Saturday, July 31, 2004


tasting the future

"as the younger generation trades its tea cups for coffee mugs. . .

well there we are. taiwan is adopting the coffee lifestyle.

when i first read this article, i was dismayed by the emphasis on low-cost, low-quality or "value-price" coffee, until i reached the statement: "it's natural for consumers to demand higher quality."

indeed it is! and we coffee lovers are hanging out here at bccy, doing that very thing: demanding higher quality, specialty coffee.

in what has to be my most reluctant post ever, i refer you all to this. i'm very skeptical of all this kopi luwak nonsense.

i mean the article can't even get it right: the luwak or civet cat lives in indonesia, not africa. those i trust who have had this coffee insist it's all marketing hype.

most supposed luwak coffee is fake anyway, they say, bad beans force fed to caged animals kept in terrible situations. i don't know why people even talk about this nonsense; i won't, ever again.

if you don't want bitter coffee, just use a medium or lighter-roast fresh coffee, freshly ground and correctly brewed!

the internet sometimes makes life fun. for example, yesterday i had the great pleasure of communicating with a pal about what translation of patanjali's yoga sutras to buy.

he was standing in a bookstore in new mexico with a blackberry, while i was on my lunch break in new york. why don't i have one of these?

he was attempting to decide between iyengar, woods, shearer, and hartranft. personally, i've decided i like desikachar's contained in the heart of yoga.

and while we're on the subject of desikachar, his brother is yoga teacher too. check him out at yoga k. shemam.

and last but not least, another big bccy thank-you to jessica of batdorf for the fresh dancing goat espresso! she doesn't know it but she does more than just about anyone to keep mr. right happy.

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