[Magdalen] coffee

[Grace Cangialosi]

Intriguing, Lynn. 
What is El Busto? Would this also work with de-caf, assuming it was good quality decaf to begin with?
What are the advantages of this method?

> On Jan 5, 2015, at 1:26 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I make French Press coffee when it's more than me around... using freshly ground Trader Joe's beans in the blue canister.
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> I prefer cold-soaked coffee, for which I use El Busto.... heaven in a cup <gdr>... about 5 years ago Jo Craddock  mentioned cold soaked and I looked into it and experimented. I've got it down to a 'science' for my 10oz package and end up with about 3 quarts of coffee 'concentrate', and I dilute it with water (hot or cold) to serve (if water, I boil it in my electric kettle - not keen on microwave heating) and sometimes in the summer, dilute 50/50 with skim milk and pour over ice. I mostly dilute my particular mixture 50/50 water to base, but sometimes 1/3 base and 2/3 water.  The base concentrate keeps in the fridge for up to two weeks.  There are expensive systems to create the extract, but I  just use a huge stainless steel bowl, empty ground coffee, add some water and whisk to wet the grounds and then more water to fill, soak 12 hours covered with a plate and drain in colander through a piece of clean muslin and pour into glass jars.
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> Cold-soaked is becoming more popular since I started making it and now there are many 'directions' online.  There are also devices that make it - of varying expense and rigmarole. I once found a 'recipe' where you soak the grounds overnight in a French press. I prefer having the large quantity on hand and available in the fridge.
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> Lynn
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> From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 1:36 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] coffee
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>> In a message dated 1/4/2015 12:55:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
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>> I don't  drink coffee usually, but when I make coffee for guests
>> I use a french  press coffee pot. And it makes excellent
>> coffee. I'm even likely to have  some.>>>>
>> 
>> This is, apparently, the best method.  At least that's what I've
>> read repeatedly.  Next the filter variety that I used for  years.
>> Finally the percolator method favored by my mother for decades.
>> She drank gallons of weak dreadful coffee from those contraptions.
>> It's probably why she lived to be 98.
>> 
>> 
>> David Strang.
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