Comments on: Secretary Langley on a Really Good Cup of Coffee

By: Piotr Apows

Piotr Apows — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:21:58 +0000

Also I like coffee, I drink 3 cups a day
Yours Apows

By: Sem

Sem — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:06:45 +0000

Curious, it is probably the earliest description of Caffè Latte out there?

By: Kaushik Biswas

Kaushik Biswas — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:05:48 +0000

Very interesting! I love coffee but never read something like this before. Worth sharing with friends.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:11:21 +0000

Coffee is not to be appreciated by savoring sips in some hoity-toidy cafe and critiquing every nuance of its preparation right down to the foofy whipped cream topping. The best coffee in the world is the rough black brew, guzzled by a soldier who’s just come back from being on patrol all night in the rain.

By: Heather Ewing

Heather Ewing — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:22:58 +0000

So Langley had something in common with James Smithson, who even published a paper on the topic!, “An Improved Method of Making Coffee” in 1823. Check it out here: http://books.google.com/books?id=0RsAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=james+smithson+improved+method+of+making+coffee&source=bl&ots=Rxwol1hcj7&sig=adBlCRg0nnFExXjwNbA_NPR2pnw&hl=en&ei=2yu0TvLkLcWrgwfspey5BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

By: Allan Janus

Allan Janus — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:30:37 +0000

Děkuji, Petr!

By: Jonny Rucket

Jonny Rucket — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:01:32 +0000

This kind of archival material is as refreshing as, well, the perfect cup of coffee. Thanks Smithsonian for bringing us this curious little slice of history.

By: Marcohoe

Marcohoe — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:58:55 +0000

In Poul Anderson’s ‘Way Station’ a Civil War veteran puts a raw egg in his coffee pot, and his alien friend really likes it. I’ve never seen that recommended elsewhere, and never tried it myself – maybe in our day and age we should use a pasteurized egg.

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By: tudza

tudza — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:25:00 +0000

The fig bit probably comes from the perceived taste of figs brought out from the beans even though no actual figs are present. There are various sake that taste and smell of cherry and banana and other fruits that are certainly not made with any fruit at all.

Fruity is one of the common coffee tasting terms.