Coffee and Cafés of Amsterdam (#)

„Coffee has long been taken for granted in this city of infinite delights. The Dutch, of course, have an intimate connection with the bean as they were the first to actually grow the plant on European soil (see Fertile Grounds). And Dutch traders were quick to exploit the potential of the black brew, setting up the earliest coffee plantations and using the proceeds to fuel themselves as well as their nascent stock market. But even though Amsterdam, along with London, was one of the twin centres of the early worldwide coffee network, consumption at home was generally the quick and bitter fix that became the standard fare for caffeine starved workers.“

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BBC Sport | In Depth | Cricket | India Grounds Guide (#)

„Front Page | Cricket | England on Tour Introduction Madras Kanpur Ahmedabad Calcutta Bombay Mohali Bangalore Delhi Introduction If every nation was half as crazy about cricket as India, surely football would no longer be the world's biggest sport. Huge, noisy crowds greet virtually every game of cricket - let alone the international fixtures. Spectators cram into grounds - and if they can't get in they balance precariously on roofs, tree branches or any other vantage point available.“

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History of Drip Coffee - Melitta USA (#)

„In 1997, Melitta achieved yet another milestone, developing filter paper with Flavor Pores™. This new paper, with microfine pores, allows more coffee taste and aroma to come through while continuing to filter out unwanted grounds and sediment. So almost ninety years after Melitta Bentz revolutionized coffee making for the first time, the company that bears her name has taken the next step in achieving her pursuit of the perfect cup of coffee. Melitta coffee filters with Favor Pores, being introduced into North America in 1999, bring coffee lovers a noticeable improvement in their coffee enjoyment experience.“

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Books - Finance & Development - March 1998 (#)

„Under the Narmada Valley Development Plan, the Indian government was going to build the Sardar Sarovar Dam across the Narmada River. Caufield writes that "it will also take the land of at least 320,000 people, many of whom are the indigenous or tribal people known in India as adivasi." (A more correct figure would be a maximum of 225,000 people.) An independent assessment of the project's environmental impact that was commissioned by the Bank in 1991 stated that silting and salinization were likely to occur, destroying one of India's most lucrative fishing grounds, and that only half the irrigation water promised would actually be delivered. It also noted that already-constructed parts of the project had become ideal breeding grounds for malarial mosquitoes. The Bank pulled out of the project in 1992.“

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Selecting a Coffee Brewing Method (#)

„The hot water then steeps with the coffee grounds sitting in this upper chamber and the heat is shut off. The temperature of the lower chamber cools and causes the coffee infusion to be pulled back into this lower chamber by a vacuum, separating the grounds from the coffee by a filter during this process. For those who are intrigued by this process, you may find it a challenge to locate one of these devices. Here in San Francisco, where coffee drinking has almost become elevated to the connoiseurship and social importance of restaurant dining, I have located two dependable mail order sources for vacuum coffee makers.“

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Operational Manual - BP 6.30 (#)

„9. The RVP may approve a temporary increase in the cost-sharing limit for an individual country whose resource situation has become fundamentally more constrained in recent years or whose external situation has deteriorated sharply. (OP / BP 12.00, Disbursement, describes procedures for making changes to individual projects.) Changes on country grounds that are not temporary may be made only with the approval of the Office of the President. Monitoring and Reporting 10. As part of the Annual Review of Portfolio Performance, each Region reports its experience with cost sharing and local cost financing to the Office of the President. The report (a) gives actual local cost financing and cost sharing for loans approved in the current and previous two fiscal years in relation to the country limit,“

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www.fairtradecertified.org (#)

„For every pound purchased, SWDCC will donate five cents to Grounds for Health, an international non-profit organization that provides healthcare to coffee growing regions in Mexico. In January, SWDCC will be launching Organic Cascadia Blend™ Decaf, the first product under their new Quadra-Seal™ brand of Swiss Water Decaffeinated Organically Certified, Fair Trade Certified, and shade-grown coffees. Visit www.swisswater.com for more information.“

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Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER (#)

