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Re: Mmm - coffee :-) » anastasia56

Posted by alexandra_k on April 28, 2005, at 0:54:06

In reply to Re: Mmm - coffee :-) » alexandra_k, posted by anastasia56 on April 28, 2005, at 0:06:12

> It is funny to think new zealanders like their coffee stronger than americans.

Hmm. I thought Europeans liked theirs stronger too. Not the British - dare I say *p*ms* ;-) because they are more into their tea, but other europeans. Someone at work was saying that you guys call your different varieties of coffee (latte, flat white, short black etc etc) by different names. Or rather, that you guys mean different things when you use those names. She spent 5 or 6 years in the US. She said she couldn't remember what the equivalent of our latte was - but that it didn't have a standard name. She just remembered that she had to ask for a double (sometimes even a triple) shot to get the NZ equivalent.

So yeah, I guess we do like our coffee.
Though that being said, I don't know many people who like it as much as me ;-)

See... A latte is basically a short black (they force just enough hot water through to get the coffee out) and then all the rest is milk that is frothed not extra frothy - but just to a thickened cream consistency. Usually they are served in a tall glass but I prefer a paper cup. And latte's are supposed to be double shots. Whereas a flat white is made with more water and less frothed milk and is typically a single shot of coffee served in a cup. But a lot of places don't do the glass vs cup thing or the double vs single shot thing and so in a lot of places there really is no difference between a latte and a flat white. But there should be... And the milk shouldn't be too frothy (that is important). Well.. It is to me anyways ;-)

>I can't even get my dogs in to be groomed because there is a starbucks in the parking lot and it's got a drive in window line as long as my christmas list.

Drive through Starbucks! OMG! We don't have the drive through variety over here. Are they allowed to serve it HOT via drivethrough? Just wondering after MacDonalds was forced to serve their 'hot' beverages lukewarm after some lady sat it between her legs and it spilt and she got 3rd degree burns and she sued (only in America!).

!!!

> what is plunger coffee? is that like percolated? or drip? yuck on the moldy.

Well... You get coffee beans. And you grind them up (or buy them pre-ground). And you put them in the plunger and you pour the hot water into the plunger. Then after a couple of minutes you push the plunger (a sieve, basically) down and it pushes the grinds to the bottom so you can pour the coffee off the top. You guys don't have plungers??? They are good for straining magic mushrooms too, which is how mine gets used these days ;-)

> I haven't found a good instant but imagine it would be good to have around in a pinch.

Freeze dried. Freeze dried is the key. You pay more for it but when you taste it you will know where that money went.

>It would seem one would need hot water to release the flavors.

Hmm. Yeah. Though some people say that the hot water on it directly scalds it and scalding coffee is what makes it taste bitter.

I don't know. I think I agree with you.

I scald it myself, but some people feel differently.

 

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