I look forward to reading about them in great detail; which Kenyans and which Ethiopians?
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I look forward to reading about them in great detail; which Kenyans and which Ethiopians?
Kenya Nyeri Kagumoini AA, Kenya Nyeri Karogoto Peaberry, Ethiopia Yirga Cheffe Tore, and Ethiopia Yirga Cheffe Wonago Town. I’m fairly sure I’ve had Kenyan coffees from the Nyeri region, and obviously I’ve had plenty of Yirga Cheffe. I’m definitely looking forward to tasting them!
Sounds fantastic; let me know how you find the differences 1) between the two Kenyan coffees, 2) between he two Ethiopian coffees, and 3) though I have some idea of this myself - between these Kenyan and these Ethiopian coffees.
As you know, Ethiopian and Kenyan coffees are my absolute favourites; in recent months, I have tried several Ugandan and Rwandan coffees, and, while good, they didn't come close to the Kenyan or Ethiopian coffees.
But, above all, do enjoy them. Sounds a wonderful haul.
A coffee from Yemen has also been promised to me, and I am looking forward to trying it out.
Trying some cold brew. Irritates me a little. Realizing I couldn't have regular food until a good deal healed, I ordered a nice bowl of gazpacho from a restaurant near work. It was delicious, especially on a hot day. Sadly, I had to pass on their on-site baked bread that looked marvelous.
Wish I wouldn't roll over to the affected site out of habit. Don't like waking up with searing pain.
Wish I wouldn't roll over to the affected site out of habit. Don't like waking up with searing pain.
The exploration is so awesome. What was so good yesterday, can still be good today, but what we find around the corner is always more exiting. And then return to old favorite coffee beans, can sometimes be like catching up with an old friend. Sometimes a delight, or maybe we had grown apart, still the old beans are a comfortable meeting.
Enjoy the incoming beans
No coffee at all for me today, been so busy, hardly had time to eat either.
But drank a lot of Kombucha, and great great day.
I forgot to buy it again... Oh well, need to do some light grocery shopping later today. I'll write it onto the list. As I buy premade, I like to place the glass bottles inside the freezer until they get very cold and just before the bottle explodes. I find it very refreshing during the summer.
It's the best refreshment in summer. It goes quickly here. 1-2 liter/day is not uncommon.
Missed it so much, was a few yrs where I stopped doing it. So stupid.
Now I'm having really fun with inventing and investigating new stuff with it.
As stronger it is, the more ice I can turn into it too, without losing a thing of it now when it's hot.
Exploding Kombucha is kind of part of the adventure, but I try to limit that, so I can drink more
Yes, don't forget to buy now
How popular is it in Gotesborg? My last adventure into Europe told me it was getting popular but wasn't as popular as it is in major metro areas of America, like NYC or LA. The closest thing to kombucha I had prior to my own discovery was a can of ginseng infused tea that wasn't very sweet but sour and bubbly in Berlin 2004. Probably about 180 ml and the can had a nice heft. It was very gassy and difficult to drink, but still good. Might have been kombucha, but I'm not sure.It's the best refreshment in summer. It goes quickly here. 1-2 liter/day is not uncommon.
Missed it so much, was a few yrs where I stopped doing it. So stupid.
Now I'm having really fun with inventing and investigating new stuff with it.
As stronger it is, the more ice I can turn into it too, without losing a thing of it now when it's hot.
Exploding Kombucha is kind of part of the adventure, but I try to limit that, so I can drink more
Yes, don't forget to buy now
In the mid 90s during my travels, personal and then for government, we came across a Russian drink that was both tangy and sweet. Made with grains and I think bread. It had a unique flavor, mostly malty like a dark beer, but not at all bitter. It had an addictive flavor and it's something I opted to drink while in the Caucuses over American or other European imports. It was prepared on a commercial and private level IIRC.
I’ve seen this drink at my local grocery (I think they are Caucasian), although I haven’t tried it yet. Nor can I recall the name.....it looks potentially mildly alcoholic too?
I've seen it, too, when shopping various Russo centric areas. Usually when I ask about it they recommend against it because it won't taste like anything I had. I got the name and lost it of one bottled version that's supposedly tart, bitter and somewhat sweet with carbonation added. The most common import I've seen has the Tsars on the front, I think. I suspect whatever you'd get here or even a bodega in NYC where a lot of expats live is going to be different than the non-export version. Nothing to back up that hunch. I don't drink soda, but I know Fanta produced stateside or Mexico tastes radically different when I'm in Europe.
