[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Potterverse characters and tea.

[P. Alexis Nguyen]

Carol responds:
> Well, the point of coffee is that it's hot. Cooling it off ruins the
> effect, and reheating it, either in a microwave or a coffee maker,
> ruins the flavor.

Ali:
I would contend that cold-brewed coffee (also called a Toddy something
or other or maybe it's something or other Toddy ...) is FAR superior
to hot coffee and that, therefore, the point of coffee is that it's
delicious, not that it's hot.  Try it.  I'm a bit of a coffee snob at
times (um...I'm considering a trip to Vermont for my favourite beans
if that explains the extent of it), and even from a mid-quality bean,
I managed to get very good coffee that I would normally only associate
with a superior quality bean.  (Cold brew tends to brew a fairly
strong coffee, too, so you can add hot water if you want hot coffee.)


Carol:
> However, I'll drink a cappuccino on a hot day. All the sugar and
> flavoring (caramel, for example) covers up the sour taste of the
> cream, which probably happens with ice cream as well.

Ali:
I think that you should just start keeping vanilla simple syrup around
and not mess with ice cream - I love ice cream & coffee, but milks and
creams don't contain lactic acid because they're not acidic somehow.
Vanilla simple syrup + cold brewed coffee = fabulous.  Trust me.

Now I go back to my thumb twiddling.  Darn work making me stay even
though I've finished my work for the day.  :(

~Ali