Family, Photography and other misc news
This Sunday morning was a very indulgent one.
Saturday was spent working hard in the garden trimming trees and chopping wood.
So this Sunday morning we treated ourselves. After getting up and giving the chickens their food and fresh water, it was the normal Sunday morning long dog walk.
Once home we toasted some fresh bagels, added cream cheese and smoked salmon. Opened a bottle of fine riesling wine, light and not too alcoholic, and I brewed up a couple of large lattes.
Coffee is much, much more then just your standard hot caffeinated drink.
I gave up on instant over ten years ago. Now I mainly drink filter at home and french press at work. I buy freshly roasted beans from our local roaster and we are luckily in having two top coffee sellers in Lincoln to choose from.
At weekends I often make myself and Caroline an expresso at home, but I am also not too much a coffee snob to enjoy a trip down to the local Starbucks or Costa.
But apart from a french press how to enjoy a good cup at work. Something a little closer to an expresso perhaps.
Now hauling my expresso machine to work and using that would not be allowed, but after a bit of research I came across a device called an Aeropress, while not strictly an expresso maker an interesting device that looked ideal for a work environment.
Well I have placed an order, but what coffee to try it out with. Something that not only makes a good filter coffee but also a good expresso, it had to be ‘Brazil Fazenda Cachoeira Pure Yellow Bourbon from the Minas Gerais’ a fine single estate coffee, freshly roasted.
My mouth is watering at the very thought.
A very lazy Sunday morning was in store for us today. We had no intention of going out, so first job was to ground some fresh Italian style roasted coffee beans. I always keep a few whole beans in the freezer, in a plastic airtight container.
We are very lucky here, as Lincoln is blessed, not only with the usual array of Starbucks and Costa Coffee houses, but some very good top rated independent coffee shops, and two top coffee bean retailers, one of which roasts the beans themselves twice a week.
With the beans ground and the expresso on its way, I turned my attention to a very indulgent porridge. Organic rolled oats from Lincoln market and milk; with fresh cream and unrefined brown sugar to top it all off. Yum Yum.
So the morning had us settling down in front of the TV to enjoy Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, one of Caroline’s favourite musicals.
And if you have some beans left you can even practice your photography on them or if your feeling daring, go out into the garden and make Snow Angels.
