This is seriously the best coffee I've ever had. Even better, it's a veteran owned small business and roasted locally here in Ohio.
Coffee & Tea For Me
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Fair enough - giving this a go! Should be here in time for my day before the day before Christmas day off, so I'll expect to give it a good pouring over Thursday morning before getting to baking some bread, heading to the grocery store, and assorted pre-kids coming home holiday preparations (the more I work on food the more my wife is inspired not to need me to help with things I don't like to help with that usually involve cleaners and rubber gloves, lol). I have high expectations!
Really enjoying Golden Monkey. I'm drinking 2 or 3 black tea cups per day. What a perfect compliment for a bowl of good tobacco.
Bought some of this to make iced tea. I got the quart pouches and cold brew these types of teas. Some of these are a bit light, tart opr maybe a bit too floral. This one has plenty of strength and a nice ginger spice flavor. Very refreshing. The Blood Orange is also quite good.
Samurai Mate Tea
Samurai Mate Tea
Tried some the other day and ground it too coarse. Adjusted today and really like it!
I drink Clipper tea, I like teas with a little spice like ginger lemon, orange turmeric or ginger turmeric and Clipper has a excellent selection of those. For a change I drink them also with a bit of honey in them.
Coffee I'm kinda basic, we drink nespresso for the eaze of it. From nespresso itself I like the pitch black colored cups or Starbucks the dark blue ones. But we want to switch to a ground coffee machine, still looking for the right one. We had a machine that grinds beans to ground coffee, but it broke, we loved that one with every filling a different type of bean. Indonesian or Kenyan beans were favorite, we never favored south american beans.
Coffee I'm kinda basic, we drink nespresso for the eaze of it. From nespresso itself I like the pitch black colored cups or Starbucks the dark blue ones. But we want to switch to a ground coffee machine, still looking for the right one. We had a machine that grinds beans to ground coffee, but it broke, we loved that one with every filling a different type of bean. Indonesian or Kenyan beans were favorite, we never favored south american beans.
Interesting. But why a Dylan Thomas quote on the package? And it's a poem about death!
The guy that owns yhe business and roasts all the coffee is a Marine. I stopped asking questions. ?
2 double home roasted espresso with heavy cream ( I call em a Fat White) before noon. Tea in the afternoon. Either Earl Grey, Bohea or Oolong. I buy my tea from Oliver Pluff in Charleston SC
Having seen the proprietors affiliations it could be a comment on the contemporary zeitgeist.
I have been drinking tea for so many years I lost count. Harney an Sons Earl Grey is my go to.
M&S gold label when it’s a quick brew during the day (bags)
Twinnings Orange Pekoe for that fresh early morning gentle kick-start To the day (Loose leaf)
Fortnum and Masons Royal Blend to round the evening off (Loose leaf)
Twinnings Orange Pekoe for that fresh early morning gentle kick-start To the day (Loose leaf)
Fortnum and Masons Royal Blend to round the evening off (Loose leaf)
Surprised that all things tea took up a good bit of consumption and conversation Xmas evening when the girls were home!
I need to bookmark this. While my tea comes from Harney and sons (Good beginner selection of all types including first flush Darjeelings) and local Indian grocery (Good for middle of the road Darjeelings but never saw a first flush) I got new sources mainly from peregrinous for First Flush Darjeelings.
Or I can just ask him when I am ready to buy more
Or I can just ask him when I am ready to buy more
Mainly black coffee without any type of sweetener. Occasionally, black or red tea, or spices such as thyme, fennel, chamomile, or also assorted red fruits and other fruits such as orange Green tea tastes like bat piss to me, it's a very boring flavor for my taste.........
One of the teas I got is "French Breakfast" from Plum, some chocolate and a bit of orange influence, not sure I'm liking the chocolate aspect in tea all that much but . . . the smell when I opened the package and brewing/drinking I finally placed - it's just like Wilke Peanut Butter & Chocolate smells through the packaging. So that's interesting. Back to more of an orange and spice influence tomorrow - their regular orange and spice has a bit of clove, which I just don't like, so I'll be searching the internet for an orange/cinnamon spice kind of tea leaves to try next. I'll keep brewing what I have, it's okay, but not quite "it".
I had my first-ever (hopefully last) kidney stone issue a few months back. I had been drinking lots of cold, sun-brewed tea and considered whether or not that was a contributing factor. It was likely one of a few, but interesting you mention it.
I grow an herb called Tulsi that is often referred to as Holy Basil in the states. It is sort of a "blueberry basil" kind of flavor. I can harvest it a few times a year, dry it on cheesecloth I've got strung between my garage door overhead rails, then strip it from the stems and bag it.
It's rather a bit of work overall, but I let some of it go to seed every year and spreads throughout my herb garden quite well. I haven't had to plant any in 5 years now. It can be a little expensive to purchase in the stores when I've seen it.
My wife is addicted to it. Loves it and drinks it hot all the time.
It is one of the top 5 Ayurvedic herbs in their medicinal realm. Considered to be an "astringent" or "tonic". Quite healthy overall.
On the temp - I know some leaves do better at certain degrees but in general I've found that I don't like my water boiled too "hard", and sometimes I like it best just before it hits that rolling boil point. I've no idea why, just me.
Yerba matte is an interesting drink from South America I've enjoyed.
It's rather a bit of work overall, but I let some of it go to seed every year and spreads throughout my herb garden quite well. I haven't had to plant any in 5 years now. It can be a little expensive to purchase in the stores when I've seen it.
My wife is addicted to it. Loves it and drinks it hot all the time.
It is one of the top 5 Ayurvedic herbs in their medicinal realm. Considered to be an "astringent" or "tonic". Quite healthy overall.
On the temp - I know some leaves do better at certain degrees but in general I've found that I don't like my water boiled too "hard", and sometimes I like it best just before it hits that rolling boil point. I've no idea why, just me.
Yerba matte is an interesting drink from South America I've enjoyed.