„If a spotless kitchen is a priority in your life, I would suggest that you think about going out and buying your espresso at a coffee shop. If you brew at home there will be coffee grounds on the counter that spilled out of the portafilter, grounds will be all around the grinder, water will get on the floor when you remove the portafilter or the drip tray, you will drip coffee when you go to empty the portafilter basket, there will be coffee grounds in the sink, there will be two or three (or more) towels stained with coffee each time you brew (find some brown towels, now!), and you will end up with a sink full of cups, saucers, pitchers, shot glasses, and more.“

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Six Coffee Brewing Techniques (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Coarsely ground coffee is placed in the glass carafe, then water at the desired temperature is poured over the grounds and the top is placed on. When brewing is complete, the plunger (a mesh filter on a stick) is pressed down, pressing the grounds to the bottom and leaving the coffee liquor on top to be poured off. The filter is not as tight as a paper filter and because of the larger pores, a coarser grind is required so the grounds are filtered out, and the plunger does not become almost impossible to press down. The mesh of the filter allows the coffee oils and all those delicious dissolved and undissolved solids through without a problem.“

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Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER (#)

„The process .The process is a good one because it is fairly fast and quite easy, taking only the time it takes to boil the water then four additional minutes to steep, the coffee is never boiled, the grounds all get brewed exactly the same amount of time, and the grounds are totally exposed to the water for an extended length of time as opposed to a drip machine where the water gets one trip through the grounds and that's it. The negatives are minimal- some amount of fine grounds end up in the cup and there is a bit of a clean-up to deal with in cleaning out the pot and the strainer.“

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Melitta in the News (#)

„Bentz experimented with the idea of “filtering” the coffee grounds for a better quality coffee. She reasoned that by pouring water over the grounds and through a filter, there would be less chance for the grounds and bitter oils to get into the brewed coffee. After testing a variety of filters, she discovered that blotting paper taken from the school notebook of her older son, work very well. Cutting the paper into a disc, she paced it at the bottom of a perforated brass pot, measured in ground roasted filtered coffee – rich, full-bodied, without bitterness or ground – dripped out of the bottom.“

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Bodum Santos 3004 - Electric Vacuum Brewer - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„The water heats up fairly quickly and the water slowly rises up the funnel and starts to saturate the coffee grounds. For a second or two, you start to wonder if the water is mixing well enough with the coffee grounds in the upper chamber. While you are considering whether or not to reach for a chopstick and try your hand at stirring the grounds, the brewer suddenly launches into action and soon you will see a lot of turbulence and foaming going on. This happens when the water in the bottom carafe drops below the bottom of the funnel and the steam really starts to churn things nicely.“

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Amazon.com: Books: A Zen Romance: One Woman's Adventures in a Monastery (#)

„When Deborah Boehm struck out for Kyoto as an exchange student in the 1960s, she often told many of her friends who practiced the "dull and pretentious" ways of Zen Buddhism that she hoped to "get away from Zen." Upon her arrival in Japan, however, she found herself living in a room on the grounds of an ancient Zen monastery. While she at first expresses mild disappointment at finding herself among Zen monks, she is soon won over to their ways, and they to hers, through participation in regular study and communal meals with the monks. Boehm so endears herself to the monks that she is invited to be the first foreigner to participate in the O-Zesshin, a week of intensive meditation.“

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www.fairtradecertified.org (#)

„• Grounds for Change Bainbridge Island, WA • Wilson's Coffee and Tea Racine, WI • The Scottish Roaster Denver, CO • Higher Grounds Trading Co Leland, MI • Tom & Dave's San Rafael, CA • Caribou Coffee Minneapolis, MN • Baltimore Coffee and Tea Timonium, MD • Baronet Coffee Hartford, CT • Coffeol Roasting Co Watsonville, CA • Just Java Wanchai, Hong Kong“

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Tea & Coffee 04/02 - Roaster’s Log: From Origin; To The Cupping Room; To The Final Cup (#)

„Howell insists on six cups for each coffee in order to catch any defects and inconsistencies that might not show in a lesser number of samples. He has designed his own evaluation and scoring form with which rates the smell of the grounds, the crust, and the break. The evaluation continues rating - from hot to room temperature - the coffee’s acidity, mouthfeel, flavor, balance, cleanness of cup, sweetness, aftertaste, and overall cup. The acidity alone has two aspects for evaluation: one where you register the pure acidity, and the other where you score its quality - what Howell calls nerve-acidity - so that more acidic coffees don’t automatically score higher.“

