Shrewdness's Journal, 04 March 2022

🌺🌸💗 enjoy your weekend Shrewd! 

I drink it black so watch out 

When the revolution comes, the guillotine wil arrive first at Starbucks...  

Thank you Gib!!! I am working today, Saturday, I am grateful I like my job.😊 Have a wonderful weekend also!🌺♥️ 

Liv001, your hilarious!!😮😆🤣 My BIL drinks his coffee black as well. I make them coffee to take in a thermos for their fishing tournaments, but I can’t make it special for he just wants it black.🙃 So what is the best black coffee that you drink? I don’t think I make the best without cream in it. Sometimes I’ll buy coffee at McDonald’s and just heat it up to put in the thermos, then I can’t be blamed for yucky coffee. 🥴 

Erq, what’s going on? My sweetest friends are drinking their coffee naked!😁🤣 Not scared of either of you!💕 Yet, you’re both in better shape than I.🥺 😄 Can you give me tips on a great tasting coffee? Do you drink yours strong or mild? I use a breakfast coffee and add milk, so it’s perfect for me, but drinking it black, I am not sure. Have a great weekend and don’t show up on being a character on, ‘Buried In The Backyard’.😆 

Your posts are hilarious!  

Jimmie, I am honored by your presence and comforted by your words, for I would never be caught dead by a Starbucks!😆 Starbucks has started to offer free drinks during funerals. They acknowledged the need for mourning coffees.😁 Let’s Go!👍 

LOL. That being said, I hate coffee. LOL.  

Yes MorticiaAddams, life's not all lovely thorns and singing vultures, you know. 😆🦇 My best friend does too, yet she’ll drink a frappe. Named my German Shepherd Lusticia, yet longed to call her Morticia.😄 Have a great coffeeless Saturday, if you can!🌺 

I take mine straight up, and haven't diluted it with cream or sugar since I was 15. My grandma would drink it all day long from her percolator, so when I was a kid I would help myself to a cup to bond with her (only mine tasted more like melted ice cream). By highschool I went black. True test of its quality. I don't like Starbucks, either (it tastes burnt). I have a coffee subscription that sends me a freshly roasted bag every 2 weeks, and I get a different brand & roast each time. Favorites are from Brazil, Guatemala and Ethiopia (so far). Company is called Trade Coffee (DrinkTrade.com). 

troll stomp. different beans and roasts for different drinks. there is no one size fits all. 

Hi JustBananas! Thanks! I have heard of Trade Coffee. 👍 I always put milk in my coffee and can drink it cold, but for some reason, unknown to man, I now need my coffee to be HOT!!! It is such a bother!! Why, what happened to me after all these years? If my coffee is luke warm I have to go warm it up!😠 Brother! 

Erq, if you commit a crime, please don’t get caught! I enjoy your posts and you too much!😍 

Katsolo, your stomp made me go hunting down to find what troll was around. Found and reported. You’re so right about different strokes for different folks. Just want to impress my BIL as he is so critical and I don’t believe my breakfast coffee is that great black. Thanks for the stomp!👍🌺💕 

Then you need to follow James Hoffman on YouTube and buy his book 

Erq, then please don’t get kidnapped!🥺 

Katsolo, I looked him up, I don’t know where to start.🙃 Thank you!👍 

He has some very basic ones. I’ll look a little later and point you towards the difference in roasts and how to choose. I’m also going to advocate for the simple aeropress again. Excellent way to taste a range of brews for about $30. He did a whole series on it. I used one in my office for years rather than drinking the free stuff they had for us in the kitchen.  

https://youtu.be/aidvrssMSGo (first of the aeropress series) https://youtu.be/9PUWQQ-joKE (salt in coffee) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9YnLFrM7Fs (beginner's guide to buying great coffee) also good series on moka pot, various brewing techniques. with that, I'm going to watch the newest one on what you need to know before buying a vintage machine. because the internet is speaking directly to me. scary.