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Waddya on? It sure don't sound like coffee!My title line here rather sums it up.
I’m able to buy Delta coffee where I live, and Illy too (I prefer the Delta, to be honest). I know there is a sort of ubiquitous brand in Spain that we would be served in many places along the way.
Can anyone help me with the brand?
Each coffee has its own distinct ways of being (smell, taste...) and I’m sort of longing for a feeling of chilly autumn mornings punctuated with a coffee had just after sunrise.... with the smell of damp fennel filling the air as we brush past it on pathways...
I have searched all my photos from Spain and, alas, I cannot find a single shot showing the brand of coffee on my cup, or on a sign outside a bar/cafe etc.
Help?
I can buy that UHT milk here, but the true secret to milk sugars that are slightly sweetened is to heat the milk to exactly 140 deg. F. Colder than that and the sugars don't release, hotter and they become scorched (bitter).For that authentic Cafe con Leche flavour you need to use Long-life milk. Merely pasteurized doesn’t carry that burnt milk / caramelized savor
It’s all about the caramelization.For that authentic Cafe con Leche flavour you need to use Long-life milk. Merely pasteurized doesn’t carry that burnt milk / caramelized savor
We're not really coffee people and my preferred poison is a cup of tea, even before my foot hits the ground in the morningMy title line here rather sums it up.
I’m able to buy Delta coffee where I live, and Illy too (I prefer the Delta, to be honest). I know there is a sort of ubiquitous brand in Spain that we would be served in many places along the way.
Can anyone help me with the brand?
Each coffee has its own distinct ways of being (smell, taste...) and I’m sort of longing for a feeling of chilly autumn mornings punctuated with a coffee had just after sunrise.... with the smell of damp fennel filling the air as we brush past it on pathways...
I have searched all my photos from Spain and, alas, I cannot find a single shot showing the brand of coffee on my cup, or on a sign outside a bar/cafe etc.
Help?
I can only concur....We're not really coffee people and my preferred poison is a cup of tea, even before my foot hits the ground in the morning
In the summer, when it's hot and warm we do drink coffee(Lavazza) sitting in the garden and "pretend"we're in Spain/Camino...now how sad is that!
And the tortilla...well one Camino, "himself" ate his way across the CF...it was tortilla at every stop and I mean every stop.
Now when my Spanish friend makes him one, I think of that Camino!!
As for the cow pats/dung...having spent many years on a farm, the smell is like perfume to my nostrils
Nectar for me is a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice on the camino in Spain. I've never had one as delicious in my own country.Warm and creamy and with the aromas of the animals.....nectar.
Yes! Yes! Yes! One warm day I climbed too fast and despite a water break I was definitely dehydrated, I stopped at every cafe that day and had freshly squeezed OJ at every one that had it! (most of them). It was a magical recuperation. In my journal I refer to it as an OJ day! --)Nectar for me is a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice on the camino in Spain. I've never had one as delicious in my own country.
Every cafe I stopped at along the way I'd look to see if they had a big zumo machine on the back counter. Absolutely no bottled OJ for me...no machine, no OJ!Yes! Yes! Yes! One warm day I climbed too fast and despite a water break I was definitely dehydrated, I stopped at every cafe that day and had freshly squeezed OJ at every one that had it! (most of them). It was a magical recuperation. In my journal I refer to it as an OJ day! --)
ps I soooo miss being on the Camino - Sigh!
As I am no coffeeFor that authentic Cafe con Leche flavour you need to use Long-life milk. Merely pasteurized doesn’t carry that burnt milk / caramelized savor
Ultra-High-Temperature (treated) milk. Has a shelf-life of several months without refrigeration, a special flavour all of its own and, is what is used in the majority of bars & cafes in Spain to make the cafe con leche.what is long life milk??
We're not really coffee people and my preferred poison is a cup of tea, even before my foot hits the ground in the morning
In the summer, when it's hot and warm we do drink coffee(Lavazza) sitting in the garden and "pretend"we're in Spain/Camino...now how sad is that!
