coffee in Europe
 

Just back from three weeks in Amsterdam. Something new to me was the
fact that all the cofffee served to us , at numerous cafe's and
restaurants was made using pressure machines , not a drip machine in
sight.

We weren't asking for expresso, capachino or anything other than plain
coffee. And it was (almost) uniformly delicious. My wife drank her's
black and I had mine white, with warm milk.

In some places, self serve cafeteria's and hotel lobby's, there were
machines that had a list of buttons including coffee, coffee with milk,
expresso single or double.

The coffee we were served seemed much thicker and stronger than
american drip coffee but not quite expresso.

We'd love to make it here.

One thing I did learn was to warm up the cream in the microwave before
adding our drip (Braun machine, just ground french roast beans,
strongest setting) morning coffee.

Help please

cullulloo wrote:
> Just back from three weeks in Amsterdam. Something new to me was the
> fact that all the coffee served to us , at numerous cafe's and
> restaurants was made using pressure machines , not a drip machine in
> sight.
>
> We weren't asking for expresso, capachino or anything other than plain
> coffee. And it was (almost) uniformly delicious. My wife drank her's
> black and I had mine white, with warm milk.

Dead right. One of the best things about travel to Amsterdam. Even the
cheapest hotel, with the moist decrepit coffee machines seem to serve
delicious coffee. Wish I knew why.

"Mike O'Sullivan" > wrote in message
...
> cullulloo wrote:
>> Just back from three weeks in Amsterdam. Something new to me was the
>> fact that all the coffee served to us , at numerous cafe's and
>> restaurants was made using pressure machines , not a drip machine in
>> sight.
>>
>> We weren't asking for expresso, capachino or anything other than plain
>> coffee. And it was (almost) uniformly delicious. My wife drank her's
>> black and I had mine white, with warm milk.
>
> Dead right. One of the best things about travel to Amsterdam. Even the
> cheapest hotel, with the moist decrepit coffee machines seem to serve
> delicious coffee. Wish I knew why.

I don't know if this is still true or not. In 1988 on a trip to Japan I was
astounded that so many, many coffee shops served coffee made from the most
fantastic looking machines and one could order on a big menu on the wall the
type of coffee you want. The different types of machines will always stick
in my mind. I never had a bad cup of coffee in Japan.

On a trip to Montreal I went to one cafe that one was able to order from a
menu on the wall your preference of coffee, but I don't recall that the
machine was anything astonishing as the different machines I saw in Japan.

The main thing I remember about coffee on a trip to Amsterdam many, many
years ago was that cream was served in a little chocolate cup which looked
like a dark-brown candy container that you see in a box of chocolates. Just
being newly married, my husband didn't ask me why I didn't eat the chocolate
cup until much later on in our trip. I really regret the ones I didn't eat.
Dee

"Mike O'Sullivan" > wrote in message
...
> cullulloo wrote:
>> Just back from three weeks in Amsterdam. Something new to me was the
>> fact that all the coffee served to us , at numerous cafe's and
>> restaurants was made using pressure machines , not a drip machine in
>> sight.
>>
>> We weren't asking for expresso, capachino or anything other than plain
>> coffee. And it was (almost) uniformly delicious. My wife drank her's
>> black and I had mine white, with warm milk.
>
> Dead right. One of the best things about travel to Amsterdam. Even the
> cheapest hotel, with the moist decrepit coffee machines seem to serve
> delicious coffee. Wish I knew why.

I don't know if this is still true or not. In 1988 on a trip to Japan I was
astounded that so many, many coffee shops served coffee made from the most
fantastic looking machines and one could order on a big menu on the wall the
type of coffee you want. The different types of machines will always stick
in my mind. I never had a bad cup of coffee in Japan.

On a trip to Montreal I went to one cafe that one was able to order from a
menu on the wall your preference of coffee, but I don't recall that the
machine was anything astonishing as the different machines I saw in Japan.

The main thing I remember about coffee on a trip to Amsterdam many, many
years ago was that cream was served in a little chocolate cup which looked
like a dark-brown candy container that you see in a box of chocolates. Just
being newly married, my husband didn't ask me why I didn't eat the chocolate
cup until much later on in our trip. I really regret the ones I didn't eat.
Dee