Subj : Coffee was: Cramping
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Jun 12 2024 13:25:38

Hi Dave,


 DD> I developed a blend if pre-roasted beans that I quite liked and would
 DD> grind them in my R2-D2 spice/coffee grinder. But I discovered Maxwell
 DD> House Intense Bold and Folger's Black Silk and alternated between
 DD> those depending on which is on sale when I need to re-stock.

 RH> He usually gets his beans at Cost Plus World Market or one of the big
 RH> savings stores (Costco).

 DD> It's not easy to find bean coffee these days - except "specialty"
 DD> items that are "snob" expensive.

 DD> I remember the days when Kroger and the A&P (maybe other, too) sold
 DD> bags of pre-roasted coffee beans and had a grinder you put your beans
 DD> into
 DD> and selected the grind you wished, drip, percolator, etc. Put the bag
 DD> that had held the beans under the discharge and push the button. To
 DD> this day I've not figured out how the fresh ground aroma always smells
 DD> better than the coffee it makes tastes.  Bv)=

I remember those days. I still like the smell of coffee, especially the
fresh ground, but I just can't stand the taste of it.


 DD> My house mate is going to give up on the instant coffee so I'm giving
 DD> him my Hamilton Beach pod/loos coffe single cup brewer.

Good to see that his tastes are improving. The times my mom was in
summer school (working on her Master's degree) my dad drank instant
coffee. I think it was easier than perking up just one cup.


 DD> (boiling or nearly so) water. For multiple cups - or for Iced Tea I
 DD> use the Mary Dunbar/Jewel Tea tea pot that my grandmother had and an
 DD> aluminum tea ball/infuser to hold loose tea leaves. A pixture of one
 DD> very like it (except in stainless steel) is at
 DD> https://tinyurl.com/TEA-BAWL

 RH> We've got one of those ball infusers; it was one part of a number of
 RH> things I got from my grandmother's estate 50 years ago.

 DD> I know the words to that somg.

I've got a number of other kitchen things from her estate and a Seth
Thomas budior clock that is now 100 years old. Needs some work done on
it but has been pretty reliable until just a few years ago.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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