We just lost access to our raw milk, with the state government making it illegal to have any milk that is unpasteurised. That rich full cream taste and texture will be sorely missed and I may well end up going black with my coffee consumption in the not too distant future.
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Most of the milk available is not just pasteurised - which is not the main issue - but homogenised and produced by a small number of very large companies who offer bland, tasteless, milk.
However, when I was a kid, small local producers delivered (locally produced) milk (in bottles, with cream at the top) to the door every day. Gorgeous. And, staying on farm owed by cousins of my mother's, I remember having milk that had come from a cow earlier that morning - incredible.
Yet, quite candidly, I had actually forgotten how good that milk stuff tasted until I visited a food fair in Bristol several years ago and was offered organic milk. Suffice to say, an epiphany occurred; ever since, the the option exists, I have bought organic milk, and preferably, that gorgeous organic milk with area that leaves a moustache on your lip when you drink it, and tastes absolutely amazing when a little is added to scrambled eggs, tea, - anything that requires milk - or, even, at a pinch, coffee.
A company called Horizon and whoever Costco uses for their organic milk that's also balanced with omegas. They're rich, leave a nice coating on the tongue and have a unique sweetness and fat flavor to them. I used to buy the milk with cream in the glass bottles for years but we had to stop because I was buying them and eating the topset cream with bread and ignoring the milk. 
I like to use light cream in my scrambled eggs and heavy cream in my coffee or tea. You need very little before it makes the drink bland.
I haven't been drinking much coffee lately. I do, but I end up forgetting about it, unless it's an espresso, and drinking it once it's gone room temperature or cold. Heading to the fish monger tomorrow and seeing what they have. Hopefully a nice cod liver or two, along with the cod. I'd planning on using the grill tomorrow but weather reports state it's going to be windy and drizzling. No thank you. A fish dish or a soup (the one you brought up a while back) would do the trick. As for the cod liver, it's really good.
I like to use light cream in my scrambled eggs and heavy cream in my coffee or tea. You need very little before it makes the drink bland.I haven't been drinking much coffee lately. I do, but I end up forgetting about it, unless it's an espresso, and drinking it once it's gone room temperature or cold. Heading to the fish monger tomorrow and seeing what they have. Hopefully a nice cod liver or two, along with the cod. I'd planning on using the grill tomorrow but weather reports state it's going to be windy and drizzling. No thank you. A fish dish or a soup (the one you brought up a while back) would do the trick. As for the cod liver, it's really good.
Well, I shall shortly prepare some coffee for the substitute carer, Decent Brother and myself. That is freshly ground Ethiopian coffee, in a Le Creuset pot, and freshly warmed organic milk.
Brunch has been consumed, - and a perfectly delightful meal it was, too - washed down with freshly squeezed citrus juice (two organic oranges and one pink grapefruit each) and a pot (Le Creuset) of freshly ground Ethiopian coffee.
Opened some Lavazza coffee beans I bought ages ago and to my surprise they are lovely. My machine's pressure gauge points to 12 o'clock indicating that the beans are fresh (other supermarket bought beans result in a "below 9 o'clock" reading. Anyway, just enjoying a latte before I prepare my bag and clothes for the coming working week.
Opened some Lavazza coffee beans I bought ages ago and to my surprise they are lovely. My machine's pressure gauge points to 12 o'clock indicating that the beans are fresh (other supermarket bought beans result in a "below 9 o'clock" reading. Anyway, just enjoying a latte before I prepare my bag and clothes for the coming working week.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Just poured a cup of Kenyan from the LC, love that smell.
Ah, yes, the incomparable aroma of coffee, or is it the incomparable aroma of Kenyan coffee?
Enjoy it, anyway.
Just got some wonderful new Kenyan this week; shall mix it - as a blend - with my Ethiopians, and have some fun.
Sat sipping coffee: Freshly ground, Ethiopian coffee, (in the Le Creuset French Press), served with organic warmed milk. Delicious.