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Amazon.com: Books: 100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature (#)

„Scheduled for publication during Banned Books Week (September 25, 1999-October 2, 1999), this reference gives extensive insight into titles that historically have faced a high rate of censorship, both in the United States and abroad. The text is arranged in four sections, with titles divided by the main groundsApolitical, religious, sexual, and socialAfor censorship. Introductory notes for each section define what the book's authors mean by that type of suppression and summarize its history. Each title is identified by author, date and place of original publication, publisher, and literary form, and each entry includes a comprehensive summary of the text.“

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Virtual Coffee - The Hottest Online Coffee Zine! (#)

„The opening of the bag is very similar to UNIX; there are many means to an end. You can go for the "thumb and forefinger" pull approach, but I've found this ends in a fast-food ketchup package type of ending, with coffee grounds being spread in all directions and ending up mostly in your eye. The easiest method is the "place the corner in the mouth and pull". If you choose this approach, make sure HR isn't nearby, as I think OSHA has some regulations regarding this particular type of thing.“

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CoffeeGeek - Making Espresso and Progress! (#)

„Pick up the pf by the handle, and gently tap the pf on the cloth towel a couple of three times to settle the grounds, then pour enough of the remaining grounds from the bin, into the pf (doing the centered mountain thing) so that when the mound is leveled off, there will be no voids in the basket. Level the grounds with the top of the basket using a straight edge. The side of the Silvia spoon works great for that. Some people use their slightly bent pinkie finger to do the leveling, leaving a 'slight' depression in the center of the pf.“

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Tips on Coffee - Cafe Nation: Coffee Folklore, Magick, and Divination (#)

„As traffic whizzes by, you lean across the table and whisper to your companion, "I need some clarity in my life. Something that will clear away the cobwebs and help me see my situation for what it is." Your friend turns over her almost empty cup atop its saucer and together you find patterns of coffee grounds forming symbols that serve as guideposts to insight. Your friend then pours you another cup and looks to the bubbles forming at its lip, applying the meaning found there to answer your searching questions. The enduring popularity of coffee divination is the result of coffee's long-recognized ability to energize.“

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Tea & Coffee 03/03 - Bringing Healthcare to Female Coffee Farmers (#)

„Doctors, nurses, cytologists, cytopathologists, and project staff perform pap smears, read slides, and offer breast exams and biopsies for thousands of women. Besides offering medical attention and equipment, however, the goal of Grounds for Health is to also educate local doctors and community members about cervical and breast cancer. With the aid of a grant from the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention, GFH was able to implement a health education and support program. The goals of this new program include assessment of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding cervical cancer in these areas.“

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:: The Extraordinary Grind :: (#)

„There's no such thing as the 5, 10 or 15 second espresso! Without the correct brew time you don't extract the right solubles from the coffee grounds and nor do you produce the classic espresso emulsion formed by the lipid fraction and so important to the aroma, mouthfeel and appearance of the crema. So how does the grind affect the brew time and the quality? With espresso grinds we run the paradox of requiring a fine enough grind to give the correct brew time whilst having a large enough surface area in the wad of coffee to give the extraction of the right compounds in the correct quantities.“

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Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER (#)

„I fill the basket (I am still using the La Marzocco double basket) about 2/3 full, gently shake it sideways to get the coffee fairly level in the basket, then lightly rap the spout of the portafilter two times on the counter top. This visibly settles the grounds in the basket just a little bit. I then fill to a bit more than full, and then level the coffee across the top of the basket with the handle to a plastic coffee dosing spoon. I then tamp to about 25 pounds, rap the side, then final tamp to about 40 pounds, polish, lock, use the temperature control as outlined on this website, and pull.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„For two reasons, I tell them. First, they need to brew extremely strong (about 3 tablespoons of ground coffee to every 5-6 ounce cup), and second, they need to stir the grounds as they steep, an impossible gesture with automatic filter drip brewers. So if you do prefer a coffee almost as full-bodied as French press but without the French press grit, you may need to experiment with a manual pour-over brewer. After you saturate the grounds, stand over the brewer and stir with a long-handled spoon until most of the coffee has exited the filter.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„   A common method for both iced coffee and iced espresso drinks is to use cold-filtered coffee. This method steeps the grounds in cold water for 12 hours, after which it can be strained and used at full strength. This method is preferred because it entails nothing more than adding coffee grounds to water the night before, and then filtering the brew on the morning of the day it is to be used. The method is also said to produce a coffee with almost no acidity, an effect that many iced coffee drinkers prefer.“

