Anyone who knows me really well, knows that I am absolutely crazy about coffee. Hence, the name of my blog. I couldn’t name my blog something that didn’t have coffee somewhere in the title.
Yes, I am that much of a fanatic. Ask my poor husband, he didn’t even drink coffee until he met me. So, it seemed only logical that I did my first post about coffee.
I am not sure when this infatuation started. I know I have been drinking coffee for a long time now. It started off in London where I grew up. Back then, coffee was that Nescafe or Maxwell House instant granules. But, man, did I love that stuff. My friends and I lived on that coffee. During my O Levels and A Level revision times, I would make a huge stack of buttered toast and endless cups of instant coffee and lock myself up in the dining room to study.
We even had that instant coffee at school. During our break time we would go down to the lunch room and there, the wonderful lunch ladies would be ready to sell us packets of Rich Tea biscuits, Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits or my favourite, the shortbread, that tasted delicious dunked in that hot coffee. To drink, there was orange squash ( orange drink) and that instant coffee, all creamy and sweet. Being a School Prefect, I had the extra perk of not having to pay for my coffee! So, yes, I usually downed about 2 or 3 cups! So, even though I am a coffee snob now, I still hold a special place in my heart for instant Nescafe. Its comfort food for me!
My school was right in the heart of London, on Harley Street, amongst all the fancy big named doctors who catered to all the rich and famous. They sure didn’t like us! We would run down Harley Street brandishing our hockey sticks or rounders bats. No, they didn’t care for us at all.
However, being right there in central London, I had such a choice of cafes around us. My mission was to try the cappuccinos at all these cafes. I think I covered quite a few and I have to say they were all really good, a heck of a lot better than some of these coffee places here that charge abominable prices for dishwater. Slowly, over the years my love for coffee has grown and I now seek out gourmet coffee beans and grind and brew my coffee, always searching for that perfect cup. I use a Bodum French Press to brew my coffee and a vacuum coffee maker. I also use a Saeco Odea Giro for my espressos and cappuccinos. Oh, did I mention my love for Turkish and the Arabic qahwah also? Yes, I have an “infatuation with coffee” as my brother puts it.
I will do a post on how to make a really good cup of coffee soon. Right now, I want to tell you about a new local coffee roasters I found in Boulder. Next post. That’s a picture I took of their amazing Organic Sumatra coffee beans. Gorgeous, aren’t they? Until then, maybe you can tell me about your food infatuations? Are you crazy about coffee too?
Yes, I am that much of a fanatic. Ask my poor husband, he didn’t even drink coffee until he met me. So, it seemed only logical that I did my first post about coffee.
I am not sure when this infatuation started. I know I have been drinking coffee for a long time now. It started off in London where I grew up. Back then, coffee was that Nescafe or Maxwell House instant granules. But, man, did I love that stuff. My friends and I lived on that coffee. During my O Levels and A Level revision times, I would make a huge stack of buttered toast and endless cups of instant coffee and lock myself up in the dining room to study.
We even had that instant coffee at school. During our break time we would go down to the lunch room and there, the wonderful lunch ladies would be ready to sell us packets of Rich Tea biscuits, Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits or my favourite, the shortbread, that tasted delicious dunked in that hot coffee. To drink, there was orange squash ( orange drink) and that instant coffee, all creamy and sweet. Being a School Prefect, I had the extra perk of not having to pay for my coffee! So, yes, I usually downed about 2 or 3 cups! So, even though I am a coffee snob now, I still hold a special place in my heart for instant Nescafe. Its comfort food for me!
My school was right in the heart of London, on Harley Street, amongst all the fancy big named doctors who catered to all the rich and famous. They sure didn’t like us! We would run down Harley Street brandishing our hockey sticks or rounders bats. No, they didn’t care for us at all.
However, being right there in central London, I had such a choice of cafes around us. My mission was to try the cappuccinos at all these cafes. I think I covered quite a few and I have to say they were all really good, a heck of a lot better than some of these coffee places here that charge abominable prices for dishwater. Slowly, over the years my love for coffee has grown and I now seek out gourmet coffee beans and grind and brew my coffee, always searching for that perfect cup. I use a Bodum French Press to brew my coffee and a vacuum coffee maker. I also use a Saeco Odea Giro for my espressos and cappuccinos. Oh, did I mention my love for Turkish and the Arabic qahwah also? Yes, I have an “infatuation with coffee” as my brother puts it.
I will do a post on how to make a really good cup of coffee soon. Right now, I want to tell you about a new local coffee roasters I found in Boulder. Next post. That’s a picture I took of their amazing Organic Sumatra coffee beans. Gorgeous, aren’t they? Until then, maybe you can tell me about your food infatuations? Are you crazy about coffee too?
