coffee

[Dennis R. Preston]

Mark,

You don't keep whole beans in the freezer and grind them before each brewing?

Are you a member of ADS?

dInIs

>Mike Salovesh wonders:
>
>>>>>>
>I never figured out how coffee could smell so good and taste so bad.
><<<<<
>
>It's because nobody (typically) bothers to clean the works properly, and often
>a
>pot is left on the heat, cooking.
>
>I'm generally a tea drinker, but since a co-worker gave me a taste of what he
>brewed from ground coffee in his Bodum(TM) press, I've had one of my own. I
>keep
>it clean, I brew mine fresh, and it tastes *good*!
>
>Now, though, one of the local connoisseurs has been singing the praises of
>keeping whole beans and grinding them fresh for each cup...
>
>
>-- Mark

Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
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