Coffee ... Continued

 

No doubt after carefully reading, and rereading my wonderful posts on just about all things Coffee, you may now be ready for the revelation of my next level description of my daily morning Coffee preparation routine. Read that as "ritual".

If you look at it that way it's easy to see that everything is ritual. One, or as many steps as it takes to get from Point A to Point B. If you're inclined to "Zen It Up" in LIfe, then you know what I'm talking about. If not: it's like how you brush your teeth. You go the sink, you pick up the toothbrush, you apply some toothpaste, then you stick it in your mouth; set #1 completed. Set #2: you brush your teeth; my Dentist taught me how to start from the top left front, keeping the bristles fixed between teeth and gums and gently moving the brush side to side. This eliminates the wearing down of the gums over time due to sweeping with the brush.

What the F does this have to do with Coffee? 

Procedure.

Which in my Coffee world is an evolutionary process. But, isn't Life itself? An evolutionary process. I could go on, but this schtick is getting on your nerves I'm thinking.

So ... Coffee. In particular, how do I get in front of a hot, steaming cup of Joe in the mornings?

Two basic approaches: 1. Pour Over. 2. Steep. The former is a simple cone what takes a paper filter, the other is a modified French Press "kind of like it": but, using a Coffee sock [colador de café] to strain the steeped grounds.

I believe I spoke to this, but a preference for me is to have my Coffee served hot. To this end I warm the Milk, warm the glass thermal cup, and set a carafe with some water in a water bath over heat. The cafe takes both, the pour over cone, and the Coffee sock.

Instead of using my beautiful French Press — it fails in the area of delivering a piping hot cup — I steep the grounds in a small pot in a hot water bath. 

Net, net ... a nice hot cup of Coffee.

Oh, yes. I use a hand grinder. And, try to keep the beans stored under vacuum seal. My latest device is plastic vacuum storage bags, but the sealing seems to have a shelf life bag-wise; they seem to poop after several uses. That's still a factor we're working at figgerin' out. 

No comments, please, on the use of the word "poop". And the irony that it's associated with the Worlds's most expensive Coffee. Look it up.

Don't Be a Coffee A-Hole

Don't be a Coffee A-Hole ... Continued