tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post1832151968538735747..comments2023-06-05T09:22:52.912+01:00Comments on Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Open: The Texan and the Coffee MachinePlease Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-7423489780608237402009-07-22T21:59:14.508+01:002009-07-22T21:59:14.508+01:00I'm confused :(
Isn't it something to do ...I'm confused :(<br /><br />Isn't it something to do with the French? Cafe au Lait?Time Travellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764344601716519201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-27303731262529284532009-07-22T19:38:33.313+01:002009-07-22T19:38:33.313+01:00Homer - Fully with you on that one. Love the smell...Homer - Fully with you on that one. Love the smell, hate the taste. <br /><br />Lynx - Well, you don't tell me that, our house is fully eqipped with a coffee machine thing - not that I ever use it. A Tassimo jobby. But 96 degrees, I shall spread the word!Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-6004742862045377742009-07-22T18:58:15.554+01:002009-07-22T18:58:15.554+01:00As I am the fount of all instant coffee knowledge,...As I am the fount of all instant coffee knowledge, I will answer your plea.<br /><br />There is a chance that boiling water would burn the coffee. The optimal temperature for the water is actually 96 degrees, so I would say you only need to wait a few seconds after the kettle has boiled. Mind you, if your friends are that bothered about the taste they should buy a decent filter / espresso machine! :-)Lynxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07442282025915927695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-13711685667241938182009-07-22T17:35:53.829+01:002009-07-22T17:35:53.829+01:00All these distinctions are irrelevant to people wh...All these distinctions are irrelevant to people who have realised that coffee is but the spittle of Satan. How can anything smell so good and taste so vile?Homernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-20319069144936527372009-07-22T09:24:30.559+01:002009-07-22T09:24:30.559+01:00Zstep - All I know is that my mum hates lattes. I ...Zstep - All I know is that my mum hates lattes. I tried to buy her one once, she appreciated the gesture but was not impressed. Starbucks n everything it was. <br /><br />James - I will endeavour to try White Tea by the end of the week. And I now have horrible visions of Starbucks creating a Kidney Bean Coffee. Bleauurrgh.<br /><br />Blonde - Ah, the voice of experience. If PR doesn't work out, Nero is a'callin ;)<br /><br />Ellie - Expresso with a splash of milk? I thought the whole reason you had Expresso was because you were hardcore and could handle the real stuff? Or at least that's what someone told me. <br /><br />Perp - Aha! The Coffee Police have arrived...put down your milk!<br /><br />Huw - I'm with you. I never knew such a thing existed. That's white tea as in White Tea, not White tea as in tea with milk. Confused. Yes, I am. And Edinburgh? Great news, he's even more wrong than I first thought. I feel an email coming on. (joking. I won't contact the ex. Promise)<br /><br />Lynx - But kind sir, I was informed at the weekend while my friends made coffee and I watched wrinkling my nose, that you should leave the water for a few minutes after boiling, because if you put boiling water straight into coffee it burns the granules. Fact? Fiction? Please advise.Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-20554837710011373812009-07-22T00:50:06.596+01:002009-07-22T00:50:06.596+01:00White coffee comes from medieval times, when coffe...White coffee comes from medieval times, when coffee was simple. You took the (full fat) milk out of the fridge and added a dash (or more) to the otherwise standard black coffee. If you were bourgeois you used cream instead of milk.<br />Black coffee was also simplicity itself, requiring just boiling water and a teaspoon of freeze-dried coffee granules (preferably Nescafe Gold Blend - as advertised by Giles from Buffy). Oh, and sugar, lots of sugar!<br /><br />I'm sure you know this, but I feel I have to enlighten our colonial cousins. As to why the septics don't understand it, could this be a generational thing there? The result of the rampant PC that is emasculating American English? (And proper English come to that!) I can't quite imagine John Wayne or Clint Eastwood asking for a decaf low-fat skinny latte with extra foam!Lynxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07442282025915927695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-80982120803023363242009-07-21T23:53:10.534+01:002009-07-21T23:53:10.534+01:00Woah, now I'm really confused. White tea?
The...Woah, now I'm <i>really</i> confused. <i>White</i> tea?<br /><br />The Mile is in Edinburgh. I know that much.Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812961156865975046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-20853207581099461922009-07-21T22:32:36.851+01:002009-07-21T22:32:36.851+01:00Coffee should only be drunk black, hence his confu...Coffee should only be drunk black, hence his confusion!!! :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-21955460205613666732009-07-21T22:18:30.171+01:002009-07-21T22:18:30.171+01:00I miss my coffee!
I HATE white tea (sorry James) ...I miss my coffee!<br /><br />I HATE white tea (sorry James) -- as opposed to tea with milk in it. At least the kind I have seems to leave a very weird tart after-taste.<br /><br />Don't forget the machiato ('stained') ... and espresso with a splash of milk.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776138284979286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-16062652462501521012009-07-21T21:35:53.937+01:002009-07-21T21:35:53.937+01:00White coffee: black coffee (ie, americano / filter...White coffee: black coffee (ie, americano / filter coffee) with milk.<br /><br />Latte: Longer; double shot of espresso, topped up with hot milk.<br /><br />I think.Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949311774305277801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-78432195782266278272009-07-21T20:15:20.758+01:002009-07-21T20:15:20.758+01:00I think peppermint-flavoured hot water would be ab...I think peppermint-flavoured hot water would be about right. <br /><br />Coffee-drinkers would be horrified if we picked a random bean (say, kidney beans), roasted it, ground it up, mixed it with water and called it coffee. That's how I feel about herbal tea. <br /><br />White tea, incidentally, is awesome. (That officially became fact when I learned that Johnny Marr and Gary Jarman regularly drink white tea, hanging out in Portland.)Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252335036553031411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-37431762301609905272009-07-21T19:12:10.707+01:002009-07-21T19:12:10.707+01:00I always thought a latte was coffee with a healthy...I always thought a latte was coffee with a healthy dose of milk or cream added in so it takes on a very pale tan color. I'm not really a coffee guy either so am hardly an expert however.Zstepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-48725913747268983112009-07-21T18:08:36.281+01:002009-07-21T18:08:36.281+01:00Zstep - An intriguing nugget of info, I've nev...Zstep - An intriguing nugget of info, I've never really thought about America not really calling white coffee, white coffee. Although strangely, I think there's a latte option on the machine. Now I'm confused. What's a latte?<br /><br />James - I recently discovered white tea, not drunk it, just found out it existed. I favour peppermint myself. How should I refer to myself? A peppermint flavoured hot water drinker?Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-29487965727072509142009-07-21T17:40:23.179+01:002009-07-21T17:40:23.179+01:00Of course, the really confusing thing is white tea...Of course, the really confusing thing is white tea.<br /><br />Americans often ask me what kind of tea I like. It takes longer than it should do to explain that I like both black tea (but with milk in) and also white tea (e.g. silver needle).<br /><br />What annoys me is when people say they're tea-drinkers too, and it turns out they mean herbal tea. <br /><br />It's not tea.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252335036553031411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-76411929889109342382009-07-21T17:22:03.763+01:002009-07-21T17:22:03.763+01:00I've lived in Texas for 15 years and I've ...I've lived in Texas for 15 years and I've never heard of white coffee either. Everyone here I know calls it a latte as Americans as a whole have been Starbuckified.Zstepnoreply@blogger.com