And the tortilla...well one Camino, "himself" ate his way across the CF...it was tortilla at every stop and I mean every stop.
Now when my Spanish friend makes him one, I think of that Camino!!
As for the cow pats/dung...having spent many years on a farm, the smell is like perfume to my nostrils
Don't look in the refrigerated section. UHT milk will be on the regular shelves.My local grocery store has just recently been selling "ultra-pasteurized" cream that lasts almost two months...my coffee still does not taste like Spain's. It must be my beans...apparently Folger's grounds are no good.
Is it similar to the milk that we buy here in Mexico and I see in Europe that is on the store shelf and and only gets refrigerated after opening? That is the same milk that that Starbucks and Cielo and virtually any coffee shop uses in their lattes and capuchinos etc.Ultra-High-Temperature (treated) milk. Has a shelf-life of several months without refrigeration, a special flavour all of its own and, is what is used in the majority of bars & cafes in Spain to make the cafe con leche.
rry to hear that you had that in the fires you stayed at. I can only remember that happening to me when I walked La Puy in 2014. Most of the time the coffee was excellent and yes it was served in those cereal bowls. Kind of fun. I have had bad morning coffee fat more often in some albergues that offered those continental breakfasts. Or if it wasn’t Folgers type instant slot of times the coffee was made the night before and left out in one of those metal containers. Not the best. Also have had some wonderful breakfasts on all the different Camino’s I have done. Overall I thought the best Camino coffees I had were on the Portuguese. Consistently good in the bars and generally as with most things a little cheaper than Spain.Terry, you are making my head spin. I personally always preferred Spain's "cafe con leche" to any I ordered in Portugal.
I did enjoy the coffee in Paris (with cream of course), but on the Le Puy route, the coffee served in cereal bowls in gites was awful imo. It was lukewarm, flat, and worse than my Folgers back home.
I am not really a conniesseur of good coffee or I would not have Folgers in my cupboard.
You are right about Fogers. Even the Kirkland Costco coffee is far better. I am no coffee maven obviously as that’s my coffee at home. Don’t know if you are in or near a Costco city.My local grocery store has just recently been selling "ultra-pasteurized" cream that lasts almost two months...my coffee still does not taste like Spain's. It must be my beans...apparently Folger's grounds are no good.
Unfortunately, I only get to enjoy Costco's Kirkland coffee's when on vacation...it is quite nice.You are right about Fogers. Even the Kirkland Costco coffee is far better. I am no coffee maven obviously as that’s my coffee at home. Don’t know if you are in or near a Costco city.
Hope you have lots more vacations and you know they ship just about everything to your door from their website.Unfortunately, I only get to enjoy Costco's Kirkland coffee's when on vacation...it is quite nice.
Who knows...they may even soon deliver by drone.Hope you have lots more vacations and you know they ship just about everything to your door from their website.
On my Caminos I saw a lot of bars selling Saimaza which is our preferred Spanish coffee. Old age has rendered me caffeine intolerant so I am delighted to be able to report that Saimaza's de-caff is really tasty too.My title line here rather sums it up.
I’m able to buy Delta coffee where I live, and Illy too (I prefer the Delta, to be honest). I know there is a sort of ubiquitous brand in Spain that we would be served in many places along the way.
Can anyone help me with the brand?
Each coffee has its own distinct ways of being (smell, taste...) and I’m sort of longing for a feeling of chilly autumn mornings punctuated with a coffee had just after sunrise.... with the smell of damp fennel filling the air as we brush past it on pathways...
I have searched all my photos from Spain and, alas, I cannot find a single shot showing the brand of coffee on my cup, or on a sign outside a bar/cafe etc.
Help?
Fortaleza is one brand in Spain, it's good!!My title line here rather sums it up.
I’m able to buy Delta coffee where I live, and Illy too (I prefer the Delta, to be honest). I know there is a sort of ubiquitous brand in Spain that we would be served in many places along the way.
