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Milk should always be full-fat. Semi-skimmed is tolerable, and I drank it for years. But full-fat cannot be beat.

A meeting of minds, then. And agreed fully. <ilkd should always be full fat, and preferably, organic (the taste is better, as is the quality of the milk).

If I can't have fun fat milk, I'd rather have no milk at all than try some of those thin, tasteless alternatives.

Indeed, I'd rather have my coffee black.
 
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At work I bring a flask of coffee (ground from the bean), as the coffee available there is both terrible and expensive. This coffee is always black. Black coffee is therefore 60% of my 'mug coffee' (I also drink espressos).

My current preferred beans are described as "Lazy Sunday Beans", by Taylors of Harrowgate. In so far as there are tasting notes or descriptions of where the beans are from, it says
"This isn't knock-your-socks-off, drag-you-awake coffee. This is coffee for lie-ins and Sunday papers, for lazy mornings with your feet on the sofa. Sweet hazelnut and juicy citrus flavours from African and Latin American beans make a laid-back medium roast you can drink all day".

At various times I have tried most of Taylors of Harrowgate's range. There was a Kenyan blend, but it was not to my taste at the time.
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On the subject of full-fat milk. I always used to drink semi-skimmed until I read a book entitled "Tired of feeling tired" the title struck a chord with me, because I was.

The book contained a great deal of lifestyle advice of mixed value. But the emphasis on the importance of sleep and eating more vegetables and less processed food (semi-skimmed milk is processed) was persuasive to me.

I confess, I briefly tried some of the books other dietary advice. This included having flaxseed oil twice a day (as I recall). I gave it a go for a while, but it wasn't for me. The flaxseed oil had to be fresh, organic and kept in a fridge once opened. It was a hot summer at the time, and after a short while I concluded that any diet that involves keeping an oil in better living conditions than I was enjoying, was ridiculous.
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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...
If warm muesli is your breakfast, You, my friend, deserve to have it with full fat organic milk.
 
@Scepticalscribe
At work I bring a flask of coffee (ground from the bean), as the coffee available there is both terrible and expensive. This coffee is always black. Black coffee is therefore 60% of my 'mug coffee' (I also drink espressos).

My current preferred beans are described as "Lazy Sunday Beans", by Taylors of Harrowgate. In so far as there are tasting notes or descriptions of where the beans are from, it says
"This isn't knock-your-socks-off, drag-you-awake coffee. This is coffee for lie-ins and Sunday papers, for lazy mornings with your feet on the sofa. Sweet hazelnut and juicy citrus flavours from African and Latin American beans make a laid-back medium roast you can drink all day".

At various times I have tried most of Taylors of Harrowgate's range. There was a Kenyan blend, but it was not to my taste at the time.
[doublepost=1481810110][/doublepost]@Scepticalscribe
On the subject of full-fat milk. I always used to drink semi-skimmed until I read a book entitled "Tired of feeling tired" the title struck a chord with me, because I was.

The book contained a great deal of lifestyle advice of mixed value. But the emphasis on the importance of sleep and eating more vegetables and less processed food (semi-skimmed milk is processed) was persuasive to me.

I confess, I briefly tried some of the books other dietary advice. This included having flaxseed oil twice a day (as I recall). I gave it a go for a while, but it wasn't for me. The flaxseed oil had to be fresh, organic and kept in a fridge once opened. It was a hot summer at the time, and after a short while I concluded that any diet that involves keeping an oil in better living conditions than I was enjoying, was ridiculous.
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If warm muesli is your breakfast, You, my friend, deserve to have it with full fat organic milk.

I swear by flaxseed but not the oil. I have this on my cereals every morning.

Linwoods Organic Milled Flaxseed 425 g (Pack of 2) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00A79AE4G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rIQuybDYS56JX
 
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I swear by flaxseed but not the oil. I have this on my cereals every morning.

Linwoods Organic Milled Flaxseed 425 g (Pack of 2) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00A79AE4G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rIQuybDYS56JX
Dave, my friend. I swear by using short pithy words, many of celtic/anglo-saxon or even germanic origin, and none of them suitable for polite company.

But enough about me, I've looked at your link. If I'd had eaten the seed rather than the oil, I may have stuck with it for longer.
 