The sort of dirty, dismal, dreary, depressing, December day that just demands another cup of coffee. Naturally, Ethiopian (or, maybe a touch of Kenyan as well). And hot. Very hot.
It is not often that you will hear me (or read me) extolling the joys of coffees other than Ethiopian; well, my afternoon cup of coffee was a very welcome mug of piping hot Kenyan, quite delicious, and with a bit more body than Ethiopian coffee tends to have.
I have to tell myself that I don't need those 'clean, bright' notes that I adore every single time I have a cup of coffee.
Must undertake some blending experiments.
I have to tell myself that I don't need those 'clean, bright' notes that I adore every single time I have a cup of coffee.
Must undertake some blending experiments.
Glad to know my mind altering contraption is working. I still believe you're secretly a coffee lord that controls the world's coffee supply. I know your secret identity!
In other news, I'm currently having hot tea with honey and lemon. I've developed an irritated throat after coughing for a few days. I've had some irritation for a few weeks now. Ever changing weather be damned.
In other news, I'm currently having hot tea with honey and lemon. I've developed an irritated throat after coughing for a few days. I've had some irritation for a few weeks now. Ever changing weather be damned.
Moi? "A coffee lord controlling the world's coffee supply"?
Mais, non, pas moi.
Perhaps a case of mistaken identity.......
This morning, a pot (Le Creuset) of coffee, freshly ground, - with a saucepan of warmed (organic) milk, was served to my brother and sister-in-law.
The coffee was a blend of Kenyan and Ethiopian; actually, the blend was 55% Ethiopian, and 45% Kenyan. Very tasty.
The coffee was a blend of Kenyan and Ethiopian; actually, the blend was 55% Ethiopian, and 45% Kenyan. Very tasty.
And now, this afternoon, I have prepared a second mug of coffee for myself. Again, a mix of Ethiopian and Kenyan, and again, a coffee with a bit more body (yet still "bright and clean") than is usual for a coffee that is purely Ethiopian.
It was.
Actually, I have had this idea (inspired by French theories that food from a region tends to complement wine from that region) that coffees from a region (or continent) might go well together.
Thus, - it was more a hunch than anything else - I suspect that coffees from Ethiopia (which are lightly roasted anyway) might match well - blend well, marry well, complement well - with coffees from other African countries - such as Kenya - which also has subtle and elegant coffees - and certainly, that this might blend better than coffees from central or south American would with an Ethiopian coffee.
Anyway, I have a few different coffees from Ethiopia (and two) from Kenya that I would like to experiment with over the next few weeks. Should be good fun.
I have just prepared two mugs of (steaming, hot) Ethiopian (and a little Kenyan) coffee for the substitute carer and myself. Quite lovely.
Nespresso vivalto. Drop of milk. Served in a Star Wars mug.
Loving every sip.
Loving every sip.
Ethiopian coffee (ground by myself), made using the Hario filter dripper method, with organic milk, and served in a Le Creuset mug.
Loving every sip.
@Scepticalscribe
I'm with you on the organic milk. It's probably a false subjective impression, but I do prefer it to non-organic milk.
Sometimes it's nice to just take a moment and savour the coffee, and mug it's served in.
I'm with you on the organic milk. It's probably a false subjective impression, but I do prefer it to non-organic milk.
Sometimes it's nice to just take a moment and savour the coffee, and mug it's served in.
French Press at 5 AM. Joy. Doctor's appointment first thing today, then work and on my back home I'm due to look at a house that caught my interest. It's a strangely designed house, but it's modern and unique. Contemplating doing a fry up but that might affect my test results. Warm meusli it is...
Full fat organic milk, @Obi Wan Kenobi, full, fat, organic milk: None of this nonsense of skimmed, semi-skimmed, 'low fat' milk - which is tasteless, insipid stuff, unfit to be served at my table. Or, in my coffee.
But, glad you enjoyed yours.
Indeed, I may contemplate having another mug of coffee shortly.