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Old 04-04-2010, 03:55 AM   #736
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Currently in my cup is a reminder I need to descale the kettle Crunchy tea is not pleasant...
Yuck! I use a Brita filter for my water, mostly to remove the smell of whatever they use to clean the water, but it also removes most of the calcium. I hate it when there is a film on top of my tea.

Currently drinking calcium-less Pu-Er tea
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Old 04-04-2010, 05:39 AM   #737
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Old 04-04-2010, 05:42 AM   #738
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Currently in my cup is a reminder I need to descale the kettle Crunchy tea is not pleasant...
Does your kettle have an "exposed" heating element? I live in a hard water area too, and the type of kettle which has the element embedded in the base is much less prone to scaling.
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Old 04-04-2010, 08:08 AM   #739
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I've got a cup full of Turkish coffee
Do you drink it from one of those cups that's slightly larger than your average shot-glass? That's the way a neighbor used to serve his. He was taught by some Turks with whom he once worked how to properly make it. The bottom half of the cup was nothing but dregs, but the coffee was strong and delicious!
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Old 04-04-2010, 08:36 AM   #740
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More than the brewing technique, the secret to a good coffee is the coffee itself!

Try Jamaica's Blue Mountain. And brew it the American Way. Or get a Nespresso machine and you will touch Heaven.
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Old 04-04-2010, 08:59 AM   #741
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More than the brewing technique, the secret to a good coffee is the coffee itself!

Try Jamaica's Blue Mountain. And brew it the American Way. Or get a Nespresso machine and you will touch Heaven.
We need another expresso machine. Ours crapped out years ago, and we've just been too lazy to buy another. You're right: they are the deal!
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Old 04-04-2010, 09:07 AM   #742
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Can you not make it without a machine? (Genuine question - as a tea-drinker, coffee-making is a mystery to me, other than the "instant" variety.)
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Old 04-04-2010, 09:09 AM   #743
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Old 04-04-2010, 09:39 AM   #744
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Yuck! I use a Brita filter for my water, mostly to remove the smell of whatever they use to clean the water, but it also removes most of the calcium. I hate it when there is a film on top of my tea.

Currently drinking calcium-less Pu-Er tea
I use one of those too, but I keep forgetting to change the filter as it is only used for the kettle! Our tap water tastes fine, so I don't use it for that.

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Does your kettle have an "exposed" heating element? I live in a hard water area too, and the type of kettle which has the element embedded in the base is much less prone to scaling.
Our current kettle has an element embedded in the base, and it does scale up a lot less easily! It's also easier to clean when it does start to scale (vinegar & water boiled - works wonders for cleaning scale (and worksurfaces when you put too much water in and it all boils over...))
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Can you not make it without a machine? (Genuine question - as a tea-drinker, coffee-making is a mystery to me, other than the "instant" variety.)
Coffee and tea just share the caffeine. I love them both, especially if they are good.

The simplest way to make an excellent coffee, and it does not take a machine, although it is not a cheap cup, is the Brazilian way. It is not cheap because it takes a lot of coffee. Good tea is much much cheaper than coffee.

At home you boil fresh water, in an other steel pot you put your ground coffee, 1 table spoon for each small cup, plus a teaspoon of sugar (if you like it). Stirring it with a spoon over the heat you just make it smoke a little. The aroma is something else, everybody will know that there is fresh coffee. Add the water, heat it up until it foams once and then let it rest while you prepare a filter. They use a heavy cloth around a metal ring with a wooden handle. Use whatever you have. When I was working in Brazil there was a lady, the coffee lady, who just made coffee non stop. She made rounds in the office offering everybody small cups of cafezinho. I usually took 14 in one single day. With no side effects because it is brewed at low temperatures.

In the woods, you heat the water in your enamel pot and when it boils you put in as much ground coffee as you like. You take it away from the fire and let it settle down for a minute or two. Pour it carefully not to disturb the dregs in the bottom.

In South America they prepare it very very strong and serve it diluting it with hot water. Just as good.

The secret, the real secret to enjoy a good coffee is to drink it in the finest cups you can find. Thin under the lips so that you can sip it gently. In Milano we like it hot, standing and payed buy someone else.
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Old 04-04-2010, 04:30 PM   #746
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Harry, when I was in college, we use to use coffee filters or a paper towel put in a strainer. Then we would put in 2 tablespoons of coffee and pour boiling water in the strainer while it was over a cup. After a while, we figured out how much coffee to use for each size of cup. It was just a cheap way to make coffee on a student's budget.
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