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[Rimbaud]

Totally agree - being Italian, coffee is something that I can't live without, no question. Part of life.

What do you use? We’ve used Technivorm for about 20 years, and love it. Apparently, coffee flavors are best around 205 degrees Fahrenheit and Technivorm heats water to that temperature. Always open to better coffee and appreciate any suggestions. For many years, we bought coffee from Porto Rico in NYC and had it shipped where ever we were living. Recently found an abbey in New Mexico where the monks roast coffee. Just re-ordered five pounds of the Roma blend that they say is supposed to taste like all of the cafes around the Vatican. I have no idea if that is true - I was a super broke student last time I was in Rome - but I like the story.

Totally agree - being Italian, coffee is something that I can't live without, no question. Part of life.

 

[Daniel Cary]

What do you use? We’ve used Technivorm for about 20 years, and love it. Apparently, coffee flavors are best around 205 degrees Fahrenheit and Technivorm heats water to that temperature. Always open to better coffee and appreciate any suggestions. For many years, we bought coffee from Porto Rico in NYC and had it shipped where ever we were living. Recently found an abbey in New Mexico where the monks roast coffee. Just re-ordered five pounds of the Roma blend that they say is supposed to taste like all of the cafes around the Vatican. I have no idea if that is true - I was a super broke student last time I was in Rome - but I like the story.

I worked @ Ford UAW for 7 years with a lot of Italian's .. they would literally chew on coffee beans. They're Espresso was so strong, it would eat through the small foam cups

Energy was pivotal to the assembly line work, they were some of the hardest working people (especially the older generation)

 

[Daniel Cary]

Cocaine was readily available, among other things @ Ford .. that place was a trip

They sold clothes, food, played the numbers all the time. No questions asked.

 

[Phil Giordano]

What do you use? We’ve used Technivorm for about 20 years, and love it. Apparently, coffee flavors are best around 205 degrees Fahrenheit and Technivorm heats water to that temperature. Always open to better coffee and appreciate any suggestions. For many years, we bought coffee from Porto Rico in NYC and had it shipped where ever we were living. Recently found an abbey in New Mexico where the monks roast coffee. Just re-ordered five pounds of the Roma blend that they say is supposed to taste like all of the cafes around the Vatican. I have no idea if that is true - I was a super broke student last time I was in Rome - but I like the story.

My friend, I confess I prepare my coffee with an old classic, the Bialetti aka "moka" here in Italy - that is what 99 % of us use for our caffé "espresso". BUT, me, for breakfast, well, I add just warm wather to a couple espresso (pure heresy...) to prepare my long or American coffee - a full mug of it. During the day, after lunch and in the afternoon, just a pure espresso in the little cup you see in the pic. I use both Illy or Tazza d'oro, the latter a super traditional Roman brand we find in many Coffees here around. I guess you should be able to find Illy, since is a famous brand world over - super good. I don't know the "Roma blend" you tell me, but I'm sure it's a good one... as for the temperature, with a classic moka like mine, just set the stove fire very low, and stop it as soon as it boils strongly. That's it!
Just one more thing : the wather quality is very important. That's why in Rome and Naples coffee are so good, 'cause these two cities have very good, pure wather quality.