Lela and I found an advertisement with the new holiday coffee creamers that came out. Ever since then we have been on the search for them. The other day I went to three different stores looking for this specific flavor. Today we succeeded in our mission, she decided to stock up on her obsession…
Ok, so it’s obviously not really me but Ms Sophie (Jeni’s cute Daughter) but this is the way I feel on most mornings before my coffee…
I finally got to meet with her Majesty, Miss Princess Sophie. I am so exhausted right now that i’m just going to post pictures. Besides she is cute enough to tell the story…
Close up and personal
Daddy and Sophie
Look at that beautiful smile
Mommy and Sophie
Mommy Sophie and “Auntie” Heather
What a title huh? Actually it sounds rather gross but that is just me, hahaha. I could of titled it “Pink Eye Cream and some Coffee”, but that is pushing it, I may scare away my readers and lurkers, if I haven’t already…
Brandon has missed summer school both yesterday and today. He woke up yesterday with his eye partially closed and after he washed his face like I asked him to I checked it to see that it was all pink he said it was itchy. I kept him home pretty sure that he had it, I called up his doctor to see about bringing him in to have checked out but they made it even easier and just called in a prescription for it. We picked it up last night and this morning while his right eye was looking allot better his left eye was even worst then yesterday’s right. He couldn’t even open his left eye when he woke up. He freaked out for a minute but calmed him down quickly.
Now onto my coffee… Most of my long term readers know that I’m a big huge fan of coffee. But I just realized that before Sunday when I was with Angela and she served up coffee, it had been about two weeks since I have had any. WTF is wrong with me? So sure enough I grabbed my Gevalia Espresso Roast coffee and I am drinking it as I post.
Maybe I should change my tagline to “my life in pictures” since I love to take photos just for the sake of my blog. I actually ran into a blog that was that. The guy posted about 10 pictures from things through out his day.
Brandon with his pink eye… but in good spirits, hopefully he will stop rubbing his eyes enough for this to all clear up…
Today’s paper and my Coffee
One of my favorite ways to make coffee but seldom done because of time it takes and the little amount of coffee that it makes is to brew it in a pressure type percolator. Today I decided to use it today. I never knew about these things till I went to Morocco a few years back (and yet I call myself a coffee drinker? lol). MOHCINE’s mom always made great coffee and asked how it was made. That is when I discovered I must buy one of these when we got back home. Talk about a great way to fill your house with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. In the picture to the right you see a diagram of the peculator. The second picture shows it as I impatiently wait for it to do it’s thing. Third picture as I sneak a peak to see how it’s coming along. Fourth picture after I sit it on my coffee table I wanted to show the nice steam coming out. I have yet to try coffee from a French press.
The rest of this post comes from Wikipedia.
The most common type of percolator used today (other than the electric gravity type percolator used in most American households) is known as an espresso coffee pot or, in some regions, especially Italy, as a Moka or Moka pot. In Italy, Spain and Portugal, the moka pot is the most popular way of brewing coffee at home, and its usage has spread to the USA. They are also known as a macchinetta or little machine.
This type is shown top right, and is comprised of three sections, all usually made of metal, which screw together such that the steam pressure created in the pot is contained during use.
Water is placed in the lower section (marked A) and the raw coffee grounds in the mid-section (marked B) with the spout reaching below the water level. After the top section, initially empty, is affixed, the pot is placed on a heat source. As the water reaches boiling point it turns to steam and eventually creates sufficient pressure to force all the water from the lower section up the tube at once, through the grounds — which are held in place by a metal filter either side — and through a second tube until it hits the lid of the pot and is collected in the upper section (C), producing a strong, concentrated coffee. Gaskets and safety valves are fitted to ensure a tightly closed unit, allow for pressure to safely build up in the lower section and provide a necessary security release if this pressure gets too high.