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Peet's Coffee & Tea (#)

„If it is only for a short time, as in espresso, the grind must be very fine. This will expose as much of the beans' surface area as possible, allowing the hot pressurized water to quickly pull the flavorful "oils" out of the grounds. In a method where the water and grounds will be in contact for a longer period of time, such as with a French Press, or percolator, a coarser grind is necessary because a fine grind will quickly release all the pleasant flavors, then release some of the more harsh and bitter woody elements.“

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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Quality Circle- CUPPING - A Vital Tool (#)

„Second we saturate the grounds with water just off the boil. Wait up to four minutes for the grounds to form a crust at the top, then break the crust with a spoon. Try to inhale the first precious gases released in the process as with the dry fragrance, these will dissipate into the atmosphere after the first magic moment and you will never recapture the initial impression. Certain aromas are particularly characteristic of one growing region think citrus and Ethiopia others are hints of the taste profile to come.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„Imagine you're a 22-year-old "green" rookie fresh from college, and with pounding heart you show up for the first day of work at the local prestigious coffee importing firm. The cupping room will be your stomping grounds for the next year, and your senses already have a ball with the intense fragrance of some Indonesian beans and the sweet aroma of a few African coffees that were just ground and cupped by your new patrons. Innocently, you ask them where to start and all fingers point to the dirty, slimy, brown liquid that has filled up the copper spittoon.“

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Basics of espresso - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Espresso has a naturally bitter taste, but if your espresso is unusually bitter, you may have ground the coffee too fine for your machine. Or, you may have packed the grounds in the filter basket unevenly. Examine the grounds after you remove them from the machine to see if there are any dry spots that could indicate that the water went through only a portion of the grounds, overextracting them.“

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"FRCN Espresso "HOW TO" Pages" (#)

„This grounds and oils can build up in the brewing group which can eventually add a stale taste to the coffee. The grounds can also build up to the point that the 3-way valve stops operating properly. So, why put a 3-Way valve on a machine at all? It relieves the pressure in the portafilter as soon as the brew switch is turned to the off position, and this keeps you from getting a face-full of hot grounds when removing the portafilter.“

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View topic - How many times do you pour water through the filter... - Coffee Forum (#)

„When I've gotten extremely finely ground coffee, one time works very well (and in fact doing it more than once clogs the filter). With the drip grind coffee I'm currently using (Jim's Organic Coffee), I pour water in 2 times when I use 4-5 tablespoons of grounds - about 1½ - 2 ounces the first time, then 6 - 8 ounces. When I make coffee with 2 tablespoons or a little more grounds, I run water through 3 times - 1 - 2 teaspoons first, then 1 - 1½ ounces then 2 - 2½ ounces.“

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Tips on Coffee - Turkish Coffee (#)

„Conjuring up images of the ancient Middle East as you make your coffee will prepare you for the strong taste of the coffee as you sip it. (Be careful not to drink the grounds!) This method of making coffee is common throughout the Middle East, and should more accurately be called Middle Eastern coffee. Some of the best beans to use are Mocha, Java, and Viennese roast.1 tablespoon extremely fine ground or powdered coffee½ to 2-tablespoon sugar (optional)2 ounces cold water In a jezve, stir all the ingredients together.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„Most baristi would tell you the same thing. Once you start digging past the surface of why a good shot of espresso tastes the way it does a realization hits that this is not a tin-can of grounds to be taken lightly; it is a delicate art of preparation, making sure all the factors are balanced for that one sip of harmony in taste that will bring you and those you serve it to back. In this service, I do feel it is important for the barista to educate themselves about why a blend of espresso may taste the way it does.“

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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Questions and Answers, How much residual grinds normal in bottom of cup? (#)

„ If the bottom 1/8 of your cup was filled I would think you have a problem, if it's just a few then it's nothing to worry about.  Also don't go dumping coffee grounds into the water tank (accident I won't make again!)  That was a source of coffee grounds in the cup for a while, until I ran 2 full tanks through the system to clean everything out!!  When I diasemble teh grouphead I also take a wet rag anc clean out the group head gasket.“

