[geeks] Coffee survey

[gsm at mendelson.com]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 03:04:19PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>
>Always remember, too:  Store your coffee in an airtight container, and
>away from light (so either in an /opaque/ airtight container, or stored
>ina dark place).  Those loose-top Plexiglass bins at the grocery store
>show off the coffee well, but aren't actually very good for it.

Over the years I've bought lots of coffee from Illy in those steel cans.

I keep them, they are dishwasher safe, except they eventually rust, and 
put my coffee in them. I just wrap a label around it, and hold it in place
with a rubber band. 

I keep my coffee in the freezer, and try not to have more than two, usually
only one "working". 

The best (to me) supermarket coffee here comes in a large enough package
that I need to put it into two cans, and I use one completely before
the other. If I play it right, I can almost get a full month of 1 cup a
day out the package, and it does not make that noticable turn from
ground coffee to ground wood. 

I was really dissapointed when I moved here in 1996. When I left the states,
a pound of Columbian coffee, not particularyly special, was between
$2 and $3 out of the roaster. I came here and was told to go to a place 
that specialized in coffee. 

They did, and charged $10 a pound for the same coffee. However, fresh coffee
meant they opened the bag this week. :-(

I finally, after 13 years figured out how to get something like a cup of
american coffee. The usual "coffee american" is either a shot of espresso
mixed with equal parts of water or the same grounds run through an espresso
maker twice. If I ask for "cafe filter" or just "filter", I get a tiny
one use filter with the coffee already in it.

The large drip coffee makers that diners have (had) in the US are nowhere
to be found here.

Geoff.

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