Coffee, yum!

There is nothing nicer than a fresh cup of (strong) coffee in the morning.

Lately I have been buying coffee at Super Store, called "Pride of Arabia", it comes in beans, nice dark shiny roasted beans, yummy! That means I have to grind it myself, which is the best part, and the aroma is out of this world! Some coffee's smell better than they taste, not this one. I make a special trip to the store only for that. (For the rest I find the store too big for what the two of us need!)

I have a sister-in-law Connie (her English name), she was born in Brazil. Henk, Ted's younger brother picked her up when he became a missionary there and she was his language teacher. They came to visit us for the very first time in the early 70's. She remarked how come with all the fancy coffee machines we, the Canadians, were not able to make a good cup of coffee. Hahaha, she nearly flipped when we took her to A&W for their concoction they call coffee.

So she explained to me (in broken English) how they make coffee in Brazil.

First we grind the coffee until it is almost a powder. Very important, the finer the better tasting!

We fill a pot with water and bring to a boil.

Add the measured amount of coffee to the water and take of heat immediately.

Strain the coffee through a fine woven cloth bag (flannel is great).

Drink the coffee right away!

Coffee is not fresh after five minutes.

Of course our coffee makers have greatly improved since then. But those eight cup coffee makers would not be your best choice, unless you plan to drink it all within five to eight minutes.