[Idyllchat] Swiss coffee

[Jay Cloidt]

I agree. The reason espresso is so much better in Italy than here in the US
is not the machines or the people that make it, but the coffee they use.

   Ciao,
        Jay

On Dec 12, 2007 9:30 AM, Cornelia Sullivan <cornelia at sullivanfineart.ch>
wrote:

>  Hi there,
> I see, this is indeed a very interesting discussion for you US-citizens!
> Well, I'm Swiss, but when we used to live in Charleston, SC for a couple of
> years, the first thing we bought was a coffeemaker! A real one! That time
> Jura was not as common as today, so we chose a Espresso-machine from
> "Starbucks". It worked just great! Well, I like the way may machine now here
> in Switzerland is working, graining the beans freshly before brewing, all
> automatically, but the one we had there from Starbucks was just fine. I
> think, the most important is: real good coffee beans! I had much more stress
> to find them! And for good taste and a nice foam it's very important how the
> temperature is and the quality of water! You might filter your water so it's
> really free of any taste at all!
>
> You see, as much as you are discussing about coffee machines, I would
> really like to have a real "Kitchen aid"- machine for my cuisine! They are
> sooooo expensive here, and, of cores, I like the silver one the best (the
> most expensive one, hahaha!)
>
> Well, after all that talking, I will go and have a fresh - nice cup of
> coffee, freshly grained and brewed on my Swiss coffee maker!
>
> And for all of you: They say coffee prices in restaurants are going up to
> 5 Swiss bucks next year - so I will enjoy my homemade coffee even more!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Greetings from Heartland
> Connie
>
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