Coffee

My lecturer brought in people from STARBUCKS today to share with us about coffee....

i never realised that there was so much about coffee.....
to me, it used to be a dark coloured drink with caffine in it....
which my granny used to give me a little when i was a kid...

my only vivid memory of STARBUCKS coffee was when i was a kid in 1999 on a plane bound for USA New York...or was it Florida??? Can't remember.....
Anyways, my family found it hilarious when the air steward pushed his trolley up and down the aisle......
Repeatedly saying......

" STARBUCKS coffee........"

The people from STARBUCKS told us the origins of the name of the company and its logo....

STARBUCKS is a character from the book MOBY DICK
The lady in the centre of their logo is a siren from the mythology of the past...
They take twice as long to produce their premium coffee.....for they take pride in the quality of their coffee beans....
So much so that they make sure they get the best top grade beans....and process it throughly.
No shortcuts....
More research....


i learnt that to drink coffee, the best way is to SLURP it so that the coffee spreads around your mouth throughly....
the best way to brew a cuppa of coffee is....
using the FRENCH PRESS=)

the cylinder looking pot with a wire gauze that you can press down.....

1) put coffee grinds in the French press....
2) add hot water
3) wait 4 mins
4) Press the gauze down.

it apparently releases all the flavour of the coffee as well as its essential oils.....


Coffee goes well with some food...depending on what type and blend you drink and what food you eat....

they said that last year's Valentines Day Coffee was VERONA- goes well with chocolate......
u got to bite the chocolate in your mouth and spread it in there...then SLURP in the coffee=)


this year's valentine's coffee is some "guatamella" tingy.......too long to remember....
sounded like a tongue twister.......

also...they told us decaff does not mean no caffine but jus caffine at its minimum.....


but....................their one pack of coffee costs like 11-13 bucks.........

and it is rather tiny....

heheh


the price one has to pay for quality......

mommy says she rather get her KOPI from the kopitiam where they charge 70cents......

oh well..........
STARBUCKS............i guess is an indulgence for occasions?


and another thing....coffee.....they stain teeth...drink too much and i will give my onthodontologist (dentist-braces) as well as dental therpists a "wonderful" time removing them....

haha

still..
it was cool learning about coffee today....

it only goes to show how much we still have to learn from the world=)