Taking the High Grounds -- The Story of Coffee

What We Eat -- WKNO - PBS ^ | Burt Wolf / ConAgra

[brityank]

Channel-surfing looking for news, and caught the tail-end of this on a local PBS station. The ingenuity of Man -- in food that which doesn't kill you strengthens you. Or at least keeps you awake.

There are a group of interesting stories about the foods we eat at the link above; something for a slow day. Enjoy.

[abnegation]

Ahhhh, nothing like a good cup of Joe

[billorites]

Burt Wolf! Wasn't he on CNN for years?

Haven't seen him in a dog's age.

Love foodees like Wolf, Anthony Bourdain, Chan, Julia...

Even Emeril.

[paolop]

Also to be remembered is J.S. Bach's "Coffee Cantata".

[tet68]

Starbucks also introduced Americans to the modern coffeehouse.

Give me Reienzi's in NYC any time.(Is it still there?)
I was there the year bob dylan played electric at Newport,
that dates me I know.
Now THAT was a coffee house.
Great music, chess, stimulating conversation,stay as long as you like, great deserts, and none of this overroasted burnt bean gunk from starbucks.

[since1868]

Coffee is my friend.

[Eaker]

I couldn't stay awake through the whole article!!

;<)

[brityank]

Ahhhh, nothing like a good cup of Joe

... or a good Hot Chocolate. (Another one on Burt's page.)

[brityank]

Burt is one of the few I like; he always has a lot of history behind his shows.

[dwilli]

I have had coffee from all over the world, drink at least six cups or more every day and the best coffee I have ever tasted is Dunkin' Donuts with just creme, no sugar along with their Apple Fritter.

[Age of Reason]

"In the end, Balzac resorted to eating dry coffee grounds to achieve the desired effect. He died at age 49.": http://www.npr.org/programs/wesat/features/2001/coffee/010908.caffeine.html

Origin of the Coffe Break and More: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/coffeebreak/index.html

[brityank]

Starbucks coffee sucks to me. Every time I taste it, it seems to have a burnt undertaste; very disappointing.

Was really brought into coffee in the Navy; the shack had a 60-cup perker that was always going. We added a little salt to the grounds before brewing, and made it strong. The grounds came in 20 pound steel cans, and was mostly from Maxwell. Used to hang at Marie Callenders restaraunts in SanD and Long Beach; great bottomless cup coffee, and the best deep-dish strawberry pie.

[dwilli]

Thosr 20 lb cans of coffee and the 10 lb canned hams keep the military running. The supply people have to have something to trade for hard-to-get supplies.

[KneelBeforeZod]

too much coffee

[brityank]

Locally, I hit Wawa stores, and will drink it anyway it comes although I prefer cream (not milk) and real sugar. DD's is good, but 7-11 sucks. JMHO.

[EdReform]

Bump & Ping

[brityank]

In the yard, we could get most anything we wanted from the yardbirds for cans of coffee and hams. Got a radio and an antenna link for the FT shack with four of each -- great trade!

[Ditter]

I am always amazed by how much I don't know. Thanks for the education.

[Freedom4US]

"In the end, Balzac resorted to eating dry coffee grounds to achieve the desired effect. He died at age 49."

As a young private, I was driving a big army truck at a 0-dark-thirty convoy to somewhere on the highway, I was dead tired. I had to have a cup of coffee, but where, how? I had an MRE ration, so I just ripped open the package - "Coffee Instant Type I" 2.2 grams net, downed it, and took a big ole swig from the canteen. Bleh. It worked though!

[Freedom4US]

I hafta admit, I like the coffee in europe. Jacobs Kronung is tasty if you can find it. I still drink Folgers mostly. It kind of pisses me off, since we're a hell of a lot closer to the coffee fields than Austria. But, they take that stuff seriously. In fact, of several consumer goods - beer, coffee, and chocolate - they have us beat, badly. Better, and usually cheaper too. The US leads the world in just a few areas - whiskey, ciggies and nuclear weapons, is about all I can think of.