Potterverse characters and tea.

[Steve]

---  "P. Alexis Nguyen" <alexisnguyen at ...> wrote:
>
> Carol responds:
> > Well, the point of coffee is that it's hot. Cooling it off
> > ruins the effect, and reheating it, ..., 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, ...
> 
> ~Ali
>

bboyminn:

A quick search of Google for 'Toddy Coffee' yeilds many results.

The most important link is to the site of the man who holds
the patent on 'cold brew' technology, though the process is
relatively simple.

Here is a link to the page where you can get information, 
instructions, equipment, and ready-brewed Cold Brewed Coffee
Concentrate. 

The Toddy Cafe -
http://www.toddycafe.com/about/

The short version -

"n 1964, after graduating as a chemical engineering student at
Cornell, Todd Simpson tasted a cup of coffee created with a 
liquid concentrate made by an ancient Peruvian process."

"Inspired, he developed and patented The Toddy, a cold brew 
system that creates a superior-tasting cup of STEAMING HOT 
coffee. And, with 67% less acid than hot brewed coffee, it's 
easier on sensitive stomachs."

Here is a link to a .PDF from an independent lab that compared
the same coffee Cold Brewed, standard Mr. Coffee, and Starbucks.
The acid levels are amazingly different.

Cold Brew Lab Tests-
http://www.toddycafe.com/customerservice/ICB_Toddy.pdf

It seems that Cold Brew is 2.45 times less acidic that Mr.
Coffee, but **4.47** times less acidic than Starbucks.
They used at Starbuck House Blend Medium Roast coffee for 
the test. 

I think that says a lot about Starbucks brewing process. 
People always complain that Starbuck plain coffee taste 
bitter and burnt. I always assumed it was the 'roast' but
maybe it is because they use a long brewing process with
boiling water.

Just passing it along.
Steve/bboyminn