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Depends on whether i made it at home or if it's at a cafe. If I'm at a cafe, it's a single, and when making espresso at home it varied. If there's going to be milk involved, then it's definitely a double.
I hear you on the addition of milk.
When out, these days, when I am not sipping espresso, I will have a flat white in marked preference to either a latte, or a cappuccino.
Side bar:
I love a good chai tea latte via barista.
Wife got chai tea at home, my daily M & F routine is early am espresso , mid-morning tea, then early afternoon espresso, then late afternoon tea.
Straight tea, nothing added.
I tried straight Chai tea, nearly gagged .. dunno, it needs some foamy milk
I must say that I am rather partial to a good chai latte.
I've never managed to get along with chai tea......milky or not
I like it, as long as the flavour hasn't come from a bottle, which is mainly just a sugar syrup. Most cafes make it that way as they don't stock the relevant teabags.
My Kenyan friend brings me masala teabags (and yes, coffee too, don't panic!). She taught me to make the tea as follows: In a saucepan of milk, add the teabag, then stirring continually bring the milk to an almost boil. Yumm! It's a good evening drink as the caffeine content isn't too high.
Agreed: It is a lovely evening drink; I have had it in Kenya, and thoroughly enjoyed it, it was absolutely delicious.
And perusing coffee sites.
The red honey processed coffee is the last bag of coffee that I have, and I find that I tend to get just a little twitchy re coffee supplies when I am down to my last bag of coffee.
The fact that it will take me at least a week - perhaps more - to finish it (as I have just opened it), is neither here nor there.
The red honey processed coffee is the last bag of coffee that I have, and I find that I tend to get just a little twitchy re coffee supplies when I am down to my last bag of coffee.
The fact that it will take me at least a week - perhaps more - to finish it (as I have just opened it), is neither here nor there.
just this morning I found myself considering how long my current supply would last......and maybe not long enough was what I concluded
Greatly enjoyed a coffee (a flat white, as it happens), in the café of the French bakery this afternoon.
Not my post below, it’s from my friend Lou, related to his friend Scott’s beans. Lou calculated 18grams for a double shot of espresso. So now I know that 1 lb = 453 grams, so 453/18 gives 25 servings of double shot per 1lb beans then .
“We are enjoying his beans. I've been buying them in 5 pound bags and re-vac sealing them into 252 gram bags ( 9 bags). A 252 gram bag will yield 2 doubleshot cappucino's a day for 1 week @ 18 grams per double shot. Glad you like them.”
I’ve got 2 at Michigan Tech University now, bought this while visiting 2 weekends back. Thinking of them and their life journey as I drink this.
It’s good, slight taste of wild berry is a nice touch.
It’s good, slight taste of wild berry is a nice touch.
The start of replenishing my coffee supply is now underway. It's the final installment of a Christmas present; 3 months of a package of freshly roasted coffee from a roaster that I wasn't familiar with. Fortunately the first and second month selections were quite nice.
Daily espresso, Borealis blend 2nd day now, goes with either oatmeal or yogurt with granola.
Being a morning person I find the clarity of mind so much more than evening time.
Enjoy.
Daily espresso, Borealis blend 2nd day now, goes with either oatmeal or yogurt with granola.
Do you have fruit juice with your breakfast?
Whenever I am at home, such as at present, I will always have freshly squeezed (by hand, by me) citrus juice - today's comprised of a blend of a lemon, a pink grapefruit, and two blood oranges - sunshine in a glass.
Abroad, I will seek out freshly squeezed orange juice, or freshly prepared lemonade.
Being an evening person, actually, being nocturnal, my morning coffee goes beyond luxury, or pure pleasure, into necessity.
I succumbed to temptation while perusing coffee sites.
Thus, I have placed an order for coffee.
It would never do to run out, now, would it? Not that I am in any immediate danger of that happening.
Thus, I have placed an order for coffee.
It would never do to run out, now, would it? Not that I am in any immediate danger of that happening.
I've appreciated their gift, and the coffee has actually been good too!
Now I'm hoping the new package arrives quickly!
Ethiopian (naturally processed) - which is what I would normally class as my very favourite coffee - and what was described (by their resident expert) as an anaerobic "competition" lot coffee, (SL28 varietal), from (a well regarded producer) in El Salvador.
The SL28 (and its stable mates) are actually originally from Kenya (which is where one will usually see this particular designation) and were transplanted to central America.
Now, I was also mulling a Pacamara varietal from the same producer in El Salvador, (which I know that I will like), and a coffee from Thailand (which I read about, intrigued), that appeared on their website only as recently as yesterday.
But, mustn't be (too) greedy.