The following tutorial comes from High Low Food and Drink a wonderful NYC based food blog: Making the coffee concentrate was really easy. We soaked 1 cup of ground coffee in 9 cups of cold water for at least 12 hours in the refrigerator. We used our Cafe Du Monde for the chicory flavor needed to make Vietnamese iced…
You just read the title right the Norwegians make a special coffee with the addition of egg! The egg is said to allow the coffee grounds to sink faster to the bottom and also due to its protein content it binds to the bitter tasting poly-phenols creating a clear milder tasting coffee. It is made…
There was a fun blog post recently in The LA times about a lady who travels and takes her little one cup coffee maker with her, its called a AeroPress and features two chambers for brewing. You simply place the maker on top of a cup then in the lower chamber add ground coffee over…
Here are the top 7 things you should know about preparing a great cup of Gourmet Coffee .
So to continue our global tour of coffee practices around the World, the next stop is Ethiopia, in fact, believed to the the home of coffee. The coffee ceremony is a centerpiece of Ethiopian culture. First the Gourmet Coffee is roasted over hot coals in a special container used a brazer fresh green beans are…
Coffee was introduced to Vietnam by the French in the late 19th Century and has been a popular beverage ever since. A French dark roast is used and ground finely, chicory may also be added and is in fact quite similar in taste to Cafe De Monde coffee and South Indian filter coffee. Vietnamese filter…
South Indian filter coffee is a blend of dark roasted gourmet coffee beans and chicory, popular in the Southern Indian states of Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The coffee beans used are Arabica and Robusta. These coffee beans are grown in the hill regions of these states and have been for the last…
Best Home Coffee Brewing Methods Just as every person is unique, every coffee lover has his or her own favorite method for brewing coffee. The best home coffee brewing method may be a matter of personal taste, so the following is an overview of the most common coffee brewing methods for enjoying coffee at home….
