Sunday, July 20, 2003


the spoon & i, part ii

since bccy favorites delia and matthias konzett are moving soon to boston, it was natural to have a coffee party to wish these scaa consumer member homeroasters and their gaggia adieu.

they are such lovely people, as of course, it seems all coffee people are. ya'll come back soon, hear?

delia brought some homeroast, which i can't wait to try tomorrow. today we drank gillies coffee: don's carioca espresso that i discussed yesterday, and his famed deluxe dark 2 espresso.

don also -- this is the exact measure of how sweet he is -- made up some blends for them to take home, one viennese, in honor of matthias' hometown, and one called "new york memory."

one of the many pleasures of their visit was the chance to use the perfect demitasse spoon. long-time readers know i have literally been seeking more than a year for the right set of spoons.

these christofle spoons in the galea pattern are in fact perfection. 6 to the set, just 4 inches long, nicely balanced, graceful to the eye, slightly art nouveau. don's deluxe dark 2 clings to them like zabaglione.

to be frank, they feel like a soul kiss in the mouth. sensual: heavy but not pressing, with a deeply curved bowl that nestles and caresses the tip of your tongue.

clean tight edges, but not sharp. licking the mousse-y sweet coffee crema from them is a treat in and of itself.

i know mark prince is fond of the illy "music note" spoons. he needs to try this voluptuous christofle indulgence for himself. really, it's enough to make baudelaire swoon.

if there is a "perfume that confounds the will," surely it's the nose of the creamy deluxe dark 2. . .

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