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In 1971, my dad started a coffee house---in our vacation house in MN---getting arabica beans and grinding them himself. Before coffee houses were much of a "thing". As a teenager, I thought this was so exotic. My mom served Pepperidge Farm turnovers 'cause she wasn't about to be put to baking work!
He gave it up after one season, saying he couldn't deal with the public in that context. I still remember him saying "People are too dumb", LOL. I think about not reading the sign to the restroom! But, he got to live his dream, ever so briefly, and got THAT out of his system.
We have locally-grown coffee here in Ecuador that is pretty good, especially with a Bailey's knockoff liqueur.
It's all about taste palate. Americans aren't known for their appreciation of the bitter end of the spectrum with anything, instead typically resulting in over-sweetened/sugared or simply more plain. Examples include coffee roasting (Starbucks as pointed out) liqueurs (Campari, Pimms Cup, varying Bitters), produce (fennel, radicchio, arugula, endive, escarole) baked goods and even chocolate.
Yes, in Italy we tried the "Negroni" drink which turned out to be our favorite. Many would consider it bitter.
(Campari, gin, vermouth) We like bitter chocolate and not-too-sweet concoctions. Love Pimms too.
Don't like licorice so no fennel for me. I like the other greens though.
My mother used to make my dad iced coffee way back when...long before it became available in stores.
1960s-70s.
She'd just make a big pitcher of it, and leave it in the fridge for those hot summer days. ( wth milk and sugar)
I dont think he drank hot coffee...
My friend's mom drank iced coffee in the 1960s. Every generation thinks that they've discovered something that the previous generation didn't know or had been lost.
Kroger, the major grocery chain in my part of the country, has sold Spotlight whole-bean coffee as long as I can remember. I bought it a few times, but it isn’t that good. I think it’s just robusta.
I remember as a kid in the mid-60s shopping at A&P grocery stores, where you could buy whole-bean Eight O'Clock Coffee. In fact, the whole A&P store smelled of fresh coffee because they had an area where they would roast and grind the coffee every day at the store.
If I remember correctly, if you spent more than $10 or $15 on groceries, they would give you a pound or two of free coffee. (That's about the equivalent of spending about $100 in today's money.)
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