Can anyone help me with the brand?
Each coffee has its own distinct ways of being (smell, taste...) and I’m sort of longing for a feeling of chilly autumn mornings punctuated with a coffee had just after sunrise.... with the smell of damp fennel filling the air as we brush past it on pathways...
I have searched all my photos from Spain and, alas, I cannot find a single shot showing the brand of coffee on my cup, or on a sign outside a bar/cafe etc.
Help?
My title line here rather sums it up.
I’m able to buy Delta coffee where I live, and Illy too (I prefer the Delta, to be honest). I know there is a sort of ubiquitous brand in Spain that we would be served in many places along the way.
Can anyone help me with the brand?
Each coffee has its own distinct ways of being (smell, taste...) and I’m sort of longing for a feeling of chilly autumn mornings punctuated with a coffee had just after sunrise.... with the smell of damp fennel filling the air as we brush past it on pathways...
I have searched all my photos from Spain and, alas, I cannot find a single shot showing the brand of coffee on my cup, or on a sign outside a bar/cafe etc.
Help?
Fortaleza is brand in Spain, it's not bad!!My title line here rather sums it up.
I’m able to buy Delta coffee where I live, and Illy too (I prefer the Delta, to be honest). I know there is a sort of ubiquitous brand in Spain that we would be served in many places along the way.
Can anyone help me with the brand?
Each coffee has its own distinct ways of being (smell, taste...) and I’m sort of longing for a feeling of chilly autumn mornings punctuated with a coffee had just after sunrise.... with the smell of damp fennel filling the air as we brush past it on pathways...
I have searched all my photos from Spain and, alas, I cannot find a single shot showing the brand of coffee on my cup, or on a sign outside a bar/cafe etc.
Help?
Everything is more expensive is Denver.At least one response in this thread got the answer – caramelization! The type of coffee is called torrefacto. My understanding is that the beans are sprayed with sugar syrup before they are roasted, which gives them a slight sweetness. This is readily available in the grocery stores. When we come back from Spain now the one thing that we bring is as much for tortefacto coffee as we can cram into the backpacks! One can find it online here in the US but it’s multiple times more expensive than in Spain.
Ah Folger's - I seem to remember a TV advert in the 1970s where the wife slapped her husband around the face at breakfast and his response was "Thanks Honey, I needed that!"My local grocery store has just recently been selling "ultra-pasteurized" cream that lasts almost two months...my coffee still does not taste like Spain's. It must be my beans...apparently Folger's grounds are no good.
The next time you're in the Pilgrims Office slip upstairs, seek out an Irish nun and ask if she can make you a cup of Barry's Gold Label tea . . . . even with UHT milk it's nectar.We're not really coffee people and my preferred poison is a cup of tea, even before my foot hits the ground in the morning
In the summer, when it's hot and warm we do drink coffee(Lavazza) sitting in the garden and "pretend"we're in Spain/Camino...now how sad is that!
And the tortilla...well one Camino, "himself" ate his way across the CF...it was tortilla at every stop and I mean every stop.
Now when my Spanish friend makes him one, I think of that Camino!!
As for the cow pats/dung...having spent many years on a farm, the smell is like perfume to my nostrils
Tea is tea and coffee is coffee, never the twain shall meet.The next time you're in the Pilgrims Office slip upstairs, seek out an Irish nun and ask if she can make you a cup of Barry's Gold Label tea . . . . even with UHT milk it's nectar.
Apparently some of the bigger branches of Sainsbury and Tesco stock it in the UK but personally I have mine smuggled in from Norn Iron.
Apparently no Ikea mugs in Spain. I just ask for a grande, spread my arms out wide and get the biggest mug they offer.Lots of posts about the coffee and the milk but no mention of the receptacle in which it is served.
We always ask for a "vaso grande" and the closest to that we have found is the £1 glass mug from Ikea.
