Good morning coffee lovers. Just a quick question. Can you recommend caffeine free coffee? Caffeine makes my heart flutter like a butterfly on roids but the aroma gets me all the time.
Not really. Decaffeinated coffee -- which isn't the same as caffeine free coffee (technically, such a thing does not exist) -- is usually arrived at as a product of patented washing or chemical methods where they try to bleach out the caffeine from the coffee.
I used to think that decaffeinated coffee drinkers were the only true coffee lovers, because they drank it for the taste and not some lame-assed white man's fake drug addiction. But I've come around to realizing how caffeine is a biologically integral part of the coffee structure and the resulting flavor that comes out of it. As with non-alcoholic beer, it's more than just the alcohol you lose.
That said, fortunately decaf stocks of coffee have gotten much better -- because customer expectations are higher. I would research some decaf coffees you can get freshly roasted with a date stamp on it -- preferably roasted by a reputable, local outfit that does the same with the caffeinated stuff -- and hope for the best. Try it out until you find something you like.
I'm eyeing the Lattissima+, since the milk frother is built in compared to the others. Also the best one aesthetically IMO.
Btw, as much as I might point out the flaws of the Nespresso, there's one device of theirs I actually endorse -- and that's the separate Aeroccino. It's pricey at about $150 MSRP, but it makes better milk frothing than 90% of the baristas out there.
The worst machine ever btw - Francis Francis X7.1 (uses Illy iperEspresso pods). Nothing wrong with the taste of the coffee, but the interface of the machine is pure garbage for something that's supposed to make things easier. We actually have a joke about taking bets whenever we sell one whether it will be returned or not.
Illy is usually pretty smart. Not in the case of the Frank-Frank partnership.
Good god, I'm pretty sure I'd die in that weather. A few weeks ago everyone here was shitting themselves just because it got down to right around freezing temps. But that's California for you.
Today is a high of about 10C here in Chicago -- a relative hot day. Tomorrow the high is supposed to be -15C, so it's a good thing I'm flying back to SFO tonight.
The girls still love me. Puked on the floor. Gonna drink again. Love you. It stinks.
I'm sure all the girls think you smell like manly musk.
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