Coffee

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Coffee often makes me feel icky. I like the flavour but it just does something unpleasant that leaves me feeling physically unwell, even though it’s only ever decaf.
I don’t know if it’s age related but it’s effects are certainly worse now.
I’ll have one every now and then and then remember why I don’t drink it

 

[blades]

I've found that coffee no longer tastes strong enough for me to like it. I've even made it double strength and the taste doesn't alter. Mind you I've got a percolator that will perc as long as there's heat and water so you can make it black as coal and not even see the bottom of the spoon...

Had some up at Moms the other day and she was making hers with an old French drip setup. I've got one too but it requires more attention than me smelling it to know it's done.View attachment 134980

You may be a good candidate for espresso.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

.....but back to coffee, folks!
The world has progressed from instant coffee to special, masterblended mixes of arabica, robusta, liberica and excelsa. You might have imagined that coffee beans were from Italy, or even the USA - but no.
Ethiopia.

Exactly. In Italy we have not even a shadow of coffee cultivars, we import it from South America or Ethiopia.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Exactly. In Italy we have not even a shadow of coffee cultivars, we import it from South America or Ethiopia.

We grow some spectacular coffee here in Venezuela, because we've got the perfect climate. Unfortunately, successive governments seem ot have done everything in their power to prevent its commercialisation.
As far as I know, it's mostly Arabica.