Hi folks!
Just spent a marvelous weekend with my mother, siblings and their children
and grandchildren. We were 49 strong and were at a super 5 star hotel with
great food and....
yep..lousy coffee.
Now my hassle is, how do i credit or debit my CSA scorecard:
1. To play it safe, I OBVIOUSLY prepare a couple of blends at home that I
ground on Friday afternoon. (For religous reasons i can not grind on the
Jewish Sabbath;-(...so is that a credit of a couple of points or does the
early grinding cancel it out.)
2. At the hotel Friday afternoon, I ordered brewed coffee which was
"Eh!'...I let everyone know what i thought of it (a point or two) but then
actually finished the cup. (It was freshly brewed, and was "Eh!" and not
"Ugh".)
3. That evening at supper everyone waited for me to have the brewed
coffee...but i knew better and only drank wine. (That's a couple of points,
right?)
4. After supper I went to my room to pull out my airtight Avent formula
dispenser full of great smelling coffee I brought from home and asked the
people in the kitchen for some hot water. I carefully pointed out how much
water to put in the Bodum Press I brought with me from home. (Now, that is
worth something, right?) But the brew was not so good. (My own brew was not
so good!) I showed my disappointment.. Now, do I get more points or less
points if MY OWN brew, brought from home, is not up to par BUT I let
everyone know it??
5. Every time i drank, some son in law or nephew wanted to join in. That's
great. But each time the brew was less than FAIR. I realized it was the heat
of the water this five star hotel was giving me. I none-the-less kept
drinking, wanting to finish all the ground beans i had with me. I preheated
cups with the warmish water..but that did not help. Extraction was just not
what it should have been. Again, for relgious reasons I could not ask the
waiter to boil up fresh water for me.
So, on the one hand I did my best. I brought the materials (OK, I did not
bring my own water). I flaunted them to my relatives and the waiters. I
invaded the kitchen, I rinsed cups in warm water...I WAS Snobbish. But... I
did drink a cup of their stuff and never had a good cup of my own...what
does that make me???
Best, Myron
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