Hmmm, maybe I’ll try try it one day. I’m a big fan of chinotto etc., so tart bitter sweet sounds up my alley...
Beverly was another one, though not as good. It was rare to find an importer that brought it stateside. Jones and similar make sodas that are different. Something may tickle your fancy. Izze isn't bad but I find it sweeter now than it was a long time ago. Trader Joe's offered or did offer, at one time, a bitter grapefruit soda they imported from Italy. It was a clear glass bottle, maybe about a liter and had a wider bottom and a narrow top.
Edit: It's actually something that's stuck with me. When I was younger someone told me bitter foods are good for your body. I'm not sure how true that is, but I can appreciate bitter foods more than others. Though I won't eat raw aloe leaves.
@mobilehaathi & @Zenithal: Kvass is the name of this Russian 'bread' drink, and - especially if you can hands on the authentic version - it is delicious (to my palate, anyway).
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Nahhhh, don’t think Kombucha is as widespread here around as it is over there. Not so much in Göteborg
But more now, then when I began. Can’t recall when that was exactly, in early 90’s sometime.
Remember I got a Scooby for free from somewhere.
When I restarted now, I noticed that everyone only sold them. Boring, I liked the friendly & free atmosphere around giving away scoobies better.
Whatever, lot of people make a business of Kombucha fermenting today.
I don’t mind that really. It’s a great thing.
Just would’ve been nice if the scoobies could still be gifted for free.
Anyway, I lost the creativity in the doing and it became dull, and the Kombucha lost its quality.
One day, the scoobies were dead and refused to produce any more Kombucha.
So I had to buy a new scooby with starter to get some new life into it again.
It’s a ‘living thing’, and we need to give it some spirit to produce its greatness and probiotics to us.
Sounds like some distant relative or combination of beer and Kombucha those Russians served you. Can’t remember the history of Kombucha, but pretty sure those Russians have been involved quite a lot in it.
And @Scepticalscribe knew the name on this Kvass too. Great!
Had a very nice Cappuccino before my appointment with my lovely dentist this morning.
Absolutely needed that to some temporarily daytime shift and wake up today
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Last night I binge watched the newest season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld - my favorite comedian. In every episode there were unmistakable product placements for Lavazza. I guess they must a sponsor of the show now.
Our mutual friend @Kurwenal if I remember loves the show too.
Our mutual friend @Kurwenal if I remember loves the show too.
Yes! That’s the name I couldn’t remember. I’ll certainly have to try some then. Who knows if what I get here is any good, but hell it sounds worth a try anyway.
I have spent an embarrassing number of minutes today perusing the site of The Ethiopian Coffee Company.
I may place an order on Friday.
I may place an order on Friday.
Yes, that's the one. I wasn't having luck on the internet. Commercial preps tend to vary a lot from what I remember. I might have had a glass bottled version here through an importer run store that I liked, but alas, I'm not completely sure. Though I was very fond of the herbal sodas they had in those days. It's likely gone to the dumpster now that everything's been cheapened up.
Sweet, bit of tang, licorice-y and lingering numbness to the tongue. Good times. Both while traveling for pleasure with mates and then for government, we found it invaluable to buy bottles of drink, usually vodka, and share it with the local constables at a table. Build some rapport, keep you out of harm's way. Very nice officers, to be honest, just trying to scratch a living in a post Soviet world. No idea what it's like now. I doubt I'll recognize Russia today.
Glass bottles, yes, the same as for kefir.
It tastes much better from glass (as does any liquid) than from plastic or paper.
In the olden days, you returned the bottles, so that they could be reused, (children might have received some paltry sum for doing so).
We sometimes get a cream on top milk in a glass bottle. Costs the equivalent of a few pounds for the bottle (reserve) and you get it back when you buy a new bottle. Usually a battle to see who can wake up early enough to get at the cream at the top.
Then that means that the quality of the milk is usually very good, possibly organic, possibly even unpasteurised and often very, very tasty; I remember that cream on top when we were kids, we used to fight for it so that we could put it on our cereal, and, yes, you could get a white moustache just from drinking it, and we had those battles, too.
These days, when I am home, if I can lay hands on such a bottle from a small local producer, I do so.
Yes, I like it more than clotted cream. Which has that cloying cooked taste to it I don't quite like.
A welcome double espresso in the Victorian railway station prior to boarding the train. Two days of meetings ahead.
My colleague returned to the office today after her trip to New York and Boston. She brought me a New York Times and these beans from George Howell Coffee in Boston. Can’t wait to try these out at the weekend.
