Subj : Coffee was: Cramping
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Jun 12 2024 13:25:38
Hi Dave,
DD> I developed a blend if pre-roasted beans that I quite liked and would
DD> grind them in my R2-D2 spice/coffee grinder. But I discovered Maxwell
DD> House Intense Bold and Folger's Black Silk and alternated between
DD> those depending on which is on sale when I need to re-stock.
RH> He usually gets his beans at Cost Plus World Market or one of the big
RH> savings stores (Costco).
DD> It's not easy to find bean coffee these days - except "specialty"
DD> items that are "snob" expensive.
DD> I remember the days when Kroger and the A&P (maybe other, too) sold
DD> bags of pre-roasted coffee beans and had a grinder you put your beans
DD> into
DD> and selected the grind you wished, drip, percolator, etc. Put the bag
DD> that had held the beans under the discharge and push the button. To
DD> this day I've not figured out how the fresh ground aroma always smells
DD> better than the coffee it makes tastes. Bv)=
I remember those days. I still like the smell of coffee, especially the
fresh ground, but I just can't stand the taste of it.
DD> My house mate is going to give up on the instant coffee so I'm giving
DD> him my Hamilton Beach pod/loos coffe single cup brewer.
Good to see that his tastes are improving. The times my mom was in
summer school (working on her Master's degree) my dad drank instant
coffee. I think it was easier than perking up just one cup.
DD> (boiling or nearly so) water. For multiple cups - or for Iced Tea I
DD> use the Mary Dunbar/Jewel Tea tea pot that my grandmother had and an
DD> aluminum tea ball/infuser to hold loose tea leaves. A pixture of one
DD> very like it (except in stainless steel) is at
DD>
https://tinyurl.com/TEA-BAWL
RH> We've got one of those ball infusers; it was one part of a number of
RH> things I got from my grandmother's estate 50 years ago.
DD> I know the words to that somg.
I've got a number of other kitchen things from her estate and a Seth
Thomas budior clock that is now 100 years old. Needs some work done on
it but has been pretty reliable until just a few years ago.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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