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Re: Coffee
WOW! All that paraphernalia just to make a cup (or mug) of coffee.
We use glass cups with chrome handles for coffee and bone china for tea.
We use glass cups with chrome handles for coffee and bone china for tea.
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YUP - LOTS of stuff for making a simple cup of coffee AND some people have more (paraphernalia that is). Just like the Asian Tea rituals I'm thinking that if it was known we have lots of people here engaging in a daily ritual about having their daily cup of joe.
Have to say I have quite a bit of STUFF around here to make a cup of tea too
As for the pottery mugs - we have quite a few studios around here as well as private individuals who make all manner of pottery mugs for coffee. They average about $20 each (some more, some less) but that is about the going rate for a coffee mug here. I tend to like pottery generally and have quite a few pieces that are old as the hills.
I have my couple of favourite mugs and really quite like them. Sipping your morning brew out of a comfortable mug makes that morning jolt of caffeine go down just that much better.
I'm betting quite a few of us have a favourite mug (OR is it just me )
Have to say I have quite a bit of STUFF around here to make a cup of tea too
As for the pottery mugs - we have quite a few studios around here as well as private individuals who make all manner of pottery mugs for coffee. They average about $20 each (some more, some less) but that is about the going rate for a coffee mug here. I tend to like pottery generally and have quite a few pieces that are old as the hills.
I have my couple of favourite mugs and really quite like them. Sipping your morning brew out of a comfortable mug makes that morning jolt of caffeine go down just that much better.
I'm betting quite a few of us have a favourite mug (OR is it just me )
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I love the look of the pottery mugs, LLL, but I wouldn't drink out of them. I am a coffee drinker - hate tea - but I still like it out of bone China or porcelain. I cannot stand the thickness of pottery mugs!
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I'm with you on that one RS, although I can appreciate the artistry of such mugs I could never drink out of them, I find them very awkward and much prefer a China or Ceramic cup/mug, thick earthenware is not my bag.
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Interesting on the thickness. I'd hazard MOST people here are drinking out of thicker (much thicker than bone china) mugs that hold coffee. Even the china or porcelain mugs made for coffee are lots thicker than the bone china tea cups. In other words ALL the mugs here regardless of material they're made of are heavy and thick.
Tea is sometime drunk out of coffee mugs but usually tea is served in thinner cups.
Is anybody using saucers for tea?
Tea is sometime drunk out of coffee mugs but usually tea is served in thinner cups.
Is anybody using saucers for tea?
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I don't believe anybody here uses a saucer as anything else other than a cats dish OR under a plant to catch water.
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How else can you drink hot tea then? Always in the saucer for meLovelyLadyLux wrote:Is anybody using saucers for tea?
(No, I an not a slob)
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Oh yes! You have to show you are enjoying your teaHorus wrote: Do you make slurping noises Grandad
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Saturday I had a couple of minutes in the afternoon so I went looking for CARDAMON. Nobody told me this was made of gold!! Wow!
It was $57.67 for 1 pound of cardamom pods at the grocery store. Wasn't sure how much a single scoop would be as sometimes small amounts are more expensive than big amounts and was so shocked at hearing $57.67 for 1 pounds I passed on getting any. GEEZ it is expensive stuff. Now I can understand why we don't seem to have this on the Island. Be triple that by the time it was ferried over.
It was $57.67 for 1 pound of cardamom pods at the grocery store. Wasn't sure how much a single scoop would be as sometimes small amounts are more expensive than big amounts and was so shocked at hearing $57.67 for 1 pounds I passed on getting any. GEEZ it is expensive stuff. Now I can understand why we don't seem to have this on the Island. Be triple that by the time it was ferried over.
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I bought a small jar, 33gm, from M & S for £1.70 which would equate to about (note the emphasis LLL ) £23 per pound or about $46 Canadian, so not so much difference.
I have tried by removing the seeds from a few pods but I think you need more to get that cardomom aroma and flavour. Still work in progress
I have tried by removing the seeds from a few pods but I think you need more to get that cardomom aroma and flavour. Still work in progress
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Grandad, try using a cafetière. You can have the coffee as strong as you like by just leaving it longer before lowering the plunger. Much easier to add the cardamom seeds in quantity too.
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Threw one out last week RS. Couldn't be bothered faffing around with the coffee and cleaning the thing. I am trying the easy option of using 'instant' but finding the best one that tastes like real coffee is still the problem.Ruby Slippers wrote:Grandad, try using a cafetière. You can have the coffee as strong as you like by just leaving it longer before lowering the plunger. Much easier to add the cardamom seeds in quantity too.
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Interesting that the price of cardamom is so high. I've never seen it before or used it so didn't realize it was on par with precious gems. I didn't buy any and given the high high price I'm thinking I might now want to develop a taste for cardamom
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