Killarney, Ireland would be very nice!
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Killarney, Ireland would be very nice!
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Killarney is grand, but I'd sooner live in or near Dingle Town.
I've a particular fancy for Goat Street in the upper town.
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If a place doesn't have good coffee, I'm not interested.
I haven't travelled out of the country (US) in 30 years, but I do hope to again. It's on the bucket list.
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What do you consider good coffee? In my language, we would call american coffee "as if a dog would dip his dirty balls in water". Pardon the vulgarity, but it really does look like a little muddy water without any flavour. Although my experience with american coffee is limited to Starbucks, I felt like I paid 6€ for some boiled dirty water.
TSherbs (August 7th, 2021)
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Fair enough.Originally Posted by adhoc
Amend it to read "coffee that I like a hell of a lot and helps me get up and get out of the house."
To each their own!
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There is good coffee in America, but you have to know where to go. I bicycle over to the next neighborhood to go to a place that serves coffee pretty much like you’d get at a decent cafe in Italy. You can order in Italian, most of the patrons are speaking Italian and there’s Italian TV on.
adhoc (August 8th, 2021)
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When I order coffee out, it's usually an Americano: double espresso topped with hot water. In New Zealand they call it a Long Black.
After going through a series of low to mid-price espresso machines, we settled on the AeroPress. No cord, no fuss, makes brilliant coffee. We reuse the paper filters 6-8 times each.
It can go camping or on the road. Love it!
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As far as places I wouldn't move to, I'd say Newfoundland is near the top. We spent a few weeks there in summer and the weather was beastly. Everywhere we went, the locals would say: Oh well— it'll be fine tomorrow, but it almost never was. We had quite a few boat trips cancelled. The coasts are grand, but the interior was mostly soggy boreal muskeg, with billions of stunted conifers and bottomless bogs. If you like fish and chips almost every day of the week, you'll love it. But I ordered a fish taco in an upmarket place and the fish was battered and deep-fried. Bloody Hell!
We drove to Cape Spear, famous for long views, and could barely make out the lighthouse.
The foghorns were entertaining.
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Anything not made in what we call "džezva" is not strong enough for me, honestly. It's origin is from Turkey and allows you great flexibility on what kind of coffee strength you want; depending on which coffee beans you buy, how much you put in, how long you cook it, etc.When I order coffee out, it's usually an Americano: double espresso topped with hot water. In New Zealand they call it a Long Black.
After going through a series of low to mid-price espresso machines, we settled on the AeroPress. No cord, no fuss, makes brilliant coffee. We reuse the paper filters 6-8 times each.
It can go camping or on the road. Love it!
This is pretty typically for us; red or blue with white spots. Turkish design are typically less restrainted, let's say.
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A friend gave me one of those, along with instructions for making Arab coffee. Very thick. With cardamom.
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It's really simple, you boil water in it, add the amount of coffee you want, and then further cook it for the amount of time depending how strong you want it; the longer the time, the stronger. I don't add cardamom, but it sounds good.
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Indeed. In 2007 I spent some time in the deserts of southern Jordan. Coffee with cardamom was a local favourite. Frankly it was all a bit lost on me as coffee really isn't my thing (I'll drink the cheapest instant and think it's okay). New Zealand's claim to coffee fame is that the flat white was invented here. And apparently there are more coffee houses per capita in Wellington than in New York!
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I am the one who first mentioned coffee here. I apologize for bumping this thread off course!
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This is the lounge, so I think it's perfectly acceptable.
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Coffee in the lounge? I have no problem with that. And, to move slightly back to topic, I would welcome a move to the lounge right about now!
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My place would be rural Poland.
Chip you should looking into a fellow attachment for the aero press or metal filters.
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I'm not getting this. The AeroPress came with enough paper filters to last a year or more. At that point, I might look for a metal screen.
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My place would be stunning Antarctica.
Last Christmas I spent in Antarctica via Poseidon. I must admit that this trip met all my expectations. Awesome service, unforgettable emotions
I would go to Cadiz in Spain. I watched several vids on youtube about this city. It is magnificent. Also I was relieved to find out that still very few tourists go there preferring places like Madrid and Barcelona.
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Cadiz looks intriguing. Founded by the Phoenicians as a port, and later, home base to the Spanish Fleet. Lots of old buildings, probably Moorish architecture, and a large waterfront. Good sailing, no doubt, and brilliant seafood. Just a quick deco makes me want to go there. In the cooler part of the year.
If money (and the unquantifiable bond one feels to a birthplace) weren't issues, I'd move to Russell in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Lived a year in New Zealand and have gone back several times since, so my feelings for the place have been tested. It was an early colonial outpost, with a sheltered anchorage, and a long growing season. The intricate coastline and many islands offer wonderful sailing, fishing, and cruising.
The town is rather small— one can walk from end to end in an easy half-hour, passing galleries, small shops, and a huge array of places to eat. The waterfront promenade has lots of wood gingerbread structures, two or three storeys, and ancient trees, like this Port Moreton fig (from Ausralia):
There are quite a few small market gardens, fruit orchards, oyster and mussel farms, and excellent wineries with restaurants, such as the Omata Estate:
It's nice to dream about, but I'll most likely die in the frigid, windblasted (and rather magnificent) terrain of my birth.
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