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Amazon.com: Computer & Video Games: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (#)

„The player can enter some areas before having the ability to use the spells that will provide access to all the items there. For example, a sharp-eyed player who explores the grounds immediately around the castle upon arrival will find at least three areas that he/she cannot reach before learning more spells: Spongify is necessary to use the Spongify pads (marked with spring symbols), and Diffindo is needed to cut through vines and spiderwebs. (Harry used Diffindo on Cedric's bookbag in GOBLET OF FIRE.)“

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Selecting an Automatic Coffee Maker (#)

„Most drip filter coffee makers operate in the same simple manner: a paper filter sets in a basket (usually plastic) which holds the finely ground, almost powdery coffee beans. Cold water is poured into a chamber where it is heated and poured over the grounds. The coffee is quickly extracted into a waiting carafe. Simple, reliable, and very efficient compared to many other coffee making processes.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender Wars (#)

„Wertheim's message is not one that the die-hard, non-feminist, scientist wants to hear. The looseness of the historical and philosophical writing gives feminism's detractors ample grounds, therefore, on which to denigrate it. But truth is truth - and this book rings true on all levels that I (a Full Professor of Physics) can probe. Now that I have read other books in the field of gender studies, I know that there are plenty of extremely tightly reasoned and readable books by e.g.“

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CoffeeGeek - Zassenhaus Manual Mill - Pat R.'s Review (#)

„I paid about $60 US for this grinder.  I have 3 other burr grinders in the $30 to $80 price range, and the Zassenhaus produces far higher quality grounds and much finer grounds than any of the other comparably priced grinders I have used. I am finally able to make consistently good shots on my Gaggia Espresso machine.  Prior to acquiring the Zassenhaus, I was unable to do any better than a 10 to 15 second pour on the Gaggia.“

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Cowboy Coffee, Backpacker Style (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„Measure the water and the coffee to ensure a consistent ratio every time. I use about 50% more coffee grounds than I do for an equivalent amount of water in my home ADC coffee maker. I live in Albuquerque at 5,000 feet elevation, when you hike up above 10,000 feet the boiling temp goes way down and you need to add considerably more coffee grounds. If you live at normal altitudes it's really not much of a consideration.“

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View topic - Basket style filter - Coffee Forum (#)

„I do not have an exact answer, but I have been told that cone filters do work better becasue the grounds become more saturated before the coffee brews into the pot. This may not be any "scientific evidence," but it does seem to make sense. With a cone style filter, all the grounds become saturated because of the shape of the filter, rather than in a traditional style basket where the gounds may just become wet.“

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Innova grinder second look - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Vibration perhaps?  The cracks were underneath the spout were it meets the aluminum body and were also evident around the screw that is attaches the spout to the grinder. I was dismayed to find sharp shards of plastic in my coffee grounds. A couple of weeks later the spout was ready to fall off. Yet again, the grinder had to be returned to Innova for repair and as a final insult, the newly repaired grinder was damaged yet again by the courier trip back.“

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Coffee Buying Tips, Coffee Grinding Tips (#)

„To ensure a tight seal, be sure to wipe the rim of the bottom of the pot with your finger to remove any grounds. When the top half of the pot is screwed on, the grounds will be compacted by the filter screen. You should end up with a dry, compacted puck of coffee grounds at the end of brewing. Filter Drip Tip“

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CoffeeGeek - Solis Maestro Plus - Tim Eggers's Review (#)

„ The upper stationary burr lifts straight up out for cleaning also.  The rotating burr can be brushed off and the chute, which leads to the grounds bin, is easily cleaned with a small brush, a pipe cleaner from your local craft store, or even your finger.  I gently tap the grinder and any remaining grinds will readily break free and fall out.  I can disassemble and clean this grinder while my coffee is brewing in my French press.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„After you have broken the crust, most of the grounds should settle to the bottom of the cup. Use the spoon to scoop up froth and whatever grounds remain floating on the surface and dump them into the improvised spittoon. Top off the cup with fresh hot water. Now take a spoonful of each coffee, lift it to a point just below your lips, and suck it violently into your mouth while taking a breath.“

