What is in your cup? - Page 1393

orlok · 08-18-2012, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pholy

Orlok - A Melita measure is the spoon that used to come with a can of Melita coffee. Like the Melita filter, it is cone shaped, which makes it hard to estimate how much it holds. So I got out the kitchen scales to check. It holds 15 ml of water - about one tablespoon, or about 8 grams of fine ground coffee, for those of you who weigh it

I believe it is supposed to be the 'right' amount of coffee for a 5 oz. cup. Of course my mug is about 10 oz. So I am making this coffee a little stronger than normal; but it has a lovely rich flavour made this way.

Thanks for the edification. I know the kind of spoon whereof you speak

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Rooibos in my cup. Again.

ProfCrash · 08-18-2012, 10:04 AM

Just finished a large glass of OJ.

ProfCrash · 08-18-2012, 01:28 PM

Finished skim milk.

dreams · 08-18-2012, 03:56 PM

Finishing my morning coffee, considering whether I want to make an omelet or a sandwich, and trying to ignore the laundry.

Billi · 08-18-2012, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreams

Finishing my morning coffee.

Just beginning my "good night" glass of white wine. I always find it funny how all the times zones come together in this threat.

dreams · 08-18-2012, 06:09 PM

That is one of my favorite things of this thread also.

Good Night and have a great sleep.

Finished my omelet, paid bills, and still ignoring the laundry, while I decide what to put in my cup next.

dreams · 08-18-2012, 06:35 PM

Just in case any missed it or is interested, the Deals forum has a freebie.

Free (K) The Gunpowder Gardens, or a Time for Tea - J. Goodwin [History]

Spoiler:

ProfCrash · 08-19-2012, 02:51 AM

Thanks. I picked that up.

pdurrant · 08-19-2012, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreams

Just in case any missed it or is interested, the Deals forum has a freebie.

Free (K) The Gunpowder Gardens, or a Time for Tea - J. Goodwin [History]

That does look interesting, so I've picked it up. It's a freebie, however, so doesn't add to my TBR list (back to over 360!)

Coke Zero #2 in my cup.

amward · 08-19-2012, 05:27 AM

Lemon and ginger with honey. Something to calm my nerves after I left a gate open and the sheep (only 2 of them) discovered the garden. Fortunately they are easily fooled and followed a bucket out again, but they keep looking longingly. Of course we are just about to get new fences so it wouldn't take much for them to push their way through. How could I have been so stupid?

ProfCrash · 08-19-2012, 08:36 AM

People make mistakes. I keep hearing stories about shepherds losing their sheep and the sheep losing their tails...

Water for now. OJ and milk in a little bit.

CRussel · 08-19-2012, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreams

Just in case any missed it or is interested, the Deals forum has a freebie.

Free (K) The Gunpowder Gardens, or a Time for Tea - J. Goodwin [History]

Thanks, I hadn't noticed that, and it looks interesting.

Last day of the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival. I'm enjoying this year's musicians and selections immensely. Not a surprise, since they're always good. but they've outdone themselves this year.

This morning, a glass of fresh squeezed OJ, and a mug of Peet's Major Dickason's coffee. And then some work for a few hours until the final concert this afternoon.

dreams · 08-19-2012, 01:24 PM

I thought the tea book sounded interesting, picked it up, and thought others might be interested.

Morning coffee in my cup and deciding what to make for breakfast. I'm hungry and just can't think of anything that sounds good.

CRussel · 08-19-2012, 02:04 PM

Slaving away over a hot keyboard. Sigh. At least our heat wave broke, and temperatures are back to a more normal lower 20's. (Low to mid 70's for you metrically challenged.)

Phoenix Mountain Oolong, which is really tasting good this morning.

ProfCrash · 08-19-2012, 02:12 PM

Canada dry ginger ale. It is surprisingly bland. Ah well, the Thai spice potato chips are yummy.

08-18-2012, 06:35 PM	#20887
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Just in case any missed it or is interested, the Deals forum has a freebie. Free (K) The Gunpowder Gardens, or a Time for Tea - J. Goodwin [History] Spoiler: Armchair travelers and tea connoisseurs will welcome English writer Goodwin's lively treatise cum travel book on the cultivation and trade of tea. Starting in southern China, where cha originated as the drink of emperors, he follows the trail to today's English cottages and London drawing rooms. Each distinctive blend of tea is credited with unique medical and other properties, from rare lc per web oolong picked from 1000-year-old bushes to Darjeeling, grown in the gardens of Assam and traded at the world's largest tea auctions in monsoon-drenched cosmopolitan Calcutta. In each region Goodwin also observed the special rituals and appurtenances used to serve tea. The author interweaves wonderfully sensual evocations of place and offbeat encounters with the historical and economic roles of tea in lands that produce it, while also surveying the influence of tea trade on international relations.

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08-18-2012, 10:04 AM	#20882
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Just finished a large glass of OJ.

08-18-2012, 01:28 PM	#20883
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Finished skim milk.

08-18-2012, 03:56 PM	#20884
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Finishing my morning coffee, considering whether I want to make an omelet or a sandwich, and trying to ignore the laundry.

08-18-2012, 06:09 PM	#20886
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	That is one of my favorite things of this thread also. Good Night and have a great sleep. Finished my omelet, paid bills, and still ignoring the laundry, while I decide what to put in my cup next.

08-19-2012, 02:51 AM	#20888
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Thanks. I picked that up.

08-19-2012, 05:27 AM	#20890
amward Wizard Posts: 1,299 Karma: 2081110 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SW Australia Device: Eco Eclipse, Sony PRS 350 (pink), Ipod Touch, Kindle Touch	Lemon and ginger with honey. Something to calm my nerves after I left a gate open and the sheep (only 2 of them) discovered the garden. Fortunately they are easily fooled and followed a bucket out again, but they keep looking longingly. Of course we are just about to get new fences so it wouldn't take much for them to push their way through. How could I have been so stupid?

08-19-2012, 08:36 AM	#20891
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	People make mistakes. I keep hearing stories about shepherds losing their sheep and the sheep losing their tails... Water for now. OJ and milk in a little bit.

08-19-2012, 01:24 PM	#20893
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	I thought the tea book sounded interesting, picked it up, and thought others might be interested. Morning coffee in my cup and deciding what to make for breakfast. I'm hungry and just can't think of anything that sounds good.

08-19-2012, 02:04 PM	#20894
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,298 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Slaving away over a hot keyboard. Sigh. At least our heat wave broke, and temperatures are back to a more normal lower 20's. (Low to mid 70's for you metrically challenged.) Phoenix Mountain Oolong, which is really tasting good this morning.

08-19-2012, 02:12 PM	#20895
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Canada dry ginger ale. It is surprisingly bland. Ah well, the Thai spice potato chips are yummy.

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