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Speaking of southern food . . .
On 6/22/2010 10:19 AM, Terry wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:18:26 -0700 (PDT), Food Snob® > > wrote: > >> I turn off the heating element immediately after brewing. The coffee >> cools off, and is reheated in the microwave. It never gets bitter or >> nasty. If you refrigerate it, you can keep it for several days, then >> just microwave it. Never heat it up on a burner, at least not w/o a >> double boiler. > > Weeelllll... I agree that turning off the heating element keeps the > coffee from getting nasty. But it just isn't up there with the first > fresh-brewed cup. A lot of the volatile components evaporate or > decompose or whatever. That's why I finally got an Aeropress. Single > cup maker, no expensive pods, every cup tastes as good as the first. > >> When coffee goes bad, no amount of adjuncts will make it decent >> again. Milk/cream and a tiny bit of sugar or Splenda is nice anyway. >> I love cafe au lait. > > Though there's no accounting for taste... I have a colleague who seems > to love the dregs of the pot, after a third of a pot has been sitting > on the heater for an hour or so. Ugh. Was he in the Navy? |
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