TheBanyanTree: Coffee

[Theta Brentnall]

Pam!  Take those Costa Rican beans out of the cabinet and use them!

We have a Cuisanart version of the Keurig and our own little baskets we
fill with good coffee.  But my favorite is a slow pour.  It's a slow,
meditative process and typically it's what I do when we are in the
motorhome.  It is a lovely way to start the day and I really think the
coffee is better doing it that way.  At home there just seems to be things
happening right away that means coffee in the travel/ walking around mug so
no coffee meditation time allowed.  My favorite coffee beans are the Lyon
brand from Hawaii.

Theta

On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 6:24 AM Pam James via TheBanyanTree <
thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com> wrote:

> I am not a coffee connoisseur.  I just love a great cup of coffee first
> thing in the morning!  I'm not really sure about the whole caffeine waking
> me up bit (although that may be absolutely true), just that going through
> the motions of sitting and sipping gives my brain and body a chance to wake
> up!  (Same-same?!?!)
>
> But I get so tired of making the coffee!!!  My second husband used to make
> it and leave my vitamins sitting beside the pot.  It was a sweet act of
> love - until he decided he'd rather be elsewhere.  My last husband used to
> get up first and make the coffee, or if he left super early to golf, he'd
> pre-make the second pot for me - regardless of whether we were talking or
> not.  It was thoughtful.
>
> But it turns out I'm not great at maintaining the relationships that get my
> coffee made, so I have to make it myself!  As a friend used to say,
> "Dayum!".
>
> And so every morning, making coffee is a part of the routine that includes
> saying hello to 7 animals, letting 4 dogs outside to relieve themselves,
> filling water bowls, filling cat food and dog food bowls, tossing cat
> treats for all the animals to scramble for, and handing out frozen treats
> while I'm getting coffee cubes for my mug, and ice cream to put the dog
> meds in.  waunt-waunt-WAUNT-waunt-waunt!  (Read that with the right whine!)
> Rinse and repeat!
>
> I've tried a Keurig a few times.  But while they are super convenient, I
> feel guilty about the landfill waste, and then I go back to a traditional
> pot.  Until I say, 'screw it!', and go back to a Keurig.  I'm currently
> with a pot.  But my neighbor has a Keurig and I have been known to go over
> to visit *specifically* to grab a quick cup of coffee!!
>
> I have a coffee press, but I haven't used it yet.  My friend's son visited
> Costa Rica and brought me back a kilo of coffee beans!  (ha!  I thought
> kilos were only for drugs!!)  I ground some of the beans once and made a
> pot, but then I put the beans back in the cabinet.  So wasted on me!
>
> I buy the small 'bags' of ground coffee. And I'm cheap and don't like to
> pay more than $5 a bag!  So I look for sales at the commissary, or Lidl or
> Aldi or even Harris Teeter or TJMaxx!  It all tastes the same to me!  But
> it's all also medium roast.  I don't like dark roasts - I think they taste
> bitter.  However, I was reading something or other a couple of months ago,
> and it stated that a bit of salt will take any bitterness out of coffee, so
> now I keep a salt cellar by the pot and I toss some in everyday!  I have
> impressed friends with that trick!!
>
> Anyway, all of this because the act of making coffee annoys me, but it's
> something I gotta do!!  I have tried tricking myself and setting it up at
> night so in the morning all I have to do is push a button!  It's almost
> like somebody else made it!  hahaha!!
>
> <sigh>  Mostly I love visiting my friend Maria.  SHE will happily make me
> coffee, in the morning or the afternoon, pour it, add a drop of creamer,
> and hand it to me while I sit and enjoy being waited on!!  It is a special
> gift and I never take it for granted... There is always a little more
> feeling in my sip and sigh when it's been handed to me by another coffee
> maker person!!
>
> But I'm no connoisseur!
>
> Pam
>
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