In which European country have you experienced the best tasting coffee?
Oct 14th, 2003, 11:42 AM
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My first wife did not like coffee in Europe, would not drink it, so I divorced her (the first time a marriage ended DUE to insufficient grounds).
Anyway, my rankings are (in a close race)
1) France
2) Italy
3) Netherlands
Anyway, my rankings are (in a close race)
1) France
2) Italy
3) Netherlands
Oct 14th, 2003, 11:47 AM
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I don't drink the stuff but my husband loves his coffee strong and black and he thinks Italian coffee is a mere 3rd behind German and French. That's based on expresso alone. I can vouch for the fact that the French expresso was so strong that he had heart palpatations on the Pont Neuf and I thought we were going to have to rush him to the hospital!!
Oct 14th, 2003, 06:12 PM
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The coffee we had in Italy seldom was hot enough for our tastes. I really liked the coffee in Germany, to my surprise. It's just different than the coffee I drink here, a different roast, and I always had to have it with cream and sugar, which I never do at home. I make my coffee very strong at home, so the difference is not in the strength, it's in the way they roast their beans. Mind you, I still prefer my own roast, made at home, but I came to really appreciate the coffee in Germany, while the coffee in Italy seemed always to me to be a bit on the tepid side.
Oct 14th, 2003, 06:46 PM
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I think I liked the coffee in Italy, and after dinner it's OK in France, (I find I have to drink it with milk in Europe, and I prefer my coffee black) but the BEST morning coffee I've ever had on a vacation anywhere was Blue Mountain coffee on Negril Beach in Jamaica.
Oct 15th, 2003, 06:44 AM
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Uhoh, I bought a pound of Jamaican Blue Mt. coffee as a gift for a friend and then discovered she only drinks decaf, so I was "forced" to keep it myself. It is truly wonderful, and the price certainly reflects the high quality!
Oct 15th, 2003, 09:52 AM
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Grasshopper, many years ago they used to call that a "Nescafe frappe" in Greece. We loved them and drank them all the time. I guess they've updated the name to sound trendier. Also, it seemed like the Nescafe was stronger than the stuff we can buy here.
