"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
. com...
> (some snippage)
> Ask your friend what kind of coffee she likes and how she likes it made.
> She'll be touched that you are willing to go to the trouble and will get
> coffee she likes rather than something the news-groupies think she should
> like.
>
Excellent advice. For more information than you'll ever need, go to:
http://www.coffeegeek.com/
it's a bit biased toward espresso but still covers coffee in
mind-numbing detail.
Brian, in Cedar