What is in your cup?

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by beppe

Hey you militaristic guys (and girls). Is it true that the glorious Navy put a pinch of salt in their coffee? Like one reads in those masterpieces of world literature like Red Storm Rising or Hunt for Red October and the alike.

Thank you in advance.

who knows? I wasn't a swabbie! Soldier Girl all the way here! I've had interesting things in cowboy coffee.

and then there's Infantry Punch......

[beppe]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

They use what is called "salt peter."

Potassium nitrate. What they use in salami to keep it pink. In smoked meat also.

The flavor is not bad. You Americans have the best coffee I have ever had. Money eh. Actually it comes from Jamaica. The Blue Mountain. But your way to brew it beats them all.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

who knows? I wasn't a swabbie! Soldier Girl all the way here! I've had interesting things in cowboy coffee.

and then there's Infantry Punch......

Do tell.
Let me say the word. Please

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by beppe

Potassium nitrate. What they use in salami to keep it pink. In smoked meat also.

The flavor is not bad. You Americans have the best coffee I have ever had. Money eh. Actually it comes from Jamaica. The Blue Mountain. But your way to brew it beats them all.

actually I learned to like coffee in Europe. until then I had only had

Spoiler:

folgers

Originally Posted by beppe

Do tell.
Let me say the word. Please

Infantry Punch has a liquor representative of every geographic location the infantry has fought in... brandy, tequila, cognac, champagne, bourbon... AND!!!! an unwashed sock that has been worn on the Niejmengen March! the first round goes around in a canteen cup, the second no one cares, and eventually it is being consumed out of shoes and undergarments

[beppe]

I imagined something like that ...

In Germany they can make a good coffe. But nobody beats the American brewing. Low temperature, mild roasting, coarse milling and a lot of coffee, of good quality of course. Like Columbian. But do try, if you have not yet, the Blue Mountain from Jamaica.

[kindlekitten]

oh yeah, I've had it. good, but not quite the show stopper I had expected

[astra]

I don't like coffee BUT I absolutely fell in love with latte and cappuccino when I was on Cuba. Never ever have I tasted something even remotely so good.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

actually I learned to like coffee in Europe. until then I had only had

Spoiler:

folgers

....

Hey! Watch it!

[TGS]

Originally Posted by beppe

Potassium nitrate. What they use in salami to keep it pink. In smoked meat also.

Isn't it also used in the manufacture of gunpowder?

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by astra

I don't like coffee BUT I absolutely fell in love with latte and cappuccino when I was on Cuba. Never ever have I tasted something even remotely so good.

The street vendors make great lattes and cappuccinos in Seattle, Washington.

Just for you, KindleKitten:

[happy_terd]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

ewwww! and it coats your teeth and makes small colonies of creatures grow on your tongue!

You can always tell who drinks that crap just by looking at them.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by TGS

Isn't it also used in the manufacture of gunpowder?

yep, and sulfur and charcoal!

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The street vendors make great lattes and cappuccinos in Seattle, Washington.

Just for you, KindleKitten:

all over Washington for that matter. why the hell would I want to consume tannic colored water?

[beppe]

Originally Posted by TGS

Isn't it also used in the manufacture of gunpowder?

Yes and this does not make it necessarily evil.

Fertilizer also.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by beppe

Yes and this does not make it necessarily evil.

Fertilizer also.

fertilizer what? saltpetre IS fertilizer. bat guano