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Is Espresso Really 'Good' Coffee?
Carl-E:
I'm afraid I drink a lot of Lipton's. It's not bad, but recall reading several years ago that Thomas Lipton pioneered the use of the paper fiber tea bag, allowing him to use what were called the "fannings" (essentially the tea-dust) that other manufacturers would discard, since it would go right through the linen bags or other steepers that were in common use at the end of the ninteenth century.
Guy knew how to make a buck!
I'm also fond of Earl Grey, and when I can find it, Darjeeling. A friend once gave me a tin of what was called Russian Caravan Tea, it was delightfullly spiced, like a mild Indian chai. But the flavored stuff is for the evenings - big travel mug o' Lipton, steeped for at least 10 minutes, lots of sugar for the mornings.
Meh, it works.
Method of Madness:
Has anyone ever used one of these? I'm somewhat tempted to get one.
O8h7w:
I drink tea. Preferably with good-quality honey, which my grandmother gladly provides, and without milk. And without fruits and flowers in it, thankyouverymuch. Mostly just plain, black, tea.
And therefore I am not very fond of Lipton's Yellow Label, or just about any other tea that comes in paper bags. The paper bags themselves doesn't taste quite right to me. The best I've had so far was, IIRC, called Golden Label. But I don't recall the company name, so I can't find it, and I do recall that it was not available in my country - someone of my dad's colleagues brought it from London...
Hey, what has this to do with the comic anyways? It's even a long shot from the thread title. Heck, it's bedtime. :psyduck:
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 04 Jun 2011, 14:30 ---Has anyone ever used one of these? I'm somewhat tempted to get one.
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Someone mentioned this earlier... Ah yes,
--- Quote from: slydon on 04 Jun 2011, 03:57 ---So, just a question people, which would be less acidic, the aeropress or the french press?
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Seems to me they both work on the same principle. The Aero press seems to be a slight improvement as the grounds doesn't sit in the coffee, and it's better filtered, but they use paper filters, so you have the issue of losing oils again. Because of the filter it also uses a finer grind of coffee than a French Press, which just uses a screen, and so needs a coarse grind.
Damned if I know which is less acidic...
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: slydon on 04 Jun 2011, 03:57 ---So, just a question people, which would be less acidic, the aeropress or the french press?
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Make up some coffee in the aeropress and in the french press and dip some litmus paper into them. Thats the real acid test. (Well, the pH test...)
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