Oh so desperately overdue, here it finally is: The Coffee Thread, the golden brew, enjoyed by hundreds of millions if not billions on a daily basis. Having visited and even worked in countries where the bean is grown, the variety of 'roasting' selection, blending, pressing, and cooking the actual cup is enormous. Once doing a stint in Adelaide, a coffee house operator there, spend 5 minutes just prepping an espresso and explaining in the most heaviest 'outback' accent it needed to be served at exactly 62C, not higher else it would burn the flavour. I was impressed.

For todays openers, as most any of my days open, the Italian Cappuccino. I like it properly prepared, in American quantities, doppio forte, meaning first 2 doses of espresso.... On that lots of hot milk frothed with the steam pipe, on any good espresso machine, and topped off with some cacao powder.... bwilliant to wake up. Certainly, if in a rush, the next coffee bar on the way to the office is the first stop. Usually 0.90 cents to 1 Euro and held in the hand within "give or take" 120-180 seconds from passing the threshold.

Let us hear of your choice and what part of the day you best like it, what coffee blend you like (Colombian, Venezuelan, Indonesian....) and whatever other rave.



Rule book as with other 'topic' threads, one blazing report per person a day please. Once exhausted, the (rated) coffee menu will be presented.