[Dixielandjazz] coffee

[Stan Brager]

Pat;

All that off topic stuff about coffee and all you offer is a simple cup of
tea - day in and day out. Yet there are so many varieties of tea which can
enrich your life. And so many methods of brewing it.

The straight and narrow may be fine for you, Pat. Give me the chance to
discover all there is to learn about flavors and brewing methods which
delight the palate. It's that attitude which leads me to all forms of jazz
and music and life as well.

Thanks again, Pat, for reminding me of the worldly joys discovered and to
come.

Stan
Stan Brager 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Ladd [mailto:pj.ladd at btinternet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:15 AM
> To: dixieland jazz
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] coffee
> 
> The trouble with these comparisons about coffee is the basic assumption
> that
> Americans can make coffee. They can`t. Americans, even with all their
> special and expensive machines cannot produce a good cup of coffee to
> save
> their lives.
> Oh they go on...and...on...and...on about lattes and espressos and
> cappuccinos. They have grinders and roasters and filters. This brand
> and
> that brand. In packets, in jars, in sachets. Its endless. They talk
> learnedly about what diameter grains of something or other should be
> sprinkled on the top of their double whip, semi saturated, hand picked
> beans
> from the top of a mountain in Peru..They hold up the line in the diner
> while
> they pontificate about a cup of coffee which they once had in Cancun in
> 1984. It is even worse than deciding what sort of bread they have their
> sandwiches made from. Great day in the Morning IT IS JUST A CUP OF
> COFFEE.
> 
> Now tea!  There is something about which you can have a proper,
> informed
> discussion. One spoonful of tea per person plus one for the pot. Warm
> the
> teapot. Take the teapot to the boiling kettle NOT the other way round.
> The
> kettle is not boiling until there is a yard of steam coming from the
> spout.
> Do not use tea bags....oh yes a proper drink is tea.
> 
> The debbil made me do it
> 
> Pat