Notes On International Coffee Characters

Distinct Coffee Tastes, Styles, Servings, And Different Classifications

By Ramon Reyes

In any part of the globe, for coffee, people would insist on their method as the ultimate. These are some unique ways people customarily drink their coffee.

Belgium / Café – Large plain bowls of café au lait. Coffee is oftentimes brewed with chicory root for a distinctive flavor. (Excellent with nude godiva chocolates.)

Brazil / Café – morning of café au lait, later in the day to caffesinho – cups filled with brown sugar and black coffee poured over it. (then it’s carnival time.)

Holland / Koffie – beans are roasted to full medium strength and brewed drip type. Coffee is served

Greece / Kafes; Turkey (Kavé) – made with the brass or copper ibrik. Drunk thick in half-filled cups with sugar. Sometimes accented with rose water. (Warning: allow coffee to settle if you don’t want a mouthful of grounds. Then after drinking get your fortunes told by the way the dregs settle in the cup.

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