Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts

Saturday, 7 April 2012

SMOKIN' COFFEE


 I think about bacon drizzled with maple syrup and a black coffee on the side as one of the best flavour combinations so why not try and put them all in one cup?

Not like this mind you 
puttingweirdthingsincoffee blog makes me laugh and he's never quite wrong but I did it  
more like this...

Start with 1lb of fresh roasted
 Ethiopian coffee

lay out the beans out on cheesecloth
make sure they are in a single layer 

  
COLD SMOKE for 1hr 20 minutes, vent open  
smoke away   
let beans cool
  
grind, brew and sip 
add maple syrup to sweeten
 
 wandering bean POP-UP will be sampling at our next event. Keep an eye our for the Woodie
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Tuesday, 3 April 2012

TOPLESS ...AGAIN!


   we were topless again!
first time was Queen West Art Crawl
but no one cared
we said it was our environmental initiative to 
reduce waste
really we just forgot to pack the lids.
but in small town Ontario 
they don't like it when you're topless
people tuned away in horror
we only forgot the large so everyone downsized to medium 
it was like saying goodbye to $1 with every cappuccino 
it hurt our bottom line.


but these things happen and you can't let it get you down
we forgot our tent joints once
hate to admit this but the solution was to purchase a 
new tent form Costco 
return it on Monday.
we forgot the tamp a few times 
used the bottom of a stainless espresso tumbler.
forgot the decaf beans a million times. 
sorry no decaf.
forgot medium cups so we just filled the large ones up 3/4 of the way.
often forget the mashmellows. 
who cares. have whipcream
you get the idea

There really was a topless coffee shop though,  


Friday, 30 March 2012

EVENT REVIEW #1 Mmmmm Agri-Tourism!

do you enjoy day-trips to the country?
do you like outdoor learning experiences?
do you pick-your-own strawberries and cut your own Christmas tree?
are you coming to Elmira tomorrow?

March 31st 2012
yes? then YOU are truly an AGRI-TOURIST!

you're most likely female, 35-50yrs old and have a pretty good income. you enjoy spending time with your 2 or more kids and spouse outside the big city because it's an affordable get away and educational plus you had to go grocery shopping anyway!

here's what you can do...

Eat Pancakes 
$4 single, $5 double
Go on a Sugar Bush Tour 
$5.50 adult, $3.50 child 2-12, 2 & under free
See the Quilt & Craft Show & Sale 
$2 adult each, 12 & under free
Enjoy the Dog Show  
$3 adult/child each, "babes-in-arms" free
Shop at the Antique Show & Sale 
$3 adult/child each, "babes-in-arms" free
Look around the Toy Show & Sale 
F $3, S $2, 12 & under free
Park & Take a Wagon Ride  
$5 per vehicle
Visit Old MacDonald's Farm, too 
$0.50 adult/child each

and of course...

Grab a WANDERING BEAN COFFEE!
will be the first booth to greet you at the south end of Arthur St.
with piping hot fresh roasted coffee.
OPEN at 6am (ugh)

Sunday, 19 February 2012

EGGSHELLS of my mind ... in my COFFEE???


so i was thinking about breakfast all in one cup. looked into it and found the following. egg. eggshells too. grind them up and add them to your coffee? 

blow my mind, the eggshell of my mind. 

before we begin please turn to the bottom of the page and start the music. video is just a pic of a garage i assume as an ode to the 'garage band'. bless them all. this is not a song i randomly looked up either. it puts you in a deadhead frame of mind.

help me separate the yolks from my whites

Lutheran Church Basement Egg Coffee

wash the egg. crach over coffee. throw in the shells too
1 cup of medium grind coffee. i had fresh roasted yirgucheffe
 
add a tbsp of water and make into a paste
add 6 cups or boiling water. boil for 10-15 minutes 

you are supposed to add a cup of cold water at this point
to make grinds and shells settle.
i filtered it instead. had to stir to get it all through

it's very clear. not thin. clear. smooth, red and glossy.
more like tea 

 

and it tastes like very mild coffee but not weak coffee.
no egg taste

maybe it makes bad coffee good?
maybe it adds protiens?
maybe it reminds you of your scandinavian roots?

a lot of steps and i'm not sure what for...
hope you enjoyed the tunes atleast



PLASTIC BY NATURE

"Gazing out my window I can see the snow below,
and it flows into my soul from the eggshell of my mind.
I found a way I could navigate my boat through these troubled waters,
to the shores of Shangri-La.

Eggshells, Eggshells, help me separate my yolks from my whites.

Standing in the phone booth just waiting for the call,
but I don't know who it is or where they are.
Biding my time, in the heart of the purple city,
these bright lights shining in my eyes.

Eggshells, Eggshells, help me separate my yolks from my whites.

So there I was, all alone. Nowhere left to go but down. Only thing on my face was a frown.

Eggshells, Eggshells, help me separate my yolks from my whites."


Thursday, 16 February 2012

ROAST & RUB

we roast coffee. via an Ambex YM5. in the garage



we therefore have a lot of coffee sitting around so I had an idea, roast it and rub it on whatever meat was in the fridge, turns out we had a mass of ribs

first i roasted a bit of Tarrazu RFA  and searched for a recipe. found this recipe for rib eye steaks but thought it would do. Bobby Flay I think?

1/4 cup ancho chile powder
1/4 cup finely ground expresso-roast coffee beans
2 tbsp sweet paprika
2 tbsp dark brown sugar
1 tbsp dry mustard
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp ground black pepper
1 tbsp dired oregano
1 tbsp ground coriander
1 tspn ground ginger
2 tspn chile de arbor powder or cayenne (optional)



didn’t have dried oregano or corriander so i threw in something green, sweet basil?

The direstions were ”rub it on” Hm

i removed the membrane stuff off the back of the ribs first (scrape knife along bone to start then peel back) salted and peppered and cooked for about 3 hrs at 350 with the lid on.



THEN i rubbed, Bobby!



bbqued for about 7-10 minutes on each side…well i didn’t. Blair did. it’s cold out there!



no words needed



rated a 9/10 by the family. maybe a little more sugar to balance espresso