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Where can one get this 'German stuff' mentioned in the last paragraph?
How is it prepared?

I sometimes drink the Arabic stuff with cardamom/cardamon but generally
prefer it without. Makes a nice change, though.

-m 

On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 09:45 -0400, Chris Herrnberger wrote:
> On Saturday 19 August 2006 23:33, Rod Giffin wrote:
> > Canadians idea of "full
> > bodied" coffee is that watery brown stuff marketed by a certain donut
> > shop.  What the heck, they make tons of money off it so why not?  But
> > it's a blended coffee of processed beans, with a taste professionally
> > designed and subdued for the North American palate.  In Europe, they
> > would spit it out as tasteless.
> 
> LOL...not in all cases, ever tried Dutch or Danish coffee. More milk then 
> coffee. Some Swedes drink it this way as well but not all. 
> 
> On another front however, my Dad used to blend his own beans in the old 
> country for his business. When Tim's opened up in Hamilton and I proudly came 
> home with the stuff, I always laugh when I tell this story, Pop took a sip 
> and lectured me. Don't touch the stuff, its been blended to be addictive due 
> to the high caffeine content, tastes mild but the caffeine will addict you.  
> If only I had known....a franchise. 
> 
> Instead being the typical youthfull fool my response was yada yada yada. 
> Still on at least two cups a day and I must say its a blend that I enjoy given 
> the other alternatives available. 
> 
> At home and only on Sundays out comes the German stuff. One cup and your good 
> for the day. I really dont know how people can drink this stuff in the 
> quantities that they do. Not even the Arabs I worked with overseas would 
> drink more then one glass (1/2 an imperial cup approx) of Arabic coffee but 
> it was spiked with cardamone and brought to a boil at least four times. Man 
> what a rush that blend gives you and your hunger pains are gone for the day. 
> Hay a new diet concept....hmmmmm. Perhaps its not too late...........:)
> 
> -- 
> /ch