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Originally Posted by tdw
What I cannot figure out is why when the Spanish and the Portuguese drink Italian style coffee the Italian is still the best. Water maybe ? I just don't know.
Ref coffee quality, I am not totally anal about it largely because in my old age I'm drinking it with a bit of warm milk and not as a short black. I only have a couple of cups a day. One at breakfast and one around 1100. With that in mind I'm pretty happy drinking anything Arabica that is vacuum packed. Never likely to have an espresso machine on board so I'll live with the compromise.
ps Robby, Where in Spain are you ?
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Don't think it's the water mate, couple of places here where they have Italians working & when they make you the espresso, using exactly the same gear as the locals, the coffee tastes 10x better. I think it's in their genes.
Arabica definitely preferred over Torrefacto - much smoother and not so bitter.
As to where I am. This place is called
Torrevieja, in the Alicante province on the SE coast of Spain. You can also see some nice aerial pic's on
marinas.com.
P.S. Don't you find time difference to be a real bummer?