咖啡

突然从抽屉里倒出了前阵子在tcc拿回来的咖啡小册子，想在这里分享一些我原本不知道的咖啡小故事。

Coffee Quote
Mmm! How sweet the coffee tastes, more delicious than a thousand kisses, mellower than muscatel wine. Coffee, coffee I must have, and if someone wishes to give me a treat, ah, then pour me out some coffee!
--Johann Sebastian Bach (1732, The Coffee Cantata)

J.S Bach一直是我不太喜欢的音乐家。他是巴洛克时代的，而基本上我本人觉得巴洛克时代的音乐多半沉闷。没想到，这位我不太喜欢的音乐家，确实超级咖啡迷。哈哈！

除了这个，小册子里还有十个关于咖啡的问答题。
1. How long does it take for the coffee tree to produce its first full crop after the coffee sees is planted?
a. 1yr
b. 3yrs.
c. 5yrs.

2. Approx. how many arabica beans does it take to make one pound of roasted coffee?
a.2000
b.3000
c.4000

3. In Japan, the official Coffee Day falls on,
a. Apr 1st
b. Oct 1st
c. Dec 25th

4. Who was the famous musician that was reputed to have always counted 60coffee beans for each cup he brewed?
a. Ludwig van Beethoven
b. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c. Peter llyich Tchaikovsky

5. Apprx. how many pounds of coffee cherries can an arabica coffee tree produce in a year?
a. 12lbs
b. 18lbs
c. 24lbs

6. Coffee beans are generally roasted between 400F to 425F
a. True
b. False

7. It was believed that adding sugar to coffee may have been started by:
a. French philosopher, Voltaire
b. French monarch, King Louis XIV
c. American adventurer, Count Rumford

8. It takes approx how many coffee beans to make a shot of expresso?
a. 42beans
b. 44beans
c. 48 beans

9. Iced coffee in a can has been popular in Japan since
a. 1908
b. 1945
c. 1948

10. Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year. (Isn't that obvious?)
a. True
b. False

欢迎随便猜猜。答案自然会揭晓。

这个陪伴我若干年的杯子。

咖啡里的咖啡杯子。

柜子里的各种咖啡。

我并非超级咖啡迷，我从来没有研究咖啡。虽然，我也偶尔想买一台coffee maker。但，总是想想而已，然后罢休。对于喝咖啡，也没有太大的讲究。三合一虽然不怎么美味，可是懒惰起来，三合一还是好朋友。我不一定要喝starbucks,但偶尔一杯也很好。

对于怡保的旧街场白咖啡，我简直觉得是马来西亚的骄傲。这么棒的咖啡，这么大众化的价格。每一次回家，那是我和朋友们必定相聚的好地方。

Autocity 旧街场白咖啡分店

咖啡，最迷人的，是香味，还有香味带来的一段段的往事。