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Posts Tagged ‘coffee’
Coffee Mystery Solved
27, Apr 2008For months I have been pondering the issue of why coffee I make in my little imported Italian espresso machine tastes vaguely burnt. It’s not bad, just a little off. I even asked my zia Lelia in Italy to see if she had any suggestions, which she did, but I had already tried those, to [...]
Enjoying A Home Brew
18, Nov 2007Aaah, now that’s more like it! I finally pulled out my Mukka Express today, and whipped up my very own home brew cappuccino.
I am impressed. It frothed up the milk like it’s supposed to, and made the coffee just right. The basic functioning is this: the coffee comes up through the middle like any stove-top [...]
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Foggy Musings on a Monday Morning
12, Nov 2007I woke up with another headache this morning, which I am not pleased about. After a battery of drugs, it seems to have receded somewhat, which means this is just a weather-related one. The Weather Witch is in the house, look out.
Drivers in the GTA forget how to drive over the weekend, so that on [...]
Silly me
22, Nov 2006Funny story about coffee: My company provides free pop & coffee to the staff (it’s a software company, they’ve gotta keep us all awake & coding till the wee hours of the morning…this is the easiest & cheapest way). I didn’t used to drink coffee regularly, only about once a quarter. Until my last job, [...]