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Enjoying a nice cup of green tea. Made some cappuccinos for company we had over this morning. The smell was wonderful.
Took out brioche dough, deflated, folded, second but short rise now.
Also went to the store and bought 30 lb/about 14 kilos of import traditional butter. Checkout attendant's shocked expression was delightful.
Took out brioche dough, deflated, folded, second but short rise now.
Also went to the store and bought 30 lb/about 14 kilos of import traditional butter. Checkout attendant's shocked expression was delightful.
Have just prepared a steaming hot mug (in my Le Creuset mug) of Kenyan coffee with hot milk (organic) and brown sugar (also organic).
Enjoyed my Kenyan coffee so much am contemplating preparing another.
Just added the brown sugar to mine, enjoy yours.
I did and once again thoroughly enjoyed it. Hope you enjoyed yours.
Blood oranges are wonderful - and best of all, they are in season at the moment.
Will prepare a coffee presently.
Debating preparing something similar - perhaps with hot milk.
[doublepost=1522168211][/doublepost]And have just done so: Kenyan coffee (in the Le Creuset mug), with hot milk (organic, full fat), and organic brown sugar. With two squares of dark chocolate - with salted caramel.
[doublepost=1522168211][/doublepost]And have just done so: Kenyan coffee (in the Le Creuset mug), with hot milk (organic, full fat), and organic brown sugar. With two squares of dark chocolate - with salted caramel.
Green tea with spearmint.
I'm waiting on the kumquats myself. I love those much more. I'm not sure why I've never thought of buying some trees since I love them so much.
For me, blood oranges - that incredible tart taste really presses my buttons in a way that little else (perhaps grapefruit) does - are possibly my favourite fruit of all (and I like almost all fruit, and love some).
The grapefruit trees I have produce a sour and slightly sweet fruit. With kumquats, I like them slightly frozen as a snack in between sips of a nice, crisp IPA. Healthier than crisps or nibbles. Blood oranges make for great martinis, too.
Oh, dear.
When I am sipping beer, and reaching for snacks, the adjective "healthy" is the last thing on my mind. No. Scrub that. I want unhealthy.
In truth, I want that sweet spot where sweet meets salty (Parma ham....); and I'll not be denied.
Besides, I love what we call crisps and what Our Transatlantic Cousins refers to as 'chips'.
As for blood oranges, I'll eat them before they even get to be squeezed - and wouldn't dream of insulting them with alcohol. But - here's a tip - they are lovely with Param ham (and sharp greens drizzled with a splendid French dressing of the sort that I prepare) - and melon and/or mango - in a salad that looks stunning and tastes explosively wonderful.
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After trying dozens of subscription coffees, I've been slowly liking the lighter roasts. The brightness used to bother me, but after I experimented with the grind level and the coffee amount, I've hit a good balance where the espresso by itself is wonderfully fruity and interesting compared to the smoky and earthy coffees I'm used to.
Ordered a Ethiopia Harrar from Happymug that I'm looking forward to!
Ordered a Ethiopia Harrar from Happymug that I'm looking forward to!
You can never go wrong with a good Ethiopian coffee.
Meanwhile, for once, if anything, on Thursday, I possibly had too much coffee. Several double espressos, and indeed a few ordinary coffees.
A California judge has apparently order that coffee carry a cancer warning label. Anyone with uptodate accurate information on this? In the meantime I'm having a cup of great Kenyan coffee with honey.
@JamesMike, much of what I eat seems to carry a health warning (good bread, real butter, serious cheese, salami, pasta, my fine wines, those artisan beers I am partial to, eggs irrespective of whether they are organic and free range as the ones I purchase invariably are) - and now, coffee: Such warnings are best ignored, as occasionally, one finds that the alert (with hindsight and further research) is groundless.
And, even if it isn't, there are issues of 'quality of life' to consider.
Yes, 'quality of life' is the issue with me, having been in many bad places in the world, I do not worry about 'health labels' very much.
Likewise.
And - as you say - being in "very bad places in the world" - and I have spent some time in a few, too - does leave one with a renewed appreciation of the importance of the very concept of the quality of life.
Sounds like Prop 65. It's nothing serious. It's applied to almost everything, including organic fruit at the market. It's an umbrella law. If some obscure research shows that coffee or rather chemicals that make up coffee contribute to cancer, it'll get a warning. On the other hand, some compounds in the bean reduce cancer risk.
It's both a vague warning but also useful because it caused a lot of companies to reformulate their products to use safer ingredients.
It's both a vague warning but also useful because it caused a lot of companies to reformulate their products to use safer ingredients.
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Sipping a mug (Le Creuset) of Kenyan coffee with cream and brown sugar (both organic) and enjoying it.