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Okay, when I wake up in the morning, which is usually between 4:30-5:00 because of my work day body clock, the first thing I need is my morning cup of coffee!
However, most are a pale imitation of "real" coffee!Also a lot of places have coffee machines
falcon269 said:However, most are a pale imitation of "real" coffee!Also a lot of places have coffee machines
Es verdad.Abbeydore said:...... The coffee on the Camino is usually so good, it's well worth waiting for, & served by a lovely Spanish person who takes pride in making & serving it too
yogabanana said:Funny, I stopped drinking coffee 7 years ago, but reading the forum for the last few months I have decided to start again once I hit Spain. Those cafe con leches sound wonderful! I am flying out tomorrow, to start from SJPP on the 11 th!
Sad, Pieces. So sad.Pieces said:it is quite obvious that you guys cannot relate to the addic mindframe. I will quite happily suck on a day-old coffee filter to get my fix if i have to :shock:
For this process the body ideally requires 8 hours
jdpiguet said:Pieces said:
For this process the body ideally requires 8 hours
8 hours only??? :roll:
During my first week, I went to bed just past 20:00 and had trouble to stand up at 7:00 when the hospitalero(a) came to wake me!
There's a third option. Go to the bar and get a 'carajillo'. The word supposedly derives from 'a bit of courage'. It's coffee with brandy (or rum).na2than said:for those that need the first coffee of the day to be first thing in the day there are 2 easy options.
a)nescafe milk and 2 sugar sachets....other brands avaliable
b)plain instant coffee sachets
Alan Pearce said:When I was on the VdlP last year, Ismael from Brazil expressed the opinion that "cafe con leche is the fuel of the camino". In the mornings especially!
anniethenurse said::::my nose and hair in the avatar:::
I think I am going to get some coffee right now!
(David, your pics from your latest walk?)
I, too, can be described as a coffee snob. I examined the beans in a grinder, and they seemed to be a blend of light roast, medium roast, and dark roast. The restaurant supply companies have found a good mix!Spanish coffee, served correctly, is on par with the Italian relative.
Pieces said:are you of scottish decent ?
Well Ian, I am actually English (of Yorkshire descent), but apart from a cup of Earl Grey once in a blue moon, I have to say that I much prefer a decent cup of coffee! Annesagalouts said:Please reflect on this terrible addiction,there is still time to turn from the dark-side and enter the tranquil world of the English tea drinker.
Ian
BlackDog said:Pieces said:are you of scottish decent ?
He says he is a Yorkshireman which is like a Scotsman with the pity removed :wink:
BlackDog said:Pieces said:are you of scottish decent ?
He says he is a Yorkshireman which is like a Scotsman with the pity removed :wink:
JohnnieWalker said:BlackDog said:Pieces said:are you of scottish decent ?
He says he is a Yorkshireman which is like a Scotsman with the pity removed :wink:
What's with all of this racism? It shouldn't be allowed.
I start the day with a whisky. Highly recommended. Easily obtained, highly portable, needs no preparation and always works.
Try it.
JohnnieWalker said:No worries Pieces - you can buy me several by way of atonement when you reach Santiago
Pieces said:actually the act of spending + €200 on coffee is a generous atempt at saving the spanish economy by conscientious world citizens...
are you of scottish decent ?
can you please clarify why the VdlP is different regarding morning coffe? My first Camino will be the VdlP next spring. I will have no other experience with which to compare. Please tell me that coffee is not a raeity on my chosen route!
Good ideas often are initiated when someone can make money from it. It may be naive so think that fair-trade anything is more than a marketing tool.Fair Trade is a commercial brand. For a fee its owners licence commercial firms the right to use the brand in marketing, and they expect to make a profit out of doing so. Coffee producer cooperatives pay a fee to become certified Fair Trade producers, and a fee is paid at packer level in the consuming country, possibly on behalf of the packer, distributor or retailer. Nobody in the Fairtrade industry is willing to disclose how much extra they charge for their branded coffee, how much of this extra charge reaches the third world, how much reaches the farmers or whether the farmers make a profit from Fairtrade. In four cases it has been possible to find out. One British café chain was passing on less than one percent of the extra charged to the exporting cooperative; in Finland, Valkila, Haaparanta and Niemi found that consumers paid much more for Fairtrade, and that only 11.5% reached the exporter. Kilian, Jones, Pratt and Villalobos talk of US Fairtrade coffee getting $5 per lb extra at retail, of which the exporter would have received only 2%. Mendoza and Bastiaensen calculated that in the UK only 1.6% to 18% of the extra charged for one product line reached the farmer. All these studies assume that the importers paid the full Fairtrade price, which is not necessarily the case.
Be careful of that Pieces, John. She's already volunteered that Scotland the Brave isn't good marching music and then accused us of being tightwads. Peligrosa.JohnnieWalker said:No worries Pieces - you can buy me several by way of atonement when you reach Santiago
tyrrek said:Be careful of that Pieces, John. She's already volunteered that Scotland the Brave isn't good marching music and then accused us of being tightwads. Peligrosa.JohnnieWalker said:No worries Pieces - you can buy me several by way of atonement when you reach Santiago
I TAKE GREAT ISSUE WITH THIS POST!!!JohnnieWalker said:tsk...tsk... you aren't taking any of this seriously. Breakfast should be simple and not involve marching bands or (for heaven's sake) anyone being the drum major.
Relax, get out of bed, meet the day, pack your rucksack, get dressed, pour a large whisky, contemplate the journey ahead, pour a large whisky, look at the weather, go on have another, then set off...just one for the road.
This formula works with 100% of pilgrims. Promise.
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