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I think the coffee that has foam like that doesn't even come in black. It would have cinnamon and chocolate sprinkles and stuff like that. It is not the stuff of morning coffee. My morning coffee has milk because I microwave the milk and add instant coffee.
The places that shape a pet's face in a cup of coffee wouldn't even consider what I do to be coffee.
I am not too creative in the morning either, but I need the milk for the calories.
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Yes I know what you mean; those really posh Capuccinos have all sorts on top of them and are very nice. I can imagine a more solid form, made into a fudge-type thing would be very good to eat with a spoon! That sounds like an excellent energy boost when you are hiking.
When I was a student we all had 'frothy coffee' and used to draw pictures in the foam. But I have never seen anything as creative as drawing animals in it!
I lived off-grid in 1980 for a few years in the mountains, in a just-about-converted barn. I found out there, that many things didn't keep well as I had no generator, thus no fridge. Milk was impossible to keep fresh in spring and summertime. It was then that I started drinking my coffee black with no frills. I liked it very much so the habit stuck.
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09-18-2017, 03:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-18-2017, 03:15 AM by Catherine.)
When you can't get something you learn to enjoy your food without it. Milk is hard for me in the heat of summer. I have a frig at home, but I have to get it home. I will drink black coffee if that is all I can get.
Life up on a mountain would have been such an amazing experience that black coffee would have been worth it.
Still those very fancy coffees are a nice treat once in a while. I the summer I can get some very tasty cold coffees. On a hot day a cold coffee is a real treat. Someone brought us cold coffees during Big on Bloor. They were heavenly, cold and frosty with chunks of ice. Yummmmm.
Catherine