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CoffeeKid - Press Pots and Drip Brewers (#)

„Also see if you can test the machine's heat ability in store (or if the store has a good return policy, take it home to try out). You can do this by sticking a needle therm in the brew basket as it fills with hot water (grounds will slow down the flow), but that isn't a very accurate way of telling. Take a calibrated digital thermal reader measuring device (or find some engineering geek who will lend you one) and do proper temperature tests.“

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:: Water Palaver :: (#)

„Well, the minerals in water can play havoc with extraction - too many and the coffee grounds won't dissolve properly. Too few, and the water won't easily penetrate the grounds - and that means under-extraction. Your water's alkalinity is also a big determining factor. Too high, and you risk getting a gummy layer on top of the coffee grounds.“

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CoffeeGeek - Mazzer Mini Electronic - Chas Rimpo's Review (#)

„In addition to replacing the doser with a fancy conical “funnel” to drop the grounds directly into the PF basket, the big selling point, and the reason for the $200 price premium relative to the Mazzer Mini, is the programmable doser feature.  There is a single grind button and a double grind button.  The idea is that one adjusts the single shot doser screw for the correct amount needed to product a single shot of espresso.“

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Home Espresso FAQ (#)

„You're only setting a date with a professional plumbing-type person to have your drains unceremoniously unclogged in the very near future. Compost the used grounds or put them in the trash. $5 to $40 D-10-c. Burr (not blade) grinder (Available in flat or conical burr styles.)     Once you've painstakingly tuned your expensive grinder for espresso you must never use it for regular coffee.“

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Cafe Campesino ...from crop to cup a Fair Trade (#)

„Why buy baking soda when you can get rid of those nasty refrigerator odors with recycled coffee grounds! Just put a small open bowl with used grounds on each fridge shelf and the coffee will absorb odors and leave the whole refrigerator smelling clean. Replace the grounds every two weeks for maximum freshness.“

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Who You Gonna Call ... RoastBusters? (#)

„Notes: Different from start to finish than the rest of the samples.The fragrance from the dry ground coffee and wet aroma was pronounced.Just as the water is added to the grounds theres a great plume of floralaromatics released. For the City roast I did, this coffee cupped much moredelicate than other recent samples of it I have cupped. It wasnt as earthyor fermented as I though hints of those were present.“

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Coffee Pod Questions and Answers (#)

„Espresso is a strong coffee brewed by quickly forcing hot water through darkly roasted, finely ground, coffee beans. SENSEO® coffee grounds are not as finely ground. The mode of filtration is also different and explains why the taste of SENSEO® is more like filtered coffee. The frothy coffee layer on top is a result of the low pressure brewing method that only a SENSEO® machine can produce.“

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Schomer's Table@Lucidcafé 20 (#)

„That is a very valuable feature from this roaster's point of view. No Mess—All the coffee is ground internally, no knock box, no splatter, no coffee grounds everywhere. No Waste—The machines grind per order, and tamp internally. eliminating coffee grounds spilling over the edge of the porta-filter that is part of a manual process.“

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:: Education, Education, Education :: (#)

„Part of the residue of the old coffee will be washed out with the fresh with the above result. On pour-over machines the spray head can become partially blocked by coffee grounds. Not only does this lead to weak coffee (and therefore dissatisfied customers) but it can also cause the coffee to overflow the brew basket. The longer the machine is left uncleaned the harder it will be to do!“

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Coffee culture - Turkish coffee (#)

„The first coffee house in Istanbul, which was situated in the district known as Tahtakalebehind the Spice Market, was soon attracting not only enthusiastic customers, but theunwelcome attention of theologians and clerics, who considered this strange new substanceto be a harmful narcotic. To stem the tide of the new craze they forbade it on the groundsthat consuming substances made black“

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- Coffee Science Information Centre (#)

„Eight had a miscarriage, five stillbirths and two premature births. This study has been criticised on the grounds that the response rate was only 61%, data on caffeine-containing beverage consumption were collected a long time after the birth suggesting recall bias and there was no correction for confounders such as cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption or socio-economic status (12).“

