. At
> least I had practice and was forced to get out my good etched
> tumblers. I hated pouring the coffee down the drain, but that much
> coffee would've put me in orbit for days.
>
> By the way, how can glasses rarely used get so grungy on a top shelf
> and way in the back? I had to rewash em. I wonder if I shouldn't
> store em in plastic bags for next time.

This is probably OT even if I rather enjoyed writing down my opinions on
tea and coffee.

I've tried iced coffee and do not willingly drink it tho' I have at
least two 8oz mugs of hot black coffee every day, which I never drink
decaffeinated. I vary the roast from medium to dark and I quite like
expresso tho' I don't make it for myself. I guess I'm no real
connoisseur of coffee since I don't like real Kona much more than
cheaper beans and I was disappointed in Jamaican Blue Mountain. I have
enjoyed Cappuchino at breakfast in Italy. I don't usually sweeten coffee
except for Turkish and Greek. If I am desperate enough to have to use my
emergency supply of instant coffee, I make it with milk and brown sugar;
rather a childish taste since I have drunk it that way since I was about
eight year's old.

In case anyone wants to argue about expresso and espresso, the online
OED prefers espresso but acknowledges and quotes expresso even if the
Thunderbird online spelling checker flags expresso. I tend to favor the
Wikipedia entry, which says that both are loan words; espresso from
Italian and expresso from Spanish.

I don't mind hot tea tho' I prefer green to black and I also like the
interesting blends like those sold by Teavana. All of these I drink
without sugar and I don't like milk in tea at all. Iced tea is not bad
even if to me, with sugar and lemon, it's really a form of lemonade.
Overall, I seldom go to the extent of making tea for myself or drinking
it with food except in Japanese and Chinese restaurants.



--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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