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A swiftly gulped coffee (Ethiopian, Hario dripper, nice and hot) consumed at home - amazingly, getting up a quarter of an hour earlier allowed time for this welcome cup of coffee - was followed by a welcome - and decent - double espresso standing at the (pretty good) coffee stand at the Victorian railway station. Yum.
 
An indifferent coffee later on to conclude a rather nice very late lunch in a Chinese restaurant I had never dined in prior to that. A bewildered expression greeted our request for an espresso, so we settled for something general - and generic - called "coffee".

I should have learned my lesson long ago; rather than coffee, tea works far better (indeed, we had green tea while awaiting our order) in a Chinese restaurant.
 
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By Jove, I think he's got it!!!:D

I know diddley about making cappuccino or latte, but the one thing I have read, as SandboxGeneral said, is that 2% or fat free foams better than whole milk. I also recall reading that chilling the foaming pitcher in the fridge (or freezer?) also improves foaming.

Nice going, Mate!
Chilling the pitcher improves foaming because it gives more time for air to be introduced into the milk before the milk gets up to temperature.

So... the warmer your milk, the faster it heats up, so less steam/air.

And in my experience whole milk does way better and tastes better/sweeter as long as you don't go over 150+Degrees while steaming.
 
Well, I'm enjoying a cup of coffee made in a French press with some beans I bought from Café Nero whilst on a Christmas outing to Chester. A lovely place to be at Christmas. We stayed in a hotel called the Recorder, dating back to 1700.

"The Recorder's Steps consist of two flights of stone steps leading down from the outside of the city walls in Chester, Cheshire, England. They lead from the walkway at the top of the walls to a riverside area known as the Groves, and are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The steps are in two flights, of 12 and 15 steps respectively. They were constructed between 1820 and 1822 for Chester Corporation. On the wall by the steps is a plaque, probably inserted in 1881. This contains erroneous information, being inscribed "RECORDER'S STEPS Erected by the Corporation of this City A.D.1700 for the Convenience of ROGER COMBERBACH, Recorder" (Taken from Wikipedia)

Anyway, apart from keeping banging my head in the low beams it was a nice trip. And this coffee, lovely and taken with a dash of organic milk. Delicious.

Merry Christmas x
 
Well, I'm enjoying a cup of coffee made in a French press with some beans I bought from Café Nero whilst on a Christmas outing to Chester. A lovely place to be at Christmas. We stayed in a hotel called the Recorder, dating back to 1700.

"The Recorder's Steps consist of two flights of stone steps leading down from the outside of the city walls in Chester, Cheshire, England. They lead from the walkway at the top of the walls to a riverside area known as the Groves, and are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The steps are in two flights, of 12 and 15 steps respectively. They were constructed between 1820 and 1822 for Chester Corporation. On the wall by the steps is a plaque, probably inserted in 1881. This contains erroneous information, being inscribed "RECORDER'S STEPS Erected by the Corporation of this City A.D.1700 for the Convenience of ROGER COMBERBACH, Recorder" (Taken from Wikipedia)

Anyway, apart from keeping banging my head in the low beams it was a nice trip. And this coffee, lovely and taken with a dash of organic milk. Delicious.

Merry Christmas x

Sounds wonderful.

I love those rickety old buildings heavy with atmosphere and redolent with history.

Back on topic, thoroughly savoured a powerful espresso in my favourite French restaurant, after a leisurely and most enjoyable lunch.
 
For Christmas morning, I made a pot (Le Creuset) of freshly ground coffee, a blend of my own devising which featured a Kenyan coffee and an Ethiopian coffee in roughly equal measures. I must say that it worked rather well. Very tasty.

Glad you enjoyed. Hope you have a nice Christmas and continue your enjoyable (and informative) posts into and on into the new year. All the best.
 
And the Yuletide Season continued with yet another pot of freshly ground quite delicious coffee this morning, or, rather, - um - this early afternoon.

The coffee: A blend of Kenyan and Ethiopian. Today, the Kenyan predominated, and tomorrow, I shall adjust for that, and increase the percentage of Ethiopian beans.

The pot: Le Creuset. Raspberry, or what Le Creuset describes as "cerise".

The mugs: Le Creuset, what they describe as "volcanic orange" - that wonderful 'burnt orange' that everyone seems to call to mind of when the words Le Creuset are mentioned.

The taste, quite delicious, but the 'clean bright' notes I like are more muted than yesterday.
 
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