The Grapes of Wrath

Khannie

Anyone read this? There's a lot of talk of coffee in it, but no mention of their brewing method. I'd be interested to know how they ground and brewed. I remember watching a documentary on coffee before and in ethiopia they were using a pestle and mortar to smash the beans. Looked like a very heavy brew.

One thing that's clear from the book (if it's historically accurate) is that coffee was very important, even in times of fairly serious poverty.

Also, no spoilers PLEASE. I'm in the last 50 pages.

the beer revolu

Khannie wrote: »

Anyone read this? There's a lot of talk of coffee in it, but no mention of their brewing method. I'd be interested to know how they ground and brewed. I remember watching a documentary on coffee before and in ethiopia they were using a pestle and mortar to smash the beans. Looked like a very heavy brew.

One thing that's clear from the book (if it's historically accurate) is that coffee was very important, even in times of fairly serious poverty.

Also, no spoilers PLEASE. I'm in the last 50 pages.

Not sure about the grinding but I reckon the coffee was made by bringing the water to a rolling boil, chucking in the ground coffee, taking it off the heat and letting it settle and brew for a few minutes.

A bleak but great book.

Khannie

Very near the end now. Looks like you're right though, from what I can gather it's a pot of hot water with grounds just thrown into it. No mention of grinding.

"Al tipped up his coffee and got a mouthful of grounds. He went down the cat-walk spitting them out."

Gran Hermano

Cowboy coffee, can't say I'm a fan.