 merrie says: “Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.” That’s the recipe for coffee, according to the utterly French statesman Talleyrand (1754-1838). AFRICAN ORIGINS (Circa A.D. 800) Goats will eat anything. Just ask Kaldi the legendary Ethiopian (map) goatherd. Kaldi, the story goes, noticed his herd dancing from one coffee shrub to another, grazing on the cherry-red berries containing the beans. He copped a few himself and was soon frolicking with his flock. Witnessing Kaldi’s goatly gambol, a monk plucked berries for his brothers. That night they were uncannily alert to divine inspiration. History tells us other Africans of the same era fueled up on protein-rich coffee-and-animal-fat balls"primitive PowerBars"and unwound with wine made from coffee-berry pulp. Coffee later crossed the Red Sea to Arabia, where things really got cooking... ESCAPE FROM ARABIA (Circa 1000 to 1600) Coffee as we know it kicked off in Arabia, where roasted beans .... were first brewed around A.D. 1000. By the 13th century Muslims were drinking coffee religiously. The “bean broth” drove dervishes into orbit, kept worshippers awake, and splashed over into secular life. And wherever Islam went, coffee went too: North Africa (map), the eastern Mediterranean, and India (map). Arabia made export beans infertile by parching or boiling, and it is said that no coffee seed sprouted outside Africa or Arabia until the 1600s—until Baba Budan. As tradition has it, this Indian pilgrim-cum-smuggler left Mecca with fertile seeds strapped to his belly. Baba’s beans bore fruit and initiated an agricultural expansion that would soon reach Europe’s colonies… EUROPE CA... And if I don't get it in the morning, I may as well burry my head for the use I am!  And if I don't get it in the morning, I may as well bury my head for the use I am!And it's good to follow that up with a good cup of coffee.  java, java, java, java, mmmmm, java! What a fun website! -- thanks for sharing it. And it's good to follow that up with a good cup of coffee. Now what could you possibly be suggesting, Steve?  oops, yes I meant if I dont get up and have my coffee first! see, already jittery! shhh merrie, could do with a few 'suggestions'  Oh Merrie, you have made a lovely clip on my favourite bevy! I was very lucky to receive a Nespresso Machine for my birthday and I have to say this makes the best coffee ever. George Cloony is their ad man (sigh). Watch his new ad here and choose your favourite ending from three. I chose to keep the machine http://www.emailing.nespresso.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=237ee8046a8f600af4 Thanks for the link carrerinyes, I absolutely love coffee! We have a flavored syrup for coffee here. One of my favorites is raspberry and another is hazelnut. Here's some of the recipes I found at Club Nespresso. All recipes: Apple Ginger Coffee Chestnut Coffee Hot-iced Vanilla Coffee with Caramel Flavoured Milk Froth Latte Macchiato Coffee Spiced Cola Coffee Iced Peach Coffee Iced Coconut Coffee with Banana Hot-iced Raspberry Coffee Liégeois Cappuccino Viennois Espresso Macchiato Iced Cappuccino Frozen Espresso I have Braun coffee-maker which suits my needs as I'm really not an espresso aficionado, but I do like to jazz up my Yuban. I'm going to experiment with those recipes. Thank you for the great tips. shhh merrie, could do with a few 'suggestions Speaking from my personal experience, I have to feed my cat first before I do anything. period. Then I make my coffee, etc. I served three years with the Army Security Agency in Ethiopia, from 1955 to 1958, where coffee was discovered. There were no Braun Coffee-Makers, nor Nespresso Machines. Whenever we were invited into a Tukul (thatched hut), the Ethiopians always offered us coffee which was brewed in a remarkably primitive fashion. The roasted beans were pulverized, almost into powder, then placed in a small gourd-like, terra cotta container with a constricted neck, which was then placed directly on the fire in the center of the one room. To strain the brewed coffee bean residue, to prevent it from being poured out with the coffee, the neck of the "gourd" was stuffed with a wadded ball of "Chugri Matri," female pubic hairs. "Chugri Matri," female pubic hairs ..... They must have used that technique for centuries, so it's a mundane as, I guess drinking instant coffee. For a nation whose civilians live a marginal existence on such scarce resources, they sound like a very hospitable people. |
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