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carlw

Jan 24, 2007, 8:34 AM

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It is interesting that coffee is not favored beverage in Mexico. Here is the USA the Mexican guys drink up coffee like it was going out of style. Especially the Cappuchino beverages served at 7-11 and similar convenience stores out of a machine. IN the mornings, such places are packed with the Mexican work crews getting their coffee and morning hot dog with jalapenos. Some of these places probably post a profit for the day before 8 am from this business. Maybe they will take the love of coffee back to Mexico when they go home

esperanza

Jan 24, 2007, 8:57 AM

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Same thing in Guadalajara, carlw. No matter what time of the day or night I'm out driving around the city, I see pedestrians by the score with 7/11, Starbucks, and other coffee containers in their hands. There are two coffee houses on every block in certain areas of town. There are FOUR within a one-block area of my house.

Mexico City is the same only moreso.

Out in the provinces it's another story. Yes, you'll find the ubiquitous Nescafé jar on the tables at most fondas. If I'm at breakfast at a fonda, I sometimes order a mug of hot milk and stir a spoonful of Nescafé into that. It's not bad. It's not exactly coffee--but it's not bad.

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Oscar2

Jan 24, 2007, 9:04 AM

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Café de olla

In Aguascalientes, one morning I offered to take a builder of beautiful homes and his lot salesman a desayunar but he insisted on taking us to breakfast with kind of an awaiting anticipation to treat us to something special.

Not familiar with AGS, he took us to a very popular neighborhood restaurant in a Vario called Encino. He mentioned that this unique restaurant specialized and served only breakfast.

The Vario wasn’t anything fancy but yet it was theirs which carried the meaning they were born and lived with up until the day we walked through the front doors stained with antiquity.

What I particularly found unusual, given the very large size of this impressive Mexican restaurant abutted against an attractive Zócalo was this beautiful church in its view. In addition, the rustic, polished ambiance gave way to a through back of days gone by. The waiters and waitresses were all dressed in typical Yuctecan outfits which complimented there excellent service.

Another kicker, it was a Wednesday about 10:30 in the morning and this huge place was packed to the brim. I thought to myself, this place is not just a Tacoria, it’s a nice restaurant, how come these people aren’t working and how can so many afford to eat breakfast so late on a Wednesday morning. I guess the answer is simple, the ambiance, food and service is inviting.

It was here the homebuilder encouraged us to order the Café de olla. We did and yes Bubba and Esperanza, the flavor was delicious. Albeit, not knowing its ingredients at the time, made it taste even better.

Based on connoisseur’s long time experience of the finer things which grace the pallet, I’ll take your word on this one. Next our kitchen will enjoy varying degrees of rich homespun coffee described by you as Café de olla, ala Esperanza.

Including a photo of just one of the homes this builder just built. Its 9000 sq. ft. and is even better looking inside. Most attractive is its price.

¡Gracias!

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Oscar2

Jan 24, 2007, 9:22 AM

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Bubba,

Thanks for the heads up on Café de olla. Esperanza’s much more authentic real coffee flavored Café de olla sounds like the way to go.

I’ve read some of your kitchen adventures and I must say I’m impressed with your proclivities in serving a nice table. Since retired, going on two years now, cooking has been a fun excursion which in many ways is liberating and yes, filling.

I get the feeling you enjoy tasty coffee and something Starbucks is famous for but calorie busting is called a Frappuccino. They’re good but consensus is that mine is wee bit better.

What coffee is left from breakfast is put into a sealed container and fridged. In the afternoon or evenings we put the cold coffee into a smoothie maker or blender, add a tall class of chipped ice and add powdered Cappuccino Mocha mix bought at Costco. Blend and add to taste, Bailey’s Irish Cream plus Kalua. Top off with whipped cream, a straw and I guaranty it’s not only tasty but can definitely smooth the burs off your edges.

An aside, I’d like to comment on your literary skills, which you indeed have. You bring to mind a favorite writer, John Fante. Fante’s grit and power splits the sun and sheds light on life beholding only to the stroke of his pen.

His fame generates a cult of readers which consider other famous writers anemic. His most famous book written years ago is called “Ask the Dust.” Which subsequently was made into a movie starring Colin Farrell, Selma Hayek and Donald Sutherland. It’s difficult to find in libraries but is listed with Amazon.com. If ever an opportunity, enjoy and look through a window you’ve probably seen before but tells in ways not seen before. It stays with you.

(This post was edited by Oscar2 on Jan 24, 2007, 9:24 AM)

TigerTonio

Jan 25, 2007, 2:44 PM

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Today; freshly baked cornbread; home made sausage chili with beans. Fresh squeezed orange juice.

Buen provecho,
Anonimo

I'll be right over!

lajollamis

Jan 25, 2007, 7:12 PM

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Mike,

Can I come to your house for breakfast? That pizza looks yummy! and cornbread with sausage chile??? Devine!

And Bubba, I am a total coffee wuss. I drink it the way my french grandmother drank it. A huge cup filled with hot milk, with a little strongly brewed coffee and a dash of sugar for good measure.

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Oscar2

Jan 26, 2007, 8:48 AM

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Today, hot, paper-thin 10 inch browned crêpes wrapped with a skim Riccota cheese and blueberries. Topped with a line of low fat whiped cream on each and a bit of Vermont syrup. Served with dos huevos estrellados y café con leche. Yumm!

Anonimo

Jan 26, 2007, 12:40 PM

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This morning: Garlic Cheese Grits* with rajas de chile Poblano. Orange juice mixed with V-8.

*NOT packaged!

Saludos,
Anonimo

sfmacaws

Jan 26, 2007, 5:16 PM

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mmmm rajas de chile in cheese grits. Now that sounds really good, now I want to come over for breakfast Anonimo!

Of course, I do have a freezer full of stone ground grits on their way to Bubba, I could abscond with some of them...

Jonna - Mérida, Yucatán

blue

Feb 2, 2007, 2:51 PM

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Hello all!!
Another way that we grew up with, as well as the cinnamon, was to put cruched egg shells, and / or cocoa in the brewing tray. Try it! The egg shells make the coffee clear but add no flavour, and the cocoa just adds a different flavour for a change. PS... J and I like to add a bit of scotch, rum or rye to our Sunday AM coffees ... often times he'll put eggnog in his along with the booze. Great way to Kick start a new day ... and to help with the mornings after!!
Enjoy...
Amber & John
What we see depends mainly on what we look for. (John Lubbock)

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