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Espresso! - Brewing your first shot with the Gaggia Classic - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„You are chomping at the bit to fire up your new machine I bet. However, not so fast!  Espresso is all about forcing very hot (not boiling) water at very high pressure through a tightly packed, compressed puck of coffee grounds. Your first espresso shot(s) can and will be frustrating. Grind too coarse and the thin watery drivel that gushes out can hardly be descibed as espresso.“

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Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER (#)

„It was a good thing I was standing over the sink when I tasted this because the motivation to spit it out was great and I succumbed to that motivation. I went back over to Rocky and dispensed some grounds into the portafilter and I smelled those grounds. They smelled exactly like the coffee tasted- acidic. It was quite unpleasant.“

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Coffee Tasseography – Fortune Telling with Coffee (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„You can use your lips as a sieve to strain the coffee. One technique that I recommend is to try to stay ahead of the coffee grounds. When you are trying to consume the last of the liquid, turn the coffee cup slowly while you are drinking so that you can strain the liquid from the grounds. Drink as much of the liquid as possible.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Conversion to Judaism: A Guidebook (#)

„The author gives his heart to explain the what and why's of conversion. It covers all grounds you should know about basic judaism without drowning the reader with too much detail. It is very informative and full of insights that will guide you in the process of conversion. I highly recommend this book to those who like me is contemplating to be "a jew by choice".“

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CoffeeKid - The Espresso MiniFAQ (#)

„When you tamp with 20lbs or less pressure, you're increasing the chances of a phenomenon called "channeling". Water always seeks the path of lease resistance, and when you tamp light, or don't tamp at all, you run the risk of portions of your lose grounds compacting quicker than others, and water will go through the parts of the coffee that are the least compacted.“

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Coffee Cupping (#)

„Rinse the spoon in hot water and move to the next sample. After evaluating the aroma of all of the samples, scoop out any grounds that continue to float. Due to the high density of the lightly roasted coffee most of the grounds will sink.“

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Amazon.com: Books: The Stray Dog: From a True Story by Reiko Sassa (#)

„At day's end they say good-bye. But the dog has won their hearts and stays on their minds.The following Saturday the family returns to the picnic grounds to look for Willy, but they are not alone -- the dogcatcher is looking for him, too...Caldecott Medalist Marc Simont's heartwarming tale of a stray dog who finds a home is told with appealing simplicity and grace.“

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Krups Duothek Thermal Coffeemaker (#)

„Serve regular and decaf, or medium and dark roast, and satisfy all your guests at once. Deep Brew technology heats water to ideal temperature, then pulses it through the coffee grounds at precisely timed intervals to provide you with coffee full of rich, robust flavor. Brews directly into two 8-cup thermal carafes so coffee stays hot and fresh without burning.“

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Alternative Grounds (#)

„At Alternative Grounds, we began by roasting only fairly traded coffees. That was five years ago, and there was little attention paid to fairtrade and why it was important. It wasn't until 1998 that Fair TradeMark Canada, an independent fairtrade licensing and regulatory body, came into being.“

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Virtual Coffee: Espresso Perfection Technique #1 - Tamping (#)

„Step 4: Inspect the result of your tamping to make sure that it was even and there is agood polish. If you notice that one side is deeper than another, you should really knockout the grounds and start over again. If everything looks acceptable, then mount theportafilter handle into the espresso machines group head and begin the brewing cycle.“

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Neapolitan Espresso Maker – 1 cup (#)

„This is the real thing – made in Italy. Brews deep, dark, delicious espresso by this time-honored method: turn upside down after water boils, and water drips from upper chamber, through the grounds to the lower chamber for a smoother brew. The one cup size is perfect for that first quiet cup in the morning. Regularly $17.95 - YOU SAVE $7!“

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Peet's Coffee & Tea (#)

„When water comes in contact with the grounds for too long, it can produce overly bitter coffee. Conversely, when the water isn't in contact with the coffee for enough time, you get coffee that lacks full flavor. Knowing the right proportions, grind and brewing time for your particular brewing method will help achieve full flavor.“

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Peet's Coffee & Tea (#)

„A fully extracted, properly prepared espresso is 1 to 1-1/2 fluid ounces (30-45 cc) which is about the size of a shot glass or about half a small demitasse cup. Forcing more water through the grounds will give it a bitter taste. Properly made espresso is strong, but not bitter. If you prefer it weaker, add hot water or hot milk.“

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