"Lewis Perin" > wrote in message
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> Lars > writes:
>
> > On 30 Apr 2006 11:07:39 -0700, "whytebyrd" > wrote:
> >
> > >Thanks, all... After reading these replys it just goes to show how
> > >broad the appeal of tea is.
> >
> > I like the fact that people interested in teas usually has several
> > quite different teas, for different occasions. While most coffee
> > drinkers have only one brand, and don't relly want to try others.
>
> It's so much easier to get a wide range of flavors and aromas from
> different teas than it is with coffees.
>
> /Lew

That said, my wife is a big coffee fan, so for Christmas last year I bought
her a few pounds of green coffee beans from various estates around the world
and modified a hot air popcorn popper so we could roast them ourselves.
It's amazing how much better coffee tastes when one uses good beans, freshly
roasted and ground - you can pick up all kinds of interesting flavors:
chocolate, nuts, earthy notes, wood. I'm not abandoning tea by any means,
and I agree that the range of flavors and styles with tea is astonishing,
but roasting my own coffee has given me a new appreciation of just how good
coffee can be, properly treated.

Dean