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Ah yes Jeff, I know Barry's tea...a bit on the strong side for meThe next time you're in the Pilgrims Office slip upstairs, seek out an Irish nun and ask if she can make you a cup of Barry's Gold Label tea . . . . even with UHT milk it's nectar.
Apparently some of the bigger branches of Sainsbury and Tesco stock it in the UK but personally I have mine smuggled in from Norn Iron.
What you have to realise is that pouring a ship load of tea into the chilly water of an east coast harbor is never going to make you a decent "brew" - no wonder the Colonists were revoltin'Tea is tea and coffee is coffee, never the twain shall meet.
Ah yes Jeff, I know Barry's tea...a bit on the strong side for me
Per capita...the Irish are the biggest drinkers of tea in Europe...maybe Guinness too!!!
An Irish nun......!! I've met a few of those too!!
And I know who you speak of, Annette!Ah yes Jeff, I know Barry's tea...a bit on the strong side for me
Per capita...the Irish are the biggest drinkers of tea in Europe...maybe Guinness too!!!
An Irish nun......!! I've met a few of those too!!
Sister Katherine?I met one Irish nun but without a doubt the nicest and funniest one. You know who you are!
And I like Barry's tea! Guinness less so....
There are two?Sister Katherine?
Sister Katherine?
And I hope to meet her in Dublin one day when we are both let out of jail.I heard great things about Sister Katherine but I did not meet her. I met " my Sister " in Dublin!
Oh! I thought Scottish not Irish? (and I hopes she forgives all this chitter-chatter)I heard great things about Sister Katherine but I did not meet her. I met " my Sister " in Dublin!
She is Scottish living in Ireland.Oh! I thought Scottish not Irish? (and I hopes she forgives all this chitter-chatter)
Back to coffee . . . . . .
I know who you mean....I've met her too and agree with you!I met one Irish nun but without a doubt the nicest and funniest one. You know who you are!
And I like Barry's tea! Guinness less so....
You mean Barry's tea??Oh! I thought Scottish not Irish? (and I hopes she forgives all this chitter-chatter)
Back to coffee . . . . . .
Besides the coffee beans used it is most important on the correct cup one uses. Also preheating the cup is very important. We get our beans from a local roaster who mixes beans from different countries. This makes a wonderful espresso with lots of crema.Ordering a cup of coffee in Portugal is a lot like ordering a cup at a Starbucks—you have an overwhelming number of options. Had I ordered simply a “café,” it would be unequivocally understood that I wanted the standard espresso. In Lisbon, however, an espresso is generally referred to as “um bica,” while in Porto they use the term “um cimbalinho.” Everywhere else in Portugal they seem to settle for the word “café” for ordering espresso. If espresso is too strong for you, then it can be blended with hot water and the drink becomes an “abatanado” in Portugal or a “café Americano” in Spain.
.And café culture in Portugal gets even more complicated: a pingo is milk with a dash of coffee, and a pingado is the espresso with a dash of milk. A galao is like a latte, three-quarters milk and the rest espresso served in a tall glass. I like a meia, or meia de leite, a half espresso and half milk combination. There is a reason why Portuguese coffee has its own particular strong and bitter taste profile.
.For decades, as the country’s coffee-drinking culture was being born, Portugal was economically isolated under the Salazar regime, and coffee was exclusively imported from its largest colony, Brazil. Top quality coffee machines were imported from Italy, but the Portuguese used higher water pressure in their artisanal brewing process. The beans from Brazil were Robusta, and when slow roasted at a low temperature and then blended with Arabica beans, they produced a distinctive coffee taste that is patently Portuguese.
Not in Denver - online. La Tienda has sold it for a long time and I see that Amazon has a brand. I'm guessing that this won't be found in a retail store anywhere in the US. The online sources are multiple times the cost off the shelf in Spain. // Denver?? Expensive?? Well, not *everything*!Everything is more expensive is Denver.
I know, let's keep the cat in the bag eh?She is Scottish living in Ireland.
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