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Is Espresso Really 'Good' Coffee?
Tiogyr:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 04 Jun 2011, 10:38 ---I accept that it works, but I don't understand it chemically. Salt is neither acidic nor basic, so it can't neutralize acids.
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That was just psuedo-science babble. The truth is that the salt basically masks the bitter flavor and is a lazy-man's way of saying "Fuck getting the ground measurements and brew times just right, I'll just add some salt to cover the bitterness if I added too much coffee grounds brewer/percolator".
The trick is knowing how much salt to put in to mask the typical bitterness you get with a given measurement of coffee grounds (and brand, if you do store bought). The rancid shit Folger's puts out, for example, actually requires a tablespoon of salt per 12 cup pot where Maxwell House only requires a teaspoon (just for comparison). And yes, you add it prior to brewing, not to the actual cup (though you could put saline solution in the final cup of coffee and stir it around if you wanted to try it that way, it would still work but takes a bit more guesswork).
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 05 Jun 2011, 07:03 ---No one's even mentioned the way I make coffee in the office: coffee bags! They're actually quite decent.
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Every name brand coffee you can find at the store has those, and that isn't decent coffee at all (unless you're doing the salt trick).
--- Quote from: O8h7w on 04 Jun 2011, 15:21 ---I drink tea. Preferably with good-quality honey
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Oh yeah, if you want something really good, try substituting honey for your usual sweetener in your next cup of coffee (though in a smaller quantity, a little honey goes a long way). Give it a second to melt in the coffee then stir it around really good to get the flavor distributed about then enjoy the true nectar of the gods! :mrgreen:
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Tiogyr on 05 Jun 2011, 07:07 ---Every name brand coffee you can find at the store has those, and that isn't decent coffee at all
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Not in the UK - the Lyons ones are literally the only ones on the market, and are passably decent coffee if you have no practical access to any other means of making it (there are some much more expensive filters with the coffee built in, from Rombouts, but actually they aren't nearly so nice).
Tiogyr:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 05 Jun 2011, 07:22 ---
--- Quote from: Tiogyr on 05 Jun 2011, 07:07 ---Every name brand coffee you can find at the store has those, and that isn't decent coffee at all
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Not in the UK - the Lyons ones are literally the only ones on the market, and are passably decent coffee if you have no practical access to any other means of making it (there are some much more expensive filters with the coffee built in, from Rombouts, but actually they aren't nearly so nice).
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Ah. Over here Folgers, Maxwell House and whoever that third brand is all have their own versions of them.
O8h7w:
--- Quote from: Tiogyr on 05 Jun 2011, 07:07 --- the true nectar of the gods! :mrgreen:
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I'd say that is a hot chocolate - irish coffee crossover, made with honey of course... mmm... :)
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Tiogyr on 05 Jun 2011, 08:10 ---Ah. Over here Folgers, Maxwell House and whoever that third brand is all have their own versions of them.
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Folgers, Maxwell House, Hills Brothers, Eight O'Clock Coffee (which is more whole-bean in the bag) and, of course, our friends at *$.
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