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I've been over here in Denmark for almost 20 years. In the US, I developed a taste for French roast coffee. Why do they call it this? It's very hard to find in Europe and non-existent in Denmark, where the coffee beans are roasted in a way that produces a very dark, bitter coffee. I've been importing coffee from the US the whole time. C'est la vie!
Are you kidding me? Until you've drunk coffee in a small town in Canada, you don't know what bad coffee is! Coffee anywhere in Europe is the nectar of the gods, by comparison.
Of course backwater places in the middle of nowhere can have poor coffee, but one would expect a grand metropolis like Paris known for the good life to have better coffee than, for example, a relatively provincial Canadian city like Victoria. The fact that this is not the case reflects poorly on Paris, we naturally hold great places like that to a higher standard and when they fail to pass muster it is a surprise to most everyone.
Coffee, like beer, is another area where the US is in the shadows, actually being clever for a change.
I agree. While coffee in Italy is great, I think that the U.S. is second to none on this front. I think we are probably helped along by the rapid growth in domestic consumption that is creating a new market with space for new ideas, and also by our proximity to so many of the great bean-growing regions of Latin America.
Coffee tends to suck in a lot of places, not just France. The US was famous for dishwater-swill coffee until espresso got popular. Brit coffee, Swedish coffee, German coffee, pretty worthless. Some people swear by Turkish coffee (also popular in Balkan countries), which is like really thick espresso. Hell, I don't even like Starbucks. Kinda bitter. A true good cup of coffee is hard to come by.
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I've been over here in Denmark for almost 20 years. In the US, I developed a taste for French roast coffee. Why do they call it this? It's very hard to find in Europe and non-existent in Denmark, where the coffee beans are roasted in a way that produces a very dark, bitter coffee. I've been importing coffee from the US the whole time. C'est la vie!
OK, what's in a name ... ?
There is a cake in the USA called German Chocolate Cake.
Never seen the same thing in Germany !
In Germany, they have a cookie called *Amerikaner*. Never seen one like that in the USA !
In the USA, we eat a lot of *French Fries*
Actually not a real French signature item. More Belgian origin than anything else ...
Back to French Roast Coffee !
You have any idea how that coffee is actually roasted ?
Once you find out, maybe that have something similarly roasted in Denmark ?
I think temperature is a large factor, so if you find out at what temperature French roast coffee is roasted, you want to ask at what temps Danish coffee is roasted.
My Mum, used to roast her own coffee and she went by the number of *cracks or popping* sounds.
In her case, she stopped stirring the mass, after the second pop or crack.
The mass cracks or pops for the first time, then nothing, and a bit later the second pops occur.
That is when she stops.
I have absolutely no idea what that would be equivalent to.
By the way, the types of roast all have names, and I think none of them have anything to do with the actually namesake location.
Italian Roast, Spanish Roast, French Roast, Vienna Roast, American Roast, City Roast, etc ...
Same as Newbieposter, seriously turkish coffee is way to strong, coffee in the US is too weak.
Depends where, the US has some great coffee, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
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