Food: Mint-Chocolate Coffee Spoons

Mint-Chocolate Coffee Spoons

Written by LeAnn R. Ralph

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To use: pour a cup of hot coffee, take repparttar plastic wrap off repparttar 113090 spoon, stick repparttar 113091 spoon in repparttar 113092 coffee and stir. And TA-DA! -- mint chocolate coffee.

Note: You might want to add some chocolate chips to repparttar 113093 melted chocolate to give it a somewhat firmer consistency when it cools off. You may also want to experiment a bit with dipping repparttar 113094 spoons a couple of times.

Another note: you could also experiment with other flavors. What about vanilla almond bark and butterscotch candy? Or chocolate and butterscotch? Or chocolate and raspberry candy? You get repparttar 113095 picture, I'm sure.

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LeAnn R. Ralph is the author of the books "Christmas in Dairyland (True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm)" and "Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam." http://ruralroute2.com

Coffee Cupping For The Fun Of It

Written by Gary Gresham

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· Grind coffee beans to a fine consistency and put in cup. Make sure to grind each coffee to repparttar

same fineness and clean repparttar 113089

grinder after each grinding. Start by sniffing each of repparttar 113090

coffee samples then begin pouring water just off repparttar 113091

boiling point on repparttar 113092

grounds. Allow repparttar 113093

coffee to steep for 3 to 4 minutes. Using your spoon gently break repparttar 113094

crust and take time to smell repparttar 113095

coffee at this point. Once repparttar 113096

crust is broken gently stir repparttar 113097

coffee to allow some of repparttar 113098

grounds to sink. Any left on top should be scooped out and thrown away. After cooling slightly start slurping repparttar 113099

coffee from repparttar 113100

spoon. Let it splash over your entire palate letting your taste buds experience and acknowledge each flavor. It’s fun to see how many funny sounds you can make while slurping. You could even make a game of it to see who can make repparttar 113101

funniest sounds. Hold repparttar 113102

coffee in your mouth without swallowing and swish it around and begin to realize all repparttar 113103

different taste sensations. At this point, spit repparttar 113104

coffee out and begin sharing your experience and thoughts with repparttar 113105

rest of

group. There are no right or wrongs just opinions. For many beginners evaluating coffee with other coffee lovers will open your eyes and your taste buds to flavors in coffee that you might have missed. It is a fun way to share a new understanding and appreciation for coffee cupping and enjoy it all at repparttar 113107

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