The Topic Of Tea!

[IPT]

I wonder if it could be trained to eat tea leaves. Oops I mentioned tea didn't I?

[reincarnate]

The most expensive coffee in the world is pooped out by an animal, how about that for exclusive?

Yeah, I saw that on "Live with Regis and Kelly Ripa" Last week (I think)
"Coffee made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet". I bet it tastes like $#it.


*From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes! That one exactly ha ha!
I saw this coffee in London once, it was also next to the monkey picked tea and scorpion lollipops

[reincarnate]

There it is Kopi Luwak, yummy!

http://most-expensive.net/coffee-in-world

[Chip]

From now on, all tea discussion is banned from the Miscellany forum of TeaChat ...

And so it was on the 29th day of July, 2010 ...

Sheesh Chip! you're too fast, I need at least 5 minutes to
edit my messages. I'm making these Smiley's as I go.

I was just kidding, of course ...

[TwoPynts]

So... does anyone have any favorite coffees?

I picked up a hankering for Kona coffee while living for 3 years on Oahu. Too bad it is so pricey.

[AdamMY]

From a local coffee shop that does all their own roasting, I once had an amazing Ethiopian Yirgacheffe!

[reincarnate]

I drink coffee maybe twice a year.... favorite would be hard to pick, it's not even black coffee

Ice coffee is nice on a hot day though

[tinafatlard]

I love the Komodo Dragon Coffee from Starbucks!!!

[entropyembrace]

Actually I do sometimes drink coffee but I´m very ignorant about it...I have a bag of organic coffee from the grocery store I brew up sometimes.

I think I´m at a teabag drinking level for coffee

My gf treated me to some very delicious coffee in Mexico though! Mmmmmmm : ):::...

[TwoPynts]

I think I´m at a teabag drinking level for coffee

That's funny. Coffee looses its flavor faster than tea, and ground coffee worse than whole beans. Most of the stuff in the stores really doesn't do coffee justice. There is a place near me with an online store (Boca Java) that only roasts the coffee beans when you place your order, so it is just about as fresh as you can get. It is best to grind your own coffee and finish the bag within 2-3 weeks or you loose a lot of nuances in the flavor. Starbucks roasts most of the real flavor out of their coffee and most standard commercial stuff is a ghost of what it could be.

If you are interested the roasting (think oxidation in tea terms), check this out:
http://www.sweetmarias.com/roasting-VisualGuideV2.php

[entropyembrace]

thanks for the info twopynts...it was very interesting

The coffee my gf treated me to in Mexico was fresh roasted...an Oaxaca mocha...fresh roasted Oaxaca coffee with dark Oaxaca chocolate...it was amazing!

[IPT]

I'm quite proud to say I have not drank a single cup of coffee in my life.

It's tea for me.

[TwoPynts]

That blend sounds really good Entropye. After a trip, my brother brought back some fresh Costa Rican coffee once and it was very flavorful!

Thankfully I have a taste for almost all beverage. Coffee, Tea, Wine -- I'm not picky. Well, I am, but I still like them all!