Java Glossary : coffee

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Java, the language, is named after the Indonesian island where coffee is grown. Coffee is known as the addictive drug of choice of computer programmers. Java product names typically play on both the Indonesian and coffee themes. Here is the best way I have discovered to prepare coffee.

Filter coffee makes the best tasting coffee, though other techniques such as percolating create better room aroma. Add a pinch of salt to the dry coffee grounds. The trick is to make very concentrated coffee then water it down, rather than filtering all the water through the coffee grinds. This avoids leaching out the bitterer components of the coffee. Of course, you must grind the beans freshly. The odour of the beans is far more intoxicating than the final beverage.

I find the milder, cheaper beans such as Mocha Java, Brazilian, Guatemalan, Kenyan and Kona make a mellower coffee. Add a little Dark French if you want to give it a Starbucks bite.

When I was young, my rebellion into the drug world consisted of learning to recognise the various types of coffee, much like a wine connosieur. I hid coffee making equipment in the back of my closet. I did manage to pull off a Wire Paladin/James Bond thing a few times, surprising people by telling them what was in their personal blend. Age has taken away my unusually keen sense of smell, so I doubt I could do it now.

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